[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 124 (Thursday, June 28, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35499-35500]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-12535]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Proposed Data Collection; Comment Request; National Physician 
Survey of Practices on Diet, Physical Activity, and Weight Control

SUMMARY: In compliance with the provisions of Section 3506 (c)(2)(A) of 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, for opportunity for public 
comments on proposed data collection projects, the National Institutes 
of Health (NIH), National Cancer Institute (NCI) will publish periodic 
summaries of proposed projects to be submitted to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval.
    Proposed Collection: Title: Physician Survey of Practices on Diet, 
Physical Activity, and Weight Control. Type of Information Collection 
Request: NEW. Need and Use of Information Collection: This study will 
obtain current, national data on primary care physicians' knowledge, 
attitudes, and practices related to diet, physical activity, and weight 
control. Obesity, poor diet, and lack of physical activity are becoming 
recognized as major public health problems in the United States, and 
have been linked to increased risk, adverse prognosis, and poor quality 
of life for cancer and many other chronic diseases. The data collected 
in this study will support and further NCI work in monitoring and 
evaluating providers' cancer prevention knowledge, attitudes, and 
practices and their impact on population health, as well as enable 
monitoring of progress toward major cancer control goals. Data from the 
survey will be used to profile existing physician practice, understand 
barriers to counseling and referral, and to inform methods for 
improving the utilization of these services for adults and children. 
Two questionnaires, one sent to physicians and one sent to their 
practice administrators, will be administered by mail or telephone to a 
randomly-selected national sample of 2,000 physicians belonging to 
primary care specialties. Study participants will be 2,000 practicing 
physicians who are family practitioners, general internists, 
pediatricians, and obstetrician/gynecologists and 2,000 practice 
administrators.

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    The annual reporting burden is as follows: Estimated Number of 
Respondents: 4,000; Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1; 
Average Burden Hours Per Response: .333; and Estimated Total Annual 
Burden Hours Requested: 1,332. The annualized cost to respondents is 
estimated at: $65,048. There are no Capital Costs to report. There are 
no Operating or Maintenance Costs to report.

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                                                          Estimated number    Average burden    Estimated total
         Type of respondent            Estimated number   of responses per      hours per        annual burden
                                        of respondents       respondent          response            hours
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Physician...........................               2000                  1              0.333                666
Medical Practice Administrator......               2000                  1              0.333                666
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    Total...........................               4000                  1  .................              1,332
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*Hourly earnings data are taken from the National Compensation Survey: Occupational Wages in the United States,
  June 2005, U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

    Request for Comments: Written comments and/or suggestions from the 
public and affected agencies are invited on one or more of the 
following points: (a) Whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Send comments to Ashley Wilder Smith, 
PhD, M.P.H., Health Sciences Specialist, National Cancer Institute, 
6130 Executive Blvd., MSC 7344, Executive Plaza North, Room 4090, 
Bethesda, MD 20892-7344. Telephone: 301-451-1843; E-mail: 
[email protected].
    Comments Due Date: Comments regarding this information collection 
are best assured of having their full effect if received within 60 days 
of the date of this publication should be received by August 27, 2007.

    Dated: June 20, 2007.
Ashley Wilder Smith,
National Cancer Institute Task Order Monitor, National Institutes of 
Health.
 [FR Doc. E7-12535 Filed 6-27-07; 8:45 am]
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