[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 154 (Wednesday, August 10, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52873-52875]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-18935]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-16-16AWJ; Docket No. CDC-2016-0082]
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 ``Behavioral
Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) Asthma Call-back Survey
(ACBS).'' The ACBS is an in-depth asthma survey conducted on a subset
of BRFSS respondents with an asthma diagnosis. The goal of this survey
is to strengthen the existing body of asthma data and to address
critical questions surrounding the health and experiences of persons
with asthma.
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before October 11, 2016.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2016-
0082 by any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
Mail: Jeffrey M. Zirger, 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].
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
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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
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) Asthma Call-back
Survey (ACBS)--Existing Collection in Use without an OMB Control
Number--National Center for Environmental Health NCEH), Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is requesting
a three-year Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) clearance to conduct
information collection under ``The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance
System (BRFSS) Asthma Call-back Survey (ACBS).'' The ACBS is an
existing collection in use without an OMB Control Number.
BRFSS (OMB Control No. 0920-1061, expiration date 3/31/2018) is a
nationwide system of customized, cross-sectional telephone health
surveys sponsored by CDC's National Center for Chronic Disease
Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP) Division of Population
Health. The BRFSS information collection is conducted in a continuous,
three-part telephone interview process: Screening, participation in a
common BRFSS core survey, and participation in optional question
modules that states use to customize survey content.
The ACBS is not an optional state module, but rather, is a follow-
up survey to the regular BRFSS efforts. It is funded by the National
Asthma Control Program (NACP) in the Air Pollution and Respiratory
Health Branch (APRHB) of the National Center for Environmental Health
(NCEH). The ACBS is administered by NCCDPHP on behalf of NCEH using its
existing BRFSS sampling frame. BRFSS coordinators in the health
departments in U.S. states, territories, and the District of Columbia
(collectively referred to as states) are responsible for survey
administration. Currently CDC provides its 40 participating states with
technical and methodological assistance.
The purpose of ACBS is to gather state-level asthma data and to
make them available to track the burden of the disease, to monitor
adherence to asthma guidelines, and to direct and evaluate
interventions undertaken by asthma control programs located in state
health departments. Beyond asthma prevalence estimates, for most
states, the ACBS provides the only sources of adult and child asthma
data on the state and local level.
As a follow-up, the ACBS is conducted within two weeks after the
BRFSS survey. Data collection for ACBS involves screening, obtaining
permission, consenting and telephone interviewing on a subset of the
BRFSS respondents from participating states. The ACBS eligible
respondents are BRFSS adults, 18 years and older, who report ever being
diagnosed with asthma. In addition, some states include children, below
18 years of age, who are randomly selected subjects in the BRFSS
household. Parents or guardians serve as ACBS proxy respondents for
their children ever diagnosed with asthma. If both the BRFSS adult
respondent and the selected child in the household have asthma, then
only one or the other is eligible for the ACBS.
The ACBS adds considerable state-level depth to the existing body
of asthma data. It addresses critical questions surrounding the health
and experiences of persons with asthma. Health data include symptoms,
environmental factors, and medication use among persons with asthma.
Data on their experiences include activity limitation, health system
use, and self-management education. These asthma data are needed to
direct and evaluate interventions undertaken by asthma control programs
located in state health departments. Federal agencies and other
entities also rely on this critical information for planning and
evaluating efforts and to reduce the burden from this disease.
The CDC makes annual ACBS datasets available for public use and
provides guidance on statistically appropriate uses of the data.
Participation in the ACBS is voluntary and there are no costs to
respondents other than their time. The burden table reflects the
landline and cell phone data collection methods used in 2013 and later
years. Additionally, the burden table accounts for reporting burden
incurred by the states for the monthly or quarterly data submission to
CDC. The burden hour estimates represent the 2013 data collection which
is the most recent data released.
There is no cost to the respondents other than their time. The
total estimated annualized burden hours for all respondents are 6,029
hours.
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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BRFSS Adults.................. ACBS Landline 21,424 1 1/60 357
Screener--Adult.
ACBS Cell Phone 8,976 1 1/60 150
Screener--Adult.
BRFSS Parents or Guardians of ACBS Landline 4,245 1 1/60 71
Children. Screener--Child. 2,238 1 1/60 37
ACBS Cell Phone
Screener--Child.
ACBS Adults................... ACBS Adult 19,954 1 10/60 3,326
Consent and
Survey--2013.
ACBS Parents or Guardians of ACBS Child 3,887 1 10/60 648
Children. Consent and
Survey--2013.
State BRFSS Coordinators...... ACBS Data 40 12 3 1,440
Submission
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Total..................... ................ .............. .............. .............. 6,029
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Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Health Scientist, Acting 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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