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strive to train the medical community

on the needs of public health issues.

B. Eligible Applicant

Assistance will be provided only to

the Association of American Medical

Colleges (AAMC). No other applications

are solicited. AAMC is uniquely

qualified to be the recipient

organization for the following reasons:

1. The AAMC’s mission is to improve

the health of the public by enhancing

the effectiveness of academic medicine

through educating the physician and

medical scientist workforce, discovering

new medical knowledge, developing

innovative technologies for prevention,

diagnosis and treatment of disease, and

providing health care services in an

academic setting. AAMC’s principal

purpose is to promote and improve the

education and training of professional

medical practitioners. AAMC has the

requisite institutional knowledge of the

needs of the schools of medicine.

AAMC conducts periodic assessments

of the status and needs of their member

organizations, including medical

schools and academic medical centers.

2. AAMC, a non-profit association,

represents all the 125 schools of

allopathic medicine in the United States

that are accredited by the Liaison

Committee on Medical Education. These

schools represent the primary

educational system that provides the

Nation’s physicians with their

undergraduate medical education.

3. With the active participation of the

deans of the medical schools, the AAMC

is the only organization that can

comprehensively affect the development

and implementation of improved

disease prevention and health

promotion curricula in all accredited

schools of medicine, and provide

opportunities for students, faculty, and

researchers to incorporate the

perspectives of public health, and

disease prevention and health

promotion.

4. AAMC provides leadership both

nationally and internationally in an

effort to achieve excellence in

undergraduate medical education.

Through its Divisions of Biomedical and

Health Sciences Research, Community

and Minority programs, and Medical

Education, as well as its participation in

the Liaison Committee on Graduate

Medical Education, AAMC is well

positioned to address and resolve issues

that promote and support

implementation of training strategies.

5. AAMC has attained a prominent

position among national health

professional associations. AAMC

currently sponsors national meetings

designed specifically for the faculty of

medical schools and academic medical

centers, to address contemporary issues

in medical education and research.

6. AAMC member organizations also

include academic medical centers (that

house the majority of the medical

residency programs—graduate medical

education), academic and professional

societies (representing 75,000 faculty

members), medical student

representatives, and resident

representatives.

7. AAMC provides unique

opportunities for medical and public

health academicians, practitioners, and

researchers to share their experience

and expertise; to facilitate incorporation

of the theoretical and practical

perspectives of public health into

curricula for teaching prevention, health

promotion, and preventive medicine;

and to stimulate participation by

medical institutions in prevention

research.

Note: Public Law 104–65 states that an

organization described in section 501(c)(4) of

the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 that

engages in lobbying activities is not eligible

to receive Federal funds constituting an

award, grant, cooperative agreement,

contract, loan, or any other form of financial

assistance.

C. Availability of Funds

Approximately $300,000 is available

in FY 2000 to fund this award. It is

anticipated that the award will begin on

or before September 30, 2000, and will

be made for a 12-month budget period

within a project period of up to five

years. Funding estimates may change.

Continuation awards within an

approved project period will be made

on the basis of satisfactory progress as

evidenced by required reports and the

availability of funds.

D. Where To Obtain Additional

Information

For business management assistance,

contact: Juanita D. Crowder, Grants

Management Specialist, Grants

Management Branch, Procurement and

Grants Office, Centers for Disease

Control and Prevention, 2920

Brandywine Road, Room 3000, Atlanta,

Georgia 30341–4146, Telephone: (770)

488–2734, E-mail address:

jdd2@cdc.gov.

For you assistance with forms, please

refer to the following Internet site: The

CDC Internet home page is http://

www.cdc.gov.

For a program technical assistance,

contact; Rika Maeshiro, Senior

Preventive Medicine Advisor, Public

Health Practice Program Office

(PHPPO), Centers for Disease Control

and Prevention, 4770 Buford Hwy. (K–

38), Atlanta, Georgia 30341–3724,

Telephone: (770) 488–2508, E-mail

address: rmaeshiro@cdc.gov.

Henry S. Cassell, III,

Acting Director, Procurement and Grants

Office, Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention (CDC).

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention

[Program Announcement 00079]

Association of State and Territorial

Directors of Health Promotion and

Public Health Education

(ASTDHPPHE); Notice of Availability of

Funds

A. Purpose

The Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention (CDC) announces the

availability of fiscal year (FY) 2000

funds for a cooperative agreement with

the Association of State and Territorial

Directors of Health Promotion and

Public Health Education (ASTDHPPHE),

an affiliate of the Association of State

and Territorial Health Officials

(ASTHO).

CDC is committed to achieving the

health promotion and disease

prevention objectives of ‘‘Healthy

People 2010’’ a national activity to

reduce morbidity and mortality and

improve the quality of life. For the

conference copy of ‘‘Healthy People

2010,’’ reset the internet site: <HTTP://

www.health.gov/healthy people>.

This announcement is related to the

focus areas of Physical Activity and

Fitness, Nutrition, Tobacco Use,

Education and Community-Based

Programs, Oral Health, Arthritis, Cancer,

Diabetes, Disability Conditions, and

Heart Disease and Stroke.

The purpose of this cooperative

agreement is to address the training,

research, and program implementation

needs required to build health

promotion and public health education

capacity at the State and territorial level.

This will include strategic planning

for the Association to strengthen the

infrastructure for assessment of

constituent needs to build health

education capacity at the state and

territorial level; coordinating the annual

National Conference on Health

Education and Health Promotion;

strengthening collaborations with

national and international level

partners; developing practice to research

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demonstration activities; developing

continuing education and distancebased training; and developing

leadership and training opportunities.

B. Eligible Applicant

Assistance will be provided only to

ASTDHPPHE. No other applications

will be solicited. ASTDHPPHE is the

only appropriate and qualified agency

that can provide the services specified

under this announcement.

Eligibility is limited to ASTDHPPHE

because of its unique relationship with

the Association of State and Territorial

Health Officials (ASTHO) and other

ASTHO affiliates. ASTDHPPHE is the

only national, nonprofit health

education organization of which

program directors and staff representing

all States and territories are members.

As such, it is uniquely capable, and

organized specifically to serve as a

leader and a conferee of activities

relative to State Health education

programs. ASTHO represents the chief

public health official of each State and

territory. Through its own membership,

ASTHO has developed unique

knowledge and understanding of the

needs and operations of State Health

agencies.

ASTDHPPHE is the only affiliate

whose primary mission is to promote

health education and health promotion

as core disciplines of public health

practice and to advocate for quality

health education and health promotion

programs and strategies to address the

nation’s leading health problems.

ASTDHPPHE has served as a health

education and health promotion policy

development and capacity building

organization since 1946, and over the

years it has strengthened public health

education goals and objectives. The

membership is uniquely diverse and its

members, who provide major leadership

to State and Territorial categorical

health areas, have strengthened health

education and health promotion

programs nationwide. ASTDHPPHE also

provides consultation and technical

assistance to numerous agencies and has

liaison relationships with many national

organizations. In this way, the

Association is deeply involved in health

education and health promotion

program development and evaluation

efforts that are conducted nationally.

In collaboration with other national

organizations, the association

accomplishes its mission by

disseminating information on state-ofthe-art health education and health

promotion policies and strategies. The

association has the established

relationships and expertise necessary to

carry-out this cooperative agreement.

The unique information exchange

among the ASTDHPPHE members and

expert program knowledge provide it

with special credibility with national,

private, and voluntary agencies. In

addition, for the last 16 years

ASTDHPPHE has worked with National

Center for Chronic Disease Prevention

and Health Promotion in co-sponsoring

the annual Health education and Health

promotion conference. Although other

organizations may possess some of these

abilities and/or perform some of these

roles, no other organization has

ASTDHPPHE’s unique characteristics.

ASTDPPHE is comprised of State health

promotion/health education program

directors, who are necessary to

effectively carry out the activities

entailed in this program.

Note: Public Law 104–65 states that an

organization described in selection 501(c)(4)

of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 that

engages in lobbying activities is not eligible

to receive Federal funds constituting an

award, grant, cooperative agreement,

contract, loan, or any other form.

C. Availability of Funds

Approximately $735,000 is available

in FY 2000 to fund this award. It is

expected that the award will begin on or

about September 30, 2000, and will be

for a 12-month budget period within a

project period of up to five years. This

funding estimate may change.

Continuation awards within an

approved project period will be made

on the basis of satisfactory progress as

evidenced by required reports and

availability of funds.

D. Where To Obtain Additional

Information

This and other CDC announcements

can be found on the CDC home page

internet address: http://www.cdc.gov. If

you have questions business

management technical assistance may

be obtained from:

Barry Copeland, Grants Management

Specialist, Grants Management

Branch, Procurement and Grants

Office, Centers for Disease Control

and Prevention, Room 300, 2920

Brandywine Road, Atlanta, Georgia

30341, Telephone: 770/488–2762, Email address: bjc8@CDC.gov

For technical assistance, contact:

John M. Korn, Public Health Advisor,

National Center for Chronic Disease

Prevention and Health Promotion,

Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention (CDC), 4770 Buford

Highway NE, Mailstop K–30, Atlanta,

GA 30341–3717, Telephone: 770/488–

5427, E-mail address: jmk3@cdc.gov

Dated: June 6, 2000.

Henry S. Cassel, III,

Deputy Director, Procurement and Grants

Office,, Center for Disease Control and

Prevention (CDC).

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention

[Program Announcement 00010]

Asthma Surveillance and Interventions

in Hospital Emergency Departments;

Notice of Availability of Funds

A. Purpose

The Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention (CDC) announces the

availability of fiscal year (FY) 2000

funds for a cooperative agreement

program for asthma surveillance and

interventions in hospital emergency

departments. CDC is committed to

achieving the health promotion and

disease prevention objectives of

‘‘Healthy People 2010,’’ a national

activity to reduce morbidity and

mortality and improve the quality of

life. This announcement is related to the

focus areas of Environmental Health and

Respiratory Diseases. For the conference

copy of ‘‘Healthy People 2010,’’ visit the

internet site: <http://www.health.gov/

healthypeople>.

The purpose of this program is to

implement and evaluate a sentinel

surveillance system designed to monitor

trends in and identify reasons for

receiving asthma care in hospital

emergency departments; and to develop

and implement interventions to improve

asthma care and to use the surveillance

data to evaluate these interventions.

B. Eligible Applicants

Applications may be submitted by

public and private nonprofit

organizations; that is, universities,

colleges and medical schools affiliated

with non-profit hospitals. No other

applications are solicited. Universities

affiliated with nonprofit hospitals are

targeted because they have research

expertise and can coordinate with

several hospitals emergency

departments which will identify asthma

patients, enroll them in interventions,

and collect and analyze data.

Universities are likely to have existing

relationships with departments of

health and can coordinate surveillance

and intervention activities.

Note: Public Law 104–65 states that an

organization described in section 501(c)(4) of