[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 132 (Wednesday, July 11, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37789-37790]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-13384]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Proposed Collection; Comment Request; The Hispanic Community 
Health Study (HCHS)/Study of Latinos (SOL)

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, the National Heart, Lung, and 
Blood Institute (NHLBI), the National Institutes 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.

Proposed Collection

    Title: Hispanic Community Health Study (HCHS)/Study of Latinos 
(SOL). Type of Information Collection Request: New Collection. Need and 
Use of Information Collection: The Hispanic Community Health Study 
(HCHS)/ Study of Latinos (SOL) will identify risk factors for 
cardiovascular and lung disease in Hispanic populations and determine 
the role of acculturation in the prevalence and development of

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these diseases. Hispanics, now the largest minority population in the 
U.S., are influenced by factors associated with immigration from 
different cultural settings and environments, including changes in 
diet, activity, community support, working conditions, and health care 
access. This project is a multicenter, six-and-a-half year 
epidemiologic study and will recruit 16,000 Hispanic men and women aged 
18-74 in four community-based cohorts in Chicago, Miami, San Diego, and 
the Bronx. The study will also examine measures of obesity, physical 
activity, nutritional habits, diabetes, lung and sleep function, 
cognitive function, hearing, and dental conditions. Closely integrated 
with the research component will be a community and professional 
education component, with the goals of bringing the research results 
back to the community, improving recognition and control of risk 
factors, and attracting and training Hispanic researchers in 
epidemiology and population-based research. Frequency of Response: The 
participants will be contacted annually. Affected Public: Individuals 
or households; Businesses or other for profit; Small businesses or 
organizations. Type of Respondents: Individuals or households; 
physicians. The annual reporting burden is as follows: Estimated Number 
of Respondents: 10,801; Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 
1.0; Average Burden Hours Per Response: 3.6; and Estimated Total Annual 
Burden Hours Requested: 38,401. The annualized cost to respondents is 
estimated at $506,613, assuming respondents time at the rate of $13 per 
hour and physician time at the rate of $50 per hour. There are no 
Capital Costs to report. There are no Operating or Maintenance Costs to 
report.

                                         Estimate of Annual Hour Burden
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                                                     Number of     Frequency of    Average hours    Annual hour
                Type of response                    respondents      response      per response       burden
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Participant Examinations and Questionnaires.....           5,334             1.0            6.5           34,671
Participant Telephone Interviews................           5,267             1.0             .67           3,530
Physician, Medical Examiner, and Next-of-kin                 200             1.0            1.0              200
 Follow-up \1\..................................
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    Total.......................................          10,801  ..............  ..............         38,401
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\1\ Annual burden is placed on doctors and respondent relatives/informants through requests for information
  which will help in the compilation of the number and nature of new fatal and nonfatal events.

    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 proper performance of the function of the agency, 
including whether the information will 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 Dr. Larissa Aviles-Santa, Deputy Project Officer, 
NIH, NHLBI, 6701 Rockledge Drive, MSC 7936, Bethesda, MD 20892-7934, or 
call non-toll-free number 301-435-1284 or E-mail 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 the date of this publication.

    Dated: June 28, 2007.
Peter Savage,
Acting Director, DPPS.
Suzanne Freeman,
NHLBI Project Clearance Liaison, National Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. E7-13384 Filed 7-10-07; 8:45 am]
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