[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 158 (Friday, August 15, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 43736]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-21678]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
Expert Panel Workshop
The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry announces the
following workshop.
Name: Expert Panel Workshop on the Feasibility of Measuring Stress
Related to Exposure to Hazardous Waste.
Times and Dates: 7:30 a.m.-6:15 p.m., September 10, 1997. 8 a.m-12
noon, September 11, 1997.
Place: The D. Abbott Turner Center at Emory University, 1703
Clifton Road, NE, Atlanta, Georgia 30329, telephone 404/712-6725.
Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available.
The meeting room accommodates approximately 175 people.
Purpose: The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
(ATSDR) is considering the feasibility of measuring stress related to
exposure to hazardous waste sites and releases. The purpose of the
expert panel workshop is to provide a forum for ATSDR to solicit
individual expert consultation on issues of science and public health
practice regarding the best means to assess levels of psychosocial
stress in communities affected by hazardous waste sites and releases.
The workshop will also provide a forum for scientists, public health
officials, and community members to discuss the ethical and social
issues associated with measuring stress at hazardous waste sites and
the implications for public health policy.
Matters To Be Considered: Expert panel members will be assigned
into two work groups: (1) Stress Measurement Panel and (2) Community
and Public Health Panel. The two groups will meet concurrently during
the workshop. The following tasks will be suggested: (1) examine
current research approaches and assessment tools for the measurement of
psychosocial stress at hazardous waste sites and identify the most
effective methods for assessing psychosocial stress at these sites and
(2) discuss the social and ethical issues of measuring stress in
communities affected by hazardous waste and the implications for public
health policy.
Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
Contact Person For More Information: Deborah L. White, Ph.D.,
Health Education Specialist, ATSDR, 1600 Clifton Road, NE, M/S E-33,
Atlanta, Georgia 30333, telephone 404/639-6218, fax 404/639-6207,
email: DGW[email protected].
Dated: August 8, 1997.
Carolyn J. Russell,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 97-21678 Filed 8-14-97; 8:45 am]
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