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proposal also involves the acquisition of
a nonbanking company, the review also
includes whether the acquisition of the
nonbanking company complies with the
standards in section 4 of the BHC Act
(12 U.S.C. 1843). Unless otherwise
noted, nonbanking activities will be
conducted throughout the United States.
Additional information on all bank
holding companies may be obtained
from the National Information Center
website at www.ffiec.gov/nic/.
Unless otherwise noted, comments
regarding each of these applications
must be received at the Reserve Bank
indicated or the offices of the Board of
Governors not later than February 21,
2008.
A. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
(David Tatum, Vice President) 1000
Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia
30309:
1. Greensburg Bancshares, Inc., to
become a bank holding company by
acquiring 100 percent of the voting
shares of Bank of Greensburg, both of
Greensburg, Louisiana.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System January 22, 2008.
Margaret McCloskey Shanks,
Associate Secretary of the Board.
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National Toxicology Program (NTP);
Office of Liaison, Policy and Review;
Meeting of the NTP Board of Scientific
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Subcommittee; Amended Notice
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SUMMARY: The February 27–28, 2008,
meeting of the NTP Board of Scientific
Counselors was announced in the
Federal Register (72FR70863) on
December 13, 2007. The agenda for the
subcommittee meeting has changed. The
draft NTP Technical Report on bmyrcene (TR 557) will not be reviewed.
The guidelines published in the
December 13 notice for submitting
public comments or making an oral
presentation at the meeting still apply.
Any updates to the agenda or additional
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provided upon request from the
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other correspondence should be
submitted to Dr. Barbara Shane,
Executive Secretary for the NTP Board
(NTP Office of Liaison, Policy and
Review Office, NIEHS, P.O. Box 12233,
MD A3–01, Research Triangle Park, NC
27709; telephone: 919–541–4253, fax:
919–541–0295; or e-mail:
shane@niehs.nih.gov).
ADDRESSES:
Dated: January 11, 2008.
Samuel H. Wilson,
Acting Director, National Institute of
Environmental Health Sciences and National
Toxicology Program.
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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
Focus Group Testing and Survey on
Radiological Event Messages for Public
Health Workers—New—National Center
for Environmental Health (NCEH),
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
In January 2003, CDC held a
roundtable to specifically address
communications needs likely to arise in
the aftermath of a terrorist event
involving mass casualties. Hospital
administrators and clinicians, public
health practitioners, and emergency
planners emphasized the gaps in their
training and in their knowledge of how
to respond to nuclear or radiological
events.
Concurrent with this, CDC began
working with the Association of Schools
of Public Health (ASPH) to assess
knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors
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related to preparedness for a
radiological or nuclear terrorist event in
the United States. The strong and clear
message delivered to the CDC was that
both the professional (e.g., clinicians
and public health workers) and the lay
American public were unprepared to
respond to such an event (Becker 2004).
Specifically, clinicians who participated
in the research acknowledged a lack of
training and preparedness, a potential
unwillingness to treat patients if they
are perceived as radiologically
contaminated, and concerns about
public panic and consequent
overwhelming of hospitals and other
clinical systems. More importantly,
findings from the meeting revealed a
critical need to assess communication
preparedness among public health
workers in relation to radiological
emergencies.
This proposal addresses the need for
the development of clear
communication messages in the event of
a radiological incident. As part of a
cooperative agreement, CDC has
contracted with the National Public
Health Information Coalition (NPHIC) to
collect data from public health workers
in 6 states—California, Iowa, Kansas,
Michigan, North Carolina and South
Carolina—to evaluate a set of messages
that have been developed by CDC for
public health workers to use before,
during and after a radiological event.
The 5 communication messages focus
on the main concerns expressed by
representatives from these 6 states and
other participants in audience research.
The participating states volunteered for
this project. Public health workers
referenced in this proposal are nurses,
physicians, clinical technicians,
administrative, management and
support staff and epidemiologists.
CDC’s primary goal is to protect the
health and safety of the public. Since
public health workers are usually first
responders in various capacities in the
event of a radiological emergency, the
need to develop time-sensitive and
consistent communication messages is
vital. Developing clear messages that
can be used by public health workers as
an integral part of their radiological
emergency plan is consistent with this
goal. These message concepts, which
range from how to protect the worker
and family to the role of the public
health worker during a radiological
emergency will serve as a reference tool
and guidance for state health
departments in the event of such
situations.
This proposal seeks approval to
obtain data using two methods, focus
group testing and electronic surveys to
achieve greater results. Focus group
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testing will be conducted to obtain
qualitative data that will be gathered
through a series of six focus groups of
public health workers, one in each
participating state. The focus groups
will consist of 12 participants and will
be about 11⁄2 hours in length. The focus
group testing will assess attitudes,
knowledge and emotional responses. Of
particular interest will be how the
participants might react to radiological
concepts pertaining to their roles as
public health workers and scenarios that
will be included in the messages.
Quantitative data will be obtained
through a one-time written electronic
survey to randomly selected public
health workers in the six states. The
participants who will be participating in
the electronic survey will not be
included in the focus group testing.
CDC proposes to use this information
to develop a final set of communication
messages. The intent is for the messages
to be disseminated using various
methods and to provide a more
consistent platform for states to respond
to radiological emergencies. This
research will help refine messages that
have the ability to increase the
percentage of workers who present to
deliver services in a radiological
emergency. Also, as a result of the
study, CDC will have a set of tested
public health messages that can allow
public health workers to speak with one
voice to the general public in a
radiological emergency. In addition, the
development of these messages will
foster collaboration among the states
and CDC.
Therefore, CDC requests approval to
test one set of five messages among
public health workers using focus group
testing and electronic surveys. The
surveys and focus groups will include
questions about how believable the
messages are, what would make them
more believable, the need for additional
information for a clearer understanding
of the messages, how and if the
messages help them to feel safe, and
what would make them easier to
understand.
There is no cost to the respondents
other than their time. The total
estimated annualized burden hours are
782 hours.
ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Type of respondent
Form of collecting information
Public Health Workers ....................................
Public Health Workers ....................................
Focus Groups .................................................
E-mail Surveys ...............................................
Dated:January 16, 2008.
Maryam I. Daneshvar,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. E8–1233 Filed 1–24–08; 8:45 am]
Alcohol Exposure—Revision—National
Center on Birth Defects and
Developmental Disabilities (NCBDDD),
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC).
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Number of
respondents
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
A Survey of the Knowledge, Attitudes
and Practice of Medical and Allied
Health Professionals Regarding Fetal
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Maternal prenatal alcohol use is one
of the leading, preventable, causes of
birth defects and developmental
disabilities. Children exposed to alcohol
during fetal development can suffer a
wide array of disorders, from subtle
changes in I.Q. and behaviors to
profound mental retardation. These
conditions are known as fetal alcohol
spectrum disorders (FASDs). The most
severe condition within the spectrum is
fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS), which
involves disorders of the brain, growth
retardation, and facial malformations.
Physicians and other health
practitioners play a vital role in
diagnosing FAS and in screening
women of child-bearing age for alcohol
consumption and drinking during
pregnancy. In Diekman’s, et al (2000)
study of obstetricians and gynecologists,
only one fifth of doctors surveyed
reported abstinence to be the safest way
to avoid the adverse outcomes
associated with fetal alcohol exposure.
Importantly, 13% of doctors surveyed
were not sure of levels of alcohol
consumption associated with adverse
outcomes. One of CDC’s multifaceted
initiatives in combating alcohol-exposed
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2022
Number of
responses per
respondent
Average
burden per response
(in hours)
1
1
90/60
20/60
pregnancies is the education and
reeducation of medical and allied health
students and practitioners.
In fiscal year 2002, the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
received a congressional mandate to
develop guidelines for the diagnosis of
FAS and other conditions resulting from
prenatal alcohol exposure; and to
incorporate these guidelines into
curricula for medical and allied health
students and practitioners [Public
Health Service Act Section 317K (247b–
12) b and c].
In response to the second
congressional mandate listed above,
CDC proposed five national surveys of
health providers. In August of 2005,
OMB approved these five surveys under
control number 0920–0692. The
purposes of the surveys are to assess,
among various health care provider
groups, their knowledge, attitudes, and
practices regarding the prevention,
identification, and treatment of FASDs.
These health care provider groups are
pediatricians, obstetrician-gynecologists
(OB–GYNs), psychiatrists, family
physicians, and allied health
professionals.
The results of the surveys will help to
inform further development of model
FASD curricula to disseminate among
medical and allied health students and
professionals nation wide using a
variety of formats including computer
interactive learning applications,
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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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
Focus Group Testing and Survey on Radiological Event Messages for
Public Health Workers--New--National Center for Environmental Health
(NCEH), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
In January 2003, CDC held a roundtable to specifically address
communications needs likely to arise in the aftermath of a terrorist
event involving mass casualties. Hospital administrators and
clinicians, public health practitioners, and emergency planners
emphasized the gaps in their training and in their knowledge of how to
respond to nuclear or radiological events.
Concurrent with this, CDC began working with the Association of
Schools of Public Health (ASPH) to assess knowledge, attitudes, and
behaviors related to preparedness for a radiological or nuclear
terrorist event in the United States. The strong and clear message
delivered to the CDC was that both the professional (e.g., clinicians
and public health workers) and the lay American public were unprepared
to respond to such an event (Becker 2004). Specifically, clinicians who
participated in the research acknowledged a lack of training and
preparedness, a potential unwillingness to treat patients if they are
perceived as radiologically contaminated, and concerns about public
panic and consequent overwhelming of hospitals and other clinical
systems. More importantly, findings from the meeting revealed a
critical need to assess communication preparedness among public health
workers in relation to radiological emergencies.
This proposal addresses the need for the development of clear
communication messages in the event of a radiological incident. As part
of a cooperative agreement, CDC has contracted with the National Public
Health Information Coalition (NPHIC) to collect data from public health
workers in 6 states--California, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, North Carolina
and South Carolina--to evaluate a set of messages that have been
developed by CDC for public health workers to use before, during and
after a radiological event. The 5 communication messages focus on the
main concerns expressed by representatives from these 6 states and
other participants in audience research. The participating states
volunteered for this project. Public health workers referenced in this
proposal are nurses, physicians, clinical technicians, administrative,
management and support staff and epidemiologists.
CDC's primary goal is to protect the health and safety of the
public. Since public health workers are usually first responders in
various capacities in the event of a radiological emergency, the need
to develop time-sensitive and consistent communication messages is
vital. Developing clear messages that can be used by public health
workers as an integral part of their radiological emergency plan is
consistent with this goal. These message concepts, which range from how
to protect the worker and family to the role of the public health
worker during a radiological emergency will serve as a reference tool
and guidance for state health departments in the event of such
situations.
This proposal seeks approval to obtain data using two methods,
focus group testing and electronic surveys to achieve greater results.
Focus group
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testing will be conducted to obtain qualitative data that will be
gathered through a series of six focus groups of public health workers,
one in each participating state. The focus groups will consist of 12
participants and will be about 1\1/2\ hours in length. The focus group
testing will assess attitudes, knowledge and emotional responses. Of
particular interest will be how the participants might react to
radiological concepts pertaining to their roles as public health
workers and scenarios that will be included in the messages.
Quantitative data will be obtained through a one-time written
electronic survey to randomly selected public health workers in the six
states. The participants who will be participating in the electronic
survey will not be included in the focus group testing.
CDC proposes to use this information to develop a final set of
communication messages. The intent is for the messages to be
disseminated using various methods and to provide a more consistent
platform for states to respond to radiological emergencies. This
research will help refine messages that have the ability to increase
the percentage of workers who present to deliver services in a
radiological emergency. Also, as a result of the study, CDC will have a
set of tested public health messages that can allow public health
workers to speak with one voice to the general public in a radiological
emergency. In addition, the development of these messages will foster
collaboration among the states and CDC.
Therefore, CDC requests approval to test one set of five messages
among public health workers using focus group testing and electronic
surveys. The surveys and focus groups will include questions about how
believable the messages are, what would make them more believable, the
need for additional information for a clearer understanding of the
messages, how and if the messages help them to feel safe, and what
would make them easier to understand.
There is no cost to the respondents other than their time. The
total estimated annualized burden hours are 782 hours.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Average
Form of collecting Number of Number of burden per
Type of respondent information respondents responses per response (in
respondent hours)
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Public Health Workers................. Focus Groups............ 72 1 90/60
Public Health Workers................. E-mail Surveys.......... 2022 1 20/60
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Dated:January 16, 2008.
Maryam I. Daneshvar,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
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