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establishing methods for estimating
radiation doses received by eligible
claimants with cancer applying for
compensation. NIOSH is to apply these
methods to estimate the radiation doses
of such individuals applying for
compensation. This process has been
ongoing since 2001; the only changes to
the package are a reduction in burden
hours due to a moderately lower rate of
claims submission than estimated by the
Department of Labor and the ability of
the claimant to fill out the OCAS 1 form
electronically (September 2005).
In performance of its dose
reconstruction responsibilities under
the Act, NIOSH will interview claimants
(or their survivors) individually and
provide them with the opportunity,
through a structured interview, to assist
NIOSH in documenting the work history
of the employee (characterizing the
actual work tasks performed),
identifying incidents that may have
resulted in undocumented radiation
exposures, characterizing radiologic
will need to submit a form (OCAS–1) to
confirm that all the information
available to the claimant has been
provided. The form will notify the
claimant that signing the form allows
NIOSH to forward a dose reconstruction
report to DOL and to the claimant, and
closes the record on data used for the
dose reconstruction. Signing this form
does not necessarily indicate that the
claimant agrees with the outcome of the
dose reconstruction. The dose
reconstruction results will be supplied
to the claimant and to the DOL, which
will factor them into its determination
of whether the claimant is eligible for
compensation under the Act.
This notice pertains to CDC’s request
for Paperwork Reduction Act clearance
to permit NIOSH to continue
conducting dose reconstruction
activities. The estimated total
annualized burden hours are 4,900.
There is no cost to respondents other
than their time.
protection and monitoring practices,
and identifying co-workers and other
witnesses as may be necessary to
confirm undocumented information. In
this process, NIOSH will use a computer
assisted telephone interview (CATI)
system, which will allow interviews to
be conducted more efficiently and
quickly than would be the case with a
paper-based interview instrument.
NIOSH will use the data collected in
this process to complete an individual
dose reconstruction that estimates as
fully as possible the radiation dose
incurred by the employee in the line of
duty for DOE nuclear weapons
production programs. After dose
reconstruction, NIOSH will also perform
a brief final interview with the claimant
to explain the results and to allow the
claimant to confirm or question the
records NIOSH compiled. This will also
be the final opportunity for the claimant
to supplement the dose reconstruction
record.
At the conclusion of the dose
reconstruction process, the claimant
ESTIMATE OF ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
No. of
respondents
Data collection types
Initial Interview ...........................................................................................................
Conclusion Form ........................................................................................................
Dated: November 18, 2005.
Betsey Dunaway,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. E5–6668 Filed 11–28–05; 8:45 am]
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HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
[30Day–06–05AP]
Proposed Data Collections Submitted
for Public Comment and
Recommendations
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) 639–4766 or send an email to omb@cdc.gov. Send written
comments to CDC Desk Officer, Office of
Management and Budget, Washington,
DC or by fax to (202) 395–6974. Written
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4,200
8,400
comments should be received within 30
days of this notice.
Proposed Project
Spanish-language Folic Acid
Communication Research and Creative
Production—New—National Center on
Birth Defects and Developmental
Disabilities (NCBDDD), Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
Pregnancies and births affected by
spina bifida or anencephaly have
profound physical, emotional, and
financial effects on families and
communities. Recent data from the
National Birth Defects Prevention
Network surveillance system show that
folic acid food fortification has resulted
in an approximate overall 25% decline
in Neural Tube Defect (NTD) affected
pregnancies. Since food fortification in
1998, the number of babies born in the
United States with these serious birth
defects has declined. Before food
fortification, CDC estimated that there
were about 4,000 NTD-affected
pregnancies each year. Since 1999, CDC
has observed a decline so that the CDC
National Center of Birth Defects and
Developmental Disabilities now
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estimates that, annually, there are only
about 3,000 NTD-affected pregnancies.
Despite these exciting developments,
Hispanic women in the United States
remain the most vulnerable for having
an NTD-affected pregnancy. The
specific reason for this increased risk
remains a mystery. What we do know is
that they have a higher risk than
Caucasian and African American
women in the United States. Surveys
conducted by CDC in 1999 and 2000
also showed that Hispanic women had
the lowest reported folic acid
knowledge and consumption. In 1995
and 1996 during the pre-fortification
period, the prevalence of spina bifida
and anencephaly among Hispanic
women was about 10 per 10,000 births
or pregnancies compared to about 8 per
10,000 among Whites and almost 6 per
10,000 among Blacks. Because Hispanic
women still have the highest rate among
the 3 racial/ethnic groups, CDC
continues to make reaching them its top
priority.
CDC is interested in continuing to
reach Spanish-speaking Hispanic
women in the United States.
Preliminary results from the Spanish
Folic Acid Campaign Evaluation Survey
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(SFACES) have shown that a strategy
that combines local outreach efforts and
paid/earned media efforts is effective.
However, CDC does not anticipate
budgetary increases that could make a
national-level Spanish language
campaign possible. Also, CDC is
concerned that the SFACES campaign
materials, which were developed in
1999, may be becoming ‘‘dated.’’ While
CDC has no hard evidence that they are
no longer effective, CDC does want to
examine their effectiveness in a robust
manner before decisions are made about
whether to keep using them in outreach
efforts in selected communities
throughout the U.S. CDC is also
interested in developing a deeper
understanding of sub-groups of women
within the Spanish-speaking Hispanic
population and developing effective
communication strategies for reaching
them.
This project includes a systematic
communication research and product
development process involving, and
ultimately serving, Spanish-speaking
Hispanic women. These activities
include:
a. Developing a multivariate
audience-segmentation scheme using
existing data from Spanish-speaking
Hispanic women;
b. Assessing the effectiveness of
current campaign materials with the
identified audience segments;
c. Conducting qualitative research
with audience segments;
d. Developing audience profiles for
each audience segment;
e. Developing draft communication
plans based on audience profiles that
outlines potential outreach strategies;
f. Presenting the possibilities to key
internal and external stakeholders to
solicit input;
g. Developing and testing concepts,
messages, and materials along with
implementation plans for their use; and,
h. Producing master quality copies of
each material in formats that CDC and
partners can use for mass production
and dissemination.
Since the 60 day Federal Register
notice on this project was published, the
first step—developing a multivariate
audience-segmentation scheme using
existing data from Spanish-speaking
Hispanic women—has been completed.
Three distinct audience groups of
Spanish-speaking Hispanic women of
childbearing age have been identified as
needing extra outreach efforts, so they
are the focus of this request. The three
groups are:
(1) Unacculturated mothers (Spanishspeaking Hispanic women between the
ages of 26–35 years old, who have less
than a high school education and report
having a child),
(2) Unacculturated young adults
(Spanish-speaking Hispanic women
between the ages of 18–25 years old
who have less than a high school
education and report NOT having a
child), and
(3) Acculturated young adults
(Acculturated young adults are Spanishspeaking Hispanic women between the
ages of 18–24 who have a high school
education and report not having any
college education and not having any
children).
The annual burden table has been
updated to reflect research activities in
all three of these important audience
segments. There are no costs to the
respondents other than their time. The
total estimated annualized burden hours
are 935.
ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN TABLE
No. of
respondents
Respondents and data collection types
No. of responses
per respondent
Telephone contact .....................................................................................................
Hispanic women, 18–35 (evaluate existing materials interviews) .............................
Hispanic women, 18–35 (18 exploratory focus groups) ............................................
Hispanic women, 18–35 (9 concept testing focus groups) .......................................
Hispanic women, 18–35 (new materials pre-testing interviews) ...............................
Testing of new materials with distributors (brief interviews) .....................................
2200
90
216
108
90
50
Dated: November 18, 2005.
Betsey S. Dunaway,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. E5–6669 Filed 11–28–05; 8:45 am]
maintenance of the intervention. CDC
will use the results of the surveys to
develop a national program for
dissemination and support of packaged
interventions that will increase the
likelihood that agencies will conduct
them with total fidelity for several years.
The respondents are staff members of 16
prevention agencies that implemented
one of five unique, packaged
interventions between 1997 and 2000 as
part of CDC’s ongoing Replicating
Effective Programs (REP) project.
A survey will be administered over
the telephone to agency administrators
of the 16 prevention agencies that
implemented intervention packages by
the REP project. Additional surveys will
be administered in-person to one
Intervention Supervisor and two
Intervention Facilitators at agencies that
are continuing to implement the REPpackaged intervention. The objectives of
the surveys include, but are not limited
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Proposed Project
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
[30Day–06–05BI]
Proposed Data Collections Submitted
for Public Comment and
Recommendations
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
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Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35). To request a copy of these
requests, call the CDC Reports Clearance
Officer at (404) 639–4766 or send an email to omb@cdc.gov. Send written
comments to CDC Desk Officer, Office of
Management and Budget, Washington,
DC or by fax to (202) 395–6974. Written
comments should be received within 30
days of this notice.
Surveys of Past HIV Prevention
Technology Transfer Efforts—New—
National Center for HIV, STD, and TB
Prevention (NCHSTP), Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The purpose of these surveys is to
study the effectiveness of providing HIV
prevention agencies with packages
intervention, training, and technical
assistance to ensure the agencies’
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[FR Doc No: E5-6669]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30Day-06-05AP]
Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and
Recommendations
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) 639-4766 or send an e-mail
to omb@cdc.gov. Send written comments to CDC Desk Officer, Office of
Management and Budget, Washington, DC or by fax to (202) 395-6974.
Written comments should be received within 30 days of this notice.
Proposed Project
Spanish-language Folic Acid Communication Research and Creative
Production--New--National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental
Disabilities (NCBDDD), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC).
Background and Brief Description
Pregnancies and births affected by spina bifida or anencephaly have
profound physical, emotional, and financial effects on families and
communities. Recent data from the National Birth Defects Prevention
Network surveillance system show that folic acid food fortification has
resulted in an approximate overall 25% decline in Neural Tube Defect
(NTD) affected pregnancies. Since food fortification in 1998, the
number of babies born in the United States with these serious birth
defects has declined. Before food fortification, CDC estimated that
there were about 4,000 NTD-affected pregnancies each year. Since 1999,
CDC has observed a decline so that the CDC National Center of Birth
Defects and Developmental Disabilities now estimates that, annually,
there are only about 3,000 NTD-affected pregnancies.
Despite these exciting developments, Hispanic women in the United
States remain the most vulnerable for having an NTD-affected pregnancy.
The specific reason for this increased risk remains a mystery. What we
do know is that they have a higher risk than Caucasian and African
American women in the United States. Surveys conducted by CDC in 1999
and 2000 also showed that Hispanic women had the lowest reported folic
acid knowledge and consumption. In 1995 and 1996 during the pre-
fortification period, the prevalence of spina bifida and anencephaly
among Hispanic women was about 10 per 10,000 births or pregnancies
compared to about 8 per 10,000 among Whites and almost 6 per 10,000
among Blacks. Because Hispanic women still have the highest rate among
the 3 racial/ethnic groups, CDC continues to make reaching them its top
priority.
CDC is interested in continuing to reach Spanish-speaking Hispanic
women in the United States. Preliminary results from the Spanish Folic
Acid Campaign Evaluation Survey
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(SFACES) have shown that a strategy that combines local outreach
efforts and paid/earned media efforts is effective. However, CDC does
not anticipate budgetary increases that could make a national-level
Spanish language campaign possible. Also, CDC is concerned that the
SFACES campaign materials, which were developed in 1999, may be
becoming ``dated.'' While CDC has no hard evidence that they are no
longer effective, CDC does want to examine their effectiveness in a
robust manner before decisions are made about whether to keep using
them in outreach efforts in selected communities throughout the U.S.
CDC is also interested in developing a deeper understanding of sub-
groups of women within the Spanish-speaking Hispanic population and
developing effective communication strategies for reaching them.
This project includes a systematic communication research and
product development process involving, and ultimately serving, Spanish-
speaking Hispanic women. These activities include:
a. Developing a multivariate audience-segmentation scheme using
existing data from Spanish-speaking Hispanic women;
b. Assessing the effectiveness of current campaign materials with
the identified audience segments;
c. Conducting qualitative research with audience segments;
d. Developing audience profiles for each audience segment;
e. Developing draft communication plans based on audience profiles
that outlines potential outreach strategies;
f. Presenting the possibilities to key internal and external
stakeholders to solicit input;
g. Developing and testing concepts, messages, and materials along
with implementation plans for their use; and,
h. Producing master quality copies of each material in formats that
CDC and partners can use for mass production and dissemination.
Since the 60 day Federal Register notice on this project was
published, the first step--developing a multivariate audience-
segmentation scheme using existing data from Spanish-speaking Hispanic
women--has been completed. Three distinct audience groups of Spanish-
speaking Hispanic women of childbearing age have been identified as
needing extra outreach efforts, so they are the focus of this request.
The three groups are:
(1) Unacculturated mothers (Spanish-speaking Hispanic women between
the ages of 26-35 years old, who have less than a high school education
and report having a child),
(2) Unacculturated young adults (Spanish-speaking Hispanic women
between the ages of 18-25 years old who have less than a high school
education and report NOT having a child), and
(3) Acculturated young adults (Acculturated young adults are
Spanish-speaking Hispanic women between the ages of 18-24 who have a
high school education and report not having any college education and
not having any children).
The annual burden table has been updated to reflect research
activities in all three of these important audience segments. There are
no costs to the respondents other than their time. The total estimated
annualized burden hours are 935.
Estimated Annualized Burden Table
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Average burden
Respondents and data collection types No. of No. of responses per response (in
respondents per respondent hours)
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Telephone contact...................................... 2200 1 5/60
Hispanic women, 18-35 (evaluate existing materials 90 1 30/60
interviews)...........................................
Hispanic women, 18-35 (18 exploratory focus groups).... 216 1 2
Hispanic women, 18-35 (9 concept testing focus groups). 108 1 2
Hispanic women, 18-35 (new materials pre-testing 90 1 30/60
interviews)...........................................
Testing of new materials with distributors (brief 50 1 15/60
interviews)...........................................
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Dated: November 18, 2005.
Betsey S. Dunaway,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
[FR Doc. E5-6669 Filed 11-28-05; 8:45 am]
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