[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 187 (Tuesday, September 27, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59706-59707]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-24837]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Healthy Communities Study:
How Communities Shape Children's Health (HCS)
SUMMARY: Under the provisions of Section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
(NHLBI), the National Institutes of Health has submitted to the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve the
information collection listed below. This proposed information
collection was previously published in the Federal Register on June 17,
2011, Pages 35452-3 and allowed 60 days for public comment. Three (3)
comments were received. The purpose of this notice is to allow an
additional 30 days for public comment. The National Institutes of
Health may not conduct or sponsor, and the respondent is not required
to respond to, an information collection that has been extended,
revised, or implemented on or after October 1, 1995, unless it displays
a currently valid OMB control number.
Proposed Collection: Title: Healthy Communities Study: How
Communities Shape Children's Health (HCS). Type of Information
Collection Request: New. Need and Use of Information Collection: The
HCS will address the need for a cross-cutting national study of
community programs and policies and their relationship to childhood
obesity. The HCS is an observational study of communities conducted
over five years that aims to (1) Determine the associations between
community programs/policies and Body Mass Index (BMI), diet, and
physical activity in children; and (2) identify the community, family,
and child factors that modify or mediate the associations between
community programs/policies and BMI, diet, and physical activity in
children. A total of 279 communities and over 23,000 children and their
parents will be part of the HCS over the five-year study. A HCS
community is defined as a high school catchment area and the age range
of children is 3-15 years upon entry into the study. The study examines
quantitative and qualitative information obtained from community-based
initiatives; community characteristics (e.g., school environment);
measurements of children's physical activity levels and dietary
practices; and children's and parents' BMIs. Results from the Healthy
Communities Study may influence the future development and funding of
policies and programs to reduce childhood obesity. Furthermore, HCS
results will be published in scientific journals and will be used for
the development of future research initiatives targeting childhood
obesity. Frequency of Response: Varies by participant type from once to
2.74 times. Affected Public: Families or households; businesses, other
for-profit, and non-profit. Type of Respondents: Parents, children,
community key informants (who have knowledge about community programs/
policies related to healthy nutrition, physical activity, and healthy
weight of children), food service personnel, physical education
instructors, state health department employees, and physicians or
medical secretaries. The annual reporting burden is as follows:
Estimated number of respondents: 247,619; Estimated Number of Responses
per Respondent: 1.1; Average (Annual) Burden Hours per Response: 0.12;
and Estimated Total Burden Hours Requested: 33,144. The annualized cost
to respondents is estimated at $434,789. There are no Capital Costs to
report. There are no Operating or Maintenance Costs to report.
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Estimated Estimated
Estimated number of Average total annual
Type of respondents number of responses per burden hours burden hours
respondents * respondent per response requested *
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Parents/Caregivers (screening).................. 169,650 1 0.17 9,614
Parents/Caregivers.............................. 20,358 1.46 1.14 11,295
Second Parents/Caregivers....................... 10,179 1 0.12 407
Parents/Caregivers who refuse to participate.... 2,410 1 0.17 137
Children........................................ 20,358 1.46 0.78 7,728
Key Informants (screening)...................... 4,820 1 0.08 129
Key Informants.................................. 3,615 2.74 0.85 2,806
Food Service Personnel.......................... 964 1 0.42 135
Physical Education Instructors.................. 964 1 0.25 80
State Health Department employees............... 50 1 0.30 5
Physicians/medical secretaries.................. 14,251 1 0.17 808
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Total....................................... 247,619 .............. .............. 33,144
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* Estimated for first three years of the five-year study.
Request for Comments: Written comments and/or suggestions from the
public and affected agencies should address one or more of the
following points: (1) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the function of
the agency, including whether the information will have
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practical utility; (2) Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate
of the burden of the proposed collection of information, including the
validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (3) Enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and
(4) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who
are to respond, including the use of appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms
of information technology.
Direct Comments to OMB: Written comments and/or suggestions
regarding the item(s) contained in this notice, especially regarding
the estimated public burden and associated response time, should be
directed to the: Office of Management and Budget, Office of Regulatory
Affairs, [email protected] or by fax to 202-395-6974,
Attention: Desk Officer for NIH. To request more information on the
proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and
instruments contact: Dr. Sonia Arteaga, NIH, NHLBI, 6701 Rockledge
Drive, MSC 7936, Bethesda, MD 20892-7936, or call non-toll free number
(301) 435-0377 or e-mail your request, including your address to:
[email protected].
Comments Due Date: Comments regarding this information collection
are best assured of having their full effect if received within 30 days
of the date of this publication.
Dated: September 21, 2011.
Lynn Susulske,
NHLBI Project Clearance Liaison, National Institutes of Health.
Michael S. Lauer,
Director, DCVS, National Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. 2011-24837 Filed 9-26-11; 8:45 am]
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