[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 175 (Friday, September 11, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46778-46779]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-21912]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-09-09CL]


Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and 
Recommendations

    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 Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic summaries of proposed projects. 
To request more information on the proposed project or to obtain a copy 
of data collection plans and instruments, call the CDC Reports 
Clearance Officer on 404-639-5960 or send comments to CDC Assistant 
Reports Clearance Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS D-74, Atlanta, GA 
30333 or send an e-mail to [email protected].
    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical 
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways 
to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, 
including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of 
information technology. Written comments should be received within 60 
days of this notice.

Proposed Project

    Calibration of the Short Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire 
(SDQ) in the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS)--New--National 
Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    Section 306 of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act (42 U.S.C. 
242k), as amended, authorizes that the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services (DHHS), acting through NCHS, shall collect statistics on the 
extent and nature of illness and disability of the population of the 
United States. Section 520 [42 U.S.C. 290bb-31] of the Public Health

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Service Act, establishes the Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS), 
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), and 
authorizes the CMHS to conduct surveys with respect to mental health. 
To monitor the prevalence of children and youth with mental health 
problems, CMHS and the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), 
through a reimbursable agreement with the NCHS have funded questions on 
children's mental health on the National Health Interview Survey 
(NHIS).
    One component of the NHIS is the short Strengths and Difficulties 
Questionnaire (short SDQ), a module that has obtained data on the 
mental health of children aged 4-17 years since 2001. As part of its 
mission, CMHS has undertaken the task of improving its methods for 
providing national estimates related to child mental health, 
specifically by conducting studies that determine validity and 
appropriate cut-points for measuring serious psychological distress in 
adults. To ensure that the short SDQ is a valid measure of child mental 
health, the proposed study calibrates the SDQ on the NHIS to a standard 
psychiatric measure. Highly trained clinical interviewers will 
administer, via telephone, the Child and Adolescent Psychiatric 
Assessment (CAPA) or the Pre-School Age Psychiatric Assessment (PAPA) 
to the parents of a sample of children aged 4-17 years identified in 
the NHIS as having mental health problems. Children aged 9-17 will also 
be interviewed using Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Assessment 
(CAPA). Clinical interviewers will also administer these assessments to 
a suitable control group of parents and children. One part of this 
voluntary study will investigate the use of incentives which may be 
paid to all parents, and another incentive may be paid to all parents 
who complete the clinical interview. A 24 month clearance is being 
sought to conduct this study.
    Data collected in the follow-up interviews will then be used to 
calibrate the short SDQ as it is used in the NHIS. Data will not be 
used to produce national estimates.
    This study includes a pilot study of 36 children and 50 parents to 
test the procedures and methods, including the necessity of an 
incentive, followed by a full survey of approximately 400 parents and 
300 children.
    There is no cost to respondents other than their time.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Table
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                                                                     Number of    Average burden
        Type of survey               Type of         Number of     responses per   per response    Total burden
                                   respondent       respondents     respondent       in hours        in hours
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Pilot.........................  Parents.........              25               1           40/60              17
                                Children........              18               1           28/60               8
Full Calibration..............  Parents.........             200               1           40/60             133
                                Children........             150               1           28/60              70
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    Total.....................  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............             228
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    Dated: September 2, 2009.
Maryam I. Daneshvar,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. E9-21912 Filed 9-10-09; 8:45 am]
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