[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 179 (Wednesday, September 16, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49579-49580]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-24835]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[INFO-98-28]


Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and 
Recommendations

    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 Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic summaries of proposed projects. 
To request more information on the proposed projects or to obtain a 
copy of the data collection plans and instruments, call the CDC Reports 
Clearance Officer on (404) 639-7090.
    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 for other 
forms of information technology. Send comments to Seleda Perryman, CDC 
Assistant Reports Clearance Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D24, 
Atlanta, GA 30333. Written comments should be received within 60 days 
of this notice.

Proposed Project

    1. Diabetes Today National Training Center. A contract to refine, 
present, and evaluate a diabetes training course--New--The National 
Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Division of 
Diabetes Translation, proposes to conduct a training center. Diabetes 
is a complex chronic disease. The successful management of this disease 
requires a comprehensive support system that includes proper medical 
treatment, behavior and lifestyle changes that maintain recommended 
blood glucose levels, blood pressure, weight and physical activity, and 
community awareness and programs that facilitate the adoption of these 
behaviors.
    The National Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division 
of Diabetes Translation has developed and presented a training course 
for health professionals and community leaders to provide training and 
follow-up in implementing community activities to control diabetes. The 
course, Diabetes Today, is a structured curriculum that incorporates 
principles of community organization, community health education and 
adult learning in a training program for health professionals. This 
contract will provide, revise, and evaluate Diabetes Today in the 
continental United States, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Focus 
groups will be conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of the training 
course and to determine needs in communities. Most of those in the 
focus groups will be participants in the training courses. The data 
will not be available from any other source. There is no cost to 
respondents.

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                                                                      No. of      Average burden                
                   Respondents                        No. of        responses/     response  (in   Total burden 
                                                    respondents     respondent         hrs.)         (in hrs.)  
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Bilingual public health workers.................             *10               1               1              10
Participants in Diabetes Today trainings........             *20               1               1              20
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      Total.....................................  ..............  ..............  ..............              30
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*Estimates. Contractor will develop instruments and arrange focus groups.                                       

    2. Diabetes Today, Regional Training Center, A contract to adapt a 
diabetes training program to the needs of Hawaii and the Pacific 
Basin--New--The National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and 
Health Promotion, Division of Diabetes Translation, proposes to conduct 
a training center. Diabetes is a complex chronic disease. The 
successful management of this disease requires a comprehensive support 
system that includes proper medical treatment, behavior and lifestyle 
changes to maintain recommended blood glucose levels, blood pressure, 
weight and physical activity, and community awareness and programs that 
facilitate the adoption of these behaviors.
    The National Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division 
of Diabetes Translation, has developed and presented a training course 
for health professionals and community leaders to provide training and 
follow-up in implementing community activities to control diabetes. 
Most of this activity has taken place in the Continental United States. 
A contract has been offered to adapt this material to the cultures of 
Hawaii and the Pacific Basin. Focus groups will be conducted to 
determine needs in diabetes education and to adapt the course to the 
needs of individual Pacific cultures. Focus group data will be analyzed 
using accepted, content analysis methods. Evaluation will be conducted 
with the goal of providing culturally relevant training in community 
organization to reduce the burden of diabetes in the Pacific Region. 
The information developed is not available from other sources. There is 
no cost to respondents.

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                                                                      No. of      Average burden                
            Respondents                   No. of respondents        responses/     response  (in   Total burden 
                                                                    respondent         hrs.)         (in hrs.)  
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Hawaii and Pacific Islanders with    80 (10 focus groups of 8                  1               1              80
 Diabetes.                            persons each)*.                                                           
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      Total........................  ...........................  ..............  ..............              80
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*These are estimates. Instruments will be developed and focus groups arranged by contractor.                    

    3. Cycle 6 of the National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG-6) (0920-
0314)--Revision--The National Survey of Family Growth has been 
conducted periodically since 1973 by the National Center for Health 
Statistics, CDC. The first five cycles of the NSFG were based on 
interviews with women 15-44 years of age, to measure factors related to 
birth and pregnancy rates and maternal and infant health. In Cycle 6, 
both women and men will be interviewed. The interviews with males 15-49 
will address (1) factors that affect entry into fatherhood and the 
intendedness of births; (2) factors that affect the spread of Sexually 
Transmitted Diseases (STDs) and HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus, the 
virus that causes AIDS); and (3) factors that affect men's ability and 
willingness to carry out their fatherhood roles, including the payment 
of child support.
    In late 2000 or early 2001, the NSFG will interview a nationally 
representative sample of 11,800 women and 7,200 men. Black, Hispanic, 
and 15-24-year-old men and women will be sampled at a higher rate than 
others. A pretest/pilot study of 600 females and 600 males is needed to 
test procedures for collecting sensitive data. All participation will 
be completely voluntary and confidential.
    NSFG data help measure the demographics, health status, and 
behavior of the population of reproductive age (as well as those 
responsible for most STDs). The NSFG data from the 1995 survey have 
already been published in 4 major NCHS reports and the January/February 
1998 issue of the journal Family Planning Perspectives. Besides NCHS, 
users of NSFG data include the DHHS Office of Population Affairs, the 
National Institute for Child Health and Human Development, the CDC and 
NIH HIV/AIDS programs, and the Children's Bureau. Other users include 
Congress (for Sections 905 and 906 of the Personal Responsibility and 
Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, among others); the Healthy 
People 2000 and 2010 initiatives, private researchers in demography, 
public health, maternal and child health, and state governments. Males 
are being added to the survey in response to the recent report,
Nurturing Fatherhood: Improving Data and Research on Male Fertility, 
Family Formation, and Fatherhood, released by the Federal Interagency 
Forum on Child and Family Statistics. There is no cost to respondents.

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                                                                      No. of       Avg. burden/                 
                   Respondents                        No. of        responses/       response      Total burden 
                                                    respondents     respondent        (hrs.)         (in hrs.)  
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Pretest: screener...............................            2000               1            0.08             167
Pretest: males..................................             600               1            1.00             600
Pretest: females................................             600               1            1.33             800
Cognitive Testing...............................             200               1            1.00             200
Survey: screener................................           40000               1            0.08           3,320
Survey: males...................................            7200               1            1.00           7,200
Survey: females.................................           11800               1            1.33          15,729
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      Total.....................................  ..............  ..............  ..............          28,016
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    Dated: September 2, 1998.
Charles W. Gollmar,
Acting Associate Director for Policy, Planning and Evaluation, Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 98-24835 Filed 9-15-98; 8:45 am]
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