[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 171 (Wednesday, September 4, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 56568]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-22432]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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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) 4981210.
    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 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. National Center for Environmental 
Health (NCEH) is requesting an emergency clearance from the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) to collect data under the Paperwork 
Reduction Act. Send comments to Seleda M. Perryman, CDC Assistant 
Reports Clearance Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MSD24, Atlanta, GA 30333. 
Written comments should be received within 14 days of this notice. We 
are requesting that OMB respond to CDC within 21 days after receipt of 
the package.

Proposed Project

    Implementation of the National Cooperative Inner-City Asthma 
Intervention in Inner-City Poor Children treated through Managed Care 
Setting--New--National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH), Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
    The Inner-City Asthma Intervention (ICAI) program has implemented 
the National Cooperative Inner-City Asthma Study (NCICAS), a multi-
faceted, multi-modal intervention designed to address a wide range of 
problems of the child with asthma and his or her family. NCICAS 
demonstrated that an individually tailored intervention carried out by 
masters-level social workers trained in asthma management can reduce 
asthma symptoms among children in the inner city. The ICAI has been 
implemented in 23 urban areas to provide asthma education to poor, 
inner-city children aged 612 years with moderate to severe asthma and 
their families. This asthma intervention program is currently in year 2 
of a 4 year contract period. An asthma counselor (master-level social 
worker) is employed at each site to tailor the one year asthma 
intervention to the needs of the individual child and the child's 
family. Each site enrolls 80 children in the intervention yearly 
through physician referral. The asthma counselor documents process 
variables including number of children enrolled in the intervention, 
retention rate, number of children and families completing key 
intervention components, and a narrative summary of lessons learned in 
conducting the intervention. This information is submitted quarterly to 
the contractor.
    At the end of the four year project, this information will be 
summarized to determine the clinics' success in implementing the 
intervention protocol. There is no cost to the respondents other than 
their time. Time burden for response to the report may vary, but the 
average time to respond is 1 hour.

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                                                                      No. of       Avg. burden/
                   Respondents                        No. of        responses/     response (in    Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent        hours)        (in hours)
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Asthma Counselor................................              23               4               1              92
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    Total.......................................  ..............  ..............  ..............              92
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    Dated: August 27, 2002.
Nancy Cheal,
Acting Associate Director for Policy, Planning and Evaluation, Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention.
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