[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 35 (Tuesday, February 22, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9784-9785]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-3936]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60 Day--11-11CE]


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 written 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

    The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) Birth 
Certificate Linkage Study--New -- National Center for Health Statistics 
(NCHS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
    NCHS's Division of Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys 
(DHANES) proposes to re-contact women who were pregnant at the time of 
their participation in NHANES in 1999-2010 and ask permission to link 
their data to the child's birth certificate data, for the birth that 
resulted after the survey. This study is funded in collaboration with 
CDC's National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health 
Promotion, Division of Reproductive Health (DRH). Participation is 
completely voluntary and confidential.

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    A second project, also funded by CDC's DRH, will link the birth 
certificates of the children sampled in NHANES who were 5-10 years old 
during the 2005-2010 NHANES. No re-contact of the parents is necessary 
because informed consent to link to vital records was obtained as part 
of the NHANES consent process. A two year clearance is sought for these 
projects.

Background and Brief Description

    Section 306 of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act (42 U.S.C. 
242k), as amended, authorizes that the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services (DHHS), acting through NCHS, shall collect statistics on the 
extent and nature of illness and disability; environmental, social and 
other health hazards; and determinants of health of the population of 
the United States.
    NHANES was conducted periodically between 1970 and 1994, and 
continuously since 1999 by the NCHS. A supplemental sample of pregnant 
women was selected in NHANES from 1999-2006. This resulted in a total 
of 1,350 pregnant women, from 31 states, in the NHANES. Although this 
supplemental sample was discontinued after 2006, there are an estimated 
150 pregnant women in the NHANES sample for the years 2007-10. This 
results in a total estimate of 1,500 women for this project.
    The NHANES only collected information about the pregnant women at 
the time of interview. Having information on their children's birth 
certificates and birth outcomes could provide insight for policy 
decisions related to maternal and child health. No other survey has the 
physical examination and nutritional data that NHANES collects on 
pregnant women.
    The second project involves children. From 2005-2010 there were 
approximately 3,800 children, aged 5-10 years, in the NHANES. 
Permission to link these children's NHANES records to other 
administrative records was obtained during the original NHANES consent 
process.
    A similar linkage study was conducted in the past when 8,836 
children 2 months through 6 years of age from the Third NHANES (1988-
94) had their NHANES data linked to their birth certificate data. These 
data have been used extensively to examine associations between birth 
data and health and nutritional status at the time of participation in 
the NHANES III. The new linkage project data on older children will be 
similarly valuable.
    Consents for these projects will be sent to the appropriate U.S. 
states, local areas, or territories, where the birth certificate 
retrievals will then be conducted. Electronic retrieval per records is 
estimated at two minutes.
    NHANES data users include the U.S. Congress; the World Health 
Organization; numerous Federal agencies such as the National Institutes 
of Health, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the United States 
Department of Agriculture; private groups such as the American Heart 
Association; schools of public health; private businesses; individual 
practitioners; and administrators. This submission requests approval 
for two years. There is no cost to respondents other than their time.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                     Number of    Average burden
      Type of respondent              Form           Number of     responses per   per  response   Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent      (in hours)         hours
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1. Women who were pregnant      Health                       750               1           20/60             250
 during NHANES 1999-2010.        Questionnaire/
                                 Consent Form.
3. State/local birth            Locate and                    57              13            2/60              25
 certificate linkage staff       transmit birth
 (one per U.S. State, locale     certificates.
 or Territory)--1999-2010
 Births to pregnant women.
4. State/local birth            Locate and                    57              33            2/60              63
 certificate linkage staff       transmit birth
 (one per U.S. State, locale,    certificates.
 or Territory)--2005-2010
 NHANES Children.
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    Total.....................  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............             338
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    Dated: February 15, 2011.
Carol E. Walker,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2011-3936 Filed 2-18-11; 8:45 am]
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