[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 33 (Friday, February 17, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8587-8588]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-2320]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30Day-06-05CW]


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) 639-5960 or send an e-mail 
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

    Online Surveys to Measure Awareness of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and 
the CDC Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Public Awareness Campaign--New--
National Center for Health Marketing (NCHM), Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is a serious illness that affects 
many Americans. With as many as 900,000 cases, many of which are 
misdiagnosed or left undiagnosed, the need for a CFS public education 
and awareness campaign is crucial.
    Research shows that 80 to 90 percent of patients have not been 
diagnosed and are not receiving proper medical care. Lack of awareness 
and information among health care providers about CFS as a serious and 
treatable illness has created significant barriers to diagnosing and 
treating those who suffer from CFS.
    Congress recognized the need to change this scenario, as reported 
in the Committee Reports for the Senate Appropriations Committee 
(Senate Report 108-345--To accompany S. 2810 Sept. 15, 2004) when the 
committee stated:

    Further, the Committee encourages CDC to better inform the 
public about this condition, its severity and magnitude and to use 
heightened awareness to create a registry of CFS patients to aid 
research in this field.

    During the next three years, CDC, in partnership with the Chronic 
Fatigue and Immune Dysfunction Syndrome

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(CFIDS) Association of America, will build the case that chronic 
fatigue syndrome should be diagnosed quickly to ensure the best 
possible health outcomes.
    To do so, a public education and awareness campaign will be 
launched to bring about changes in beliefs and social norms among 
target audiences (women aged 40-60, healthcare practitioners, and the 
general public) that CFS is a diagnosable and treatable physical 
illness.
    Although considerable research will be done to ensure that campaign 
themes, messages, and materials are effective, there is no way to test 
the impact of the campaign on the target audience other than to conduct 
baseline and follow-up surveys. These surveys will measure not only the 
level of awareness created by the campaign, but will measure change in 
key knowledge, attitudes and beliefs about CFS among the target 
audiences.
    There are no costs to respondents other than their time. The total 
estimated annualized burden hours are 88.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Table
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                                                                                                      Average
                                                                     Number of       Number of        burden/
          Type of respondents                   Form name           respondents    responses per   response  (in
                                                                                    respondent        hours)
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Consumers (Women, 40-60 years of age).  Pre-program survey......             133               1           10/60
Consumers (Women, 40-60 years of age).  Post-program survey.....             133               1           10/60
Physician Assistants..................  Pre-program survey......              67               1           10/60
Physician Assistants..................  Post-program survey.....              67               1           10/60
Nurse Practitioners...................  Pre-program survey......              67               1           10/60
Nurse Practitioners...................  Post-program survey.....              67               1           10/60
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    Dated: February 10, 2006.
Betsey Dunaway,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
 [FR Doc. E6-2320 Filed 2-16-06; 8:45 am]
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