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Request for Comments: Written
comments and/or suggestions from the
public and affected agencies are invited
on one or more of the following points:
(1) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the function of the
agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(2) 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) Ways to enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (4)
Ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including the use of
appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
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notice, especially regarding the
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Washington, DC 20503, Attention: Desk
Officer for NIH. To request more
information on the proposed project or
to obtain a copy of the data collection
plans and instruments, contact Elisa
Gladstone, MPH, Project Officer,
Associate Director, National Kidney
Disease Education Program, National
Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and
Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of
Health, Building 31, Center Dr., Room
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Kidney Disease Education Program, National
Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney
Diseases, National Institutes of Health.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request; Collection of
Demographic and Smoking/Tobacco
Use Information from NCI Cancer
Information Service Clients
SUMMARY: Under the provisions of
section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the National
Cancer Institute, the National Institutes
of Health has submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) a
request to review and approve the
information collection below. This
proposed information collection was
previously published in the Federal
Register on Friday, January 20, 2006,
page 3313 and allowed 60 days for
public comment. No public comments
were received. The purpose of this
notice is to allow an additional 30 days
for comment. The National Institutes of
Health may not conduct or sponsor, and
the respondent is not required to
respond to, an information collection
that has been extended, revised, or
implemented on or after October 1, 1995
unless it displays a currently valid OMB
control number.
Proposed Collection: Title: Collection
of Demographic and Smoking/Tobacco
Use Information from NCI Cancer
Information Service Clients.
Type of Information Collection
Request: Revision.
Need and Use of Information
Collection: The NCI’s Cancer
Information Service (CIS) provides
accurate and up-to-date cancer
information to the public through a tollfree telephone number (1–800–4–
CANCER) and LiveHelp, an online
instant messaging service. In addition,
CIS provides smoking cessation
assistance through a telephone quitline
(accessed through 1–800–44U–QUIT or
1–800–QUITNOW). Eligible smoking
cessation clients have the opportunity to
participate in a callback service, which
provides up to four follow-up
counseling calls. Characterizing CIS
clients is essential to customer service,
program planning, and promotion.
Currently CIS conducts a brief survey of
a sample of telephone and LiveHelp
clients at the end of usual service (OMB
No. 0925–0208); the survey includes
three customer service and five
demographic questions (age, sex, race,
ethnicity, education). This request is to
supplement the current data collection
activity by adding: (1) Four
demographic questions related to
income, health insurance coverage, and
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regular source of health care; (2) 20
smoking intake questions for
individuals seeking smoking cessation
assistance; and (3) one smoking followup question for smoking cessation
clients participating in the callback
service. The demographic questions will
allow CIS to better measure the
program’s reach to underserved
populations and program impacts on
these populations. The smoking intake
questions are necessary as part of the
needs assessment process for smoking
cessation clients. Information about
clients smoking history, previous quit
attempts, and motivations to quit
smoking will enable Information
Specialists to provide effective
individualized counseling. The smoking
follow-up question will allow CIS to
track clients smoking behavior and
measure quit rates over the period of the
callback service. Consistent with the
current data collection, the proposed
questions will be asked of clients who
are cancer patients, family members and
friends of patients, and the general
public. The proposed sampling is
consistent with the current data
collection, with 25% of telephone and
quitline clients sampled for the
proposed demographic questions. If the
call is the result of a special promotion,
50% of callers will be surveyed. Overall,
it is estimated that 36% of telephone
and quitline clients will be sampled for
the demographic questions. The
demographic questions will be asked of
50% of LiveHelp clients; the higher
sampling rate is necessary due to the
lower response rate among online
clients. The proposed smoking intake
questions will be asked of 100% of
smoking cessation clients and the
smoking follow-up question will be
asked of 100% of smoking cessation
clients participating in the callback
service. Table 1 presents the estimated
numbers of respondents, numbers of
responses per respondent, average
burden hours per response, and annual
burden hours for each subgroup of
respondents. The combined total to be
surveyed each year is approximately
49,400 CIS clients for a total of 1,578
annual burden hours.
Frequency of Response: Single time
for demographic and smoking intake
questions; up to four times for the
smoking follow-up question.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households.
Type of Respondents: Cancer patients,
family members and friends of cancer
patients, and general public who contact
CIS via telephone or online. The annual
reporting burden is presented in Table
1.
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TABLE 1.—RESPONDENT AND BURDEN HOUR ESTIMATES
Estimated number of respondents
Type of respondents
Telephone Clients: 1
Demographic questions ............................................................
Quitline Smoking Cessation Clients1, 2
Reactive Clients:
Demographic & smoking intake questions ...............................
Smoking intake questions only .................................................
Proactive Callback Clients 3
Demographic & smoking intake questions plus follow-up
question .................................................................................
Estimated
number of
responses per
respondent
Average
burden hours
per response
Estimated
total annual
burden hours
requested
40,700
1
.0302
1,229
1,900
3,400
1
1
.0611
.0309
116
105
1
31
3
28
6
............................
500
Subtotal Quitline Clients ....................................................
LiveHelp Clients: 4
Demographic questions ............................................................
6,700
............................
.0611
.0017
.0309
.0017
............................
2,000
1
.0302
60
Total ...........................................................................
49,400
............................
............................
1,578
54
Smoking intake questions plus follow-up question ..................
900
1
54
1 Approximately
36% of telephone and quitline clients will be sampled for the demographic questions.
of smoking cessation clients will be asked the smoking intake questions.
3 100% of smoking cessation clients participating in the callback service will be asked the smoking follow-up question (at up to 4 callbacks).
4 Approximately 50% of LiveHelp clients will be sampled for the demographic questions.
5 (Follow-up question only).
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2 100%
The annualized cost to respondents is
estimated at approximately: $28,546.
There are no Capital Costs, Operating
Costs, or Maintenance Costs to report.
Request for Comments: Written
comments and/or suggestions from the
public and affected agencies are invited
on one or more of the following points:
(1) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the function of the
agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(2) 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) ways to enhance the quality, utility,
and clarity of the information to be
collected; and (4) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on those who are to respond, including
the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Direct Comments to OMB: Written
comments and/or suggestion regarding
the items contained in this notice,
especially regarding the estimated
public burden and associated response
time, should be directed to the Office of
Management and Budget, Office of
Regulatory Affairs, New Executive
Office Building, Room 10235,
Washington, DC 20503, Attention: Desk
Officer for NIH. To request more
information on the proposed project or
to obtain a copy of the data collection
plans and instruments, contact Linda
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Squiers, Ph.D., Project Officer for
Research, Cancer Information Service
Branch, National Cancer Institute, NIH,
6116 Executive Blvd., MSC 8322,
Rockville, MD 20892–8322, or call nontoll-free number 301–594–9075 or email your request, including your
address, to: squiersl@mail.nih.gov.
Comments Due Date: Comments
regarding this information collection are
best assured of having their full effect if
received within 30-days of the date of
this publication.
Dated: July 10, 2006.
Rachelle Ragland-Greene,
NCI Project Clearance Liaison, National
Institutes of Health.
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Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request; Outcome
Evaluation of NCI’s Activities To
Promote Research Collaboration
(APRC) Program
Summary: Under the provisions of
Section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the National
Cancer Institute (NCI), the National
Institutes of Health (NIH) has submitted
to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) a request for review and
approval of the information collection
listed below. This proposed information
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collection was previously published in
the Federal Register on March 13, 2006,
page 12703–12704 and allowed 60-days
for public comment. No public
comments were received. The purpose
of this notice is to allow an additional
30 days for public comment. The
National Institutes of Health may not
conduct or sponsor, and the respondent
is not required to respond to, an
information collection that has been
extended, revised, or implemented on or
after October 1, 1995, unless it displays
a currently valid OMB control number.
Proposed Collection
Title: Outcome Evaluation of NCI’s
Activities to Promote Research
Collaboration (APRC) Program.
Type of Information Collection
Request: New.
Need and Use of Information
Collection: The purpose of this study is
to systematically assess the extent to
which NCI’s Activities to Promote
Research Collaborations (APRC)
program has been successful in
accomplishing its intended goals of (1)
capacity building and (2) generating
innovative advances. The innovative
advances outcome analysis will answer
the question of whether APRC projects
resulted in promising, novel concepts
and advances in cancer research. The
capacity building outcome analysis will
determine whether participation in the
APRC program has enabled the program
participants to successfully integrate
interdisciplinary approaches in their
scientific investigations and enhanced
their ability to pursue other
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Collection of
Demographic and Smoking/Tobacco Use Information from NCI Cancer
Information Service Clients
SUMMARY: Under the provisions of section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the National Cancer Institute, the National
Institutes of Health has submitted to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve the information collection
below. This proposed information collection was previously published in
the Federal Register on Friday, January 20, 2006, page 3313 and allowed
60 days for public comment. No public comments were received. The
purpose of this notice is to allow an additional 30 days for comment.
The National Institutes of Health may not conduct or sponsor, and the
respondent is not required to respond to, an information collection
that has been extended, revised, or implemented on or after October 1,
1995 unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.
Proposed Collection: Title: Collection of Demographic and Smoking/
Tobacco Use Information from NCI Cancer Information Service Clients.
Type of Information Collection Request: Revision.
Need and Use of Information Collection: The NCI's Cancer
Information Service (CIS) provides accurate and up-to-date cancer
information to the public through a toll-free telephone number (1-800-
4-CANCER) and LiveHelp, an online instant messaging service. In
addition, CIS provides smoking cessation assistance through a telephone
quitline (accessed through 1-800-44U-QUIT or 1-800-QUITNOW). Eligible
smoking cessation clients have the opportunity to participate in a
callback service, which provides up to four follow-up counseling calls.
Characterizing CIS clients is essential to customer service, program
planning, and promotion. Currently CIS conducts a brief survey of a
sample of telephone and LiveHelp clients at the end of usual service
(OMB No. 0925-0208); the survey includes three customer service and
five demographic questions (age, sex, race, ethnicity, education). This
request is to supplement the current data collection activity by
adding: (1) Four demographic questions related to income, health
insurance coverage, and regular source of health care; (2) 20 smoking
intake questions for individuals seeking smoking cessation assistance;
and (3) one smoking follow-up question for smoking cessation clients
participating in the callback service. The demographic questions will
allow CIS to better measure the program's reach to underserved
populations and program impacts on these populations. The smoking
intake questions are necessary as part of the needs assessment process
for smoking cessation clients. Information about clients smoking
history, previous quit attempts, and motivations to quit smoking will
enable Information Specialists to provide effective individualized
counseling. The smoking follow-up question will allow CIS to track
clients smoking behavior and measure quit rates over the period of the
callback service. Consistent with the current data collection, the
proposed questions will be asked of clients who are cancer patients,
family members and friends of patients, and the general public. The
proposed sampling is consistent with the current data collection, with
25% of telephone and quitline clients sampled for the proposed
demographic questions. If the call is the result of a special
promotion, 50% of callers will be surveyed. Overall, it is estimated
that 36% of telephone and quitline clients will be sampled for the
demographic questions. The demographic questions will be asked of 50%
of LiveHelp clients; the higher sampling rate is necessary due to the
lower response rate among online clients. The proposed smoking intake
questions will be asked of 100% of smoking cessation clients and the
smoking follow-up question will be asked of 100% of smoking cessation
clients participating in the callback service. Table 1 presents the
estimated numbers of respondents, numbers of responses per respondent,
average burden hours per response, and annual burden hours for each
subgroup of respondents. The combined total to be surveyed each year is
approximately 49,400 CIS clients for a total of 1,578 annual burden
hours.
Frequency of Response: Single time for demographic and smoking
intake questions; up to four times for the smoking follow-up question.
Affected Public: Individuals or households.
Type of Respondents: Cancer patients, family members and friends of
cancer patients, and general public who contact CIS via telephone or
online. The annual reporting burden is presented in Table 1.
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Table 1.--Respondent and Burden Hour Estimates
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Estimated
Estimated number number of Average burden Estimated total
Type of respondents of respondents responses per hours per annual burden
respondent response hours requested
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Telephone Clients: \1\
Demographic questions............... 40,700 1 .0302 1,229
Quitline Smoking Cessation Clients1, 2
Reactive Clients:
Demographic & smoking intake 1,900 1 .0611 116
questions..........................
Smoking intake questions only....... 3,400 1 .0309 105
Proactive Callback Clients \3\
Demographic & smoking intake 500 1 .0611 31
questions plus follow-up question.. \5\4 .0017 3
Smoking intake questions plus follow- 900 1 .0309 28
up question........................ \5\ 4 .0017 6
Subtotal Quitline Clients....... 6,700 ................ ................ ................
LiveHelp Clients: \4\
Demographic questions............... 2,000 1 .0302 60
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Total....................... 49,400 ................ ................ 1,578
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\1\ Approximately 36% of telephone and quitline clients will be sampled for the demographic questions.
\2\ 100% of smoking cessation clients will be asked the smoking intake questions.
\3\ 100% of smoking cessation clients participating in the callback service will be asked the smoking follow-up
question (at up to 4 callbacks).
\4\ Approximately 50% of LiveHelp clients will be sampled for the demographic questions.
\5\ (Follow-up question only).
The annualized cost to respondents is estimated at approximately:
$28,546. There are no Capital Costs, Operating Costs, or Maintenance
Costs to report.
Request for Comments: Written comments and/or suggestions from the
public and affected agencies are invited on one or more of the
following points: (1) Whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the function of the agency,
including whether the information will have practical utility; (2) 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) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) ways to minimize
the burden of the collection of information on those who are to
respond, including the use of appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms
of information technology.
Direct Comments to OMB: Written comments and/or suggestion
regarding the items contained in this notice, especially regarding the
estimated public burden and associated response time, should be
directed to the Office of Management and Budget, Office of Regulatory
Affairs, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC
20503, Attention: Desk Officer for NIH. To request more information on
the proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans
and instruments, contact Linda Squiers, Ph.D., Project Officer for
Research, Cancer Information Service Branch, National Cancer Institute,
NIH, 6116 Executive Blvd., MSC 8322, Rockville, MD 20892-8322, or call
non-toll-free number 301-594-9075 or e-mail your request, including
your address, to: squiersl@mail.nih.gov.
Comments Due Date: Comments regarding this information collection
are best assured of having their full effect if received within 30-days
of the date of this publication.
Dated: July 10, 2006.
Rachelle Ragland-Greene,
NCI Project Clearance Liaison, National Institutes of Health.
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