[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 113 (Thursday, June 12, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35227-35228]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-14847]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-03-68]


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 Dale Verell, 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: Implementation of a Computer-Assisted Telephone 
Interview (CATI) System for the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring 
System (PRAMS),--New-- National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention 
and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP), Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC).
    The Pregnancy Risk Assessment System (PRAMS) is part of the CDC 
initiative to reduce infant mortality and low birthweight and promote 
safe motherhood. PRAMS is a state-specific, population-based risk 
factor surveillance system of women who have recently delivered a live-
born infant.

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PRAMS is designed to identify and monitor selected maternal experiences 
and behaviors that occur before and during pregnancy and during the 
child's early infancy. PRAMS is funded through cooperative agreements 
between CDC's Division of Reproductive Health (DRH) and participating 
state and local health departments. In 2003, 31 states and the city of 
New York (NYC) are funded by CDC to conduct PRAMS.
    CDC is proposing to contract out for the development of a standard 
Computer-Assisted Telephone Interviewing (CATI) system that PRAMS 
programs can use for collecting telephone interview data. Sampled women 
are contacted by mail with telephone follow-up for nonrespondents. 
Approximately 15 percent of all interviews in each program's area 
(state or NYC) are conducted by telephone. CDC had provided funds for 
programs interested in using CATI technology to develop CATI systems 
for the telephone interviews. Some programs have developed their own 
CATI systems, while many continue to record telephone interviews on 
paper. The dual modes used and the variations in CATI systems developed 
by the PRAMS programs have created data management problems for PRAMS 
administrators at CDC. CDC cleans and weights the program data and 
provides each program with an analysis dataset. The variations in data 
files have resulted in backlogs in providing analysis datasets to PRAMS 
programs. The proposed CATI system will collect telephone interview 
data in a similar manner and consistent file layout across all PRAMS 
programs.
    The new CATI system will also simplify the data collection process 
in the programs. As each woman is interviewed by telephone, the 
interviewer will directly record her responses into the CATI system. 
For programs still recording telephone interviews on paper, the CATI 
system will eliminate the extra step of keying the survey responses 
after the interview is completed. In addition, the CATI system will 
record operational information about successful call attempts which 
will assist programs in contacting women more efficiently. For CDC, 
receiving telephone interview data in a standardized format will 
simplify the data cleaning process and allow for provision of analysis 
datasets to programs in a more timely manner. There is no cost to 
respondents for completing the survey.

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                                                                  Number of      Average burden
                 Respondents                     Number of      responses per     per response     Total burden
                                                respondents       respondent       (in hrs.)        (in hrs.)
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PRAMS Programs..............................              32            312.5            20/60            3,333
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    Total...................................  ...............  ...............  ...............           3,333
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    Dated: June 6, 2003.
Thomas A. Bartenfeld,
Acting Associate Director for Policy, Planning and Evaluation, Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 03-14847 Filed 6-11-03; 8:45 am]
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