[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 176 (Monday, September 11, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54854-54855]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-23204]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30DAY-67-00]


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

    2001 National Health Interview Survey, Basic Module (0920-0214)--
Revision--The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)--The annual 
National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) is a basic source of general 
statistics on the health of the U.S. population. Due to the integration 
of health surveys in the Department of Health and Human Services, the 
NHIS also has become the sampling frame and first stage of data 
collection for other major surveys, including the Medical Expenditure 
Panel Survey, the National Survey of Family Growth, and the National 
Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. By linking to the NHIS, the 
analysis potential of these surveys increases. The NHIS has long been 
used by government, university, and private researchers to evaluate 
both general health and specific issues, such as cancer, AIDS, and 
childhood immunizations. Journalists use its data to inform the general 
public. It will continue to be a leading source of data for the 
Congressionally-mandated ``Health US'' and related publications, as 
well as the single most important source of statistics to track 
progress toward the National Health Promotion and Disease Prevention 
Objectives, ``Healthy People 2000.''
    Because of survey integration and changes in the health and health 
care of the U.S. population, demands on the NHIS have changed and 
increased, leading to a major redesign of the annual core 
questionnaire, or Basic Module, and a redesign of the data collection 
system from paper questionnaires to computer assisted personal 
interviews (CAPI). Those redesigned elements were partially implemented 
in 1996 and fully implemented in 1997 and are expected to be in the 
field until 2006. This clearance is for the fifth full year of data 
collection using the Basic Module on CAPI, and for implementation of 
the second ``Periodic Module'', which include additional detail 
questions on conditions, access to care, disabilities, and health care 
utilization. The ``Periodic Module'' will repeat a similar survey 
conducted in 1992, and will help track many of the Health People 2010 
objectives. This data collection, planned for January-December 2001, 
will result in publication of new national estimates of health 
statistics, release of public use micro data files, and a sampling 
frame for other integrated surveys. The annualized burden is 48,600 
hours.

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                                                                                Number of        Average burden
               Questionnaire (respondent)                    Number of        responses per      per respondent
                                                            respondents         respondent         (in hours)
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Family Core (adult family member)......................             42,000                  1              21/60
Adult Core (sample adult)..............................             42,000                  1              21/60
Child Core (adult family member).......................             18,000                  1              15/60
Periodic Module (sample adult).........................             42,000                  1              21/60
All households.........................................             42,000                  1            1 10/60
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    Dated: September 5, 2000.
Nancy Cheal,
Acting Associate Director for Policy, Planning, and Evaluation, Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 00-23204 Filed 9-8-00; 8:45 am]
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