Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations, 17250-17251 [05-6682]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
[60Day–05–0617)
Proposed Data Collections Submitted
for Public Comment and
Recommendations
In compliance with the requirement
of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for
opportunity for public comment on
proposed data collection projects, the
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic
summaries of proposed projects. To
request more information on the
proposed projects or to obtain a copy of
the data collection plans and
instruments, call 404–371–5983 or send
comments to Seleda Perryman, CDC
Assistant Reports Clearance Officer,
1600 Clifton Road, MS–D74, Atlanta,
GA 30333 or send an email to
omb@cdc.gov.
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; and (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
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technology. Written comments should
be received within 60 days of this
notice.
Proposed Project
Willingness to Pay—Extension—
Prevention Effectiveness Unit, Office of
Workforce and Career Development,
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC). The mission of the
Prevention Effectiveness Unit is to
provide information and training to
build internal and external capacity in
economic and decision sciences.
The project is currently underway as
a pilot study. Upon completion of the
pilot the project will be assessed to
determine if the full survey will be
completed.
This project will use qualitative and
quantitative research to (a) develop and
test informational approaches,
(educational materials or product
labeling), (b) educate consumers about
food safety issues, (c) develop and test
survey instruments; and (d) test
experimental protocols to be used in the
main quantitative data collection. The
project will also provide a nationallyrepresentative estimate of consumer
willingness to pay for (a) publiclyprovided reductions in the probability
of contracting food-borne illnesses; (b)
reductions in severity of symptoms
associated with food-borne illnesses,
and (c) materials that facilitate private,
defensive precautions against foodborne illness during home food
preparation (e.g., meat thermometers,
antibacterial soaps and cutting boards).
Furthermore, the project will estimate
the effect of education programs and
product labeling on consumer
willingness to pay for the reductions;
also to compare the empirical estimates
of the above mentioned consumer
willingness to pay derived from a
conjoint analysis instrument and a
simulated marketplace experiment.
Public awareness and stated concern
regarding food-borne illnesses have
increased rapidly over the past decade.
The general public, while seemingly
well-informed and concerned about
some relevant food safety issues, appear
unknowledgeable or ill-informed about
emerging issues. The Food Safety
Survey data suggest that information
provided to consumers at the point of
purchase may be a helpful means of
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educating the public about food safety.
Analyses of consumer purchase data
indicate that health-related information
provided at the point of purchase can
make significant long-term changes in
purchasing behavior.
While providing health-related
information about food has been the
focus of major policy initiatives in the
last few years, little empirical economic
research has attempted to understand
the market and welfare effects of
different health information policies. In
addition, previous research does not
address the distribution of effects across
different consumers. Policy makers and
food manufacturers cannot provide
labels that satisfy everyone’s
information desires while
simultaneously catering to consumers’
cognitive and time constraints. As a
result, policy makers need to
understand how different sectors of the
consumer population will be affected,
particularly those members of the
population who face relatively high
food safety risks.
The lack of information hinders
policy makers from making informed
decisions on the proper allocation of
resources in this area since the benefits
of reducing the risk of illness are not
well known. Not having the information
readily available makes costeffectiveness and cost-benefit analyses
difficult to do as well as resourceintensive. This data collection effort
will reduce this burden by making data
available to researchers for use in
program and policy evaluation. If this
data collection effort did not take place,
agencies would either have to continue
to piece together data when conducting
economic analyses of food safety
policies and regulations, or they would
need to fund a large scale effort like the
one being proposed. Another large scale
effort would be a waste of public funds.
Informing consumers about the risks
and protective measures allows
consumers to more accurately assess
how much they would pay for
reductions in this risk. More
importantly, this project will inform the
consumer as to what the risks are and
how they can protect themselves. This
is important since the consumer is the
last line of defense in the campaign
against food-borne illnesses.
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ESTIMATE OF ANNUALIZED BURDEN TABLE
Number of
responses
per
respondent
Number of
respondents
Respondents
Average
burden
per response
(in hours)
Total response
burden hours
Survey respondents .........................................................................................
Virtual shopping respondents ..........................................................................
5000
1200
1
1
30/60
1
2500
1200
Total ..........................................................................................................
........................
........................
........................
3700
Joan F. Karr,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
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HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (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. Written comments should
be received within 60 days of this
notice.
Proposed Data Collections Submitted
for Public Comment and
Recommendations
Proposed Project
The 317 Immunization Grant Program
Evaluation—New—National
Immunization Program (NIP), Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC).
In compliance with the requirement
of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for
opportunity for public comment on
proposed data collection projects, the
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic
summaries of proposed projects. To
request more information on the
proposed projects or to obtain a copy of
the data collection plans and
instruments, call 404–371–5983 or send
comments to Seleda Perryman, CDC
Assistant Reports Clearance Officer,
1600 Clifton Road, MS–D74, Atlanta,
GA 30333 or send an e-mail to
omb@cdc.gov.
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)
comprehensive evaluation, a Grantee
Immunization Survey of 50 state and 6
urban project 317 Immunization
Program grantees will be conducted.
The program will evaluate current
operations and performance;
recommend processes to improve
efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and
accountability; and provide direction for
future funding cycles. Data will not be
collected from the four territories/
commonwealths and four freely
associated states because of their unique
socioeconomic, political and cultural
environments.
The Grantee Immunization Survey
will: (1) Provide information on the
resources and management activities of
the 317 Grant Program; (2) provide
information that will enable the 317
Grant Program to monitor program
operations and progress; and (3) provide
a mechanism for systematic collection
of robust program and cost data to
monitor program operations and
progress toward goals.
The 63 item Grantee Immunization
Survey will be completed on-line via a
password protected Web site by the
Immunization Program Manager and
other selected immunization program
staff as needed. The results will be used
to enhance the overall efficiency and
efficacy of the 317 Program thus
enhancing vaccine assurance and
delivery.
Collection of the information for this
study is a one-time effort. There are no
direct costs to respondents other than
their time to complete and return the
questionnaire.
Background and Brief Description:
The 317 Immunization Grant Program
is the primary vehicle through which
CDC’s NIP provides vaccine
infrastructure. It has been in existence
since its Congressional enactment in
1963 and provides annual grants to 50
states, six urban areas, four territories/
commonwealths and four freely
associated states for both vaccine
assurance and vaccine delivery. The 317
Grant Program provides recipients with
infrastructure support for diverse
program activities including
surveillance, immunization registries,
training, education, public information
and outreach, quality assurance of
providers, vaccine management and
purchase of vaccines for adults and
children who do not qualify for the
Vaccine for Children program.
In response to the Program
Assessment Rating Tool (PART) review
and the Office of Management and
Budget’s (OMB) recommendation for a
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ESTIMATE OF ANNUALIZED BURDEN TABLE
Respondents
Number of
respondents
Number
responses
per respondent
Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
Total
response
burden
(in hours)
317—Immunization Grant Program Grantees .................................................
56
1
1
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[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 64 (Tuesday, April 5, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17250-17251]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-6682]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-05-0617)
Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and
Recommendations
In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for opportunity for public comment on
proposed data collection projects, the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic summaries of proposed projects.
To request more information on the proposed projects or to obtain a
copy of the data collection plans and instruments, call 404-371-5983 or
send comments to Seleda Perryman, CDC Assistant Reports Clearance
Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D74, Atlanta, GA 30333 or send an email
to omb@cdc.gov.
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; and (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. Written comments should be received
within 60 days of this notice.
Proposed Project
Willingness to Pay--Extension--Prevention Effectiveness Unit,
Office of Workforce and Career Development, Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC). The mission of the Prevention Effectiveness Unit
is to provide information and training to build internal and external
capacity in economic and decision sciences.
The project is currently underway as a pilot study. Upon completion
of the pilot the project will be assessed to determine if the full
survey will be completed.
This project will use qualitative and quantitative research to (a)
develop and test informational approaches, (educational materials or
product labeling), (b) educate consumers about food safety issues, (c)
develop and test survey instruments; and (d) test experimental
protocols to be used in the main quantitative data collection. The
project will also provide a nationally-representative estimate of
consumer willingness to pay for (a) publicly-provided reductions in the
probability of contracting food-borne illnesses; (b) reductions in
severity of symptoms associated with food-borne illnesses, and (c)
materials that facilitate private, defensive precautions against food-
borne illness during home food preparation (e.g., meat thermometers,
antibacterial soaps and cutting boards). Furthermore, the project will
estimate the effect of education programs and product labeling on
consumer willingness to pay for the reductions; also to compare the
empirical estimates of the above mentioned consumer willingness to pay
derived from a conjoint analysis instrument and a simulated marketplace
experiment.
Public awareness and stated concern regarding food-borne illnesses
have increased rapidly over the past decade. The general public, while
seemingly well-informed and concerned about some relevant food safety
issues, appear unknowledgeable or ill-informed about emerging issues.
The Food Safety Survey data suggest that information provided to
consumers at the point of purchase may be a helpful means of educating
the public about food safety. Analyses of consumer purchase data
indicate that health-related information provided at the point of
purchase can make significant long-term changes in purchasing behavior.
While providing health-related information about food has been the
focus of major policy initiatives in the last few years, little
empirical economic research has attempted to understand the market and
welfare effects of different health information policies. In addition,
previous research does not address the distribution of effects across
different consumers. Policy makers and food manufacturers cannot
provide labels that satisfy everyone's information desires while
simultaneously catering to consumers' cognitive and time constraints.
As a result, policy makers need to understand how different sectors of
the consumer population will be affected, particularly those members of
the population who face relatively high food safety risks.
The lack of information hinders policy makers from making informed
decisions on the proper allocation of resources in this area since the
benefits of reducing the risk of illness are not well known. Not having
the information readily available makes cost-effectiveness and cost-
benefit analyses difficult to do as well as resource-intensive. This
data collection effort will reduce this burden by making data available
to researchers for use in program and policy evaluation. If this data
collection effort did not take place, agencies would either have to
continue to piece together data when conducting economic analyses of
food safety policies and regulations, or they would need to fund a
large scale effort like the one being proposed. Another large scale
effort would be a waste of public funds. Informing consumers about the
risks and protective measures allows consumers to more accurately
assess how much they would pay for reductions in this risk. More
importantly, this project will inform the consumer as to what the risks
are and how they can protect themselves. This is important since the
consumer is the last line of defense in the campaign against food-borne
illnesses.
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Estimate of Annualized Burden Table
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Average
Number of Number of burden per Total response
Respondents respondents responses per response (in burden hours
respondent hours)
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Survey respondents.............................. 5000 1 30/60 2500
Virtual shopping respondents.................... 1200 1 1 1200
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Total....................................... .............. .............. .............. 3700
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Joan F. Karr,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 05-6682 Filed 4-4-05; 8:45 am]
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