[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 20 (Monday, January 31, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5378-5379]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-2000]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) publishes a 
list of information collection requests under review by the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction 
Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a copy of these requests, call 
the CDC Reports Clearance Officer at (404) 639-5960 or send an e-mail 
to [email protected]. Send written comments to CDC Desk Officer, Office of 
Management and Budget, Washington, DC or by fax to (202) 395-5806. 
Written comments should be received within 30 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 awardee'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 awardees 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 awardee 
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 
awardees 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 annual Spring SDE submission will supplement the 
narrative progress report that awardees submit to CDC as part of the 
annual continuation application for funding. An additional SDE 
collection will be conducted annually in the Fall.
    Respondents will be 17 Tribes and Tribal organizations that receive 
funding through the Traditional Foods program. The estimated burden per 
response is two hours. The SDE will be reported using a Web-based 
survey interface. The total estimated burden for routine, semi-annual 
information collection is 68 hours.
    CDC also requests OMB approval to conduct one additional cycle of 
retrospective data collection during the first year of the three-year 
information collection request. The retrospective information 
collection will provide baseline SDE information about awardee 
activities that occurred in FY2010, which is needed for comparison 
purposes and optimal overall program evaluation. Inclusion of the 
retrospective data will enable CDC and awardees 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 
estimated annualized burden for the one-time retrospective data 
collection is 12 hours.
    There are no costs to respondents other than their time. The total 
estimated annualized burden hours are 80.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                  Number of      Avg. burden per
        Type of respondents                Form name            Number of       responses per     response  (in
                                                               respondents       respondent           hrs)
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AI/AN Tribal Awardees..............  Traditional Foods                    17                 2                 2
                                      Shared Data Elements.
                                     One-Time                              6                 1                 2
                                      Retrospective Data
                                      Collection.
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    Dated: January 24, 2011.
Carol E. Walker,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
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