[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 27 (Thursday, February 9, 2012)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-2965]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30Day-0920-11CE]
Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) publishes a
list of information collection requests under review by the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) in compliance with the requirement of
Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. To
request a copy of these requests, call the CDC Reports Clearance
Officer at (404) 639-5960 or send an email to [email protected]. Send written
comments to CDC Desk Officer, Office of Management and Budget,
Washington, DC or by fax to (202) 395-6974. Written comments should be
received within 30 days of this notice.
Proposed Project
The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 1999-
2010 Birth Certificate Linkage Study--Pregnant Women--New--National
Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
Section 306 of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act (42 U.S.C.
242k), as amended, authorizes that the Secretary of Health and Human
Services (DHHS), acting through NCHS, shall collect statistics on the
extent and nature of illness and disability; environmental, social and
other health hazards; and determinants of health of the population of
the United States.
Division of Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (DHANES)
proposes to re-contact women who were pregnant at the time of their
participation in NHANES in 1999-2010 and ask permission to link their
data to the child's birth certificate data, for the birth that resulted
after the survey. This study is funded in collaboration with CDC's
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion,
Division of Reproductive Health (DRH). Participation is completely
voluntary and confidential.
NHANES was conducted periodically between 1970 and 1994, and
continuously since 1999 by the NCHS. A supplemental sample of pregnant
women was selected in NHANES from 1999-2006. This resulted in a total
of 1,350 pregnant women. Although this supplemental sample was
discontinued after 2006, there are an estimated 150 pregnant women in
the NHANES sample for the years 2007-10. This results in a total
estimate of 1,500 women for this project.
The NHANES only collected information about the pregnant women at
the time of interview. Having information on their children's birth
certificates and birth outcomes could provide insight into issues
related to maternal and child health. No other survey has the physical
examination and nutritional data that NHANES collects on pregnant
women.
Consents for these projects will be sent to the appropriate U.S.
states, local areas, or territories, where the birth certificate
retrievals will then be conducted. Electronic retrieval per records is
estimated at five minutes.
NHANES data users include the U.S. Congress; the World Health
Organization; numerous Federal agencies such as the National Institutes
of Health, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the United States
Department of Agriculture; private groups such as the American Heart
Association; schools of public health; private businesses; individual
practitioners; and administrators. This submission requests approval
for two years. There is no cost to respondents other than their time.
The total estimated annual burden is 312 hours.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Average
Number of Number of burden per
Type of respondent Form respondents responses per response (in
respondent hours)
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1. Women who were pregnant during Health Questionnaire/ 750 1 20/60
NHANES 1999-2010. Consent Form.
3. State/local vital statistics Locate and transmit birth 57 13 5/60
staff (one per U.S. State or certificates.
Territory).
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Kimberly S. Lane,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
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