[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 15 (Monday, January 24, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 4115]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-1302]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Meeting of the Task Force on Community Preventive Services
AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announces
the next meeting of the Task Force on Community Preventive Services
(Task Force). The Task Force--an independent, nonfederal body of
nationally known leaders in public health practice, policy, and
research who are appointed by the CDC Director--was convened in 1996 by
the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to assess the
effectiveness of community, environmental, population, and healthcare
system interventions in public health and health promotion. During this
meeting the Task Force will consider the findings of systematic reviews
and issue recommendations and findings to help inform decision making
about policy, practice, and research in a wide range of U.S. settings.
The Task Force's recommendations, along with the systematic reviews of
the scientific evidence on which they are based, are compiled in the
Guide to Community Preventive Services (Community Guide).
DATES: The meeting will be held on Wednesday, February, 16, 2011 from
8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. EST and Thursday, February 17, 2011 from 8:30
a.m. to 1 p.m. EST.
ADDRESSES: Atlanta Marriott Century Center, 2000 Century Blvd., NE.,
Atlanta, GA.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sara Dodge, Division of Community
Preventive Services, Epidemiology and Analysis Program Office, Office
of Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, Atlanta, Georgia
30333, phone: (404) 498-0554, e-mail: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Purpose: The purpose of the meeting is for
the Task Force to consider the findings of reviews and issue
recommendations and findings to help inform decision making about
policy, practice, and research in a wide range of U.S. settings.
Matters To Be Discussed: Effectiveness of small media client-
oriented screening interventions to decrease breast, cervical and
colorectal cancers; privatization of alcohol retail sales; school
dismissal policy to reduce influenza transmission; client or family
incentives to reduce vaccine preventable diseases; clinic based
education when used alone to reduce vaccine preventable diseases; and
extended school hours to promote health equity. New reviews on
cardiovascular disease and skin cancer will also be discussed.
Meeting Accessibility: This meeting is open to the public, limited
only by space available.
Dated: January 7, 2011.
Tanja Popovic,
Deputy Associate Director for Science, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2011-1302 Filed 1-21-11; 8:45 am]
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