[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 249 (Friday, December 27, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 79104-79105]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-32656]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-03-30]


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) 498-1210.
    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. 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: 2004 National Health Interview Survey,(0920-
0214)--Revision--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 shift from paper questionnaires 
to computer assisted personal interviews (CAPI). These redesigned 
elements were partially implemented in 1996 and fully implemented in 
1997. This clearance is for the eighth full year of data collection 
using the core questionnaire on CAPI, for the implementation of a 
supplement on children's mental health, and for a software field test 
to evaluate a switch from CASES software to Blaise software for the 
CAPI instrument. The field test for the new software is scheduled for 
June 2003. The data collection for the full survey is planned for 
January-December 2004, and 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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                                        Software Field Test in June 2003
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                                                                     Number of    Average burden/
                   Respondents                       Number of      responses/     response  (in   Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent        hours)        (in hours)
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Family..........................................             300               1           21/60             105
Sample Adult....................................             246               1           42/60             172
Sample Child....................................             100               1           15/60              25
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    Total.......................................  ..............  ..............  ..............             302
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                                        Full Survey January-December 2004
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                                                                     Number of    Average burden/
                   Respondents                       Number of      responses/     response  (in   Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent        hours)        (in hours)
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Family..........................................          39,000               1           21/60          13,650
Sample Adult....................................          32,000               1           42/60          22,400
Sample Child....................................          13,000               1           15/60           3,250
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    Total.......................................  ..............  ..............  ..............          39,300
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    Dated: December 20, 2002.
Nancy E. Cheal,
Acting Associate Director for Policy, Planning and Evaluation, Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 02-32656 Filed 12-26-02; 8:45 am]
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