[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 27 (Thursday, February 9, 2012)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30Day-0920-11CE]


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 requirement of 
Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. To 
request a copy of these requests, call the CDC Reports Clearance 
Officer at (404) 639-5960 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) 395-6974. Written comments should be 
received within 30 days of this notice.

Proposed Project

    The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 1999-
2010 Birth Certificate Linkage Study--Pregnant Women--New--National 
Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC).

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.
    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.
    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. 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 into issues 
related to maternal and child health. No other survey has the physical 
examination and nutritional data that NHANES collects on pregnant 
women.
    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 five 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. 
The total estimated annual burden is 312 hours.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                                      Average
                                                                     Number of       Number of      burden per
         Type of respondent                      Form               respondents    responses per   response (in
                                                                                    respondent        hours)
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1. Women who were pregnant during    Health Questionnaire/                   750               1           20/60
 NHANES 1999-2010.                    Consent Form.
3. State/local vital statistics      Locate and transmit birth                57              13            5/60
 staff (one per U.S. State or         certificates.
 Territory).
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Kimberly S. Lane,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2012-2965 Filed 2-8-12; 8:45 am]
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