National Cancer Institute; National Cancer Institute Sponsors an Open Forum on the 5 a Day for Better Health Program

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health

National Cancer Institute; National Cancer Institute Sponsors an

Open Forum on the 5 a Day for Better Health Program

The National Cancer Institute (NCI) will sponsor an open forum to

hear public comment during an assessment of the Institute's 5 a Day for

Better Health Program. Members of the assessment team will examine a

number of areas, including the program's success in achieving its goal

and objectives, its scientific base, and its achievements in nutrition-

related research, communications, and coalition-building.

The purpose of the open forum is to enable individuals representing

health, research, and professional organizations, as well as private

citizens, to provide oral comment on the 5 a Day program. The forum

will be held on January 13, 2000 from 1 to 2:30 p.m. at the Hyatt

Regency Crystal City, 2799 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA

22202. NCI staff and members of the team will attend.

To enable NCI representatives to hear the widest range of views,

oral comments will be limited to five minutes in length. In addition,

the NCI may need to set a limit of one speaker per organization

depending on the number of speakers. In order to have a written record

of all comments, the NCI will have transcription services available for

those who cannot provide a typed copy of their comments on or before

January 13. Prior to the oral comment period, the NCI will provide a

brief overview of the evaluation plan for the Program.

Requests for time to make oral presentations at the January 13

meeting need to be made in writing by January 11, 2000 to the contact

person listed below.

Attendance at the forum will be limited to space available.

Individuals who plan to attend and need special assistance, such as

sign language interpretation or other reasonable accommodation, should

notify the Contact person listed below in advance of the meeting.

NCI encourages anyone who is unable to make an oral presentation to

submit a written statement for the record. Written statement may be

submitted to the contact below until January 25, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kevin Callahan, Deputy Directors,

Office of Science Policy, Planning and Assessment, National Cancer

Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bldg. 31, Room 11A03,

Bethesda, MD 20892, voice: 301-402-7519, fax 301-435-3876, e-mail:

[email protected].

Dated: December 27, 1999.

Anna Snouffer,

Acting Director, Office of Federal Advisory Committee Policy, National

Institutes of Health.

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