[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 62 (Thursday, April 1, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15773-15774]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-8006]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30DAY-10-99]


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.

Proposed Project:

    1. Mammography Rescreening Rates and Risk Factor Assessment--New--
The National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health 
Promotion, Division of Cancer Control and Prevention proposes to 
conduct mammography research to reduce breast cancer deaths by 
detecting tumors while they are still small and easier to treat. 
Because new tumors can develop in women previously free of breast 
cancer, older women who face higher risks of developing breast cancer 
should complete mammography screening every one to two years. To 
provide cancer screening for low income women, Congress passed the 
Breast and Cervical Cancer Mortality Prevention Act (Pub. L. 101-354) 
in 1990. The Division of Cancer Prevention and Control (DCPC) in the 
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion 
(NCCDPHP), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) was given 
funding to establish the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early 
Detection Program (NBCCEDP). The NBCCEDP now provides mammography and 
cervical cancer screening services to low income and medically under-
served women in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, 4 territories, 
and 13 tribes. To assist state, territorial, and tribal programs with 
efficient service delivery, new data are needed to (1) estimate 
scientifically valid, statistically precise estimates of mammography 
rescreening rates and (2) identify the factors associated with timely 
rescreening among NBCCEDP-enrollees.
    To obtain data on mammography rescreening rates and risk factors, 
DCPC plans to conduct telephone interviews with a random sample of 
2,250 NBCCEDP-enrollees from four states. Consenting women will 
complete a 35 minute telephone interview about their knowledge, 
attitudes, and experiences with mammography screening. Those who report 
having received a mammogram during the study period (April 1, 1997 
through September 30, 2000) will be asked to sign a release of 
information form so a copy of the mammography report can be obtained to 
verify the date the procedure was completed. All women invited to 
participate in the survey will be 50-73 years of age. Each telephone 
interview will be scheduled for a time (day, evening, or weekend) and 
place that is convenient to the participant. The total annual burden 
hours are 2,223.

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                                                                      No. of      Average burden/
               Respondents (forms)                    No. of        responses/     response (in    Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent         hrs.)         (in hrs.)
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Telephone Script for Project Coordination.......           2,500               1           0.167             417
Telephone Interview.............................           2,250               1            0.50           1,125
Consent Form to Release Mammography Reports.....           1,350               1           0.167             225
Mammography Reports.............................           1,215             1.5            0.25             456
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    2. Multistate Case-Control Study of Childhood Brain Cancers--New--
The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) is 
mandated pursuant to the 1980 Comprehensive Environmental Response 
Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), and its 1986 Amendments, The 
Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA), to prevent or 
mitigate adverse human health effects and diminished quality of life 
resulting from exposure to hazardous substances in the environment. 
Scientific knowledge is lacking concerning the reasons for the apparent 
rise in childhood brain cancer incidence during the last two decades in 
the U.S. and for explanations of childhood brain cancer in general. To 
date, most epidemiologic studies exploring the causes of childhood 
brain cancer have suffered from lack of statistical power due to the 
small numbers of cases available for the study. By combining recent 
childhood brain cancer data from multiple states, this study will help 
to better understand what environmental factors may be associated with 
childhood brain cancer, and therefore, to possibly develop well-focused 
prevention measures.
    This study will examine the association between environmental 
exposures and risk of childhood brain cancers by employing a population 
based case-control study of childhood brain cancer. Information to be 
collected includes proximity of parental residence to hazardous waste 
sites and other known or suspected risk factors. Other known or 
purported risk factors identified from the literature, will include 
both environmental and host factors during the prenatal as well as 
postnatal periods: parental occupation, parents' and child's dietary 
habits, parental history of smoking and drinking, mother's and child's 
exposure to radiation through medical care, residential use of 
pesticides or herbicides, mother's and child's history of viral 
infection, and family history of cancer and neurological disorders. 
This request is for a three-year OMB approval. Total annual burden 
hours are 603.

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                                                                      No. of       Avg. burden/
                   Respondents                        No. of        responses/     response  (in   Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent         hrs.)        (in hrs.)*
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Screener for controls...........................          16,000               1            0.05             800
Mothers of children with childhood brain cancers           1,200               1            0.75             900
 and controls (interview).......................
Mothers of children with early childhood brain               100               1           1.083             108
 cancers and controls (biological testing)......
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* 1,808  3 years = 603 annualized burden hours.

Nancy Cheal,
Acting Associate Director for Policy, Planning and Evaluation, Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 99-8006 Filed 3-31-99; 8:45 am]
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