[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 105 (Thursday, May 31, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29574-29575]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-13577]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60-Day-01-45]


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

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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 or other forms of information technology. Send comments to 
Anne O'Connor, 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: 2002 National Health Interview Survey Basic 
Module--Revision--OMB. No. 0920-0214, National Center for Health 
Statistics (NCHS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). 
The annual National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) is a basic source of 
general statistics on the health of the U.S. population. In accordance 
with the 1995 initiative to increase the integration of surveys within 
the Department of Health and Human Services, respondents to the NHIS 
serve as the sampling frame for the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey. 
This survey is conducted by the Agency for Healthcare Research and 
Quality. 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 2010.''
    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. This clearance is for the sixth 
full year of data collection using the Basic Module on CAPI and for the 
implementation of Topical Modules (or supplements) on asthma, hearing, 
vision, disability, environmental health, arthritis, and alternative 
medicine. The supplements will help track many of the Health People 
2010 objectives. This data collection, planned for January--December 
2002, 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. There is no cost to the respondents 
other than their time.

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                                                                     Number of     Avg. burden/
                   Respondents                       Number of      responses/     response  (in   Total burden
                                                    respondents     Respondent        hours)        (in hours)
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Family..........................................          42,000               1            0.35          14,700
Sample adult....................................          42,000               1            0.70          29,400
Sample child....................................          18,000               1            0.25           4,500
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      Total.....................................  ..............  ..............  ..............          48,600
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    Dated: May 22, 2001.
Nancy Cheal,
Acting Associate Director for Policy, Planning and Evaluation, Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 01-13577 Filed 5-30-01; 8:45 am]
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