[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 221 (Wednesday, November 17, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70265-70266]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-28930]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60 Day-11-11AC]


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 or 
send comments to Carol E. Walker, CDC Acting 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 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

    Using Traditional Foods and Sustainable Ecological Approaches for 
Health Promotion and Diabetes Prevention in American Indian/Alaska 
Native Communities--New--National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention 
and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP), Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    Type 2 Diabetes was rare among American Indians until the 1950s. 
Since that time, diabetes has become one of the most common and serious 
illnesses among American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/AN). From 1994 
to 2004, the age-adjusted prevalence of diagnosed diabetes doubled 
(from 8.5 to 17.1 per 1,000 population) among AI/ANs less than 35 years 
of age who used Indian Health Service healthcare services. However, 
dietary management and physical activity can help to prevent or control 
Type 2 diabetes.
    In 2008, the CDC's Native Diabetes Wellness Program (NDWP), in 
consultation with American Indian/Alaska Native Tribal elders, issued a 
cooperative agreement entitled, ``Using Traditional Foods and 
Sustainable Ecological Approaches for Health Promotion and Diabetes 
Prevention in American Indian/Alaska Native Communities.'' The 
Traditional Foods program seeks to build on what is known about 
traditional ways in order to inform culturally relevant, contemporary 
approaches to diabetes prevention for AI/AN communities. The program 
supports activities that enhance or re-introduce indigenous foods and 
practices drawn from each grantee's landscape, history, and culture. 
Example activities include the cultivation of community gardens, 
organization of local farmers' markets, and the dissemination of 
culturally appropriate health messages through storytelling, audio and 
video recordings, and printed materials.
    CDC requests OMB approval to collect standardized information, 
called Traditional Foods Shared Data Elements (SDE), from grantees over 
a three-year period. The SDE will be organized in three domains: 
Traditional Local Healthy Foods, Physical Activity, and Social Support 
for Healthy Lifestyle Change and Maintenance. Since each grantee 
currently maintains activity data for local program improvement, 
reporting summary information to CDC in SDE format is not expected to 
entail significant burden to respondents.
    The SDE will allow CDC to compile a systematic, quantifiable 
inventory of activities, products, and outcomes associated with the 
Traditional Foods program. The SDE will also allow CDC to analyze 
aggregate data for improved technical assistance and overall program 
evaluation, reporting, and identification of outcomes; allow CDC and 
grantees to create a comprehensive inventory/resource library of 
diabetes primary prevention ideas and approaches for AI/AN communities 
and identify emerging best practices; and improve dissemination of 
success stories. The SDE will supplement the narrative progress report 
that grantees submit to CDC in conjunction with the annual continuation 
application for funding. Although these reports provide important 
contextual information and are useful for local program monitoring, 
they do not support the production of statistical reports that are 
needed to fully describe the Traditional Foods program and to respond 
to inquiries.
    Respondents will be 17 Tribes and Tribal organizations that receive 
funding through the Traditional Foods program. The SDE will be 
routinely submitted to CDC semi-annually using Survey Monkey, an 
electronic Web-based interface. The estimated burden per response is 
two hours. Each grantee will receive a personalized advance 
notification letter, followed by an e-mail with a link to the Survey 
Monkey site. One of the two required SDE submissions will coincide 
approximately with submission of the continuation application for 
funding in the Spring. The second SDE submission will be scheduled 
annually in the Fall, at approximately the midpoint between the Spring 
submissions.
    CDC anticipates that routine information collection will begin in 
April 2011 and will describe activities conducted during the period 
October 2010-March 2011. CDC also requests OMB approval to conduct one 
additional cycle of retrospective data collection during the first year 
of this three-year information collection request. The retrospective 
information collection will provide baseline SDE information about 
grantee activities conducted prior to October 2010, which is needed for 
comparison purposes and optimal overall program evaluation. Inclusion 
of the retrospective data will enable CDC and grantees to have a 
clearer, more quantifiable view of the growth of Traditional Foods 
activities over the five-year funding cycle for the cooperative 
agreement.
    The total estimated burden for the one-time retrospective data 
collection is 34 hours (17 respondents x 2 hours/response). Annualizing 
this collection over three years results in an estimated annualized 
burden of 12 hours (6 respondents per year). The annualized figures 
slightly over-estimate the actual burden, due to rounding of the number 
of respondents for even allocation over the three-year clearance 
period. Second, some of the information could be collected through pre-
testing the SDE collection system during Fall/Winter 2010.
    There are no costs to respondents other than their time.

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                                                            Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                                              No. of        Avg. burden
              Type of respondents                               Form name                     No. of       responses per   per response    Total burden
                                                                                            respondents     respondent       (in hrs)        (in hrs)
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AI/AN Tribal Grantees..........................  Traditional Foods Shared Data Elements.              17               2               2              68
                                                 One-Time Retrospective Data Collection.               6               1               2              12
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    Total......................................  .......................................  ..............  ..............  ..............              80
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    Dated: November 10, 2010.
Carol E. Walker,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2010-28930 Filed 11-16-10; 8:45 am]
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