Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations, 48077-48078 [E9-22650]
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NBCCEDP awardees collect patientlevel screening and tracking data to
manage the program and clinical
services, and transmit a de-identified
subset of data on patient demographics,
screening tests and outcomes to CDC
twice per year (Minimum Data Elements
(MDEs) for the NBCCEDP, OMB No.
0920–0571, exp. 1/31/2010). CDC
requests OMB approval to continue
electronic information collection for
three additional years.
CDC uses the MDEs to monitor and
evaluate NBCCEDP awardees; improve
the availability and quality of screening
and diagnostic services for underserved
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women; develop outreach strategies for
women who are never or rarely screened
for breast and cervical cancer; and
report program results to Congress and
other legislative authorities. There are
no costs to respondents other than their
time. The total estimated annualized
burden hours are 544.
ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Type of respondents
Number of
respondents
Number of
responses per
respondent
Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
NBCCEDP Grantees ...................................................................................................................
68
2
4
Dated: September 11, 2009.
Maryam I. Daneshvar,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. E9–22653 Filed 9–18–09; 8:45 am]
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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 project or to obtain a copy of
data collection plans and instruments,
call the CDC Reports Clearance Officer
on 404–639–5960 or send comments to
CDC/ATSDR Assistant Reports
Clearance Officer, 1600 Clifton Road,
MS D–74, 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
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)
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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 the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Written comments should be received
within 60 days of this notice.
Questionnaire Design Research
Laboratory (QDRL) 2010–2012, (OMB
No. 0920–0222 exp. 2/28/2010)—
Revision—National Center for Health
Statistics (NCHS), Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
Section 306 of the Public Health
Service (PHS) Act (42 U.S.C. 242k), as
amended, authorizes that the Secretary
of Health and Human Services (DHHS),
acting through NCHS, shall undertake
and support (by grant or contract)
research, demonstrations, and
evaluations respecting new or improved
methods for obtaining current data to
support statistical and epidemiological
activities for the purpose of improving
the effectiveness, efficiency, and quality
of health services in the United States.
The Questionnaire Design Research
Laboratory (QDRL) conducts
questionnaire pre-testing and evaluation
activities for CDC surveys (such as the
NCHS National Health Interview
Survey, OMB No. 0920–0214) and other
Federally sponsored surveys. NCHS is
requesting 3 years of OMB Clearance for
the project.
The QDRL conducts cognitive
interviews, focus groups, mini fieldpretests, and experimental research in
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laboratory and field settings, both for
applied questionnaire evaluation and
more basic research on response errors
in surveys.
The most common questionnaire
evaluation method is the cognitive
interview. In a cognitive interview, a
questionnaire design specialist
interviews a volunteer participant. The
interviewer administers the draft survey
questions as written, but also probes the
participant in depth about
interpretations of questions, recall
processes used to answer them, and
adequacy of response categories to
express answers, while noting points of
confusion and errors in responding.
Interviews are generally conducted in
small rounds of 10–15 interviews;
ideally, the questionnaire is re-worked
between rounds and revisions are tested
iteratively until interviews yield
relatively few new insights.
When possible, cognitive interviews
are conducted in the survey’s intended
mode of administration. For example,
when testing telephone survey
questionnaires, participants often
respond to the questions via a telephone
in a laboratory room. Under this
condition, the participant answers
without face-to-face interaction. QDRL
staff watch for response difficulties from
an observation room, and then conduct
a face-to-face debriefing with in-depth
probes. Cognitive interviewing provides
useful data on questionnaire
performance at minimal cost and
respondent burden.
Similar methodology has been
adopted by other Federal agencies, as
well as by academic and commercial
survey organizations. There are no costs
to respondents other than their time.
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ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN
Respondents
Number of
respondents
per year
Number of
responses per
respondent
Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
Total burden
(in hours)
Test Volunteers ................................................................................................
500
1
1.25
625
Dated: September 14, 2009.
Maryam I. Daneshvar,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. E9–22650 Filed 9–18–09; 8:45 am]
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HUMAN SERVICES
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.
the barriers to adoption and
implementation are much more
complex than previously believed.
With the assistance of state partners,
the project will identify the study
population—farmers in two selected
states who use tractors for which a
CROPS prototype has been developed
by NIOSH. From this group of farmers
a subset of farmers from the study
population will be selected (18 in each
state for a total of 36) to receive a
CROPS at no charge. Each farmer will be
asked to install the CROPS and provide
an initial assessment of their perception
of the utility and value of the device and
allow others to observe the retrofit
process. New York and Virginia were
selected as states because of their high
number of tractor roll over fatalities and
established relationships with NIOSH,
its partners, and access to farming
communities. The state partners will
schedule and arrange 18 demonstration
projects within their respective states
for a total of 36 tractor retrofit
demonstrations. Attendance at these
events is anticipated to be
demonstrators, observers, community
leaders and fabricators. It is anticipated
to have a minimum of 10 attendees
identified and secured for each of the 36
demonstration projects. These attendees
will be invited to observe installation of
CROPS in the field and queried on their
perception of the utility and value of the
design. This will help identify barriers
from and approaches for stimulating
farmers to retrofit their tractors with
Cost-Effective Roll-Over Protection
Structures (CROPS) using stakeholder
input.
There is no cost to respondents other
than their time.
Proposed Project
Increasing Adoption of CROPS by
Farmers and Manufacturers—New—
National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health (NIOSH), Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
[60Day–09–09CO]
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 Maryam I. Daneshvar,
CDC Acting 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
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
Background and Brief Description
There was an average of 200 tractorrelated fatalities annually between 1992
and 2005 in the U.S., with tractor
overturns accounting for 1,412 of these
deaths. The majority could have been
prevented with the use of a rollover
protective structure (ROPS). It is
estimated that about half of the 4.8
million tractors in the United States
currently do not have ROPS installed.
Earlier research indicated that adoption
of retrofit ROPS technology for older
tractors is impeded by the costs,
complexity of this modification,
usability and storage of the tractor after
the retrofitting (installation), of a ROPS.
To overcome these barriers, NIOSH
designed a prototype of a cost-effective
roll over protective structure (CROPS).
Projected retrofit costs for CROPS are
$800, compared to $1,200–$2,500 for
ROPS; and the installation complexity is
significantly reduced. NIOSH has
CROPS prototype designs for five
tractors: Ford 3000 series, Ford 4000
series, Ford 8N, Ford 4600 and MasseyFerguson 135. However, this technology
has not been transferred to the
agricultural workplace, suggesting that
ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
No. of
respondents
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Respondents
No. of
responses per
respondent
Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
Total
burden
(in hours)
Farmer demonstrators of retrofitting CROPS ..................................................
Observers of CROPS demonstration ..............................................................
36
364
3
3
15/60
15/60
27
273
Total ..........................................................................................................
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-09-0222]
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 project or to obtain a copy
of data collection plans and instruments, call the CDC Reports
Clearance Officer on 404-639-5960 or send comments to CDC/ATSDR
Assistant Reports Clearance Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS D-74,
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 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 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
Questionnaire Design Research Laboratory (QDRL) 2010-2012, (OMB No.
0920-0222 exp. 2/28/2010)--Revision--National Center for Health
Statistics (NCHS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
Section 306 of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act (42 U.S.C.
242k), as amended, authorizes that the Secretary of Health and Human
Services (DHHS), acting through NCHS, shall undertake and support (by
grant or contract) research, demonstrations, and evaluations respecting
new or improved methods for obtaining current data to support
statistical and epidemiological activities for the purpose of improving
the effectiveness, efficiency, and quality of health services in the
United States.
The Questionnaire Design Research Laboratory (QDRL) conducts
questionnaire pre-testing and evaluation activities for CDC surveys
(such as the NCHS National Health Interview Survey, OMB No. 0920-0214)
and other Federally sponsored surveys. NCHS is requesting 3 years of
OMB Clearance for the project.
The QDRL conducts cognitive interviews, focus groups, mini field-
pretests, and experimental research in laboratory and field settings,
both for applied questionnaire evaluation and more basic research on
response errors in surveys.
The most common questionnaire evaluation method is the cognitive
interview. In a cognitive interview, a questionnaire design specialist
interviews a volunteer participant. The interviewer administers the
draft survey questions as written, but also probes the participant in
depth about interpretations of questions, recall processes used to
answer them, and adequacy of response categories to express answers,
while noting points of confusion and errors in responding. Interviews
are generally conducted in small rounds of 10-15 interviews; ideally,
the questionnaire is re-worked between rounds and revisions are tested
iteratively until interviews yield relatively few new insights.
When possible, cognitive interviews are conducted in the survey's
intended mode of administration. For example, when testing telephone
survey questionnaires, participants often respond to the questions via
a telephone in a laboratory room. Under this condition, the participant
answers without face-to-face interaction. QDRL staff watch for response
difficulties from an observation room, and then conduct a face-to-face
debriefing with in-depth probes. Cognitive interviewing provides useful
data on questionnaire performance at minimal cost and respondent
burden.
Similar methodology has been adopted by other Federal agencies, as
well as by academic and commercial survey organizations. There are no
costs to respondents other than their time.
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Estimated Annualized Burden
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Number of Number of Average burden
Respondents respondents responses per per response Total burden
per year respondent (in hours) (in hours)
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Test Volunteers............................. 500 1 1.25 625
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Dated: September 14, 2009.
Maryam I. Daneshvar,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
[FR Doc. E9-22650 Filed 9-18-09; 8:45 am]
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