[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 49 (Tuesday, March 12, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 10001]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-5760]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health


Proposed Data Collection; Comment Request

    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 request more information on the proposed 
project, call Amy F. Subar, Ph.D., Nutritionist, or Susan M. Krebs-
Smith, Ph.D., Nutritionist, at (301) 496-8500.
    Comments are invited on: (a) 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; (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; and (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. Send comments to Amy F. Subar, Ph.D., 
Susan M. Krebs-Smith, Ph.D., National Cancer Institute, EPN 313, 6130 
Executive Blvd., MSC 7344, Bethesda, MD 20892-7344. Written comments 
should be received by (Federal Register insert the data 60 days 
following the date of publication).
    Proposed Project: Followup Survey of the National 5 A Day for 
Better Health Program--New--This study will measure five year trends in 
fruit and vegetable intakes and in knowledge, attitudes, and benefits 
about diet and nutrition specific to fruit and vegetable intake. The 
purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of the National 
5 A Day for Better Health Program in the first five years of its 
existence. Two questionnaires will be administered concurrently via 
telephone to separate national samples of households, with an 
oversampling of African Americans and Hispanics. Methods, sampling, and 
techniques will be as similar as possible to that conducted in the 
original Baseline Survey. The difference between the samples will be in 
the survey instruments administered. The first, long questionnaire is 
the instrument used in the original 5 A Day Baseline Survey. The 
second, short questionnaire will obtain similar information to that 
collected using the long questionnaire. Because of concern for response 
rates and possible biases associated with low response rates, a survey 
of non-respondents from the long survey will also be conducted. This 
survey will use methods as similar as possible to those employed in the 
non-respondent survey to the 1991 Baseline Survey. Study participants 
will be U.S. adults 18 years and old residing in these coterminous 
states. Burden estimates are as follows:

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                                                                            No. of                              
                                   No. of                                  responses                            
                                respondents        Instrument type            per         Avg burden/response   
                                                                          respondent                            
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Group 1.......................        2,000  Long......................            1   .501 hrs.                
Group 2.......................        2,050  Short.....................            1   .251 hrs.                
Non-Response..................          150  Response..................            1   .167 hrs.                
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    Dated: March 1, 1996
Philip D. Amoruso,
NCI Executive Officer.
[FR Doc. 96-5760 Filed 3-11-96; 8:45 am]
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