[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 164 (Friday, August 23, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52532-52533]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-20642]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30Day-13-13BU]


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

    Determining Causes of Sudden, Unexpected Infant Death: A National 
Survey of U.S. Medical Examiners and Coroners--New--National Center for 
Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP), Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    To explore how medical examiners and coroners interpret and report 
sudden unexpected and unexplained infant deaths and the extent to which 
interpretation and reporting practices vary across the U.S., CDC's 
National Center on Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion 
proposes to conduct a one-time mail survey. The proposed activity is 
part of CDC's mission, as described in Section 241 of the Public Health 
Service Act [42 U.S.C. 241].
    Jurisdictions that are invited to participate in the survey will be 
selected with probability proportional to the number of SUID-related 
deaths that they reported in 2005-2009. Interviewers will telephone 
receptionists or operators in 800 medical examiners'/coroners' offices 
to verify the names and contact information for individuals who certify 
infant deaths. Paper surveys will then be distributed to approximately 
720 coroners and 80 medical examiners by mail. Surveys will take about 
30 minutes to complete and will contain questions about infant death 
interpretation and reporting practices and respondents' background and 
jurisdiction characteristics. We anticipate that approximately 80% of 
prospective respondents (576 coroners and 64 medical examiners) will 
return a completed survey. All survey responses will be maintained in a 
secure manner.
    OMB approval is requested for one year. There are no costs to 
respondents other than their time. The total estimated burden hours are 
387.

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                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                     Number of      Burden per
          Type of respondent                    Form name            Number of     responses per   response (in
                                                                    respondents     respondent          hr)
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Jurisdiction Receptionist or Operator.  Telephone screener......             800               1            5/60
Coroner...............................  National Survey of                   576               1           30/60
                                         Medical Examiners and
                                         Coroners.
Medical Examiner......................  National Survey of                    64               1           30/60
                                         Medical Examiners and
                                         Coroners.
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LeRoy Richardson,
Chief, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Scientific 
Integrity, Office of the Associate Director for Science, Office of the 
Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2013-20642 Filed 8-22-13; 8:45 am]
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