[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 156 (Tuesday, August 13, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52724-52725]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-20427]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30DAY-42-02]


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) 498-1210. 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: Joint Canadian U.S. Survey of Health (CUJHS)--
New--National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC). CUJHS is a one-time collaborative effort 
of Statistics Canada and the U.S. National Center for Health Statistics 
to conduct a telephone survey in both countries using the same 
questionnaire. Approximately 3,000 adults will be interviewed in Canada 
and 5,000 adults in the U.S. The questionnaire will cover chronic 
health conditions, functional status and limitations, smoking, height 
and weight, cancer screening, access to health care, and demographics. 
The project will be jointly funded with each agency

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covering the costs of data collection of their own sample and the 
sharing of all other costs.
    The purpose of the survey is to move the national health surveys of 
both countries toward closer comparability so the health status among 
residents of countries can be compared in a more concrete manner. This 
will allow researchers to study the effect of variations in health 
systems on health care, health status and functional status. This 
effort can also serve as a model for improving comparability among 
national health studies generally. A need for such comparability has 
been noted by the World Health Organization, the Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation who is 
funding the study in part.
    The specific data from the CUJHS may well contribute toward meeting 
some of the research needs directly. Its longer term impact will be to 
demonstrate best practices for use in bi-national and multi-national 
health surveys. The annual burden for this data collection is 2,292 
hours.

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                                                                                     Number of     Avg. burden/
                           Respondents                               Number of      responses/     response (in
                                                                    respondents     respondent        hours)
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Screener........................................................            7500               1            5/60
Survey..........................................................            5000               1           20/60
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    Dated: August 6, 2002.
Nancy E. Cheal,
Acting Associate Director for Policy, Planning and Evaluation, , 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 02-20427 Filed 8-12-02; 8:45 am]
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