[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 144 (Wednesday, July 29, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37713-37714]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-18071]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Parental Knowledge, 
Attitudes, and Behaviors Related to Pediatric Cardiovascular Health

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: Describe the proposed information collection 
activity as follows. Include: Title: Parental Knowledge, Attitudes, and 
Behaviors Related to Pediatric Cardiovascular Health; Type of 
Information Collection Request: New; Need and Use of Information 
Collection: Coinciding with the release of the Integrated Pediatric 
Cardiovascular Risk Reduction Guidelines, the National Heart, Lung, and 
Blood Institute (NHLBI) will conduct a national public awareness 
campaign to help parents understand that risk for cardiovascular 
disease (CVD) begins in childhood, and to engage them in encouraging 
healthy habits in their children to promote heart health and reduce 
their children's CVD risk now and as they grow. Currently, little is 
known about parental knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors related to 
heart health in children. Serving as a baseline for evaluation of 
NHLBI's outreach activities related to the campaign, this study seeks 
to learn the following: (a) Parents' awareness of cardiovascular 
disease risk factors in children and knowledge of what to do for risk 
reduction, (b) parents' level of efficacy toward taking action to 
promote cardiovascular health and reduce risk factors, and (c) parents' 
behaviors related to cardiovascular health. The findings will provide 
valuable information that will enable NHLBI to identify the gaps in 
knowledge and awareness and target specific information in 
communications with parents. NHLBI will also be able to determine 
parents' efficacy related to the actions needed to promote their

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children's heart health, allocating resources for the campaign to 
provide support to overcome perceived barriers; Frequency of Response: 
One-time survey; Affected Public: Individuals or households; and Type 
of Respondents: Parents and caregivers of children ages 0-7. The annual 
reporting burden is as follows: Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,175; 
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1; Average Burden Hours 
per Response: .167; and Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours Requested: 
196.23. There are no Capital Costs, Operating Costs and/or Maintenance 
Costs to report.
    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.

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: Amy Pianalto, National Heart, Lung, and Blood 
Institute, NIH, 31 Center Drive, Building 31A, Room 4A10, Bethesda, MD 
20892; or call non-toll-free number 301-594-2093 or e-mail 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: July 21, 2009.
Amy Pianalto,
Office of Communications and Legislative Activities, NHLBI, National 
Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. E9-18071 Filed 7-28-09; 8:45 am]
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