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 98 STAT. 2816

PUBLIC LAW 98-551—OCT. 30, 1984

"(b) To carry out this title, there are authorized to be appropriated $9,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1985, $9,500,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1986, and $10,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1987.". (b) Paragraph (6) of section 1704 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 300u-3(6)) IS rGOGfl-lGd

(c) Sections 1706, 1707, 1708, 1709, and 1710 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 300U-5, 300U-6, 300u-7, 300u-8, and 300u-9) are repealed. (d) Title XVII of such Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sections: "CENTERS FOR RESEARCH AND DEMONSTRATION OF HEALTH PROMOTION AND DISEASE PREVENTION

42 USC 300U-5. Grants.

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"SEC. 1706. (a) The Secretary shall make grants or enter into contracts with academic health centers for the establishment, maintenance, and operation of centers for research and demonstration with respect to health promotion and disease prevention. Centers established, maintained, or operated under this section shall undertake research and demonstration projects in health promotion, disease prevention, and improved methods of appraising health hazards and risk factors, and shall serve as demonstration sites for the use of new and innovative research in public health techniques to prevent chronic diseases. "(b) Each center established, maintained, or operated under this section shall— "(1) be located in an academic health center with— "(A) a multidisciplinary faculty with expertise in public health and which has working relationships with relevant groups in such fields as medicine, psychology, nursing, social work, education and business; "(B) graduate training programs relevant to disease prevention; "(C) a core faculty in epidemiology, biostatistics, social sciences, behavioral and environmental health sciences, and health administration; "(D) a demonstrated curriculum in disease prevention; "(E) a capability for residency training in public health or preventive medicine; and "(F) such other qualifications as the Secretary may prescribe; "(2) conduct— "(A) health promotion and disease prevention research, including retrospective studies and longitudinal prospective studies in population groups and communities; "(B) demonstration projects for the delivery of services relating to health promotion and disease prevention to defined population groups using, as appropriate, community outreach and organization techniques and other methods of educating and motivating communities; and "(C) evaluation studies on the efficacy of demonstration projects conducted under subparagraph (B) of this paragraph. The design of any evaluation study conducted under subparagraph (C) shall be established prior to the commencement of the demonstration project under subparagraph (B) for which the evaluation will be conducted.

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