[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 228 (Tuesday, November 27, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59254-59255]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-29432]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30DAY-07-02]


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: The State and Local Area Integrated Telephone 
Survey (SLAITS) (OMB No. 0920-0416)--Revision--National Center for 
Health Statistics (NCHS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
(CDC). This is a request to continue for three years the integrated and 
coordinated survey system designed to collect needed health and welfare 
related data at the state and local levels. Using the random-digit-dial 
sampling frame from the ongoing National Immunization Survey (NIS) and 
Computer Assisted Telephone Interviewing (CATI), the State and Local 
Area Integrated Telephone Survey (SLAITS) has quickly collected and 
produced data to monitor health status, child and family well-being, 
health care utilization, access to care, program participation, chronic 
conditions, and changes in health care coverage at the state and local 
levels. These efforts are conducted in cooperation with Federal, state, 
and local officials. SLAITS offers a centrally administered data 
collection mechanism with standardized questionnaires and quality 
control measures which allow comparability of estimates between states, 
over time, and with national data. SLAITS is designed to allow 
oversampling of population subdomains and to meet federal, state and 
local needs for subnational estimates which are compatible with 
national data.
    For some SLAITS modules, questionnaire content was drawn from 
existing surveys including the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), 
the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), the 
Current Population Survey (CPS), the Survey of Income and Program 
Participation (SIPP), the National Household Education Survey, and the 
National Survey of America's Families. Other questionnaire modules were 
developed specifically for SLAITS during the pilot study phase and 
during the past three years. The existing modules include General 
Health, Child Well-Being and Welfare, Children with Special Health Care 
Needs, Asthma Prevalence and Treatment, Knowledge of Medicaid and the 
State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), Survey of Early 
Childhood Health, and HIV/STD Related Risk Behavior.
    Over the past three years, SLAITS has provided policy analysts, 
program planners, and researchers with high quality data for decision 
making and program assessment. The module on Medicaid and SCHIP will be 
featured prominently in a report to Congress on insuring children. The 
module on children with special health care needs (CSHCN) will be used 
by federal and state Maternal and Child Health Bureau Directors in 
evaluating programs and service needs. The American Academy of 
Pediatrics is using the module on early childhood health to advise 
pediatricians on patient care standards and informing parents about the 
health and well-being of young children.
    Funding for SLAITS is obtained through a variety of mechanisms 
including Foundation grants, State collaborations, and federal 
appropriation and evaluation monies. The level of implementation 
depends on the amount of funding received and can be expanded as 
funding permits. Questionnaire modules will be compiled to address the 
data needs of interest to the federal, state or local funding agency or 
organization. Possible topics include but are not limited to 
disability, children's health, violence against women, health 
behaviors, unintentional injuries, program participation, health care 
coverage, or any of the topics previously studied. The annualized 
burden for this data collection is 150,606 hours.

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                                                                 Number of     Responses per     Average burden
                        Module                          Year     responses       respondent        (in hours)
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Asthma--Screener.....................................   2002          36,000               1          8/60
Asthma--Survey.......................................  .....           4,920               1         20/60
Pretest--General Children's Health-- Screener........   2002           4,398               1          5/60
Pretest--General Children's Health-- Survey..........  .....           1,000               1         20/60
General Children's Health--Screener..................   2003         448,596               1          5/60
General Children's Health--Survey....................  .....         102,000               1         20/60
Pretest Module #3 Screener...........................   2003           4,398               1          5/60
Pretest Module #3 Survey.............................  .....           1,000               1         20/60
Module #3 Screener...................................   2004         448,596               1          5/60
Module #3 Survey.....................................  .....         102,000               1         20/60
Pretest 2005 Module--Screener........................   2004           4,398               1          5/60
Pretest 2005 Module--Survey..........................  .....           1,000               1         20/60
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    Dated: November 20, 2001.
Nancy E. Cheal,
Acting Associate Director for Policy, Planning, and Evaluation, Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 01-29432 Filed 11-26-01; 8:45 am]
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