[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 150 (Thursday, August 5, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47450-47451]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-17958]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Proposed Data Collection; Comment Request; California Health 
Interview Survey 2005

SUMMARY: 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 National Institute of Health 
(NIH), National Cancer Institute (NCI) will public periodic summaries 
of proposed projects to be submitted to the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) for review and approval.
    Proposed Collection: Title: California Health Interview Survey 
(CHIS) 2005 Cancer Control Module (CCM). Type of Information Collection 
Request: New. Need and Use of Information Collection: The NCI has 
sponsored two Cancer Control Modules to the California Health Interview 
Survey (CHIS), and will be sponsoring a third to be administered in 
2005.
    The CHIS is a telephone survey designed to provide population-
based, standardized health-related data to assess California's progress 
in meeting Healthy People 2010 objectives for the nation and the state. 
The CHIS sample is designed to provide statistically reliable estimates 
statewide, for California counties, and for California's ethnically and 
racially diverse population. Initiated by the UCLA Center for Health 
Policy Research, the California Department of Health Services, and the 
California Public Health Institutes, the survey is funded by a number 
of public and private sources. It was first administered in 2001 to 
55,428 adults and subsequently in 2003 to 42,043 adults. These adults 
are a representative sample of California's non-institutional 
population living in households.
    CHIS 2005, the third bi-annual survey, is planned for 
administration to 55,000 adult Californians. The cancer control module, 
which is similar to that administered in CHIS 2001 and CHIS 2003, will 
allow NCI to examine trends in breast cancer screening and diagnosis, 
as well as to study other cancer-related topics, such as, diet, 
physical activity and obesity.
    Because California is the most populous and the most racially and 
ethnically diverse state in the nation, the CHIS 2005 sample will yield 
adequate numbers of respondents in key ethnic and racial groups, 
including African Americans, Latinos, Asians, and American Indian/
Alaska Natives. The Latino group will include large numbers of Mexican-
origin, Central Americans, South Americans, and other Latino subgroups; 
the Asian group will include large numbers of respondents in the 
Chinese, Filipino, Japanese, Vietnamese, and Korean subgroups. NCI will 
compare the CHIS and National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) data in 
order to conduct comparative analyses and better estimate cancer risk 
factors and screening among racial/ethnic minority populations. The 
CHIS sample size also permits NCI to create estimates for ethnic 
subdomains of the population, for which NHIS has insufficient numbers 
for analysis.
    Frequency of Response: One-time. Affected public: Individuals or 
households. Types of Respondents: U.S. adults (persons 18 years of age 
and older). The annual reporting burden is as follows.

                       Table A.--Annualized Burden Estimates for CHIS 2005 Data Collection
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                                                     Estimated
                 Data collection                     number of     Frequency of    Average time     Annual hour
                                                    respondents      response      per response       burden
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Adult Core......................................          55,000               1             .42          23,100
CCTM............................................          55,000               1             .08           4,400
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    Totals......................................  ..............  ..............  ..............          27,500
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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 performance of the functions 
of the agency, including whether the information shall 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 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 Nancy Breen, Ph.D., Project Officer, National 
Cancer Institute, EPN 4005, 6130 Executive Boulevard MSC 7344. 
Bethesda, Maryland 20852-7344, or call non-toll free number (301) 496-
8500 or FAX your request, including your address to 
[email protected].

DATES: Comments Due Date: Comments regarding this information 
collection are best assured of having their full effect if received 
within 60 days of this publication.

    Dated: July 21, 2004.
Rachelle Ragland-Greene,
NCI Project Clearance Liaison.
[FR Doc. 04-17958 Filed 8-3-04; 1:53 pm]
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