[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 54 (Tuesday, March 19, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 11215]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-6584]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Checklist Validation 
of Dietary Questionnaire

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 collection listed below. This proposed information 
collection was previously published in the Federal Register on 
September 21, 1995, page 49001, 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: Checklist Validation of Dietary 
Questionnaire. Type of Information Collection Request: New. Need and 
Use of Information Collection: This experiment will compare the 
performance of two self-administered food frequency questionnaires 
which use different approaches to collect the information. The purpose 
of the study is to determine which food frequency approach more nearly 
replicates the information collected on the criterion Daily Checklist 
Instrument, which is a list of about 30 key food items selected 
especially for this comparative assessment. The Checklist will be 
completed daily for 30 days by each study participant. Following the 
30-day period, one group will complete the NCI Health Habits and 
History Questionnaire (HHHQ), and the other group will complete the NCI 
Diet History Questionnaire (DHQ). Respondents to each data collection 
instrument will estimate how often they eat a series of food items in 
the last month. Complete questionnaires will be obtained on 250 
subjects in each of the two study groups. Study participants will be 
compensated. The results of the study will be used to refine the NCI 
Diet History Questionnaire. Participants will be adult volunteers from 
the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. Frequency of Response: Once. 
Affected Public: Individuals or households. Type of Respondents: 
Adults. The annual reporting burden is as follows: Estimated Number of 
Respondents: 1333; Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1; 
Average Burden Hours Per Response: 1.44; Estimated Total Annual Burden 
Hours Requested: 1924. The annualized cost to respondents is estimated 
at: $5,920. There are no Capital Costs to report. There are no 
Operating or 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 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; (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 respondent, 
including through the use of automated 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: Dr. Frances E. Thompson, Applied Research 
Branch, DCPC, NCI, NIH, EPN 313, 6130 Executive Blvd MSC 7344, Bethesda 
MD 20892-7344, or call non-toll-free number (301) 496-8500 or E-mail 
you 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 on or before April 
18, 1996.

    Dated: March 12, 1996.
Philip D. Amoruso,
NCI Executive Officer.
[FR Doc. 96-6584 Filed 3-18-96; 8:45 am]
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