[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 194 (Thursday, October 7, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60154-60155]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-22549]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-04-04KK]


Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and 
Recommendations

    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 Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic summaries of proposed projects. 
To request more information on the proposed projects or to obtain a 
copy of the data collection plans and instruments, call 404-498-1210 or 
send comments to Seleda Perryman, CDC Assistant Reports Clearance 
Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-E11, Atlanta, GA 30333 or send an e-mail 
to [email protected].
    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical 
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways 
to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, 
including through the use of automated collection techniques or other 
forms of information technology. Written comments should be received 
within 60 days of this notice.

Proposed Project

    Evaluation of ``Steps to a HealthierUS'' Program--New--National 
Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP), 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Description of Proposed Collection

    The Steps to a Healthier U.S. (HealthierUS) Program, known as 
STEPS, is an innovative program that advances the goals of helping 
Americans live longer, better, and healthier lives by preventing 
obesity, diabetes, and asthma. Forty communities across the country 
will or have received funding to develop and implement community action 
plans. These action plans will include multiple evidence-based public 
health strategies and interventions to increase healthy behavior 
change.
    The goal of this evaluation is to provide annual data on STEPS 
program outcomes in the STEPS communities collectively and a matched 
national sample, using a questionnaire that is tailored to the needs of 
the STEPS evaluation. The survey will be administered by computer 
assisted telephone interviews (CATI) annually in the STEPS sites and in 
a nationally representative (non-STEPS sites) sample of adults 18 years 
and older that is matched to key characteristics of the STEPS sites 
collectively (e.g., age, race/ethnicity, income). The proposed survey 
will enable the CDC to determine if target outcomes are being achieved, 
and achieved more rapidly in Steps communities compared to the rest of 
the country.
    The survey will help answer key questions that cannot be adequately 
addressed by existing data infrastructures or by each sites' local 
evaluation alone. In the absence of a comparison sample, it is not 
possible to know if progress in STEPS communities is simply a 
reflection of national secular trends or an impact of the 
interventions. By implementing a data collection system that is uniform 
across all STEPS sites and a national comparison sample, directly 
comparable data to answer specific research questions will be 
collected. Results from this data collection will help provide data 
necessary to develop innovative solutions that can be applied by 
states, communities, and CDC to improve the health behaviors of 
Americans. There are no costs to respondents except their time to 
respond.

                                             Annualized Burden Table
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                                                                     Number of    Average burden
                   Respondents                       Number of     responses per   per  response   Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent       (in hrs.)         hours
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Adults at STEPS sites...........................            4000               1           25/60            1667
Adults at Non-STEPS sites.......................            2000               1           25/60             833
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    Total.......................................            6000  ..............  ..............            2500
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    Dated: October 1, 2004.
Alvin Hall,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 04-22549 Filed 10-6-04; 8:45 am]
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