[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 86 (Monday, May 5, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 24493]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-11650]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; Proposed 
Data Collection Available for Public Comment and Recommendation; Pilot 
Study for the Johnston County ADHD Study: Environmental, Reproductive 
and Familial Risk Factors for Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

    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 Institute of 
Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) will publish periodic summaries 
of proposed projects. To request more information on the proposed 
project or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and 
instruments, call the NIEHS Project Clearance Liaison, at (919) 541-
5047.
    Comments are invited on: (a) 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; (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.
    This notice regards a request for emergency OMB processing for a 
pilot study for a proposed project: Pilot Study for the Johnston County 
ADHD Study: Environmental, Reproductive and Familial Risk Factors for 
Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in accordance with 5 CFR 
1320.13 of the OMB guidelines. We are requesting for OMB clearance by 
May 29, 1997. Use of normal clearance procedures is reasonably likely 
to prevent or disrupt the collection of information for this pilot 
study. We intend to submit a regular OMB request for the full study in 
October 1997, in anticipation for beginning data collection for the 
study in February 1998.
    New--Proposed Project: Pilot Study for the Johnston County ADHD 
Study: Environmental, Reproductive and Familial Risk Factors for 
Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. For the pretest we plan to 
collect data from 18 classes. Teachers will use a brief symptom 
checklist to screen all the children in their class; 360 children will 
be screened in all. We will conduct telephone interviews with the 
mothers of children identified as possible cases and a 15% random 
sample of control children. If children meet DSM-IV criteria for ADHD 
after both screens they will be considered cases. For the pretest, we 
expect there will be 15 cases and 35 controls. The primary hypotheses 
of the study are that preterm delivery and other reproductive risk 
factors increase risk of ADHD and childhood lead exposure increases 
risk of ADHD. The data collected in the pretest will allow us to 
evaluate subject recruitment procedures, evaluate data collection 
procedures, and provide initial estimates of the prevalence of ADHD in 
this population which will help us estimate the statistical power of 
the study more accurately and make adaptations to our design if 
necessary.

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                                                                  Average Number                                
                                     Estimated       Estimated     of  responses  Average burden     Estimated  
       Type of respondents           Number of       Number of          per          hours per     total burden 
                                    respondents      responses      respondent       response          hours    
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Teachers........................              18             522              29             .18              94
Mothers/guardians...............              63             189               3             .53             100
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Total Yearly Burden: 194 hours.                                                                                 

    Direct Comments to OMB: Please send written comments and/or 
suggestions regarding the items(s) contained in this notice, especially 
regarding the estimated public burden and associated response time, as 
soon as possible to the Office of Management, Office of Regulatory 
Affairs, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, D.C. 
20503, Attention: Desk Officer for NIH.

    Dated: April 22, 1997.
Charles Leasure,
Associate Director for Management, NIEHS.
[FR Doc. 97-11650 Filed 5-2-97; 8:45 am]
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