[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 238 (Tuesday, December 13, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 73774-73775]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-7260]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers For Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-06-06AI]


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 or 
send comments to Seleda Perryman, CDC Assistant Reports Clearance 
Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D74, Atlanta, GA 30333 or send an email 
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

    Metropolitan Atlanta Stillbirth Management Survey: Knowledge, 
Attitudes and Practice Patterns from Obstetricians, new collection, 
National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities 
(NCBDDD), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    The U.S. Congress House Report 108-792 (joint conference report for 
the Fiscal Year 2005 omnibus appropriations bill) provides specific 
funding to devise a comprehensive strategy for expanding existing birth 
defects surveillance systems to incorporate surveillance data on all 
intrauterine fetal deaths of 20 or more week's gestation into the 
Metropolitan Atlanta Congenital Defects Program (MACDP). Stillbirth is 
largely an understudied adverse pregnancy outcome even though it 
accounts for nearly one half of all perinatal mortality. There is 
currently no nationally

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accepted definition of what constitutes a stillbirth, and there are no 
universally recommended, standardized stillbirth evaluation protocols 
in use for the evaluation of fetal deaths. The proposed survey has been 
designed to evaluate and assess the knowledge, attitudes and practice 
management patterns of obstetricians in the metropolitan Atlanta area 
regarding stillbirths in general, as well as in their medical practice. 
This information will be used to identify prevailing deficiencies 
leading to incomplete and inaccurate reporting of data relative to 
stillbirths, and to develop targeted awareness and educational 
strategies for participating MACDP facilities. Ongoing, accurate and 
reliable population-based registries of stillbirths are essential for 
conducting epidemiologic studies on the causes of and risk factors for 
this pregnancy outcome. This survey will be mailed to randomly selected 
obstetricians whose practices serve residents of the 5 counties 
comprising metropolitan Atlanta. This survey will be conducted once and 
will take approximately 2-3 months to collect the data. NCBDDD is 
requesting OMB clearance for 1 (one) year. There is no cost to the 
survey respondents except for the time necessary to complete the 
survey.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Table
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                                                                  Number of      Average burden
             Respondents  (type)                Respondents     responses per     per response     Total burden
                                                  (number)        respondent       (in hrs.)        (in hrs.)
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Obstetricians...............................              600                1            30/60              300
    Total...................................              600  ...............  ...............              300
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    Dated: December 7, 2005.
Joan F. Karr,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. E5-7260 Filed 12-12-05; 8:45 am]
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