[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 111 (Friday, June 7, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 29103]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-14430]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Public Health Service
National Institutes of Health
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; National 5 A Day for
Better Health Follow-Up Survey
SUMMARY: Under the provisions of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the National Cancer Institute (NCI), the
National Institutes of Health (NIH) has submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve the
information on collection listed below. This proposed information
collection was previously published in the Federal Register on March
12, 1996, page 10001 and allowed 60-days for public comment. No public
comments were received. The purpose of this notice is to allow an
additional 30 days for public comment. The 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.
PROPOSED COLLECTION: Title: The National 5 A Day for Better Health
Follow-up Study. Type of Information Collection Request: NEW. Need and
Use of Information Collection: This study will measure five year trends
in fruit and vegetable intakes and in knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs
about diet and nutrition specific to fruit and vegetable intake. The
primary objectives of the study are to establish current patterns in
fruit and vegetable consumption, beliefs and fruit and vegetables and
health, program visibility and awareness, and changes in these since
baseline. The findings will provide valuable information concerning (1)
the effectiveness of the National 5 A Day for Better Health Program in
the first five years of its existence, and (2) will be used for program
planning to help direct further 5 A Day and other intervention efforts.
Frequency of Response: One time. Affected Public: Individuals or
Households. Type of Respondents: U.S. adults 18 years and older
residing in these coterminous states. The annual reporting burden is as
follows:
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Estimated Estimated
Estimated number of Average burden total annual
Type of respondents number of responses per hours per burden hours
respondents respondent response requested
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Group 1......................................... 2000 1 .501 1002
Group 2......................................... 2050 1 .501 514
Non-Response.................................... 150 1 .167 25
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Total..................................... 4200 1 .3669 1541
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The annualized cost to respondents is estimated at: $12,410. There
are no Capital Costs to report. There are no Operating to Maintenance
Costs to report.
REQUEST FOR COMMENTS: Written comments and/or suggestions from the
public and affected agencies are invited on one or more of the
following points: (1) Whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the function of the agency,
including whether the information will have practical utility; (2) The
accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection of information, including the validity of the methodology
and assumptions used; (3) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) Ways to minimize
the burden to the collection of information on those who are to
respond, including the use of appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms
of information technology.
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, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, D.C.
20503, Attention: Desk Officer for NIH.
To request more information on the proposed project or to obtain a
copy of the data collection plans and instruments, contact: Amy F.
Subar, Ph.D., Susan M. Krebs-Smith, Ph.D., National Cancer Institute,
EPN 313, 6130 Executive Blvd, Bethesda, MD 20892-7344, or call non-
toll-free number (301) 496-8500.
COMMENTS 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.
Dated: May 30, 1996.
Phillip D. Amoruso,
Executive Officer, NCI.
[FR Doc. 96-14430 Filed 6-6-96; 8:45 am]
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