[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 221 (Wednesday, November 18, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59557-59558]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-27688]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Submission for OMB review; Comment Request; Parental Knowledge, 
Attitudes, and Behaviors Related to Pediatric Cardiovascular Health

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 has submitted to the Office 
of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve the 
information collection listed below. This proposed information 
collection was previously published in the Federal Register on 
Wednesday, July 29, 2009, Volume 74, Number 144 and allowed 60-days for 
public comment. No public comments were received. The purpose of this 
notice is to allow an additional 30 days for public comment.

5 CFR 1320.5 (General requirements) Reporting and Recordkeeping 
Requirements:

    Final Rule requires that the agency inform the potential persons 
who are to respond to the collection of information that such persons 
are not required to respond to the collection of information unless it 
displays a currently valid OMB control number. This information is 
required to be stated in the 30-day Federal Register Notice.
    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

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information in communications with parents. NHLBI will also be able to 
determine parents' efficacy related to the actions needed to promote 
their 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.
    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: 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 30 days 
of the date of this publication.

    Dated: October 30, 2009.
Amy Pianalto,
Technical Writer, Office of Communications and Legislative Activities, 
NHLBI, National Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. E9-27688 Filed 11-17-09; 8:45 am]
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