[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 176 (Wednesday, September 12, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52153-52155]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-17986]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; The Hispanic 
Community Health Study (HCHS)/Study of Latinos (SOL)

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute 
(NHLBI), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has submitted to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for review and approval 
of the information collection listed below. This proposed information 
collection was previously published in the Federal Register on July 11, 
2007, pages 37789-37790, and allowed 60-days for public comment. No 
comments were received. The purpose of this notice is to allow an 
additional 30 days for public comment. The National Institutes of 
Health may

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not conduct or sponsor, and the respondent is not required to respond 
to, an information collection that has been extended, revised, or 
implemented on or after October 1, 1995, unless it displays a currently 
valid OMB control number.
    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 these 
diseases. Hispanics, now the largest minority population in the US, 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: 39,844; Estimated Number 
of Responses per Respondent: 1.0; Average Burden Hours Per Response: 
1.1; and Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours Requested: 44,688. The 
annualized cost to respondents is estimated at $149,415, assuming 
respondents time at the rate of $15 per hour and physician time at the 
rate of $55 per hour. There are no Capital Costs to report. There are 
no Operating or Maintenance Costs to report.

                              Table A.12.1.--Estimate of Respondent Burden HCHS/SOL
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                                                                                     Time per
                Type of response                     Number of       Number of       response         Burden
                                                    respondents      responses        (hours)         (hours)
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a. Recruitment contacts.........................          22,369               1            0.08           1,790
b. Household enumeration........................           4,191               1            0.17             712
c. Telephone contact to set up appointment......           6,667               1            0.08             533
d. Appointment Confirmation.....................           6,667               1            0.08             533
e. CLINIC EXAM:
    e1. Procedures..............................           5,333               1            3.67          19,572
    e2. Questionnaires..........................           5,333               1            2.75          14,666
f. Participant Telephone Interviews:
    24-hour Dietary Intake Recall...............           5,333               1            0.67           3,573
    Follow-Up Call..............................           5,333               1            0.50           2,667
                                                 ---------------------------------------------------------------
        Total, Participant......................          38,560  ..............  ..............          44,046
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Non-participant components: \1\
    a. Physician, hospital and nursing home
     contacts for outcomes ascertainment (total
     = 1,254):
        Deaths..................................              60               1            0.50             627
        CHF.....................................              90  ..............  ..............  ..............
        Stroke..................................             132  ..............  ..............  ..............
        CHD.....................................             650  ..............  ..............  ..............
        COPD....................................             210  ..............  ..............  ..............
        Asthma..................................             112  ..............  ..............  ..............
    b. Informant contact........................              30               1            0.50              15
                                                 ---------------------------------------------------------------
        Total, Participant and Non-Participant            39,844  ..............  ..............         44,688
         Components.............................
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\1\ Annual burden is place on physicians and health care providers and respondent relatives/informants through
  request for information which will help in the compilation of the number and nature of new fatal and non-fatal
  events.

    Request for Comments: Written comments and/or suggestions from the 
public and affected agencies should address one or more of the 
following points: (1) Evaluate 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) Evaluate 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) Enhance the 
quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and 
(4) 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.
    Direct Comments to OMB: Written comments and/or suggestions 
regarding the item(s) contained in this notice, especially regarding 
the estimated public burden and associated response time, should be 
directed to the: Office of Management and Budget, Office of Regulatory 
Affairs, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 
20503, Attention: Desk Officer for NIH. 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

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Drive, MSC 7936, Bethesda, MD 20892-7936, 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 30-days 
of the date of this publication.

    Dated: September 7, 2007.
Mike Lauer,
Director, Division of Prevention and Population Sciences, NHLBI, 
National Institutes of Health.
    Dated: September 7, 2007.
Suzanne Freeman,
Chief, FOIA, NHLBI, National Institutes of Health.
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