[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 193 (Tuesday, October 6, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53673-53674]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-26710]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[INFO-98-30]


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 Assistant 
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 M. Perryman, 
Assistant CDC Reports Clearance Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D24, 
Atlanta, GA 30333. Written comments should be received within 14 days 
of this notice.

Proposed Projects

    1. The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES)--
(0920-0237)--Revision--The National Health and Nutrition Examination 
Survey (NHANES) has been conducted periodically since 1970 by the 
National

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Center for Health Statistics, CDC. The NHANES will begin again in 
February 1999 and will be conducted on a continuous, rather than 
periodic, basis from that point on. The plan is to sample about 5,000 
persons annually. They will receive an interview and a physical 
examination. A dress rehearsal of 555 sample persons is needed to test 
computer-assisted personal interviews (including translations into 
Spanish), examination protocols, automated computer systems and quality 
control procedures. Participation in the dress rehearsal and main 
survey will be completely voluntary and confidential.
    NHANES programs produce descriptive statistics which measure the 
health and nutrition status of the general population. Through the use 
of questionnaires, physical examinations, and laboratory tests, NHANES 
studies the relationship between diet, nutrition and health in a 
representative sample of the United States. NHANES monitors the 
prevalence of chronic conditions and risk factors related to health 
such as coronary heart disease, arthritis, osteoporosis, pulmonary and 
infectious diseases, diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, 
obesity, smoking, drug and alcohol use, environmental exposures, and 
diet. NHANES data are used to establish the norms for the general 
population against which health care providers can compare such patient 
characteristics as height, weight, and nutrient levels in the blood. 
Data from NHANES can be compared to those from previous surveys to 
monitor changes in the health of the U.S. population. NHANES will also 
establish a national probability sample of genetic material for future 
genetic research for susceptibility to disease.
    Users of NHANES data include Congress; the World Health 
Organization; Federal agencies such as NIH, EPA, and USDA; private 
groups such as the American Heart Association; schools of public 
health; private businesses; individual practitioners; and 
administrators. NHANES data are used to establish, monitor, and 
evaluate recommended dietary allowances, food fortification policies, 
programs to limit environmental exposures, immunization guidelines and 
health education and disease prevention programs. Approval was received 
on 5/29/98 for only a pilot test of the revised survey--without the 
genetic research component. This submission is time-sensitive and 
requests emergency approval just so the dress rehearsal and the start 
of the survey will not be delayed. Another submission requesting three 
year approval for the dress rehearsal and the full survey will be filed 
on a normal, non-emergency schedule.
    The survey description, contents, and uses are the same as those in 
the Federal Register notice for the pilot test. The total cost to 
respondents for the period covered by this notice and the related 
request for OMB approval (from 2/99-1/02) is estimated at $1,889,440.

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                                                                     Number of      Avg. burden
                   Respondents                       Number of      responses/     per response    Total  burden
                                                    respondents     respondent       (in hrs.)       (in hrs.)
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1. Screening interview only.....................          40,401               1           0.167           6,747
2. Screener and household interviews only.......           2,130               1           0.434             924
3. Screener, household, and SP interviews only..           3,198               1           1.100           3,518
4. Screener, household, and SP interviews and
 primary MEC exam only..........................          15,771               1           6.613         104,294
5. Screener, household, and SP interviews,
 primary MEC exam and full MEC replicate exam...             789               1          11.613           9,163
6. Screener, household, and SP interviews, MEC
 exam and dietary replicate interview only (5% +
 optional 15%)..................................           3,156               1           8.363          26,394
7. Home exam....................................             213               1           2.700             575
8. Telephone followup of elderly-option.........           3,501               1           0.750           2,626
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    Total.......................................  ..............  ..............  ..............         154,240
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Charles Gollmar,
Deputy Director for Policy Planning and Evaluation Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 98-26710 Filed 10-5-98; 8:45 am]
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