[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 250 (Friday, December 30, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77396-77397]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-8098]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30Day-06-05AD]


Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review

    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) 639-4766 or send an email to 
[email protected]. Send written comments to CDC Desk Officer, Office of 
Management and Budget, Washington, DC or by fax to (202) 395-6974. 
Written comments should be received within 30 days of this notice.

Proposed Project

    Helping to End Lead Poisoning (HELP): A Questionnaire Study of 
Medicaid Providers' Self-Reported Attitudes, Practices, Beliefs, and 
Barriers to Childhood Blood Lead Testing--New--National Center for 
Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    According to the United States Department of Health and Human 
Services (DHHS), lead poisoning is one of the most serious 
environmental threats to children in the United States. Very high blood 
lead levels in children can cause encephalopathy, coma, and even death. 
At lower levels, lead poisoning is a silent attacker because most 
children who are lead poisoned do not show symptoms. Low levels of lead 
poisoning are often associated with reductions in IQ and attention 
span, and with learning disabilities, hyperactivity, and behavioral 
problems. Because of these subtle effects, the best way to determine if 
a child has lead poisoning is by giving the child a blood lead test.
    Children eligible for Medicaid are typically at highest risk for 
lead exposure. DHHS policies require blood lead testing for all 
children participating in Federal health care programs. However, most 
children in or targeted by Federal health care programs have not been 
tested.
    Although blood lead testing is important, it is ineffective unless 
it is performed when the child is young enough to receive the full 
benefits of effective environmental interventions. Thus, it was 
determined by the CDC Lead Poisoning Prevention Branch (LPPB) that more 
information is needed to understand the barriers Medicaid providers 
face when it comes to blood lead testing.
    Helping To End Lead Poisoning (HELP) is a comparison study between 
two communities in Wisconsin. To determine why some areas in Wisconsin 
have high blood lead testing rates and others do not, Medicaid 
providers in two areas will be studied. Community 1 has high and 
Community 2 has low blood lead testing rates. Questionnaires will be 
mailed to all Medicaid providers in these two Wisconsin communities. 
The questionnaires will be sent from and returned to the CDC LPPB in 
Atlanta, Georgia. CDC will analyze the data from the questionnaires. 
CDC and the Wisconsin Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program staff 
will use this information to understand the barriers Medicaid providers 
face concerning blood lead testing and to develop effective strategies 
that promote blood lead testing among Medicaid providers. There is no 
cost to respondents, other than their time.
    National Center for Environment Health (NCEH), is requesting a year 
to complete the study. The total estimated burden hours are 14.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                                      Average
                                                                      No. of          No. of        burden per
                           Respondents                              respondents    responses per   response  (in
                                                                                    respondent        hours)
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Targeted Medicaid Providers in Wisconsin........................              13               1           10/60
(mailed questionnaire)
Targeted Medicaid Providers in Wisconsin........................              60               1           10/60
(telephone follow-up): ``Yes''

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Targeted Medicaid Providers in Wisconsin........................              49               1            2/60
(telephone follow-up): ``No'' or mailed.
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    Dated: December 23, 2005.
Betsey Dunaway,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. E5-8098 Filed 12-29-05; 8:45 am]
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