[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 214 (Friday, November 5, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68358-68359]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-27931]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60 Day-11-11AN]


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 projects or to obtain a 
copy of the data collection plans and instruments, call 404-639-5960 
and send comments to Carol E. Walker, CDC Acting Reports Clearance 
Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D74, 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 through 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

    Making Health Care Providers Better Asthma Educators--New--National 
Center for Environmental Health (NCEH), Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    Currently, 16.4 million non-institutionalized adults in the U.S. 
have asthma. In addition, 7 million children

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in this country have the disorder. Asthma accounts for 13.3 million 
health care visits and more than 3,400 deaths per year. Except for a 
few cases linked to occupational exposures, the causes of asthma remain 
unknown, and there exists no cure. In the absence of means to eliminate 
the disorder, treatment to minimize the frequency and intensity of 
asthmatic attacks is of paramount importance and patients must take 
action at appropriate times. Several treatment tools are available, 
including the use of corticosteroids and control of exposure to 
allergens and irritants. Thus, the education provided by health care 
providers to asthmatic patients forms a critical link in efforts to 
control asthma.
    Anecdotal evidence suggests that there is substantial variability, 
in type and amount, in patient education. Some causes of this are 
suspected: Billing codes for asthma education are not universally 
present and the degree of health literacy among patients varies and is 
likely not universally sufficient. Nevertheless, in large part, the 
factors influencing asthma education by health care providers are 
unknown. To help address this situation, the Air Pollution and 
Respiratory Health Branch of CDC wishes to conduct a study to identify 
barriers to, and facilitators of, asthma education among health care 
providers. The target audiences for the study are primary care 
physicians who routinely provide an initial diagnosis of asthma and 
nurses who routinely provide asthma education to patients. The overall 
objectives of this study are to explore practices, barriers, and 
facilitators regarding provisions of control education to people 
diagnosed with asthma and to explore the practices, barriers, and 
facilitators to routine development and use of written asthma action 
plans.
    The target audiences for the study are physicians and nurses. Up to 
eight physicians will be selected for individual 30-minute interviews 
per city. A total of three cities will be visited.
    Data from the nurses will be collected by means of a 60-minute 
focus group session. Up to four participants will be selected for each 
focus group, and a total of two focus groups will be held in each city. 
A total of three cities will be visited.
    There is no cost to the physicians and the nurses except their 
time.

                                                            Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                                       Number of       Average burden
                  Respondent                        Type of data collection         Number  of       responses per     per respondent   Total burden (in
                                                                                    respondents       respondent         (in hours)          hours)
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Physicians...................................  Interview.......................                24                 1                0.5                12
Nurses.......................................  Focus Group.....................                24                 1                1                  24
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    Total....................................  ................................  ................  ................  .................                36
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    Dated: October 29, 2010.
Carol E. Walker,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2010-27931 Filed 11-4-10; 8:45 am]
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