Decision To Evaluate a Petition To Designate a Class of Employees at the Nevada Test Site, Mercury, Nevada, To Be Included in the Special Exposure Cohort, 13853 [06-2588]
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Proposed Project
Supplement to the National Birth
Defects Prevention Study: Qualitative
Assessment of the Attitudes Mothers
Have Toward Collecting Biological
Specimens on their Infants and Young
Children to Study Risk Factors for Birth
Defects and Preterm Delivery—New—
National Center on Birth Defects and
Developmental Disabilities (NCBDDD),
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
National Center on Birth Defects and
Developmental Disabilities (NCBDDD),
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC), has been conducting
the National Birth Defects Prevention
Study (NBDPS) (OMB# 0920–0010)
since 1997. The NBDPS is a case-control
study of major birth defects that
includes cases identified from existing
birth defect surveillance registries in
nine states, including metropolitan
Atlanta. Control infants are randomly
selected from birth certificates or birth
hospital records. Mothers of case and
control infants are interviewed using a
computer-assisted telephone interview.
Parents are asked to collect cheek cells
from themselves and their infants for
DNA testing. Information gathered from
both the interviews and the DNA
specimens will be used to study
independent genetic and environmental
factors as well as gene-environment
interactions for a broad range of
carefully classified birth defects.
This proposed supplement to the
National Birth Defects Prevention Study
will use qualitative research to provide
data on the barriers to participation in
the collection of biological specimens
by mothers on themselves, their infants,
and young children. It is costly to
implement the collection of biological
specimens into an interview/
questionnaire-based study. However, an
ever-increasing number of studies
include the examination of
environmental and genetic interactions
to help medical and public health
professional’s better target appropriate
interventions. A critical component for
studies of gene variants is the collection
of biological specimens. Participation
and non-participation in the collection
of biological specimens is not fully
understood. We will conduct multiple
well-designed focus groups to assess the
attitudes of both mothers who
participated and mothers who did not
participate in the collection of biological
specimens to increase the effectiveness
of these studies. This information will
be useful to many groups at the CDC
who are currently collecting biological
specimens from infants and their
families but with less than optimal
response rates and those who are
working to implement studies that
include the use of biological specimens.
Scientists from the National Birth
Defects Prevention Study in NCBDDD,
the Pregnancy Risk Assessment
Monitoring System (PRAMS) in
National Center for Chronic Disease
Prevention and Health Promotion
(NCCDPHP), and Office of Genomics
and Disease Prevention (OGDP) have
received Collaborative Initiative
intramural funding to conduct focus
groups aimed at gaining insight into the
barriers and motivations women have
for participating in the collection of
biological specimens. Among the three
collaborating Centers within the
Coordinating Center for Health
Promotion, NCBDDD’s National Birth
Defects Prevention Study provides a
unique opportunity for exploring the
barriers and motivations toward
collection of genetic material. This focus
group project will recruit mothers who
participated in the maternal interview
for the NBDPS. There are no costs to the
respondents other than their time to
participate in the survey.
ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN
Number of
respondents
Instrument
Telephone Contact ........................................................................................
Focus Group Discussion ...............................................................................
Dated: March 12, 2006.
Joan F. Karr,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
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Centers for Disease Control and
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Decision To Evaluate a Petition To
Designate a Class of Employees at the
Nevada Test Site, Mercury, Nevada, To
Be Included in the Special Exposure
Cohort
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC), Department of Health
and Human Services (HHS).
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SUMMARY: The Department of Health and
Human Services (HHS) gives notice as
required by 42 CFR 83.12(e) of a
decision to evaluate a petition to
designate a class of employees at the
Nevada Test Site, Mercury, Nevada, to
be included in the Special Exposure
Cohort under the Energy Employees
Occupational Illness Compensation
Program Act of 2000. The initial
proposed definition for the class being
evaluated, subject to revision as
warranted by the evaluation, is as
follows:
Facility: Nevada Test Site.
Location: Mercury, Nevada.
Job Titles and/or Job Duties: Workers
potentially exposed to above-ground
weapons testing.
Period of Employment: 1951 to 1963.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Larry Elliott, Director, Office of
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National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health, 4676 Columbia
Parkway, MS C–46, Cincinnati, OH
45226, Telephone 513–533–6800 (this is
not a toll-free number). Information
requests can also be submitted by e-mail
to OCAS@CDC.GOV.
Dated: March 10, 2006.
John Howard,
National Institute for Occupational Safety
and Health, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Decision To Evaluate a Petition To Designate a Class of Employees
at the Nevada Test Site, Mercury, Nevada, To Be Included in the Special
Exposure Cohort
AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) gives notice
as required by 42 CFR 83.12(e) of a decision to evaluate a petition to
designate a class of employees at the Nevada Test Site, Mercury,
Nevada, to be included in the Special Exposure Cohort under the Energy
Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000. The
initial proposed definition for the class being evaluated, subject to
revision as warranted by the evaluation, is as follows:
Facility: Nevada Test Site.
Location: Mercury, Nevada.
Job Titles and/or Job Duties: Workers potentially exposed to above-
ground weapons testing.
Period of Employment: 1951 to 1963.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Larry Elliott, Director, Office of
Compensation Analysis and Support, National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health, 4676 Columbia Parkway, MS C-46, Cincinnati, OH
45226, Telephone 513-533-6800 (this is not a toll-free number).
Information requests can also be submitted by e-mail to OCAS@CDC.GOV.
Dated: March 10, 2006.
John Howard,
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
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