[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 106 (Tuesday, June 2, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33670-33672]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-11803]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-20-1204; Docket No. CDC-2020-0053]
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)'' (OMB Control No. 0920-1204, expiration date 11/30/2020). 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 August 3, 2020.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2020-
0053 by any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Regulation.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. CDC will post, without change, all relevant comments
to Regulations.gov.
Please note: Submit all comments through the Federal
eRulemaking portal
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(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 Jeffrey M. Zirger, 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) Asthma Call-back
Survey (ACBS)--Revision--National Center for Environmental Health
(NCEH), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The CDC's National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH) is
requesting a three-year Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) clearance to
revise and continue to collect information under the ``Behavioral Risk
Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) Asthma Call-back Survey (ACBS)''
(OMB Control No. 0920-1204, expiration date 11/30/2020). The ACBS is
funded by the NCEH National Asthma Control Program (NACP) in the Asthma
and Community Health Branch (ACHB). The NACP provides its 40
participating states with technical and methodological assistance.
The ACBS is a follow-up survey on asthma and is administered on
behalf of NCEH by the CDC's National Center for Chronic Disease
Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP) BRFSS Program. The BRFSS (OMB
Control No. 0920-1061, expiration date 3/31/2021) is a nationwide
system of customized, cross-sectional telephone health surveys. 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. BRFSS coordinators in the health
departments in U.S. states, territories, and the District of Columbia
(collectively referred to as ``states'' and ``jurisdictions'') are
responsible for both the BRFSS and the ACBS administration. The ACBS is
conducted within two days after the BRFSS survey.
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.
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.
State BRFSS Coordinators submit de-identified data files to CDC on
a monthly or quarterly basis for cleaning and weighting. The CDC BRFSS
ACBS operation team returns clean, weighted data files to the state of
origin for its use. 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.
The time burden estimates are based on the 2016 ACBS data
collection, which is the most recent data released. The burden table
reflects the landline and cell phone data collection methods used in
2016 and later years. Additionally, the time burden accounts for
reporting burden incurred by the states for the monthly or quarterly
adult and child ACBS data submissions to CDC. The total estimated
annualized time burden for all respondents is 6,615 hours.
Participation in the ACBS is voluntary and there are no costs to
respondents other than their time.
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Estimated Annualized Burden to Respondents
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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.) hours
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BRFSS Adults.................. ACBS Landline 17,800 1 1/60 297
Screener--Adult.
ACBS Cell Phone 16,733 1 1/60 279
Screener--Adult.
BRFSS Parents or Guardians of ACBS Landline 2,576 1 1/60 43
Children. Screener--Child.
ACBS Cell Phone 3,824 1 1/60 64
Screener--Child.
ACBS Adults................... ACBS Adult 23,166 1 10/60 3,861
Consent and
Questionnaire.
ACBS Parents or Guardians of ACBS Child 3,787 1 10/60 631
Children. Consent and
Questionnaire.
State BRFSS Coordinators...... ACBS Adult Data 40 12 155/60 1,240
Submission
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ACBS Child Data 40 12 25/60 200
Submission
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Total..................... ................ .............. .............. .............. 6,615
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Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Lead, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Scientific
Integrity, Office of Science, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2020-11803 Filed 6-1-20; 8:45 am]
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