[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 226 (Friday, November 25, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71162-71163]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-6506]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60-Day-06-06AA]


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 404-639-4766 
and send comments to Seleda Perryman, 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

    The 2nd Injury Control and Risk Survey (ICARIS 2)--Phase 2--New--
The National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC), Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    This project will use data from a telephone survey to measure 
injury-related risk factors and guide injury prevention and control 
priorities, including those identified as priorities in ``Healthy 
People 2010'' objectives for the nation. Injuries are a major cause of 
premature death and disability with associated economic costs of over 
150 billion dollars in lifetime costs for persons injured each year. 
``Healthy People 2010'' objectives and the recent report from the 
Institute of Medicine, ``Reducing the Burden of Injury'', call for 
reducing this toll. In addition to national efforts, NCIPC funds injury 
control prevention programs at the state and local levels. The use of 
outcome data (e.g., fatal injuries) for measuring program effectiveness 
is problematic because cause-specific events are relatively rare and 
data on critical risk factors (e.g., whether a helmet was worn in a 
bike crash, whether a smoke detector was present at a fatal fire, etc.) 
are often missing. Because these risk factors occur early in the causal 
chain of injury, injury control programs generally target them to 
prevent injuries. Accordingly, monitoring the level of injury risk 
factors in a population can help programs set priorities and evaluate 
interventions.
    The first Injury Control and Risk Factor Survey (ICARIS), conducted 
in 1994, was a random digit dial telephone survey that collected injury 
risk factor and demographic data on 5,238 English- and Spanish-speaking 
adults (18 years of age or older) in the United States. Proxy data were 
collected on 3,541 children less than 15 years old. More than a dozen 
peer-reviewed scientific reports have been published from the ICARIS 
data on related subjects including dog bites, bicycle helmet use, 
residential smoke detector usage, fire escape practices, attitudes 
toward violence, suicidal ideation/behavior, and compliance with 
pediatric injury prevention counseling.
    ICARIS-2 is a national telephone survey focusing on injuries. The 
survey process began in the summer of 2001 and was completed in early 
2003. Analyses are currently being conducted on the data collected on 
nearly 10,000 respondents. The first phase of the survey was initiated 
as a means for monitoring the injury risk factor status of the nation 
at the start of the millennium.
    The 2nd phase of ICARIS-2 is needed to expand knowledge in areas 
investigators could not fully explore previously. By using data 
collected in ICARIS as a baseline, the data collected in Phase-2 will 
be used to measure changes and gauge the impact of injury prevention 
policies. This current national telephone survey on injury risk is 
being implemented to fully monitor injury risk factors and selected 
year ``Healthy People 2010'' injury objectives, as well as evaluate the 
effectiveness of injury prevention programs. There are no costs to 
respondents except their time to participate in the survey.

                                      Estimates of Annualized Burden Table
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                                                                     Number of    Average burden/
                   Respondents                       Number of      responses/     response  (in   Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent        hours)        (in hours)
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Adult male and female (18 years of age and                 4,000               1           15/60            1000
 older).........................................
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    Dated: November 17, 2005.
Betsey Dunaway,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. E5-6506 Filed 11-23-05; 8:45 am]
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