[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 75 (Wednesday, April 18, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23263-23264]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-9356]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-12-12IG]
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 404-639-7570
and send comments to Kimberly S. Lane, at CDC 1600 Clifton Road, MS-
D74, Atlanta, GA 30333 or send an email to [email protected].
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. Written comments should be received
within 60 days of this notice.
Proposed Project
Targeted Surveillance and Biometric Studies for Enhanced Evaluation
of Community Transformation Grants--New--National Center for Chronic
Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP), Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The Prevention and Public Health Fund (PPHF) of the Patient
Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA) provides an important
opportunity for states, counties, territories and tribes to advance
public health across the lifespan and to reduce health disparities. The
PPHF authorizes Community Transformation Grants (CTG) for the
implementation, evaluation, and dissemination of evidence-based
community preventive health activities. The CTG Program emphasizes five
strategic directions: (1) Tobacco-free living, (2) active lifestyles
and healthy eating, (3) high impact, evidence-based clinical and other
preventive services, (4) social and emotional well-being, and (5)
healthy and safe physical environments.
The CTG Program is administered by the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention
and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP). As required by Section 4201 of the ACA,
CDC is responsible for conducting a comprehensive evaluation of the CTG
Program which includes assessment over time of measures relating to
each of the five strategic directions. CDC is requesting OMB approval
to collect information needed for these assessments. The information
collection will include population-level and targeted surveillance of
high interest indicators for a range of age groups in select CTG
communities, as well as enhanced evaluation studies designed to assess
the potential impact of specific CTG strategies on health outcomes.
CDC plans to conduct the Adult Targeted Surveillance Survey (ATSS)
in 20 CTG communities. Ten communities that have already received CTG
cooperative agreements (group A) will participate in the ATSS in 2012,
2014, and 2016, and ten communities that will receive CTG funding in
fiscal year 2013 (group B) will participate in the ATSS in 2013, 2015,
and 2017. The ATSS will be administered by telephone to a
representative sample of 1,000 adult residents in each community for an
estimated annualized number of respondents of 10,000. Respondents will
be asked to provide information about household practices and their
personal behaviors specific to the five strategic directions (e.g.,
nutrition). Responses will be used to monitor changes in relevant
attitudes, risk behaviors, and other behavioral factors in specific
geographic areas where CTG cooperative agreement awardees are
implementing interventions related to CTG strategic directions.
Information from the targeted surveillance surveys will be compared
with data from other local, state or national surveillance systems.
During the initial three-year OMB clearance period, the ATSS will be
administered to a total of 20,000 respondents in group A communities
and 10,000 respondents in group B communities.
CDC's CTG Program evaluation plans also include enhanced evaluation
activities and special studies fulfilling the congressional mandate to
expand the evidence base of effective public health interventions
across a range of settings, population subgroups, and health outcomes.
These studies will include use of mixed-method approaches and
observational and outcome data collection in select communities. The
initial selected studies will address biometric changes specific to CTG
interventions; the
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school environment; health disparities; and use of media. New studies
will be added in subsequent years to address additional key areas with
important public health impact.
CDC is requesting OMB approval to conduct the Youth and Adult
Biometric Study (YABS), one of the above mentioned special studies, in
10 CTG areas that are implementing evidence-based strategies to prevent
exposure to secondhand smoke and to improve nutrition and physical
activity among children and adults. The YABS will examine the impact of
CTG strategies on biometric markers of health status including weight,
height (i.e., body mass index or BMI), waist circumference, secondhand
smoke exposure, and blood pressure.
Participants in the YABS will be drawn from two samples of
households. The first sample will be a targeted sub-sample of ATSS-
respondent households that have at least one child between the ages of
3-17 years. The second sample of households will be recruited from an
address listing that contains households with children in school
catchment areas of high interest for assessing CTG interventions
targeted to prevent childhood obesity. Data collection for both samples
will be identical, with one exception. Adults from the second sample
will be asked at the beginning of the phone call to participate in the
telephone-based ATSS interview and YABS. Adults in the ATSS sub-sample
will be asked to participate in YABS at the completion of the phone
call, in order to maintain the ATSS interview as the priority for this
set of respondents.
Each adult respondent in the YABS will be asked to participate in
an in-home visit with a trained interviewer, who will collect biometric
data about the respondent such as height, weight, saliva, blood
pressure, etc. The adult respondent will also be asked to provide
information about his or her activity level over a one-week period.
Objective measures of activity will be collected through use of an
accelerometer, i.e., an electronic meter worn next to the body. In
addition, the respondent will maintain a hardcopy activity diary to
assist in interpreting the accelerometry data. An adult YABS respondent
who is the parent or guardian of a child in the household will be asked
to allow one child (age 3-17 years) to participate in the youth
component of the YABS. With the child's assent, similar biometric and
activity measures will be collected from the child. If the child is
between 3 and 8 years of age, the parent or guardian will be asked to
complete a Caregiver Survey about the child's behaviors. If the child
is between 9 and 17 years of age, he or she will be asked to complete a
Youth Survey.
The information to be collected will allow CDC to estimate the
effect of all CTG interventions on health behaviors and health outcomes
in adults and children ages 3-17 years, and to estimate the independent
effect of school-based interventions in youth. OMB approval is
requested for the first three years of the five-year CTG project
period. Participation is voluntary and there are no costs to
respondents other than their time.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of Average burden
Type of respondent Form name Number of responses per per response Total burden
respondents respondent (in hr) (in hr)
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Adults in CTG Awardee Adult Targeted 10,000 1 30/60 5,000
Communities. Surveillance
Survey.
Adult Participants in the Adult Targeted 1,300 1 30/60 650
Youth and Adult Biometric Surveillance
Study. Survey.
Adult Biometric 2,500 1 20/60 833
Measures.
Adult Activity 500 1 20/60 167
Diary.
Caregiver Survey 1,000 1 15/60 250
Child Participants in the Child Biometric 2,000 1 15/60 500
Youth and Adult Biometric Measures.
Study.
Child Activity 500 1 10/60 83
Diary.
Youth Survey.... 1,000 1 15/60 250
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Total..................... ................ .............. .............. .............. 7,733
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Kimberly S. Lane,
Deputy Director, Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of the
Associate Director for Science, Office of the Director, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2012-9356 Filed 4-17-12; 8:45 am]
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