[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 23 (Friday, February 3, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5519-5520]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-2413]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30Day-12-11KS]


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) 639-7570 or send an email 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

    Pilot Study of Community-Based Surveillance of Supports for Healthy 
Eating/Active Living (HE/AL)--New--

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National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion 
(NCCDPHP), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    CDC proposes to conduct a pilot study to examine the feasibility of 
establishing a national community-level surveillance system on policy 
supports for healthful eating and active living. Results of the 
feasibility study will be used to assess the feasibility of 
establishing a national surveillance system and the best methods for 
encouraging a high response rate in a representative sample of 
communities. The pilot study will be conducted in two states with a 
representative sample of 400 communities, 200 municipalities in each 
state. The sample frame will be generated from the U.S. Census of 
Governments.
    The proposed pilot study is designed to address three key 
methodological objectives. The first objective is to test the 
feasibility of the proposed sampling frame and to answer sample design 
issues related to determining sampling criteria for inclusion, as well 
as the development of weights and estimates.
    The second objective is to identify and critically evaluate whether 
respondents in diverse municipalities of various sizes and 
organizational structures are able to answer a self-administered survey 
questionnaire. The survey questionnaire includes 42 items on the 
following topics: Community-wide planning efforts for healthy eating 
and active living, the built environment and policies that support 
physical activity, and policies and practices that support access to 
healthy food and healthy eating. The estimated burden per response is 
one hour. Issues to be addressed include critical assessment of the 
strengths and weaknesses of methods for identifying the best 
respondents for completing the survey questionnaire; conducting a 
limited process evaluation that identifies the barriers and challenges 
respondents may incur in providing reasonable and current data for the 
questionnaire; and arriving at a data collection instrument with the 
lowest possible threshold for respondent burden.
    The third objective is to identify and critically evaluate 
different methods of study recruitment and non-response follow-up. A 
split-sample approach will be used to assign each target respondent to 
one of two groups: a low-intensity recruitment group or a moderate-
intensity recruitment group. All target respondents in the study sample 
will receive email reminders to encourage participation in the survey. 
Target respondents in the moderate-intensity recruitment group will 
also receive up to three telephone contacts to address questions and 
serve as reminders. The estimated burden per contact is five minutes.
    Respondents will be city/town planners and managers, or individuals 
with similar responsibilities. The majority of survey responses will be 
collected using a secure, web-based survey data collection system. 
Respondents who prefer to complete a paper survey will be able to print 
the survey from the web-based data collection system, complete it, and 
return it using instructions that will be provided. OMB approval is 
requested for one year. Participation is voluntary and there are no 
costs to respondents other than their time. The total estimated burden 
hours are 450.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                     Number of    Average burden
          Type of respondent                    Form name            Number of     responses per   per response
                                                                    respondents     respondent      (in hours)
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City/Town Manager-Planner.............  Survey of Community-                 400               1               1
                                         Based Policy and
                                         Environmental Supports
                                         for Healthy Eating and
                                         Active Living
                                        Telephone Non-Response               200               3            5/60
                                         Follow-up Contact
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Kimberly S. Lane,
Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2012-2413 Filed 2-2-12; 8:45 am]
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