[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 17 (Thursday, January 27, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3930-3931]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-1492]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-05AY]


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) 371-5976 
or send comments to Sandi Gambescia, CDC Assistant Reports Clearance 
Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D74, 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

    Economic Evaluation Of Walking Behavior In Sedentary Adults Age 50 
Years And Older--New--National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention 
and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP), Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description of the Proposed Project and Data 
Collection

    CDC is requesting approval of a pilot test to better understand the 
barriers to increased physical activity and the potential impact of 
modest financial incentives to promote walking among sedentary adults 
aged 50 years and older. The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System 
(BRFSS) data reveal that Americans in general and older adults in 
particular do not meet minimum recommendations for levels of physical 
activity. Moderate increases in physical activity would decrease the 
incidence of diseases promoted by inactivity, including several types 
of cancer, diabetes, and heart disease. However, strategies that 
effectively motivate sedentary people to increase and maintain levels 
of regular physical activity have yet to be identified. CDC proposes to 
use this effort to investigate the impact of one type of intervention 
(financial incentives) on levels of physical activity.
    CDC will conduct a stated preference (SP) survey to identify the 
barriers to leisure time physical activity and the size of the 
incentives necessary to overcome these barriers among sedentary adults 
age 50 and older. A pilot test of the impact of specific amounts of 
financial incentives on levels of walking among this population will 
also be conducted via a reveled preference (RP) survey in the Raleigh, 
North Carolina, metropolitan area.
    The SP survey will be a one-time effort in which respondents 
belonging to an online survey panel will complete a computer survey 
over the Internet. In the RP portion of the project, a local sample of 
respondents will complete an identical survey on paper. The RP 
respondents will also wear a pedometer for 4 weeks and record the 
number of steps walked in a diary. Data will be collected from the 
diaries and from the 7-day history in each pedometer unit. Respondents 
will receive a modest incentive payment for the number of steps they 
walk above a predetermined floor and below a predetermined ceiling.
    The results of the survey will be used to gauge the size of the 
incentives necessary to motivate behavior change in a real world 
setting. The results of the pilot test will provide initial evidence of 
the magnitude of the incentives necessary to increase levels of 
physical activity among a specific sample of older adults. The total 
costs and effectiveness (changes in physical activity) can then be 
compared to similar data emanating from other interventions designed to 
increase levels of physical activity. Statistical analysis of the SP 
survey and RP data will be used. Since neither form of data collection 
is based on a random sample, conclusions will be preliminary and not 
generalizable. The analysis will be used to evaluate whether further 
comprehensive research on this subject should be undertaken. There are 
no costs to respondents except their time to participate in the survey.

                                             Annualized Burden Table
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                                                                     Number of      Avg. burden
                   Respondents                       Number of     responses per   per response    Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent       (in hrs)          hours
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Online SP survey................................             500               1           25/60             208
RP survey.......................................             300               1             1.5             450
RP group--recording daily steps.................             300               4           20/60             400
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    Total.......................................  ..............  ..............  ..............            1058
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    Dated: January 14, 2005.
Betsey Dunaway,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Science Officer, 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 05-1492 Filed 1-26-05; 8:45 am]
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