[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 45 (Friday, March 7, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11113-11114]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-5395]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30DAY-30-03]


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.

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    Proposed Project: An Evaluation of Targeted Health Communication 
Messages: Folic Acid and Neural Tube Defects (OMB No. 0920-0461)--
Revision--The National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental 
Disabilities (NCBDDD), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
(CDC).

Background

    The Division of Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, 
within NCBDDD launched a national education campaign in January 1999 to 
increase women's knowledge about neural tube birth defects (NTDs) and 
the beneficial role folic acid, a B vitamin, plays in the prevention of 
NTDs. Studies show that a 50 to 70 percent reduction in the risk of 
neural tube birth defects is possible if all women capable of becoming 
pregnant consume 400 micrograms of folic acid daily both prior to and 
during early pregnancy. Studies also indicate that Hispanic women have 
a greater risk for NTD-affected pregnancies than women in the general 
population. Specific, culturally sensitive, targeted media messages 
need to be directed at this population.
    CDC and the March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation developed 
health communication media messages and educational materials targeted 
to health care providers and English- and Spanish-speaking women. These 
media messages and educational materials consist of television and 
radio public service announcements (PSA), brochures and resource 
manuals. The Spanish-language folic acid communication evaluation 
survey examines the impact of Spanish-language media messages on the 
levels of awareness, knowledge, and vitamin use among Hispanic women of 
childbearing age.
    Hispanic women's exposure to Spanish-language media messages and 
educational materials on folic acid information will be collected and 
measured to determine whether these exposures influenced the women's 
knowledge and usage of folic acid. The number and frequency of women's 
exposures to the media messages such as television and radio PSAs will 
be collected from media channels and compared to information collected 
from survey data, National Council on Folic Acid organizations and the 
National Clearinghouse on Folic Acid activities. The estimated 
annualized burden is 250 hours.

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                                                Number of   Avg. burden/
          Respondents             Number of    responses/     response
                                 respondents   respondent    (in hours)
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Telephone Interview...........        1,000             1         15/60
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    Dated: February 28, 2003.
Thomas Bartenfeld,
Acting Associate Director for Policy, Planning and Evaluation, Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 03-5395 Filed 3-6-03; 8:45 am]
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