[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 169 (Thursday, August 31, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51833-51834]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-7328]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Proposed Data Collection; Comment Request; California Health 
Interview Survey 2007

SUMMARY: 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, National Cancer Institute (NCI), 
the National Institute of Health (NIH) will publish periodic summaries 
of proposed projects to be submitted to the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) for review and approval.
    The first California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) Cancer Control 
Module (CCM) took place in 2001 (2000 CHIS CCM, OMB No. 0925-0478, 
Federal Register, May 8, 2000, Vol. 65, No. 89, p. 26620). The second 
survey took place in 2003 (2003 CHIS CCM, OMB No. 0925-0518, Federal 
Register, October 3, 2002, Volume 67, No. 192, pp. 62067-62068) and the 
third in 2005 (2005 CHIS CCM, OMB No. 0925-0000, Federal Register, Vol. 
69, No. 150, Aug. 5, 2004, pp. 47450-47451, and Federal Register, Vol. 
70, No. 1, Jan. 3, 2005, pp. 93-94).

Proposed Collection

    Title: California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) 2007 Cancer 
Control Module (CCM). Type of Information Collection Request: New. Need 
and Use of Information Collection: The NCI has sponsored three Cancer 
Control Modules in the California Health Interview Survey (CHIS), and 
will be sponsoring a fourth to be administered in 2007.
    The CHIS is a telephone survey designed to provide population-
based, standardized health-related data to assess California's progress 
in meeting Healthy People 2010 objectives for the nation and the state. 
The CHIS sample is designed to provide statistically reliable estimates 
statewide, for California counties, and for California's ethnically and 
racially diverse population. Initiated by the UCLA Center for Health 
Policy Research, the California Department of Health Services, and the 
California Public Health Institute, the survey is funded by a number of 
public and private sources. It was first administered in 2001 to 55,428 
adults and subsequently in 2003 and 2005 to 42,043 and 43,020 adults 
respectively. These adults are a representative sample of California's 
non-institutionalized population living in households.
    CHIS 2007, the fourth bi-annual survey, is planned for 
administration to 55,000 adult Californians. The cancer control module, 
which is similar to that administered in CHIS 2001, CHIS 2003, and CHIS 
2005, will allow NCI to examine trends in breast cancer screening and 
diagnosis, as well as to study other cancer-related topics such as 
diet, physical activity, and obesity.
    Because California is the most populous and the most racially and 
ethnically diverse state in the nation, the CHIS 2007 sample will yield 
adequate numbers of respondents in key ethnic and racial groups, 
including African Americans, Latinos, Asians, and American Indian/
Alaska Natives. The Latino group will include large numbers of 
respondents in the Mexican, Central American, South American, and other 
Latino subgroups; the Asian group will include large numbers of 
respondents in the Chinese, Filipino, Japanese, Vietnamese, and Korean 
subgroups. NCI will compare the CHIS and National Health Interview 
Survey (NHIS) data in order to conduct comparative analyses and better 
estimate cancer risk factors and screening among racial/ethnic minority 
populations. The CHIS sample size also permits NCI to create estimates 
for ethnic subdomains of the population, for which NHIS has 
insufficient numbers for analysis.
    Frequency of Response: One-time. Affected public: Individuals or 
households. Types of Respondents: U.S. adults (persons 18 years of age 
and older).
    The annual reporting burden is as follows.

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                       Table A.--Annualized Burden Estimates for CHIS 2007 Data Collection
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                                                     Estimated
                 Data collection                     number of     Frequency of    Average time     Annual hour
                                                    respondents      response      per response       burden
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(1) Pilot Test Adult Demographics...............             150               1             .07              11
CCM.............................................             150               1             .03               5
(2) Full Survey Adult Demographics..............          55,000               1             .07           3,850
CCM.............................................          55,000               1             .03           1,650
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    Totals......................................          55,150               1             .1            5,516
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There are no Capital Costs to report. There are no Operating or Maintenance Costs to report.

    Request for Comments: Written comments and/or suggestions from the 
public and affected agencies are invited on one or more of the 
following points: (1) Whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proposed performance of the functions of the agency, 
including whether the information shall have practical utility; (2) The 
accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed 
collection of information including the validity of the methodology and 
assumptions used; (3) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 
of the information to be collected; and (4) Ways to minimize the burden 
of the collection of information on those who are to respond, including 
the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other 
technological collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on the 
proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and 
instruments, contact Nancy Breen, Ph.D., Project Officer, National 
Cancer Institute, EPN 4005, 6130 Executive Boulevard MSC 7344, 
Bethesda, Maryland 20852-7344, or call non-toll free number 301-496-
8500 or FAX your request, including your address to 
[email protected].
    Comments Due Date: Comments regarding this information collection 
are best assured of having their full effect if received within 60 days 
of this publication.

    Dated: August 24, 2006.
Rachelle Ragland-Greene,
NCI Project Clearance Liaison, National Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. 06-7328 Filed 8-30-06; 8:45 am]
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