[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 142 (Tuesday, July 24, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 38428]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-18352]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60 Day-01-54]


Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and 
Recommendations

    In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for opportunity for public comment on 
proposed data collection projects, the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic summaries of proposed projects. 
To request more information on the proposed projects or to obtain a 
copy of the data collection plans and instruments, call the CDC Reports 
Clearance Officer on (404) 639-7090.
    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical 
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways 
to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, 
including through the use of automated collection techniques or other 
forms of information technology. Send comments to Anne O'Connor, CDC 
Assistant Reports Clearance Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D24, 
Atlanta, GA 30333. Written comments should be received within 60 days 
of this notice.

Proposed Project

    The Development and Testing of a Tool to Assess the Public's 
Perception about People with Epilepsy--New--National Center for Chronic 
Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP), Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).
    About 2.3 million people in the U.S. have some form of epilepsy, a 
neurological condition in which the brain's normal electrical functions 
may be interrupted with bursts of electrical impulses. Epilepsy affects 
people of all ages, but particularly the very young and the elderly. 
Persons with chronic or disabling health conditions like epilepsy face 
myriad challenges including establishing and following a treatment 
regimen, developing and enacting self-management plans, and finding 
social support.
    Compounding these challenges are the reactions and beliefs of 
people with whom they interact. The stigma and perceived stigma of 
their health condition can lead to problems with self-management of 
their disease and further morbidity.
    The goal of this project is to develop a valid and reliable 
measurement tool to assess the public's perception of epilepsy and 
seizure disorders. This tool may shed light on the challenges in the 
social environment confronted by people with epilepsy and by their care 
givers. It will help gauge the climate of the general public and guide 
future epilepsy interventions. Once the tool has been developed, 
reliability and validity tests need to be conducted to ensure it is a 
scientifically rigorous instrument.
    The goals of the proposed data collection are to assess the 
instrument's:
     Internal consistency--how well different measures of the 
same construct reflect that construct
     Concurrent validity--the degree to which an operation is 
able to predict the behavior it purports to predict
     Construct validity--the extent to which an operation 
measures only the defined construct and not other constructs
     Test-retest reliability--the stability of the measure over 
time
    A random digit dial survey will be conducted with 750 respondents 
via computer assisted telephone interviewing (CATI) techniques. The 
number of respondents is sufficient to be generalizable to the U.S. 
population and to perform data reduction techniques such as factor 
analysis. The scale will be approximately 30 items and take 20 minutes 
to complete. Of the 750 respondents, 100 will be called back within two 
weeks to assess test-retest reliability. There are no costs to 
respondents.

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                                                      No. of          No. of        Avg. burden    Total annual
             Form                    Type of        respondents    responses per   per response     burden  (in
                                   respondents       per year       respondent      (in hours)        hours)
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1.............................  General Public..             650               1           20/60             217
1.............................  General Public..             100               2           20/60              67
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    Total.....................  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............             284
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    Dated: July 16, 2001.
Nancy Cheal,
Acting Associate Director for Policy, Planning and Evaluation Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 01-18352 Filed 7-23-01; 8:45 am]
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