[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 12 (Wednesday, January 20, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3142-3144]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-00936]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-16-16JO; Docket No. CDC-2016-0005]
Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and
Recommendations
AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice with comment period.
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SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part
of its continuing efforts to reduce public burden and maximize the
utility of government information, invites the general public and other
Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or
continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on the proposed
information collect project entitled ``The Pregnancy Risk Assessment
Surveillance System''.
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before March 21, 2016.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2016-
0005 by any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Regulation.gov. Follow the instructions
for submitting comments.
Mail: Leroy A. Richardson, Information Collection Review Office,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, NE., MS-
D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name
and Docket Number. All relevant comments received will be posted
without change to Regulations.gov, including any personal information
provided. For access to the docket to read background documents or
comments received, go to Regulations.gov.
Please note: All public comment should be submitted through the
Federal eRulemaking portal (Regulations.gov) or by U.S. mail to the
address listed above.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on the
proposed project or to obtain a copy of the information collection plan
and instruments, contact the Information Collection Review Office,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, NE., MS-
D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; phone: 404-639-7570; Email: [email protected].
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), Federal agencies must obtain approval from
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for each collection of
information they conduct or sponsor. In addition, the PRA also requires
Federal agencies to provide a 60-day notice in the Federal Register
concerning each proposed collection of information, including each new
proposed collection, each proposed extension of existing collection of
information, and each reinstatement of previously approved information
collection before submitting the collection to OMB for approval. To
comply with this requirement, we are publishing this notice of a
proposed data collection as described below.
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; (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; and (e) estimates of capital or start-
up costs and costs of operation, maintenance, and purchase of services
to provide information. Burden means the total time, effort, or
financial resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain,
disclose or provide information to or for a Federal agency. This
includes the time needed to review instructions; to develop, acquire,
install and utilize technology and systems for the purpose of
collecting, validating and verifying information, processing and
maintaining information, and disclosing and providing information; to
train personnel and to be able to respond to a collection of
information, to search data sources, to complete and review the
collection of information; and to transmit or otherwise disclose the
information.
Proposed Project
The Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS)--Existing
Collection in Use without an OMB Control Number--National Center for
Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP), Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) seeks OMB
approval to collect information through the Pregnancy Risk Assessment
Monitoring System (PRAMS) for three years. The PRAMS is a customized
mail and telephone survey currently conducted by 41 sites (40 states
and New York City) collectively called ``states'' or ``jurisdictions''
in this document. In 2016 PRAMS intends to expand to all 50 states.
PRAMS supplements vital records data by providing state-specific
information on maternal behaviors and experiences. Respondents are
pregnant or postpartum women. Every month, in each participating state,
a sample of 100 to 300 women who have recently given birth to a live
infant is selected from birth certificates. The sample is stratified
based on the state's population of interest to ensure high-risk
populations are represented in the data. Information is collected by
self-administered mail survey with telephone follow-up for non-
responders. Because PRAMS uses standardized data collection methods, it
allows data to be compared among states.
The PRAMS survey instrument is based on a core set of questions
common across all states. Core questions request information that is
not available from vital records; information about health conditions,
prenatal care, postpartum care, access to care, or health insurance
status; information about contraception, health habits or risk
behaviors; and information about other topics such as breastfeeding. In
addition, CDC provides participating states with standard but optional
questions that states may use to customize survey content for their
specific needs. These questions can be used to address state-specific
priorities, or address special topics such history of breast and
ovarian cancer. States not intending to implement the survey on an
ongoing basis, can instead employ a point-in-time survey consisting of
core and standard questions. Increasingly, PRAMS infrastructure is used
to support emerging needs and special-purpose information collection
relevant to the core mission of improving maternal and child health.
For example, pregnant or postpartum women may have unique needs in some
circumstances, such as disease outbreaks or natural disasters. Because
PRAMS infrastructure was developed to access a specific and vulnerable
subpopulation, the PRAMS infrastructure can be rapidly adapted for
targeted information collection that would not be feasible with other
surveillance methods.
States submit their PRAMS data sets to CDC for cleaning and
weighting, and CDC returns the data sets to the respective state of
origin for its use. CDC has implemented a Web-based data collection and
management system that enhances authorized users' ability to monitor
and improve survey operations in real time and survey participants to
complete a survey online via mobile devices. The system also enhances
the ability of CDC and states to conduct additional information
collection related to surveillance of a vulnerable population, emerging
needs for maternal and child health program planning, or special
purpose studies designed to elucidate factors that influence material
and child health.
PRAMS data are used by state governments to plan and review
preconception and perinatal health programs and policies aimed at
reducing health problems among mothers and babies, and by researchers
to investigate emerging issues in the field of reproductive health.
The burden estimate for PRAMS includes two types of information
collection: (1) Information collection associated with the standard
PRAMS core questions, and (2) information collection associated with
supplemental activities. 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 respondents Form name Number of responses per per response Total burden
respondents respondent (in hrs) (in hrs)
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Women of child-bearing age who PRAMS Core and 50,150 1 25/60 20,896
recently delivered a live Standard Phase
born infant. 8 Questions
(English).
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PRAMS Core and 6,054 1 34/60 3,431
Standard Phase
8 Questions
(Spanish).
PRAMS Point in 5,200 1 24/60 2,080
Time Core and
Standard Phase
8 Questions.
PRAMS 8,000 1 15/60 2,000
Supplemental
Questions on
Family History
of Breast and
Ovarian Cancer.
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Total..................... ................ .............. .............. .............. 28,407
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Leroy A. Richardson,
Chief, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Scientific
Integrity, Office of the Associate Director for Science, Office of the
Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2016-00936 Filed 1-19-16; 8:45 am]
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