[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 10 (Thursday, January 15, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2394-2396]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-1016]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30DAY-07-98]


Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) publishes a 
list of

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information collection requests under review by the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction 
Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a copy of these requests, call 
the CDC Reports Clearance Office on (404) 639-7090. Send written 
comments to CDC, Desk Officer; Human Resources and Housing Branch, New 
Executive Office Building, Room 10235; Washington, DC 20503. Written 
comments should be received within 30 days of this notice.

Proposed Projects

    1. The Tri-State Mining District: Lead Exposure and Immunotoxic 
Effects Study in the Tri-State District--New--The proposed study 
evaluates associations between immune system dysfunction/damage and 
exposure to lead among children in the Tri-State Mining District. This 
district encompasses several contaminated areas including three 
Superfund sites: The Oronogo-Duenweg Mining Belt site in Jasper County, 
Missouri; the Cherokee County Site in Kansas; and the Tar Creek, Ottawa 
County Site in Oklahoma.
    The proposed study consists of two repeated in-person interviews 
and biological testing for blood lead and immune function among 
participants of the ongoing lead screening programs in the Tri-State 
Mining district. Approximately 50 children identified as having blood 
lead >10 micrograms per deciliter and 50 children with blood lead 
levels <5 micrograms per deciliter will constitute the study and 
comparison groups respectively. Blood specimens will be obtained to 
measure lead, complete blood count, EP, ZPP, antibody titers, and the 
CDC/ATSDR recommended immune panel. A second blood drawn a month later 
will examine intra-personal immune tests stability and will help 
evaluate the relationship between immune results and recent illness. 
Parents will be interviewed using a children's health questionnaire 
that solicits information on demographics, the medical history of each 
child and the occurrences of recent illness. Statistical analyses will 
compare health outcome measures (symptoms, illness, change in immune 
parameters) to blood lead levels. Other than their time, there will be 
no cost to the respondents. The length of clearance requested is for 1 
year. Total annual burden hours are 125.

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                                                     Number of       Number of        burden/      Total burden 
                    Form name                       respondents     responses/     response (in      (in hrs.)  
                                                                    respondent         hrs)                     
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Verification....................................             500               1            0.5               25
Pediatric Immune Questionnaire..................             100               2            0.05             100
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    2. National Childhood Blood Lead Surveillance System--(0920-0337)--
Reinstatement--Lead poisoning is a common and societally devastating 
environmental disease of young children in the United States. In 
response to the call for a national surveillance program of lead levels 
made in the HHS publication, Strategic Plan for the Elimination of 
Childhood Lead Poisoning (February 1991), CDC established the National 
Childhood Blood Lead Surveillance System. In FY92, CDC awarded funds to 
eight states to assist them in developing a complete childhood lead 
surveillance activity. In FY96, CDC provided funding for childhood 
blood lead surveillance activity in 31 states and the District of 
Columbia. Sixteen of these states submitted 1995 (calendar year) data 
to the national database. Information from this national surveillance 
system may be used by Federal and state agencies to (1) more accurately 
estimate the number of children with elevated lead levels; (2) monitor 
short-term trends; (3) identify clusters of cases; (4) determine 
geographic distribution of cases; (5) examine risk factors among 
children with elevated lead levels; (6) identify risk factors for 
elevated lead levels among specific population groups; (7) target 
intervention programs to groups at risk for elevated lead levels; and 
(8) track national progress in eliminating childhood lead poisoning. 
Total annual burden hours are 456.

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                                                                     Number of    Average burden/               
                   Respondents                       Number of      responses/     response  (in   Total  burden
                                                    respondents     respondent         hrs.)         (in hrs.)  
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State Health Departments:                                                                                       
    (a) Annual Report...........................              20               1              10             200
    (b) Quarterly Report........................              32               4               2             256
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    3. Risk And Protective Factors of Intimate Partner Violence 
Survey--New--The purpose of the project is to identify early warning 
signs and protective factors in intimate violence prevention by 
conducting a random-digit-dial national survey. Findings from a 
preliminary focus group study reveal that: (1) There may exist a 
pattern of early warning signs that women can use to avoid intimate 
partner violence, (2) certain individual and societal characteristics 
(which we call risk and protective factors), such as family history of 
abuse or the support of friends or institutions, may increase or reduce 
the risk of violence in women's lives, (3) these risk and protective 
factors may influence women's ability to detect early warning signs for 
physical violence perpetrated by an intimate partner, and (4) there may 
be differences between African-American, Caucasian, and Hispanic women 
regarding helping relationships and services utilized by abused women.
    The survey will include a stratification methodology to include six 
specific categories of women across the United States who are over 18 
years of age. The six categories of women are African-American, 
Caucasian, and Hispanic women who: (1) Have never been in a violent 
relationship, (2) are currently in a violent relationship, and (3) have 
previously been in a violent relationship, but have been living free of 
violence for at least one year. The survey will gather data from 
approximately 1,800 women using an interview protocol which was 
developed and pilot tested in conjunction with the focus group study 
and has been refined by experts and CDC program staff. Total annual 
burden hours are 630.

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                                                          Number of                                             
             Respondents                 Number of        responses/        Average  burden/      Total  burden 
                                        respondents       respondent      response  (in hrs.)       (in hrs.)   
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Never Abused in a Relationship:                                         12 min.                                 
    --African Am....................             300                1   .2.....................              60 
    --Caucasian.....................             300                1   .2.....................              60 
    --Hispanic......................             300                1   .2.....................              60 
Currently in Abusive Relationship:                                      15 min.                                 
    --African Am....................             300                1   .25....................              75 
    --Caucasian.....................             300                1   .25....................              75 
    --Hispanic......................             300                1   .25....................              75 
Formerly in Abusive Relationship:                                       15 min.                                 
    --African Am....................             300                1   .25....................              75 
    --Caucasian.....................             300                1   .25....................              75 
    --Hispanic......................             300                1   .25....................              75 
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    Dated: January 9, 1998.
Wilma G. Johnson,
Acting Associate Director for Policy Planning and Evaluation, Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 98-1016 Filed 1-14-98; 8:45 am]
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