[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 79 (Thursday, April 24, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20013-20014]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-10549]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Validation of a New
Food Frequency Questionnaire
SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for opportunity for public comment
on proposed data collection projects, the National Institutes of Health
(NIH), National Cancer Institute (NCI) will publish periodic summaries
of proposed projects to be submitted to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for review and approval. This proposed information
collection was previously published in the Federal Register on December
24, 1996, page 67839 and allowed 60-days for public comment. There were
only two requests for additional information and no comments. 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: Validation of a New Food Frequency
Questionnaire. Type of Information Collection Request: New. Need and
use of Information Collection: The agency conducts and funds studies
examining the relationship between diet and chronic diseases. This
information collection is needed to validate and further refine a new
diet history questionnaire to be used in studies of diet and disease.
The new questionnaire will be validated against reference data from
four non-consecutive 24-hour dietary recalls among a national sample of
persons 20-70 years of age. The
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validity of the new questionnaire will be compared to two widely used
food frequency questionnaires. As a further validation, biological
nutrition measures from blood specimens will be obtained from a 20%
sub-sample of participants. Frequency of response: One-time study.
Affected public: Individuals or households. Types of Respondents: US
adults 20-70 years of age. The annual reporting burden is as follows:
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Estimated Estimated
Estimated number of Avg. burden Estimated total annual
Data collection form number of responses per hours per total hour burden hours
respondents respondent response burden requested
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Screener........................ 2700 1 0.167 450.9 300.6
Recalls interview #1............ 1620 1 0.75 1215.0 810.0
Recall interview #2............. 1563 1 0.5 781.5 521.0
Recall interview #3............. 1507 1 0.5 753.5 502.3
Recall interview #4............. 1451 1 0.5 725.5 483.7
New Questionnaire............... 1225 1 0.75 918.8 612.5
Food Questionnaire 1............ 612 1 0.5 306.0 204.0
Food Questionnaire 2............ 612 1 0.668 408.8 272.5
Opinion form.................... 1225 1 0.167 204.6 136.4
Blood substudy.................. 240 2 0.25 120.0 80.0
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Total....................... 2700 .............. .............. 5884.6 3923.0
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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 proposed performance of the functions of the agency,
including whether the information shall 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
of 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., Project Officer, National
Cancer Institute, EPN 313, 6130 EXECUTIVE BLVD MSC 7344, BETHESDA MD
20892-7344, or call non-toll-free number (301) 496-8500, or FAX your
request to (301) 435-3710, or E-mail your request, including your
address, to [email protected].
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: April 9, 1997.
Nancie L. Bliss,
OMB Project Clearance Liaison.
[FR Doc. 97-10549 Filed 4-23-97; 8:45 am]
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