[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 42 (Wednesday, March 3, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10052-10053]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-4646]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Pilot Study Evaluating the 
Cross-Cultural Equivalency of the Tobacco Use Supplement to the Current 
Population Survey (TUS-CPS)

SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506()(2)(A) of 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, for opportunity for public comment 
on proposed data collection projects, the National Cancer Institute 
(NCI), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will publish periodic 
summaries of proposed projects to be submitted to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval.
    Proposed Collection: Title: Pilot Study Evaluating the Cross-
Cultural Equivalency of the Tobacco Use Supplement to the Current 
Population Survey (TUS-CPS). Type of Information Collection Request: 
New. Need and Use of Information Collection: NCI recognizes the need 
for research studies that assess trends in tobacco-related risk 
factors, behaviors, and health services to determine changes over time 
and the influence of these trends on cancer incidence, morbidity, 
mortality, and survival. Through population-based surveys, NCI is able 
to monitor a number of issues related to individual tobacco use 
behavior such as prevalence of use, how often and how much people use 
tobacco, age of initiation, and quitting history. To understand all the 
dynamics of tobacco control, NCI actively monitors the progress of 
tobacco control efforts that are primarily funded and carried out at 
the state level. Information from these surveys allow us to monitor 
Americans' progress in reducing tobacco use, evaluate tobacco use, 
evaluates tobacco control programs, and conduct other tobacco-related 
research. NCI monitors progress in reducing tobacco use, evaluates 
tobacco control programs, and conducts other tobacco-related research. 
The NCI- and CDC-sponsored Tobacco Use Supplement to the Current 
Population Survey (http://riskfactor.cancer.gov/studies/tus-cps/) is a 
survey of tobacco use that has been administered by the US Census 
Bureau in 1992-93, 1995-96, 1998-99, 2001-02 and 2003. The TUS-CPS is a 
key source of national and state level data on smoking and other 
tobacco use in the US household population because it uses a large, 
nationally representative sample that contains information on about 
240,000 individuals within a given survey period. These data can be 
used by researchers to monitor progress in the control of tobacco use; 
conduct tobacco-related research; and evaluate tobacco control 
programs. In an effort to better capture the tobacco-related patterns 
and behaviors of U.S. communities with limited English proficiency, the 
TUS-CPS has been translated into Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese and 
Korean. The translated versions of the TUS-CPS were evaluated in 
cognitive interviews, will be made available to the public, and are 
scheduled for cultural equivalency testing. The primary purpose of this 
study is to evaluate the cross-cultural equivalency of the TUS-CPS in 
English, Spanish, Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese. Each version of the 
questionnaire will be administered to 50 native speakers. The Chinese 
version will be administered to both mandarin and Cantonese speakers. 
Each interview will be behavior coded to ensure that respondents are 
interpreting the items correctly and any translation problems are 
identified item by item. Twenty percent of respondents will be 
retrospectively debriefed on the interview to determine how well the 
items are understood and examine whether any translation issues exist. 
The findings will provide valuable information concerning the clarity 
of the survey prior to full-scale administration.
    Frequency of response: One-time study. Affected Public: 
Individuals. Type of Respondents: Adults who are native Chinese 
(Mandarin and Cantonese), Korean, Vietnamese, and Spanish speakers. The 
annual reporting burden is as follows:

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                                                                     Estimated
                                                     Estimated       number of    Average burden  Estimate total
              Data collection task                   number of     responses per     hours per      hour burden
                                                    respondents     respondent       response
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Screener........................................           2,568               1           0.167             429
TUS-CPS.........................................             300               1           1                 300
Retrospective Debriefing........................              60               1            .50               30
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      Total.....................................           2,568  ..............  ..............             759
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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, (2q) 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on the 
proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and 
instruments, contact Dr. Deirdre Lawrence, Project Office, National 
Cancer Institute, EPN 4005, 6130 Executive Blvd., MSC 7344, Bethesda, 
MD 20892-7344, or call non-toll-free number 301-594-3599, 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 are best 
assured of having their full effect if received within 60 days of the 
date of this publication.

    Dated: February 23, 2004.
Rachelle Ragland-Greene,
NCI Project Clearance Liaison, National Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. 04-4646 Filed 3-2-04; 8:45 am]
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