[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 113 (Monday, June 13, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38182-38184]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-13848]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-16-16AOP; Docket No. CDC-2016-0049]
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 a proposed
information collection entitled ``TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY (TBI)
SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM.'' CDC will use the information collected to
determine how many children and adults experience a traumatic brain
injury (TBI) each year in the United States, and to collect information
about the circumstances that identifies groups most at risk for TBI.
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before August 12, 2016.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2016-
0049 by any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Regulations.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
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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].
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
TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY (TBI) SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM--New--National
Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC), Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The CDC requests a three-year OMB approval for a new Traumatic
Brain Injury (TBI) Surveillance System data collection. TBI is a
significant public health concern in the United States, contributing to
an estimated 2.2 million Emergency Department (ED) visits, 280,000
hospitalizations, and 50,000 deaths in 2010. These numbers, however,
underestimate the true public health and economic burden of TBI in the
U.S. because they are based on healthcare administrative data that only
capture information on the number of ED visits, hospitalizations, and
deaths identified as TBI-related.
A surveillance system will accurately determine how many children
and adults experience a TBI each year in the United States, and will
collect information about the circumstances that identifies groups most
at risk for TBI. By administering the surveillance system over time,
the surveillance system can monitor trends and allow for an
understanding of whether TBIs are increasing or decreasing, and whether
prevention efforts are effective.
Data will be collected through household survey conducted as a
random digit dial telephone survey utilizing both landline and
cellphones; adult respondents will be asked about their own TBI history
while adult respondents with children 5-17 years of age will serve as
proxies and answer questions about their children's TBI history.
Information collected will produce nationally representative
incidence estimates of all TBI, with a particular focus on the
incidence of sports- and recreation-related TBI (SRR-TBI) among youth
5-21 years of age. Another use of the data is to produce nationally-
representative estimates of TBI-related disability.
Participation in the information collection is voluntary. The
survey will be conducted among English or Spanish speaking participants
living in the United States. The estimated annual burden hours are
3,979. There are no costs to respondents other than their time.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Average
Number of Number of burden per Total burden
Type of respondents Form name respondents responses per response (in (in hours)
respondent hours)
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Adults 18 or older............ Adult 2,611 1 2/60 87
Eligibility
Screener.
Adult Screener.. 14,164 1 12/60 2,833
Adult Survey.... 2,500 1 18/60 750
Adolescent 12 to 17 years of Adolescent 2,058 1 5/60 172
age. Screener.
Adolescent 686 1 12/60 137
Survey.
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Total Annual Burden Hours. ................ .............. .............. .............. 3,979
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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.
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