Asthma Surveillance and Interventions.Two cooperative agreement awards are available from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), agency of the U.S. Public Health Service since 1973, with headquarters in Atlanta; it was established in 1946 as the Communicable Disease Center. for asthma surveillance and interventions in hospital emergency rooms. Specifically, this program seeks to implement and evaluate a sentinel sentinel /sen·ti·nel/ (sen´ti-n'l) one who gives a warning or indicates danger. sentinel a recording mechanism, such as an animal, a farm or a veterinarian, posted explicitly to record a possible occurrence or series of surveillance system designed to monitor trends in and reasons for receiving asthma care in hospital emergency departments, and develop and implement interventions to improve asthma care and to use the surveillance data to evaluate these interventions. Eligible applicants are limited to colleges, universities, and medical schools affiliated with nonprofit hospitals. Awards will average $250,000 per year. Contact: Pamela Meyer, Air Pollution and Respiratory Health Branch, CDC See Control Data, century date change and Back Orifice. CDC - Control Data Corporation , 1600 Clifton Road Clifton Road is main street in Clifton neighborhood of Saddar Town in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. Its name dates from the British Colonial rule, and its market is posh areas of Karachi. NE, Mailstop E-17, Atlanta, GA 30333 USA, 404-639-2545, e-mail: pmeyer@cdc.gov. Reference: PA No. 000101 |
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