[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 164 (Wednesday, August 25, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52290-52291]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-19424]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30 Day-04-OC]


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 or send an e-mail 
to [email protected]. 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

    Survey Development: Child Stress and Toxics (Pediatric 
Environmental Perception Scale)--New--The Agency for Toxic Substances 
and Disease Registry (ATSDR). ATSDR is mandated pursuant to the 1980 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 
(CERCLA) and its 1986 amendments, the Superfund Amendments and 
Reauthorization Act (SARA), to serve the public by using the best 
science, taking responsive public health actions, and providing trusted 
health information to prevent harmful exposures and disease related to 
toxic substances.
    For the past 6 years, ATSDR has worked with the U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency (EPA), the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
Administration (SAMSHA), state health departments, and local 
communities on the issue of psychosocial stress due to the presence of 
toxic hazards. A significant amount of research has focused on adult 
psychosocial stress in communities affected by hazardous substances. 
Comparatively little is known about levels of psychosocial stress among 
children or other susceptible populations in these settings. There is a 
critical need to develop a research instrument to screen children who 
live in communities at or near hazardous waste sites for elevated 
stress levels. The instrument will facilitate the establishment of 
group norms for levels of stress in children and is not intended to 
provide clinical

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or diagnostic information on individual children.
    The purpose of this project is to: (1) Develop and pilot-test a 
scale to assess levels and sources of psychosocial stress in children 
who live in communities at or near hazardous waste sites; (2) modify 
the scale based on pilot-test results; (3) validate the scale on 
children living in communities near hazardous waste sites; and (4) 
provide an evidence base for planning and conducting interventions in 
affected communities.
    CDC will pilot test the scale on at least 50 children in two age 
groups (6th and 8th grade levels) at one or more test sites. Semi-
structured interviews or focus groups will be conducted to determine 
whether additional variables need to be included in the scale. During 
the second and third phases of the project, a scale will be used to 
screen up to 4,950 children in communities at or near hazardous waste 
sites. CDC plans to then use this data to create effective 
interventions methods to predict and explain levels of stress in 
children living around hazardous waste sites. The estimated annualized 
burden is 825 hours; there are no costs to respondents.

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                                                                                                      Average
                                                                     Number of       Number of        burden/
                           Respondents                              respondents     responses/     response  (in
                                                                                    respondent        hours)
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Children 10-17 years old--Phase I...............................              50               1           40/60
Children 10-17 years old--Phase II..............................             200               1           20/60
Children 10-17 years old--Phase III.............................           4,750               1           30/60
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    Dated: August 13, 2004.
Alvin Hall,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 04-19424 Filed 8-24-04; 8:45 am]
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