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Chief, Information Collection Review Office,
Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of the
Associate Director for Science, Office of the
Director, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
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Proposed Data Collections Submitted
for Public Comment and
Recommendations
The Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC), as part of its
continuing effort to reduce public
burden, invites the general public and
other Federal agencies to take this
opportunity to comment on proposed
and/or continuing information
collections, as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. To
request more information on the below
proposed project or to obtain a copy of
the information collection plan and
instruments, call 404–639–7570 or send
comments to Leroy A. Richardson, 1600
Clifton Road, MS–D74, Atlanta, GA
30333 or send an email to omb@cdc.gov.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
included in the request for Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
approval. 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; (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; and (e) estimates of capital
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or start-up costs and costs of operation,
maintenance, and purchase of services
to provide information. Burden means
the total time, effort, or financial
resources expended by persons to
generate, maintain, retain, disclose or
provide information to or for a Federal
agency. This includes the time needed
to review instructions; to develop,
acquire, install and utilize technology
and systems for the purpose of
collecting, validating and verifying
information, processing and
maintaining information, and disclosing
and providing information; to train
personnel and to be able to respond to
a collection of information, to search
data sources, to complete and review
the collection of information; and to
transmit or otherwise disclose the
information. Written comments should
be received within 60 days of this
notice.
Proposed Project
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance
System (BRFSS)—Existing Collection In
Use Without an OMB Control Number—
National Center for Chronic Disease
Prevention and Health Promotion
(NCCDPHP)—Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
CDC seeks OMB approval to collect
information through the Behavioral Risk
Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS).
The BRFSS is a system of customized
telephone surveys conducted by U.S.
states, territories, and the District of
Columbia to produce state-level data
about health-related risk behaviors,
chronic health conditions, use of
preventive services, and emerging
health issues. Information collection is
conducted primarily to support state
and local health departments, which
plan and evaluate public health
programs at the state or sub-state level.
Information collected through the
BRFSS is also used by the federal
government and other entities.
Scientific research shows that
personal health behaviors play a major
role in premature morbidity and
mortality. Patterns of behavior that
affect health or predict adverse effects
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on health are called behavioral risk
factors. For example, lack of physical
activity is a behavioral risk factor for
obesity, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular
diseases, and other diseases and
conditions. Although national estimates
of some health risk behaviors among
U.S. populations are available, the
methods used to produce national
estimates do not typically produce the
type of detailed information needed to
plan and implement public health
programs; moreover, national estimates
provide only limited insight into
regional or state-specific variability in
health status and risk factors.
Information that is specific to public
health jurisdictions is required to guide
the administration of public health
programs.
CDC is requesting OMB approval to
conduct information collection for the
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance
System (BRFSS). The BRFSS is a
nationwide system of cross-sectional
telephone health surveys administered
by health departments in states,
territories, and the District of Columbia
(collectively referred to as states) in
collaboration with CDC. The BRFSS
produces state-level information
primarily on health risk behaviors,
health conditions, and preventive health
practices that are associated with
chronic diseases, infectious diseases,
and injury. Information collection is
sponsored by CDC under the BRFSS
cooperative agreement with states and
territories. Under this partnership,
questionnaire content is determined by
BRFSS state coordinators with technical
and methodological assistance provided
by CDC. The BRFSS is designed to meet
the data needs of individual states and
territories. For most states and
territories, the BRFSS provides the only
sources of data amenable to state and
local level health and health risk
indicators. Over time it has also
developed into an important data
collection system that federal agencies
rely on for state and local health
information and to track national health
objectives such as Healthy People.
Therefore, although the BRFSS remains
primarily a state needs-driven system,
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in consultation with OMB, CDC is
requesting OMB approval of BRFSS data
collection beginning with the 2015
cycle.
The BRFSS questionnaire is
comprised of two parts: The core
questionnaire and optional modules.
The BRFSS core questionnaire consists
of fixed core, rotating core, and
emerging core questions. Fixed core
questions are asked every year. Rotating
core questions cycle on and off the core
questionnaire during even or odd years,
depending on the question. Emerging
core questions are included in the core
questionnaire as needed to collect data
on urgent or emerging health topics
such as influenza. Optional modules are
offered by CDC annually depending on
data needs and funding availability. In
off-years when the rotating questions are
not included in the core questionnaire,
they are offered to states as an optional
module.
All participating states are required to
administer the core questionnaire,
which provides a set of shared health
indicators for all BRFSS partners. The
current estimated average burden per
interview is 15 minutes for the core.
States may select which, if any, optional
modules to administer. These modules
provide the information needed for
state-specific public health assessments
and program planning. The estimated
average burden per response varies by
state and year, but is currently estimated
at 15 minutes for the optional
component. In order to maintain
consistency, the states and CDC set
standard protocols for BRFSS data
collection which all states are
encouraged to adopt. These standards
allow for state-to-state data comparisons
as well as comparisons over time. The
BRFSS allows states to customize some
monitor trained interviewers. States
submit information to CDC monthly, or
quarterly with an approved exception.
The CDC provides post-data collection
technical assistance including data
cleaning and weighting as well as
production of data quality and user
reports.
CDC also makes BRFSS data sets
available for public use and provides
guidance on statistically appropriate
uses of the data. Due to the variety and
complexity of data collection methods
employed, CDC and states frequently
collaborate on methodological issues to
improve the quality and efficiency of
information collection and analysis.
CDC plans to submit one or more
additional information collection
requests to OMB that will establish the
clearance mechanism(s) needed to
support new areas of interest, quality
improvement, and innovation (such as
protocol enhancements, requests for
methodological studies and cognitive
testing of new questions). OMB
approval for state- and territory-specific
BRFSS questionnaires is requested for
three years. CDC’s authority to collect
this information is provided by the
Public Health Service Act. Data
obtained from the BRFSS surveys will
allow states, CDC, policy makers, and
other data users to track state and
nationwide trends in the burden of
disease, prioritize the allocation of
health resources, plan and implement
targeted public health interventions,
and set and track progress towards
meeting objectives for improving health,
including selected Healthy People 2020
targets.
Participation in the BRFSS is
voluntary and there are no costs to
respondents other than their time.
portions of the questionnaire through
the addition of state-added questions,
which are neither reviewed nor
approved by the CDC, and meet the
specific data needs of individual state
health departments.
The CDC and BRFSS partners produce
a new set of state-specific BRFSS
questionnaires each calendar year (i.e.,
2015 BRFSS questionnaires, 2016
BRFSS questionnaires, etc.). Each state
administers its BRFSS questionnaire
throughout the calendar year. In
response to unanticipated public health
needs, limited modifications may be
incorporated mid-cycle. The BRFSS
partnership thus results in a flexible,
coordinated information collection
system that is adaptive to national and
state-specific needs.
Each state’s data collection plan uses
two samples: one for landline telephone
respondents and one for cellular
telephone respondents. States obtain
samples of telephone numbers from
CDC. For persons interviewed on
landline telephones, individual
respondents will be randomly selected
from all adults, aged 18 years and older,
living in a household. Cellphone
interviews will be conducted with
respondents who answer the number
called and are treated as one-person
households.
Computer-assisted telephone
interviewing (CATI) programming is
provided by the CDC to states to convert
the BRFSS questionnaire into a CATI
interface from which interviewers will
read and record answers to each
question. States may opt to use their
own CATI programming software. States
must develop and maintain procedures
to ensure respondents’ privacy, assure
and document the quality of the
interviewing process, and supervise and
ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Number of
respondents
Number of
responses per
respondent
Average
burden per
response
(in hr)
Total burden
(in hr)
Form name
U.S. General Population ...................
Adults > 18 Years .............................
Landline Screener ............................
Cell Phone Screener ........................
Core Survey .....................................
Optional Modules .............................
440,486
223,334
494,650
484,757
1
1
1
1
1/60
1/60
15/60
15/60
7,341
3,722
123,662
121,189
Total ...........................................
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Type of respondents
...........................................................
........................
........................
........................
255,914
Leroy A. Richardson
Chief, Information Collection Review Office,
Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of the
Associate Director for Science, Office of the
Director, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
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[FR Doc No: 2014-21909]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60-Day-14-14AYC]
Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and
Recommendations
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of
its continuing effort to reduce public burden, invites the general
public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment
on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. To request more information on the
below proposed project or to obtain a copy of the information
collection plan and instruments, call 404-639-7570 or send comments to
Leroy A. Richardson, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D74, Atlanta, GA 30333 or
send an email to omb@cdc.gov.
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized
and/or included in the request for Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) approval. 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; (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; and (e)
estimates of capital or start-up costs and costs of operation,
maintenance, and purchase of services to provide information. Burden
means the total time, effort, or financial resources expended by
persons to generate, maintain, retain, disclose or provide information
to or for a Federal agency. This includes the time needed to review
instructions; to develop, acquire, install and utilize technology and
systems for the purpose of collecting, validating and verifying
information, processing and maintaining information, and disclosing and
providing information; to train personnel and to be able to respond to
a collection of information, to search data sources, to complete and
review the collection of information; and to transmit or otherwise
disclose the information. Written comments should be received within 60
days of this notice.
Proposed Project
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)--Existing
Collection In Use Without an OMB Control Number--National Center for
Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP)--Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
CDC seeks OMB approval to collect information through the
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS). The BRFSS is a
system of customized telephone surveys conducted by U.S. states,
territories, and the District of Columbia to produce state-level data
about health-related risk behaviors, chronic health conditions, use of
preventive services, and emerging health issues. Information collection
is conducted primarily to support state and local health departments,
which plan and evaluate public health programs at the state or sub-
state level. Information collected through the BRFSS is also used by
the federal government and other entities.
Scientific research shows that personal health behaviors play a
major role in premature morbidity and mortality. Patterns of behavior
that affect health or predict adverse effects on health are called
behavioral risk factors. For example, lack of physical activity is a
behavioral risk factor for obesity, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular
diseases, and other diseases and conditions. Although national
estimates of some health risk behaviors among U.S. populations are
available, the methods used to produce national estimates do not
typically produce the type of detailed information needed to plan and
implement public health programs; moreover, national estimates provide
only limited insight into regional or state-specific variability in
health status and risk factors. Information that is specific to public
health jurisdictions is required to guide the administration of public
health programs.
CDC is requesting OMB approval to conduct information collection
for the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS). The BRFSS
is a nationwide system of cross-sectional telephone health surveys
administered by health departments in states, territories, and the
District of Columbia (collectively referred to as states) in
collaboration with CDC. The BRFSS produces state-level information
primarily on health risk behaviors, health conditions, and preventive
health practices that are associated with chronic diseases, infectious
diseases, and injury. Information collection is sponsored by CDC under
the BRFSS cooperative agreement with states and territories. Under this
partnership, questionnaire content is determined by BRFSS state
coordinators with technical and methodological assistance provided by
CDC. The BRFSS is designed to meet the data needs of individual states
and territories. For most states and territories, the BRFSS provides
the only sources of data amenable to state and local level health and
health risk indicators. Over time it has also developed into an
important data collection system that federal agencies rely on for
state and local health information and to track national health
objectives such as Healthy People. Therefore, although the BRFSS
remains primarily a state needs-driven system,
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in consultation with OMB, CDC is requesting OMB approval of BRFSS data
collection beginning with the 2015 cycle.
The BRFSS questionnaire is comprised of two parts: The core
questionnaire and optional modules. The BRFSS core questionnaire
consists of fixed core, rotating core, and emerging core questions.
Fixed core questions are asked every year. Rotating core questions
cycle on and off the core questionnaire during even or odd years,
depending on the question. Emerging core questions are included in the
core questionnaire as needed to collect data on urgent or emerging
health topics such as influenza. Optional modules are offered by CDC
annually depending on data needs and funding availability. In off-years
when the rotating questions are not included in the core questionnaire,
they are offered to states as an optional module.
All participating states are required to administer the core
questionnaire, which provides a set of shared health indicators for all
BRFSS partners. The current estimated average burden per interview is
15 minutes for the core. States may select which, if any, optional
modules to administer. These modules provide the information needed for
state-specific public health assessments and program planning. The
estimated average burden per response varies by state and year, but is
currently estimated at 15 minutes for the optional component. In order
to maintain consistency, the states and CDC set standard protocols for
BRFSS data collection which all states are encouraged to adopt. These
standards allow for state-to-state data comparisons as well as
comparisons over time. The BRFSS allows states to customize some
portions of the questionnaire through the addition of state-added
questions, which are neither reviewed nor approved by the CDC, and meet
the specific data needs of individual state health departments.
The CDC and BRFSS partners produce a new set of state-specific
BRFSS questionnaires each calendar year (i.e., 2015 BRFSS
questionnaires, 2016 BRFSS questionnaires, etc.). Each state
administers its BRFSS questionnaire throughout the calendar year. In
response to unanticipated public health needs, limited modifications
may be incorporated mid-cycle. The BRFSS partnership thus results in a
flexible, coordinated information collection system that is adaptive to
national and state-specific needs.
Each state's data collection plan uses two samples: one for
landline telephone respondents and one for cellular telephone
respondents. States obtain samples of telephone numbers from CDC. For
persons interviewed on landline telephones, individual respondents will
be randomly selected from all adults, aged 18 years and older, living
in a household. Cellphone interviews will be conducted with respondents
who answer the number called and are treated as one-person households.
Computer-assisted telephone interviewing (CATI) programming is
provided by the CDC to states to convert the BRFSS questionnaire into a
CATI interface from which interviewers will read and record answers to
each question. States may opt to use their own CATI programming
software. States must develop and maintain procedures to ensure
respondents' privacy, assure and document the quality of the
interviewing process, and supervise and monitor trained interviewers.
States submit information to CDC monthly, or quarterly with an approved
exception. The CDC provides post-data collection technical assistance
including data cleaning and weighting as well as production of data
quality and user reports.
CDC also makes BRFSS data sets available for public use and
provides guidance on statistically appropriate uses of the data. Due to
the variety and complexity of data collection methods employed, CDC and
states frequently collaborate on methodological issues to improve the
quality and efficiency of information collection and analysis. CDC
plans to submit one or more additional information collection requests
to OMB that will establish the clearance mechanism(s) needed to support
new areas of interest, quality improvement, and innovation (such as
protocol enhancements, requests for methodological studies and
cognitive testing of new questions). OMB approval for state- and
territory-specific BRFSS questionnaires is requested for three years.
CDC's authority to collect this information is provided by the Public
Health Service Act. Data obtained from the BRFSS surveys will allow
states, CDC, policy makers, and other data users to track state and
nationwide trends in the burden of disease, prioritize the allocation
of health resources, plan and implement targeted public health
interventions, and set and track progress towards meeting objectives
for improving health, including selected Healthy People 2020 targets.
Participation in the BRFSS is voluntary and there are no costs to
respondents other than their time.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Number of Average burden
Type of respondents Form name Number of responses per per response Total burden
respondents respondent (in hr) (in hr)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
U.S. General Population....... Landline 440,486 1 1/60 7,341
Screener.
Cell Phone 223,334 1 1/60 3,722
Screener.
Adults > 18 Years............. Core Survey..... 494,650 1 15/60 123,662
Optional Modules 484,757 1 15/60 121,189
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Total..................... ................ .............. .............. .............. 255,914
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Leroy A. Richardson
Chief, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Scientific
Integrity, Office of the Associate Director for Science, Office of the
Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2014-21909 Filed 9-12-14; 8:45 am]
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