[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 193 (Friday, October 3, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 57634]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-23442]


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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: Revision. 
OMB 0925-0584, exp. 2/28/2011. 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: 30,320; Estimated Number 
of Responses per Respondent: 2.238; Average Burden Hours Per Response: 
0.7161; and Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours Requested: 48,583. The 
annualized cost to respondents is estimated at $753,285, 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.

                                         Estimate of Annual Hour Burden
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                                                     Number of     Frequency of    Average hours    Annual hour
                Type of response                    respondents      responses     per response       burden
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Participant Recruitment Contact.................          29,036               1           0.123           3,571
Participant Examinations and Questionnaires.....       \1\ 5,333               1           6.49           34,611
Participant Telephone Interviews................       \1\ 5,333               1           1.83            9,759
Physician, Medical Examiner, next of kin or                1,284               1            .50              642
 other contact follow-up \2\....................
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    Total unique respondents....................          30,320  ..............  ..............         48,583
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\1\ Subset of participant recruitment contact
\2\ 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 20892-7936, or 
call non-toll-free number 301-435-0450 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: September 22, 2008.
Michael S. Lauer,
Director, Division of Prevention and Population Sciences.
Suzanne Freeman,
NHLBI Project Clearance Liaison, National Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. E8-23442 Filed 10-2-08; 8:45 am]
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