[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 248 (Tuesday, December 24, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 67839]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-32582]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Public Health Service


National Institutes of Health; Proposed Data Collection; 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.

Proposed Collection

    Title: Validation of a New 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 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: U.S. 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 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 on or before 
February 24, 1997.

    Dated: December 13, 1996.
Nancie L. Bliss,
OMB Project Clearance Liaison.
[FR Doc. 96-32582 Filed 12-23-96; 8:45 am]
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