[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 181 (Tuesday, September 18, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47171-47173]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-20248]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-18-1061; Docket No. CDC-2018-0087]
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 effort to reduce public burden and maximize the
utility of government information, invites the general public and other
Federal agencies the opportunity to comment on a proposed and/or
continuing information collection, as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on a proposed
information collection project titled Behavioral Risk Factor
Surveillance System (BRFSS), an annual state-based health survey that
produces state-level information on health risk behaviors, health
conditions, and preventive health practices that are associated with
chronic diseases, infectious diseases, and injury.
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DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before November 19,
2018.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2018-
0087 by any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
Mail: Jeffrey 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. CDC will post, without change, all relevant comments
to Regulations.gov.
Please note: Submit all comments 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 Leroy A. Richardson, 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 the OMB for approval. To
comply with this requirement, we are publishing this notice of a
proposed data collection as described below.
The OMB is particularly interested in comments that will help:
1. Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions 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 through the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic
submissions of responses.
5. Assess information collection costs.
Proposed Project
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)--Revision--
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
(NCCDPHP), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
CDC is requesting OMB approval to revise information collection for
the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) for the period
of 2019-2022. The BRFSS is a nationwide system of cross-sectional
telephone health surveys administered by health departments in states,
territories, and the District of Columbia (collectively referred to
here as states) in collaboration with CDC. The BRFSS produces state-
level information primarily on health risk behaviors, health
conditions, and preventive health practices that are associated with
chronic diseases, infectious diseases, and injury. Designed to meet the
data needs of individual states and territories, the CDC sponsors the
BRFSS information collection project under a cooperative agreement with
states and territories. Under this partnership, BRFSS state
coordinators determine questionnaire content with technical and
methodological assistance provided by CDC. For most states and
territories, the BRFSS provides the only sources of data amenable to
state and local level health and health risk indicator uses. Over time,
it has also developed into an important data collection system that
federal agencies rely on for state and local health information and to
track national health objectives such as Healthy People.
CDC bases the BRFSS questionnaire on modular design principles to
accommodate a variety of state-specific needs within a common
framework. All participating states are required to administer a
standardized core questionnaire, which provides a set of shared health
indicators for all BRFSS partners. The BRFSS core questionnaire
consists of fixed core, rotating core, and emerging core questions.
Fixed core questions are asked every year. Rotating core questions
cycle on and off the core questionnaire during even or odd years,
depending on the question. Emerging core questions are included in the
core questionnaire as needed to collect data on urgent or emerging
health topics such as influenza. In addition, the BRFSS includes a
series of optional modules on a variety of topics. In off years, when
the rotating questions are not included in the core questionnaire, they
are offered to states as optional modules. This framework allows each
state to produce a customized BRFSS survey by appending selected
optional modules to the core survey. States may select which, if any,
optional modules to administer. As needed, CDC provides technical and
methodological assistance to state BRFSS coordinators in the
construction of their state-specific surveys. Each state administers
its BRFSS questionnaire throughout the calendar year.
CDC periodically updates the BRFSS core survey and optional
modules. The purpose of this Revision request is to add the following
topics to the questionnaires: Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue
syndrome; hepatitis treatment; adverse childhood experiences; food
stamps; and opioid use and misuse. In addition, this request seeks
approval for reinstating topics which have been included in BRFSS in
the past, dependent upon state interest and funding.
Participation is voluntary and there is no cost to participate. The
average time burden per response will be 22 minutes. The total annual
time burden across all respondents will be approximately 241,519 hours.
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Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of Average burden
Type of respondents Form name Number of responses per per response
respondents respondent (in hours)
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U.S. General Population............... Landline Screener....... 375,000 1 1/60
Cell Phone Screener..... 292,682 1 1/60
Field Test Screener..... 900 1 1/60
Annual Survey Respondents (Adults >18 BRFSS Core Survey....... 480,000 1 15/60
Years). BRFSS Optional Modules.. 440,000 1 15/60
Field Test Respondents (Adults >18 Field Test Survey....... 500 1 45/60
Years).
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Jeffrey M. Zirger,
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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