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HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
[30Day–07–06AW]
Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork
Reduction Act Review
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) 639–5960 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.
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
The 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 (OMB number 0920–
0010, Exp. 5/31/2009) 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
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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
professionals’ 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 (NBDPS) in
NCBDDD, the Pregnancy Risk
Assessment Monitoring System
(PRAMS) in NCCDPHP, and the 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 National Birth Defects
Prevention Study (NBDPS). There are no
costs to the respondents other than their
time. The total estimated annualized
burden hours are 214.
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ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Number of
respondents
Type of respondent
Focus group Participants .................................................................................
Dated: November 6, 2006.
Joan F. Karr,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
[60Day–07–0217]
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 404–639–5960 and
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
Avg. burden/
response
(in hours)
Frequency of
response
72
1
2.5
Annual burden
(in hours)
180
System (NVSS), depends on a
cooperative relationship between the
States and the Federal Government.
This data collection, authorized by 42
U.S.C. 242k, has been carried out by
NCHS since it was created in 1960.
NCHS assists in achieving the
comparability needed for combining
data from all States into national
statistics, by conducting a training
program for State and local vital
statistics staff to assist in developing
expertise in all aspects of vital
registration and vital statistics. The
training offered under this program
includes courses for registration staff,
statisticians, and coding specialists, all
designed to bring about a high degree of
uniformity and quality in the data
provided by the States. This training
program is authorized by 42 U.S.C.
242b, section 304(a). In order to offer the
types of training that would be most
useful to vital registration staff
members, NCHS requests information
from State and local vital registration
officials about their projected needs for
training. NCHS also asks individual
candidates for training to submit an
application form containing name,
address, occupation, work experience,
education, and previous training. These
data enable NCHS to determine those
individuals whose needs can best be
met through the available training
resources. NCHS is requesting 3 years of
OMB clearance for this project. There is
no cost to respondents in providing
these data.
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
Vital Statistics Training Application,
OMB No. 0920–0217—Extension—
National Center for Health Statistics
(NCHS), Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
In the United States, legal authority
for the registration of vital events, i.e.,
births, deaths, marriages, divorces, fetal
deaths, and induced terminations of
pregnancy, resides individually with the
States (as well as cities in the case of
New York City and Washington, DC)
and Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands,
Guam, American Samoa, and the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands. These governmental entities are
the full legal proprietors of vital records
and the information contained therein.
As a result of this State authority, the
collection of registration-based vital
statistics at the national level, referred
to as the U.S. National Vital Statistics
ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Number of
respondents
Respondents
Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
Number of responses per
respondent
Total burden
hours
57
100
1
1
20/60
15/60
19
25
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30Day-07-06AW]
Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review
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) 639-5960 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
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
The 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 (OMB number
0920-0010, Exp. 5/31/2009) 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 professionals' 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 (NBDPS)
in NCBDDD, the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) in
NCCDPHP, and the 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 National Birth Defects Prevention Study (NBDPS). There are no
costs to the respondents other than their time. The total estimated
annualized burden hours are 214.
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Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Avg. burden/
Type of respondent Number of Frequency of response (in Annual burden
respondents response hours) (in hours)
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Focus group Participants........................ 72 1 2.5 180
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Dated: November 6, 2006.
Joan F. Karr,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
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