[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 24 (Thursday, February 5, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5553-5554]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-2388]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request Exam 2--The Jackson Heart Study, Annual Follow-Up 
Component

    Summary: Under the provisions of section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood 
Institute (NHLBI), 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 September 9, 2003, pages 53177-53178, 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: The Jackson Heart Study: Annual Follow-
up with Third Party Respondents. Type of Information Collection 
Request: Revision of a currently approved collection (OMB 0925-0491). 
Need and Use of Information Collection: This project involves follow-up 
by telephone of participants in the JHS study, review of their medical 
records, and interviews with doctors and family to identify disease 
occurrence. Interviewers will contact doctors and hospitals to 
ascertain participants' cardiovascular events. Information gathered 
will be used to further describe the risk factors, occurrence rates, 
and consequences of cardiovascular disease in African American men and 
women. The continuation of the study will allow continued assessment of 
subclinical coronary disease, left ventricular dysfunction, progression 
of carotid atherosclerosis and left ventricular hypertrophy, and 
responses to stress, racism, and discrimination as well as new 
components such as renal disease, body fat distribution and body 
composition, and metabolic consequences of obesity. Frequency of 
Response: One-time. Affected Public: Individuals or families; 
businesses or other for profit; not-for-profit institutions. Affected 
Public: Third party respondents (next-of-kin decedents and physicians). 
Type of Respondents: Middle aged and elderly adults; doctors and staff 
of hospitals and nursing homes. Estimated Number of Respondents: 600; 
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1; Average Burden Hours 
Per Response: 0.50; and Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours Requested: 
300. The annualized cost to respondents is estimated at: $6,500. There 
are no Capital Costs to report. There are no Operating or Maintenance 
Costs to report.

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                                         Estimate of Annual Hour Burden
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                                                     Number of     Frequency of    Average time     Annual hour
                Type of response                    respondents      response      per response       burden
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Morbidity & Mortality AFU 3rd party next-of-kin.             300               1             0.5             150
Morbidity & Mortality AFU 3rd party Physicians..             300               1             0.5             150
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    Total.......................................             600  ..............  ..............             300
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    Request for Comments: Written comments and/or suggestions from the 
public and affected agencies should address one or more of the 
following points: (1) Evaluate 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) Evaluate 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) Enhance the 
quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and 
(4) 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 
20503, 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: Ms. Cheryl Nelson, NIH, NHLBI, 6701 Rockledge 
Drive, MSC 7934, Bethesda, MD 20892-7934, or call non-toll-free number 
(301) 435-0707 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: January 30, 2004.
Peter Savage,
Director, DECA, NH.
[FR Doc. 04-2388 Filed 2-4-04; 8:45 am]
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