[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 152 (Tuesday, August 7, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47073-47074]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-19260]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30Day-12-12IG]


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.

Proposed Project

    Targeted Surveillance and Biometric Studies for Enhanced Evaluation 
of Community Transformation Grants--New--National Center for Chronic 
Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP), Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    The Prevention and Public Health Fund (PPHF) of the Patient 
Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA) provides an important 
opportunity for states, counties, territories and tribes to advance 
public health across the lifespan and to reduce health disparities. The 
PPHF authorizes Community Transformation Grants (CTG) for the 
implementation, evaluation, and dissemination of evidence-based 
community preventive health activities. The CTG Program emphasizes five 
strategic directions: (1) Tobacco-free living, (2) active lifestyles 
and healthy eating, (3) high impact, evidence-based clinical and other 
preventive services, (4) social and emotional well-being, and (5) 
healthy and safe physical environments.
    The CTG Program is administered by the Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention 
and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP). As required by Section 4201 of the ACA, 
CDC is responsible for conducting a comprehensive evaluation of the CTG 
Program which includes assessment over time of measures relating to 
each of the five strategic directions.
    CDC is requesting OMB approval to collect information through two 
studies needed for these assessments. One study is a telephone and 
mailed survey (Adult Targeted Surveillance Survey) of a random sample 
of adults in 20 CTG communities (1000 individuals per community). 
Respondents will be asked to provide information about household 
practices and their personal behaviors specific to the five strategic 
directions (e.g., nutrition). Information from the targeted 
surveillance surveys will be compared with data from other local, state 
or national surveillance systems to monitor changes in relevant 
attitudes, risk behaviors, and other behavioral factors.
    The second study for which OMB approval is requested to conduct the 
Youth and Adult Biometric Study (YABS), in up to 8 CTG areas that are 
implementing evidence-based strategies to prevent exposure to 
secondhand smoke and to improve nutrition and physical activity among 
children and adults (and are part of the targeted surveillance study 
described above). The YABS will examine the impact of CTG strategies on 
biometric markers of health status including weight, height (i.e., body 
mass index or BMI), waist circumference, secondhand smoke exposure, and 
blood pressure. Each adult respondent in the YABS will be asked to 
participate in an in-home visit with a trained interviewer, who will 
collect biometric data about the respondent such as height, weight, 
saliva, blood pressure, etc. The adult respondent will also be asked to 
provide information about his or her activity level over a one-week 
period. Objective measures of activity will be collected through use of 
an accelerometer, i.e., an electronic meter worn next to the body. In 
addition, the respondent will maintain a hardcopy activity diary to 
assist in interpreting the accelerometry data. An adult YABS respondent 
who is the parent or guardian of a child in the household will be asked 
to allow one child (age 3-17 years) to participate in the youth 
component of the YABS. With the child's assent, similar biometric and 
activity measures will be collected from the child. If the child is 
between 3 and 11 years of age, the parent or guardian will be asked to 
complete a Caregiver Survey about the child's behaviors. If the child 
is between 12 and 17 years of age, he or she will be asked to complete 
a Youth Survey.
    The estimated burden per response is 30 minutes for adults 
participating in the first study, and up to an additional 60 minutes if 
the same adult agrees to participate in the YABS study. The estimated 
burden for youth between 12 and 17 years of age is 50 minutes, and 20 
minutes for children aged 3 to 11 years. Caregivers for the younger 
children will have an estimated burden per response of 20 minutes to 
complete the Caregiver Survey. The information to be collected will 
allow CDC to estimate the effect of all CTG interventions on health 
behaviors and health outcomes in adults and children ages 3-17 years, 
and to estimate the independent effect of school-based interventions in 
youth. OMB approval is requested for the first three years of the five-
year CTG project period. Participation is voluntary and there are

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no costs to respondents other than their time. The total estimated 
burden hours are 8,301.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                                      Average
                                                                     Number of       Number of      burden per
          Type of respondent                    Form name           respondents    responses per   response  (in
                                                                                    respondent          hr)
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Adults in CTG Awardee Communities.....  Adult Targeted                    10,000               1            2/60
                                         Surveillance Survey
                                         Recruitment Screener.
                                        Adult Targeted                    10,000               1           28/60
                                         Surveillance Survey.
Adults Participants in the Youth and    Adult Targeted                     1,300               1            2/60
 Adult Biometric Study.                  Surveillance Survey
                                         Recruitment Screener.
                                        Adult Targeted                     1,300               1           28/60
                                         Surveillance Survey.
                                        Adult Biometric Measures           2,000               1            8/60
                                         Recruitment Screener
                                         (phone/paper).
                                        Adult Biometric Measures           2,000               1            2/60
                                         Recruitment Screener
                                         (in-person).
                                        Youth Survey Recruitment             800               1            2/60
                                         Screener for Parent/
                                         Guardian.
                                        Adult Biometric Measures           2,000               1           30/60
                                        Adult Activity Diary and             500               1           20/60
                                         Reminder.
                                        Caregiver Survey                     800               1            2/60
                                         Recruitment Screener.
                                        Caregiver Survey........             800               1           18/60
                                        Caregiver Activity Diary             250               1           10/60
                                         (on behalf of young
                                         child).
Children Participants in the Youth and  Child or Youth Biometric           1,600               1           20/60
 Adult Biometric Study.                  Measures..                          250               1           10/60
                                        Youth Activity Diary....             800               1            2/60
                                        Youth Survey Recruitment
                                         Screener for Youth.
                                        Youth Survey............             800               1           16/60
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    Dated: July 31, 2012.
Ron A. Otten,
Director, Office of Scientific Integrity (OSI), Office of the Associate 
Director for Science (OADS), Office of the Directors, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2012-19260 Filed 8-6-12; 8:45 am]
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