[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 192 (Thursday, October 3, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62067-62068]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-25089]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Proposed Data Collection; Comment Request; California Health 
Interview Survey (CHIS) Cancer Control Module (CCM)

SUMMARY: 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 National Institutes of Health 
(NIH), National Cancer Institute (NCI) will publish periodic summaries 
of proposed projects to be submitted to the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) for review and approval.

Proposed Collection

    Title: California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) Cancer Control 
Module (CCM). Type of Information Collection Request: New. Need and Use 
of Information Collection: NCI sponsored a Cancer Control Modules to 
the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) and to the California 
Health Interview Survey (CHIS) administered in 2000. While the NHIS 
data have proven extremely useful in monitoring risk factors and 
screening related to cancer control, the national sample does not 
provide adequate numbers of racial-ethnic minorities to analyze 
particular domains within them, such as age by gender and income or 
education. The CHIS telephone survey, administered for the first time 
in 2000-2001, is designed to provide population-based, standardized 
health-related data for California counties. Initiated by the 
California Department of Health Services (CDHS) Center for Health 
Statistics, the Public Health Institute (PHI), and the UCLA Center for 
Health Policy Research (UCLA), the survey is largely funded by 
California sources. The 2000 CHIS CCM is similar in content to the 2000 
NHIS CCM, and met its target of one sample adult in 55,000 households. 
California, the most populous state in the nation, is also the most 
racially and ethnically diverse. Specific populations of interest 
include Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian, Native 
Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and American Indian or Alaska 
Native. The CHIS data was released in July 2002. NCI is using the CHIS 
and NHIS data from 2000/2001 to better estimate health-related 
behaviors and cancer risk factors for smaller racial/ethnic minority 
populations. Preliminary analyses suggest that the CHIS will provide 
improved estimates for cancer risk factors and screening among racial/
ethnic minority populations. NCI will sponsor questions on cancer 
screening in the 2003 NHIS and to provide better estimates for smaller 
racial-ethnic minority populations, anticipates also sponsoring cancer-
screening questions on the 2003 CHIS. NCI will also take advantage of 
the Housing and Environment Module to be included in the 2003 CHIS to 
ask respondents questions about environmental tobacco smoke and 
physical activity. Frequency of response: One-time. Affected public: 
Individuals. Types of Respondents: U.S. adults.
    The annual reporting burden is as follows:

                       Table A.12-1.--Annualized Burden Estimates for CHIS Data Collection
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                                                     Estimated
                 Data collection                     number of     Frequency of    Average time     Annual hour
                                                    respondents      response      per response       burden
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Adult Core......................................          55,000               1             .42          23,100
CCM.............................................          55,000               1             .08           4,400
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    Totals......................................          55,000  ..............  ..............          27,500
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There are no Capital Costs to report. There are no Operating or 
Maintenance Costs to report.

Request for Comments

    Written comments and/or suggestions from the public and affected 
agencies are invited on one or more of the following points: (1) 
Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the 
proposed performance of the functions of the agency, including whether 
the information shall have practical utility; (2) The accuracy of the 
agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of 
information including the validity of the methodology and assumptions 
used; (3) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and (4) Ways to minimize the burden of the 
collection of information on those who are to respond, including the 
use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other 
technological collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on the 
proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and 
instruments, contact Nancy Breen, PhD, Project Officer, National Cancer 
Institute, EPN 4005, 6130 Executive Boulevard MSC 7344, Bethesda, 
Maryland 20892-7344, or call non-toll-free number (301) 496-8500, or 
FAX your request to (301) 435-3710, or E-mail your request, including 
your address, to [email protected].
    Comments Due Date: Comments regarding this information collection 
are best assured of having their full effect if received within 60 days 
of the date of this publication.

    Dated: September 25, 2002.
Reesa L. Nichols,
NCI Project Clearance Liaison.
[FR Doc. 02-25089 Filed 10-2-02; 8:45 am]
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