[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 240 (Friday, December 12, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75725-75726]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-29427]


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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 
the information collection listed below. This proposed information 
collection was previously published in the Federal Register on October 
3, 2008, page 57634, and allowed 60 days for public comment. One 
comment was received. The purpose of this notice is to allow an 
additional 30 days for public comment. The National Institutes of 
Health may 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

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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 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: 30,401; Estimated Number of Responses 
per Respondent: 2.234; Average Burden Hours Per Response: 0.7178; and 
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours Requested: 48,755. The annualized 
cost to respondents is estimated at $756,412, 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.....      5,333\[1]\               1           6.49           34,611
Participant Telephone Interviews................      5,333\[1]\               1           1.83            9,759
Physician, Medical Examiner, next of kin or                1,284               1            .50              642
 other contact follow-up \[2]\..................
Focus Groups....................................              81               1           1.5               121
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    Total unique respondents....................          30,401  ..............  ..............         48,755
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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 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, [email protected] or by fax to 202-395-6974, 
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: Ms. 
Lorraine Silsbee, Deputy Project Officer, NIH, NHLBI, 6701 Rockledge 
Drive, MSC 7936, Bethesda, MD 20892-7936, or call non-toll-free number 
301-435-0709 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: December 2, 2008.
Michael S. Lauer,
Director, Division of Prevention and Population Sciences, NHLBI, 
National Institutes of Health.
    Dated: December 3, 2008.
Suzanne Freeman,
 Chief, FOIA, NHLBI, National Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. E8-29427 Filed 12-11-08; 8:45 am]
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