[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 187 (Tuesday, September 27, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59706-59707]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-24837]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Healthy Communities Study: 
How Communities Shape Children's Health (HCS)

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of Section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute 
(NHLBI), the National Institutes of Health has submitted to the Office 
of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve the 
information collection listed below. This proposed information 
collection was previously published in the Federal Register on June 17, 
2011, Pages 35452-3 and allowed 60 days for public comment. Three (3) 
comments were received. The purpose of this notice is to allow an 
additional 30 days for public comment. The National Institutes of 
Health may not conduct or sponsor, and the respondent is not required 
to respond to, an information collection that has been extended, 
revised, or implemented on or after October 1, 1995, unless it displays 
a currently valid OMB control number.
    Proposed Collection: Title: Healthy Communities Study: How 
Communities Shape Children's Health (HCS). Type of Information 
Collection Request: New. Need and Use of Information Collection: The 
HCS will address the need for a cross-cutting national study of 
community programs and policies and their relationship to childhood 
obesity. The HCS is an observational study of communities conducted 
over five years that aims to (1) Determine the associations between 
community programs/policies and Body Mass Index (BMI), diet, and 
physical activity in children; and (2) identify the community, family, 
and child factors that modify or mediate the associations between 
community programs/policies and BMI, diet, and physical activity in 
children. A total of 279 communities and over 23,000 children and their 
parents will be part of the HCS over the five-year study. A HCS 
community is defined as a high school catchment area and the age range 
of children is 3-15 years upon entry into the study. The study examines 
quantitative and qualitative information obtained from community-based 
initiatives; community characteristics (e.g., school environment); 
measurements of children's physical activity levels and dietary 
practices; and children's and parents' BMIs. Results from the Healthy 
Communities Study may influence the future development and funding of 
policies and programs to reduce childhood obesity. Furthermore, HCS 
results will be published in scientific journals and will be used for 
the development of future research initiatives targeting childhood 
obesity. Frequency of Response: Varies by participant type from once to 
2.74 times. Affected Public: Families or households; businesses, other 
for-profit, and non-profit. Type of Respondents: Parents, children, 
community key informants (who have knowledge about community programs/
policies related to healthy nutrition, physical activity, and healthy 
weight of children), food service personnel, physical education 
instructors, state health department employees, and physicians or 
medical secretaries. The annual reporting burden is as follows: 
Estimated number of respondents: 247,619; Estimated Number of Responses 
per Respondent: 1.1; Average (Annual) Burden Hours per Response: 0.12; 
and Estimated Total Burden Hours Requested: 33,144. The annualized cost 
to respondents is estimated at $434,789. There are no Capital Costs to 
report. There are no Operating or Maintenance Costs to report.

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                                                                     Estimated                       Estimated
                                                     Estimated       number of        Average      total annual
               Type of respondents                   number of     responses per   burden hours    burden hours
                                                   respondents *    respondent     per response     requested *
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Parents/Caregivers (screening)..................         169,650               1            0.17           9,614
Parents/Caregivers..............................          20,358            1.46            1.14          11,295
Second Parents/Caregivers.......................          10,179               1            0.12             407
Parents/Caregivers who refuse to participate....           2,410               1            0.17             137
Children........................................          20,358            1.46            0.78           7,728
Key Informants (screening)......................           4,820               1            0.08             129
Key Informants..................................           3,615            2.74            0.85           2,806
Food Service Personnel..........................             964               1            0.42             135
Physical Education Instructors..................             964               1            0.25              80
State Health Department employees...............              50               1            0.30               5
Physicians/medical secretaries..................          14,251               1            0.17             808
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    Total.......................................         247,619  ..............  ..............          33,144
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* Estimated for first three years of the five-year study.

    Request for Comments: Written comments and/or suggestions from the 
public and affected agencies should address one or more of the 
following points: (1) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the function of 
the agency, including whether the information will have

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practical utility; (2) Evaluate 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) Enhance the 
quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and 
(4) 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.
    Direct Comments to OMB: Written comments and/or suggestions 
regarding the item(s) contained in this notice, especially regarding 
the estimated public burden and associated response time, should be 
directed to the: Office of Management and Budget, Office of Regulatory 
Affairs, [email protected] or by fax to 202-395-6974, 
Attention: Desk Officer for NIH. To request more information on the 
proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and 
instruments contact: Dr. Sonia Arteaga, NIH, NHLBI, 6701 Rockledge 
Drive, MSC 7936, Bethesda, MD 20892-7936, or call non-toll free number 
(301) 435-0377 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 30 days 
of the date of this publication.

    Dated: September 21, 2011.
Lynn Susulske,
NHLBI Project Clearance Liaison, National Institutes of Health.
Michael S. Lauer,
Director, DCVS, National Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. 2011-24837 Filed 9-26-11; 8:45 am]
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