[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 51 (Wednesday, March 17, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13208-13209]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-6436]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30DAY-09-99]


Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review

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

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Proposed Project

    1. Validity of Recall of Prostate and Colorectal Cancer Screening 
Tests--New--The National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and 
Health Promotion (NCCDPHP), Division of Cancer Prevention and Control. 
Prostate and colorectal cancer are among the leading causes of cancer 
deaths in the U.S. Prostate cancer screening has increased rapidly 
during the past few years although it is unknown whether screening 
decreases prostate cancer mortality and conflicting screening 
guidelines exist. Evidence suggests that colorectal cancer screening 
can save lives and efforts are under way to increase participation in 
screening. An increasing number of people are served by managed care 
organizations where they may receive cancer screening tests. However, 
for both types of cancer little screening information is available on 
screening guidelines for practitioners of managed care organizations 
(HMOs). Therefore, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, 
Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, intends to conduct a pilot 
survey of HMOs to obtain information on the validity of recall on 
prostate and colorectal cancer screening tests. Members of three 
prepaid health plans (HMO's) will be interviewed by telephone, and 
medical records will be abstracted. Information from this pilot study 
will allow the Program to explore whether screening rates can be 
determined from self-reports and whether future studies are warranted. 
The total annual burden hours are 573.

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                                                                                   Number of     Average  burden/
                         Respondents                              Number of        responses/       respondent
                                                                 respondents       respondent       (in hrs.)
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HMOs.........................................................           2,293                1             0.25
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    2. Evaluation of the Use of Data Transmitted Through the National 
Electronic Telecommunications System for Surveillance (NETSS)--New--
Epidemiology Program Office (EPO). A questionnaire has been designed to 
collect information for the project entitled: ``Evaluation of the Use 
of Data Transmitted Through the National Electronic Telecommunications 
System for Surveillance (NETSS)''. The purpose of the project is to 
develop and implement a comprehensive evaluation strategy which will 
provide EPO, and the National Center for Infectious Diseases (NCID), 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) with the capacity to 
assess the degree to which data processed locally and at CDC after 
transmission through NETSS is used by State and Local Health 
Departments. This evaluation will encompass: (1) Dissemination of 
processed data, (2) Access to disseminated data, and (3) Use of 
accessed data for analysis by State and Local health authorities. The 
information gathered will be analyzed, in conjunction with data 
collected from other sources, to address these issues. The results of 
the project will assist the EPO, and NCID in carrying out CDC's mission 
of protecting the health of the United States public, through improved 
use of surveillance data by public health officials at local, state, 
and national levels. In order to focus efforts and resource allocation, 
a clear understanding of the barriers to access and use of NETSS data 
is needed. The total annual burden hours are 129.

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                                                                                     Number of    Average burden/
                           Respondents                               Number of      responses/       respondent
                                                                    respondents     respondent       (in hrs.)
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State and Territorial Epidemiologists...........................              56               1            0.25
CDC Program Staff who work with NETSS...........................              40  ..............            0.25
State Infectious Disease Control Staff who work with NETSS......              42               1            1.5
State and Local Health Departments who work with VPD* from NETSS              28               1            1.5
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* vaccine-preventable diseases

    Dated: March 11, 1999.
Nancy Cheal,
Acting Associate Director for Policy, Planning and Evaluation, Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 99-6436 Filed 3-16-99; 8:45 am]
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