[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 15 (Friday, January 23, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3362-3363]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-1477]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30Day-19-04]


Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and 
Recommendations

    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 or by fax 
to (202) 395-6974. Written comments should be received within 30 days 
of this notice.
    Proposed Project: Project DIRECT: Phase 2 Evaluation of Impact of 
Multilevel Community Interventions--New--National Center for Chronic 
Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP), Centers for Disease 
Prevention and Control (CDC). Project DIRECT (Diabetes Intervention 
Reaching and Educating Communities Together) is the first comprehensive 
community based project in the United States to address the growing 
burden of diabetes in African Americans. The goal

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of the project is to use existing knowledge of diabetes risk factors 
and complications to implement community level interventions to reduce 
the prevalence and severity of diabetes in communities with large 
African American populations. A community in Raleigh, North Carolina 
was selected as the demonstration site for the project. An area in 
Greensboro, North Carolina was identified as a suitable comparison 
community. CDC, Division of Diabetes Translation (DDT) is collaborating 
with the state of North Carolina to implement and evaluate public 
health strategies for reducing the burden of diabetes in this 
predominantly African American community.
    Project DIRECT has three distinct intervention components--Health 
Promotion, Outreach, and Diabetes Care. The goals of all three 
interventions are to reduce or prevent diabetes and its complications, 
but each has a different but complimentary approach. In 1996-1997, 
Project DIRECT implemented a baseline population-based survey. 
Interventions have been employed since then and continue to the 
present. A follow-up study is now required to evaluate the impact of 
the multilevel approach to diabetes prevention and control. Data from 
this project will be critical to CDC on-going efforts to reduce the 
burden of diabetes, and to determine whether a similar program could be 
implemented successfully in other communities. A pre-post design was 
selected for the evaluation to determine if any changes observed from 
these outcomes might be attributed to the interventions used in Project 
DIRECT by comparing changes in the intervention and comparison 
communities. The baseline study for the pre-post evaluation was 
conducted during 1996-1997.
    In Phase 2, households in the Raleigh and Greensboro communities 
will be selected at random using mailing lists. An interviewer will 
verify the address and do an initial screening for eligible 
participants in the household. Eligible participants will be asked to 
participate in the study and will have to complete a consent form. All 
participants will be asked to complete an interview on their health 
status and lifestyle and will be measured for height and weight. 
Participants who self-report a history of diabetes will be asked 
additional questions (diabetes module) about their management of 
diabetes and its complications and other related health conditions.
    All participants who self-report a history of diabetes and a sub-
sample of those without diabetes will be invited to participate in a 
household examination that will include blood pressure and waist 
circumference measurement and a blood draw for laboratory analysis 
including glucose and lipids concentrations. For quality control 
purposes, a small sample of participants will be asked to do a short 
telephone interview to verify information collected during the general 
interview. The estimated annualized burden for this data collection is 
3,946 hours.

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                                                                                     Number of    Average burden
                              Form                                   Number of     responses per   per response
                                                                    respondents     respondent      (in hours)
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Screening Form..................................................           4,587               1            5/60
Consent Form....................................................           3,136               1            5/60
General Population Questionnaire................................           3,136               1           40/60
Diabetes Module.................................................             773               1           20/60
Household Exam, Consent Forms and HIPPA Authorization...........           1,854               1           30/60
Verification Questionnaire......................................             314               1            5/60
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    Dated: January 14, 2004.
Alvin Hall,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 04-1477 Filed 1-22-04; 8:45 am]
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