[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 36 (Wednesday, February 25, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8544-8545]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-3999]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30Day-09-08BP]


Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) publishes a 
list of information collection requests under review by the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction 
Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a copy of these requests, call 
the CDC Reports Clearance Officer at (404) 639-5960 or send an e-mail 
to [email protected]. Send written comments to CDC Desk Officer, Office of 
Management and Budget, Washington, DC or by fax to (202) 395-6974. 
Written comments should be received within 30 days of this notice.
    Proposed Project: Audience Profiling for Carbon Monoxide Poisoning 
Prevention Status--New--National Center for Environmental Health 
(NCEH), Coordinating Center for Environmental Health and Injury 
Prevention (CCEHIP), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    Carbon monoxide (CO) is one of the leading causes of poison-related 
deaths in the United States. The Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC) estimates that each year approximately 500 people die 
of unintentional, nonfire-related CO exposure, and another 15,000 
individuals visit emergency rooms for treatment from exposure to CO 
gas.
    Despite our current knowledge of scenarios and products that lead 
to CO poisoning, questions remain about when and how individuals use 
CO-emitting products, why they engage in certain risk behaviors, how 
best to inform them about the CO poisoning, and how receptive they are 
to existing prevention materials. This study aims to address these 
questions through assessing the basis for current audience knowledge, 
attitudes, and practices and, ultimately, strengthen educational 
materials about CO poisoning prevention.
    The study will employ the use of qualitative methods during three 
phases of data collection. Phase I will consist of eight in-person 
focus groups among home furnace owners and portable generator owners (n 
= 64) as well as four telephone interviews with organizations that 
serve populations at risk for CO poisoning (n = 4). Phase II will 
consist of analyzing previously collected data on consumer media usage 
and preferences. Phase III will consist of 16 in-person triad 
interviews (3 individuals per interview) with home furnace owners and 
portable generator owners (n = 48) to pretest CO poisoning educational 
materials.
    NCEH will identify individuals for the focus groups and triad 
interviews using recruiting firms that specialize in the two at-risk 
populations: (1) Home furnace owners and (2) portable generator owners. 
Individuals in these two groups will be screened over the telephone by 
the recruiting firms, and if they meet the eligibility criteria, will 
be invited to participate in the study. At the end of each focus group 
and triad interview, NCEH will ask participants to complete a brief 
exit questionnaire on demographics and media usage.
    There is no cost to respondents other than their time. The total 
estimated burden hours are 276.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                  Number of      Average burden
        Type of respondents             Instrument type         Number of       responses per   per response (in
                                                               respondents       respondent          hours)
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Owners of Gas or Oil Burning         Focus Group Screener.                64                 1             10/60
 Household Appliances.
                                     Focus Group..........                32                 1                 2
                                     Exit Questionnaire...                32                 1             10/60
                                     Triad Screener.......                48                 1             10/60
                                     Triad................                24                 1                 2
Owners of Portable Gas Burning       Focus Group Screener.                64                 1             10/60
 Generator
                                     Focus Group..........                32                 1                 2
                                     Exit Questionnaire...                32                 1             10/60
                                     Triad Screener.......                48                 1             10/60
                                     Triad................                24                 1                 2
Expert.............................  Telephone Interview..                 4                 1                 1
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    Dated: February 13, 2009.
Maryam I. Daneshvar,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
 [FR Doc. E9-3999 Filed 2-24-09; 8:45 am]
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