[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 89 (Thursday, May 8, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26436-26437]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-10591]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Submission for OMB Review; 30-Day Comment Request; Awareness and 
Beliefs About Cancer Survey, National Cancer Institute (NCI)

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of Section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), 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 19, 2013, Vol. 78, page 36788 and allowed 60 days for 
public comment. Three public comments, questions, and requests for 
information were received. The purpose of this notice is to allow an 
additional 30 days for public comment. The National Cancer Institute 
(NCI), 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.
    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: NIH Desk Officer.
    Comment 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To obtain a copy of the data 
collection plans and instruments, submit comments in writing, or 
request more

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information on the proposed project, contact: Sarah Kobrin, Division of 
Cancer Control and Population Sciences, 9609 Medical Center Dr., MSC 
9761, Rockville, MD 20852, or call non-toll-free number 240-276-6931or 
Email your request, including your address to: [email protected]. 
Formal requests for additional plans and instruments must be requested 
in writing.
    Proposed Collection: Awareness and Beliefs about Cancer Survey, OMB 
No. 0925-0684, Expiration Date 11/30/2014, REVISION, National Cancer 
Institute (NCI), National Institutes of Health (NIH).
    Need and Use of Information Collection: The objective of the study 
is gather data about American adults' awareness and beliefs about 
cancer. The ultimate goal is to determine how individuals' perceptions 
of cancer may influence their decisions to report signs and symptoms to 
health care providers, perhaps affecting the disease stage of diagnosis 
and the effectiveness of treatment. Data will be collected from 
approximately 1,500 adults aged 50 years or older across the United 
States will be recruited for the NCI Awareness and Beliefs about Cancer 
survey over a one-year period. This request is to include cellphone-
only households in the ABC survey; the original request was to survey 
only landline households.
    OMB approval is requested for one year. There are no costs to 
respondents other than their time. The total estimated annualized 
burden hours are 1,667.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                      Average
                                     Type of        Number  of       Number of      burden per     Total annual
           Form name               respondent       respondents    responses per   response  (in    burden hour
                                                                    respondent        hours)
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Screener......................  General Public..          14,000               1            5/60           1,167
Survey........................  Adults 50+ years           1,500               1           20/60             500
                                 old.
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    Dated: May 1, 2014.
Vivian Horovitch-Kelley,
NCI Project Clearance Liaison, National Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. 2014-10591 Filed 5-7-14; 8:45 am]
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