[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 67 (Tuesday, April 8, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17053-17054]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-8425]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; 2003 California 
Health Interview Survey (CHIS) Cancer Control Module (CCM)

    Summary: Under the provisions of Section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the National Cancer Institute (NCI), 
the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has submitted to the office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) a request for review and approval of the 
information collection listed below. This proposed information 
collection was previously published in the Federal Register on October 
3, 2002, pages 62067 and 62068 and allowed 60 days for public comment. 
No public comments were received. The purpose of this notice is to 
allow an additional 30 days for public comment. The National Institutes 
of Health may not conduct or sponsor, and the respondent is not 
required to respond to, an information collection that has been 
extended, revised, or implemented on or after October 1, 1995, unless 
it displays a currently valid OMB control number.
    Proposed Collection: Title: 2003 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

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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:

                        A.12-1 Estimates of Hour Burden--2003 CHIS Cancer Control Module
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                                                     Number of     Frequency of    Average time     Annual hour
               Type of respondent                   respondents      response      per response       burden
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Adult Individuals--Pilot........................             150               1             .09           13.50
Adult Individuals--Survey.......................          55,000               1             .09        4,950.00
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    Total Annual Hour Burden....................  ..............  ..............  ..............        4,963.50
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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 proper performance of the function of the agency, 
including whether the information will 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.
    Direct Comments to OMB: Written comments and/or suggestions 
regarding the item(s) contained in this notice, especially regarding 
the estimated public burden and associated response time, should be 
directed to the Office of Management and Budget, Office of Regulatory 
Affairs, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 
20530, Attention: Desk Officer for NIH. To request more information on 
the proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans 
and instruments, contact Nancy Breen, Ph.D., 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 30 days 
of the date of this publication.

    Dated: March 28, 2003.
Reesa L. Nichols,
NCI Project Clearance Liaison.
[FR Doc. 03-8425 Filed 4-7-03; 8:45 am]
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