[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 154 (Wednesday, August 10, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52873-52875]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-18935]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-16-16AWJ; Docket No. CDC-2016-0082]


Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and 
Recommendations

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of 
Health and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION: Notice with comment period.

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SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part 
of its continuing efforts to reduce public burden and maximize the 
utility of government information, invites the general public and other 
Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or 
continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on the ``Behavioral 
Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) Asthma Call-back Survey 
(ACBS).'' The ACBS is an in-depth asthma survey conducted on a subset 
of BRFSS respondents with an asthma diagnosis. The goal of this survey 
is to strengthen the existing body of asthma data and to address 
critical questions surrounding the health and experiences of persons 
with asthma.

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before October 11, 2016.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2016-
0082 by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Regulations.gov. Follow the 
instructions for submitting comments.
     Mail: Jeffrey M. Zirger, Information Collection Review 
Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road 
NE., MS-D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name 
and Docket Number. All relevant comments received will be posted 
without change to Regulations.gov, including any personal information 
provided. For access to the docket to read background documents or 
comments received, go to Regulations.gov.
    Please note: All public comment should be submitted through the 
Federal eRulemaking portal (Regulations.gov) or by U.S. mail to the 
address listed above.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on the 
proposed project or to obtain a copy of the information collection plan 
and instruments, contact the Information Collection Review Office, 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE., MS-
D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; phone: 404-639-7570; Email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 
(PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), Federal agencies must obtain approval from 
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for each collection of 
information they conduct or sponsor. In addition, the PRA also requires 
Federal agencies to provide a 60-day notice in the Federal Register 
concerning each proposed collection of information, including each new 
proposed collection, each proposed extension of existing collection of 
information, and each reinstatement of previously approved information 
collection before submitting the collection to OMB for approval. To 
comply with this requirement, we are publishing this notice of a 
proposed data collection as described below.
    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical 
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; (d) ways to 
minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, 
including through the use of automated collection techniques or other 
forms of information technology; and (e) estimates of capital or start-
up costs and costs of operation, maintenance, and purchase of services 
to provide information. Burden means the total time, effort, or 
financial resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, 
disclose or provide information to or for a Federal agency. This 
includes the time needed to review instructions; to develop, acquire, 
install and utilize technology and systems for the purpose of

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collecting, validating and verifying information, processing and 
maintaining information, and disclosing and providing information; to 
train personnel and to be able to respond to a collection of 
information, to search data sources, to complete and review the 
collection of information; and to transmit or otherwise disclose the 
information.

Proposed Project

    Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) Asthma Call-back 
Survey (ACBS)--Existing Collection in Use without an OMB Control 
Number--National Center for Environmental Health NCEH), Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is requesting 
a three-year Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) clearance to conduct 
information collection under ``The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance 
System (BRFSS) Asthma Call-back Survey (ACBS).'' The ACBS is an 
existing collection in use without an OMB Control Number.
    BRFSS (OMB Control No. 0920-1061, expiration date 3/31/2018) is a 
nationwide system of customized, cross-sectional telephone health 
surveys sponsored by CDC's National Center for Chronic Disease 
Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP) Division of Population 
Health. The BRFSS information collection is conducted in a continuous, 
three-part telephone interview process: Screening, participation in a 
common BRFSS core survey, and participation in optional question 
modules that states use to customize survey content.
    The ACBS is not an optional state module, but rather, is a follow-
up survey to the regular BRFSS efforts. It is funded by the National 
Asthma Control Program (NACP) in the Air Pollution and Respiratory 
Health Branch (APRHB) of the National Center for Environmental Health 
(NCEH). The ACBS is administered by NCCDPHP on behalf of NCEH using its 
existing BRFSS sampling frame. BRFSS coordinators in the health 
departments in U.S. states, territories, and the District of Columbia 
(collectively referred to as states) are responsible for survey 
administration. Currently CDC provides its 40 participating states with 
technical and methodological assistance.
    The purpose of ACBS is to gather state-level asthma data and to 
make them available to track the burden of the disease, to monitor 
adherence to asthma guidelines, and to direct and evaluate 
interventions undertaken by asthma control programs located in state 
health departments. Beyond asthma prevalence estimates, for most 
states, the ACBS provides the only sources of adult and child asthma 
data on the state and local level.
    As a follow-up, the ACBS is conducted within two weeks after the 
BRFSS survey. Data collection for ACBS involves screening, obtaining 
permission, consenting and telephone interviewing on a subset of the 
BRFSS respondents from participating states. The ACBS eligible 
respondents are BRFSS adults, 18 years and older, who report ever being 
diagnosed with asthma. In addition, some states include children, below 
18 years of age, who are randomly selected subjects in the BRFSS 
household. Parents or guardians serve as ACBS proxy respondents for 
their children ever diagnosed with asthma. If both the BRFSS adult 
respondent and the selected child in the household have asthma, then 
only one or the other is eligible for the ACBS.
    The ACBS adds considerable state-level depth to the existing body 
of asthma data. It addresses critical questions surrounding the health 
and experiences of persons with asthma. Health data include symptoms, 
environmental factors, and medication use among persons with asthma. 
Data on their experiences include activity limitation, health system 
use, and self-management education. These asthma data are needed to 
direct and evaluate interventions undertaken by asthma control programs 
located in state health departments. Federal agencies and other 
entities also rely on this critical information for planning and 
evaluating efforts and to reduce the burden from this disease.
    The CDC makes annual ACBS datasets available for public use and 
provides guidance on statistically appropriate uses of the data. 
Participation in the ACBS is voluntary and there are no costs to 
respondents other than their time. The burden table reflects the 
landline and cell phone data collection methods used in 2013 and later 
years. Additionally, the burden table accounts for reporting burden 
incurred by the states for the monthly or quarterly data submission to 
CDC. The burden hour estimates represent the 2013 data collection which 
is the most recent data released.
    There is no cost to the respondents other than their time. The 
total estimated annualized burden hours for all respondents are 6,029 
hours.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                     Number of    Average burden
      Type of respondents           Form name        Number of     responses per   per response    Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent       (in hrs)        (in hrs)
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BRFSS Adults..................  ACBS Landline             21,424               1            1/60             357
                                 Screener--Adult.
                                ACBS Cell Phone            8,976               1            1/60             150
                                 Screener--Adult.
BRFSS Parents or Guardians of   ACBS Landline              4,245               1            1/60              71
 Children.                       Screener--Child.          2,238               1            1/60              37
                                ACBS Cell Phone
                                 Screener--Child.
ACBS Adults...................  ACBS Adult                19,954               1           10/60           3,326
                                 Consent and
                                 Survey--2013.
ACBS Parents or Guardians of    ACBS Child                 3,887               1           10/60             648
 Children.                       Consent and
                                 Survey--2013.
State BRFSS Coordinators......  ACBS Data                     40              12               3           1,440
                                 Submission
                                 Layout.
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    Total.....................  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............           6,029
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Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Health Scientist, Acting 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.
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