[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 39 (Wednesday, February 27, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13350-13351]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-04528]


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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 November 
30, 2012, Pages 71426-71427 allowed 60-days for public comment. Two (2) 
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: Revision--
OMB

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0925-0649. 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 that aims to (1) determine the 
associations between community programs/policies and body mass index 
(BMI), diet, and physical activity for children; (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; and (3) assess the associations between 
programs/policies and BMI, diet and physical activity in children in 
communities that have a high proportion of African American, Latino, 
and/or low-income residents. A total of 264 communities and over 21,000 
elementary and middle school children and their parents will be part of 
this study. A HCS community is defined as a high school catchment area. 
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: One time. 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 nutrition, physical activity, and weight of children), food 
service personnel, physical education instructors, school liaisons, and 
physicians or medical secretaries. The annual reporting burden is as 
follows: Estimated number of respondents: 69,010; Estimated Number of 
Responses per Respondent: 1; and Estimated Total Burden Hours 
Requested: 29,657. The annualized cost to respondents is estimated at 
$381,841.
    There are no capital, operating, or maintenance costs to report.

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                                                                     Estimated                       Estimated
                                                     Estimated       number of    Average burden   total annual
               Type of respondents                   number of     responses per   per  response   burden hours
                                                    respondents     respondent      (in hours)       requested
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Parents (screening).............................          39,600               1           10/60           6,732
Parents/Caregivers..............................           7,128               1            1.56          11,120
Second Parents..................................           3,564               1            7/60             428
Parents who refuse to participate...............             880               1           10/60             150
Children........................................           7,128               1            1.04           7,413
Key Informants (screening)......................           3,520               1            5/60             282
Key Informants..................................           1,056               1            2.25           2,376
Food Service Personnel..........................             352               1            5/60              28
District Food Service Administrator/Manager.....              88               1           30/60              44
Physical Education Instructors..................             352               1           15/60              88
School Liaisons.................................             352               1           25/60             148
Physicians/medical secretaries..................           4,990               1           10/60             848
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    Total.......................................          69,010  ..............  ..............          29,657
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    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 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 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 Email 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: February 19, 2013.
Lynn Susulske,
NHLBI Project Clearance Liaison, National Institutes of Health.
Michael S. Lauer,
Director, DCVS, National Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. 2013-04528 Filed 2-26-13; 8:45 am]
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