[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 8 (Wednesday, January 13, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 1789]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-419]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Proposed Collection; Comment Request; The Jackson Heart Study 
(JHS)

    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: Title: The Jackson Heart Study: Annual Follow-
up with Third Party Respondents. Type of Information Collection 
Request: Revision of a currently approved collection (OMB NO. 0925-
0491). Need and Use of Information Collection: This project involves 
contacting next-of-kin and family physicians of deceased participants 
who were part of the Jackson Heart Study exam. Interviewers will 
contact doctors and hospitals to ascertain participants' cardiovascular 
events. Information gathered will be used to further describe the risk 
factors, occurrence rates, and consequences of cardiovascular disease 
in African American men and women. Recruitment of 5,500 JHS 
participants began in September 2000 and was completed in March 2004. 
5,302 participants completed a baseline Exam 1 that included 
demographics, psychosocial inventories, medical history, anthropometry, 
resting and ambulatory blood pressure, phlebotomy and 24-hour urine 
collection, ECG, echocardiography, and pulmonary function. JHS Exam 2 
began September 26 2005, followed by a more comprehensive Exam 3 that 
began in February 2009. The two new exams include some repeated 
measures from Exam 1 and several new components, including distribution 
of self-monitoring blood pressure devices. The continuation of the 
study allows continued assessment of subclinical coronary disease, left 
ventricular dysfunction, progression of carotid atherosclerosis and 
left ventricular hypertrophy, and responses to stress, racism, and 
discrimination as well as new components such as renal disease, body 
fat distribution and body composition, and metabolic consequences of 
obesity.
    Frequency of Response: One-time. Affected Public: Individuals or 
households; Businesses or other for profit; not-for-profit 
institutions. Type of Respondents: Adults; doctors and staff of 
hospitals and nursing homes. The annual reporting burden is as follows: 
Estimated Number of Respondents: 400; Estimated Number of Responses per 
Respondent: 1.0; Average Burden Hours per Response: (84 hours/400 
respondents) 0.21; and Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours Requested: 
84. The annualized cost to respondents is estimated at $3,760, assuming 
$15 per burden hour for informants and $65 per burden hour for 
physicians. 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 time     Annual hour
                Type of response                    respondents      response      per response       burden
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Morbidity & Mortality AFU 3rd Party/Next-of-kin              200               1            0.17              34
 decedents......................................
Morbidity & Mortality AFU 3rd Party Physicians..             200               1            0.25              50
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    Total.......................................             400  ..............  ..............              84
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    Request for Comments: Written comments and/or suggestions from the 
public and affected agencies are invited on one or more of the 
following points: (1) 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) 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) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 
clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) Ways to 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 Ms. Cheryl Nelson, Project Officer, NIH, NHLBI, 
6701 Rockledge Drive, MSC 7934, Bethesda, MD 20892-7934, or call non-
toll-free number 301-435-0451 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 60 days 
of the date of this publication.

Suzanne Freeman,
NHLBI Project Clearance Liaison, National Institutes of Health.
Michael Lauer,
Director, DCVS, National Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. 2010-419 Filed 1-12-10; 8:45 am]
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