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questions are adopted. The purpose of
this Revision request is to incorporate
field testing into the approved
information collection plan.
Field testing is the final check of
changes in the questionnaire which
have occurred in the preceding year.
Field testing is conducted in a manner
that mimics the full-scale project
protocol, to the degree that is feasible.
Field testing is the final means by which
changes are made in data collection
methods and data collection software is
tested. Field tests are used to identify
problems with instrument
documentation or instructions,
problems with conditional logic (e.g.,
skip patterns), software errors or other
implementation and usability issues.
Field testing is conducted with all new
modules, emerging core questions,
sections which precede and/or follow
any new or changed items and extant
sections which are topically related.
This testing is conducted to ensure that
questions are not perceived as
interview, approximately 400
respondents per year will be determined
ineligible or will decline to participate.
The estimated burden per response for
these respondents is one minute. An
additional 500 respondents will
participate in both the screening
interview and the actual field test. The
estimated burden for these respondents
is 45 minutes. In years when fewer new
questions and/or changes are proposed
to the BRFSS questionnaire, field testing
will impose a lesser burden. The revised
total annualized estimates are 1,644,127
responses and 265,125 burden hours.
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. Participation in the
BRFSS and its field test is voluntary and
there are no costs to respondents other
than their time.
redundant or overlapping. Extant
sections of the questionnaire unrelated
to new items do not require testing. The
demographic questions on the core
BRFSS survey are included on each
field test.
Since the field test instrument
changes annually, it will be submitted
to OMB for approval as an additional
Change Request prior to
implementation. Field tests are typically
conducted in a single state with
appropriate computer-assisted
telephone interview (CATI) capability.
Individuals who participate in field
testing are drawn from a different
sample than individuals who participate
in the BRFSS surveys.
The BRFSS was initially approved
with annualized estimates of 1,643,227
responses and 255,915 burden hours
inclusive of the core survey and
optional modules. CDC is requesting an
additional allocation of 900 responses
and 9,210 burden hours to conduct the
annual field test. After a brief screening
ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Number of
respondents
Number of
responses per
respondent
Average
burden per
response
(in hr)
Total burden
(in hr)
Type of respondents
Form name
U.S. General Population ...............................
Landline Screener ................
Cell Phone Screener ............
Field Test Screener ..............
BRFSS Core Survey ............
440,486
223,334
400
494,650
1
1
1
1
1/60
1/60
1/60
15/60
7,341
3,722
7
123,662
BRFSS Optional Modules ....
Field Test Survey .................
...............................................
484,757
500
1
1
15/60
45/60
121,189
375
256,296
Annual Survey Respondents(Adults >18
Years).
Field Test Respondents(Adults >18 Years)
Total .......................................................
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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Proposed Data Collection Submitted
for Public Comment and
Recommendations
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC), Department of Health
and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice with comment period.
AGENCY:
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The Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of
its continuing efforts to reduce public
burden and maximize the utility of
government information, 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. This notice invites
comment on the proposed information
collect project entitled ‘‘The Pregnancy
Risk Assessment Surveillance System’’.
DATES: Written comments must be
received on or before March 21, 2016.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by Docket No. CDC–2016–
0005 by any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal:
Regulation.gov. Follow the instructions
for submitting comments.
Mail: Leroy A. Richardson,
Information Collection Review Office,
Centers for Disease Control and
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Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, NE.,
MS–D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329.
Instructions: All submissions received
must include the agency name and
Docket Number. All relevant comments
received will be posted without change
to Regulations.gov, including any
personal information provided. For
access to the docket to read background
documents or comments received, go to
Regulations.gov.
Please note: All public comment
should be submitted through the
Federal eRulemaking portal
(Regulations.gov) or by U.S. mail to the
address listed above.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request more information on the
proposed project or to obtain a copy of
the information collection plan and
instruments, contact the Information
Collection Review Office, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, 1600
Clifton Road, NE., MS–D74, Atlanta,
Georgia 30329; phone: 404–639–7570;
Email: omb@cdc.gov.
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Under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA)
(44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), Federal agencies
must obtain approval from the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for each
collection of information they conduct
or sponsor. In addition, the PRA also
requires Federal agencies to provide a
60-day notice in the Federal Register
concerning each proposed collection of
information, including each new
proposed collection, each proposed
extension of existing collection of
information, and each reinstatement of
previously approved information
collection before submitting the
collection to OMB for approval. To
comply with this requirement, we are
publishing this notice of a proposed
data collection as described below.
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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
or address special topics such history of
breast and ovarian cancer. States not
intending to implement the survey on
an ongoing basis, can instead employ a
point-in-time survey consisting of core
and standard questions. Increasingly,
PRAMS infrastructure is used to support
emerging needs and special-purpose
information collection relevant to the
core mission of improving maternal and
child health. For example, pregnant or
postpartum women may have unique
needs in some circumstances, such as
disease outbreaks or natural disasters.
Because PRAMS infrastructure was
developed to access a specific and
vulnerable subpopulation, the PRAMS
infrastructure can be rapidly adapted for
targeted information collection that
would not be feasible with other
surveillance methods.
States submit their PRAMS data sets
to CDC for cleaning and weighting, and
CDC returns the data sets to the
respective state of origin for its use. CDC
has implemented a Web-based data
collection and management system that
enhances authorized users’ ability to
monitor and improve survey operations
in real time and survey participants to
complete a survey online via mobile
devices. The system also enhances the
ability of CDC and states to conduct
additional information collection
related to surveillance of a vulnerable
population, emerging needs for maternal
and child health program planning, or
special purpose studies designed to
elucidate factors that influence material
and child health.
PRAMS data are used by state
governments to plan and review
preconception and perinatal health
programs and policies aimed at
reducing health problems among
mothers and babies, and by researchers
to investigate emerging issues in the
field of reproductive health.
The burden estimate for PRAMS
includes two types of information
collection: (1) Information collection
associated with the standard PRAMS
core questions, and (2) information
collection associated with supplemental
activities. Participation is voluntary and
there are no costs to respondents other
than their time.
Proposed Project
The Pregnancy Risk Assessment
Monitoring System (PRAMS)—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
The Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) seeks OMB approval
to collect information through the
Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring
System (PRAMS) for three years. The
PRAMS is a customized mail and
telephone survey currently conducted
by 41 sites (40 states and New York
City) collectively called ‘‘states’’ or
‘‘jurisdictions’’ in this document. In
2016 PRAMS intends to expand to all 50
states.
PRAMS supplements vital records
data by providing state-specific
information on maternal behaviors and
experiences. Respondents are pregnant
or postpartum women. Every month, in
each participating state, a sample of 100
to 300 women who have recently given
birth to a live infant is selected from
birth certificates. The sample is
stratified based on the state’s population
of interest to ensure high-risk
populations are represented in the data.
Information is collected by selfadministered mail survey with
telephone follow-up for non-responders.
Because PRAMS uses standardized data
collection methods, it allows data to be
compared among states.
The PRAMS survey instrument is
based on a core set of questions
common across all states. Core
questions request information that is not
available from vital records; information
about health conditions, prenatal care,
postpartum care, access to care, or
health insurance status; information
about contraception, health habits or
risk behaviors; and information about
other topics such as breastfeeding. In
addition, CDC provides participating
states with standard but optional
questions that states may use to
customize survey content for their
specific needs. These questions can be
used to address state-specific priorities,
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ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Number of
respondents
Type of respondents
Form name
Women of child-bearing age who recently
delivered a live born infant.
PRAMS Core and Standard
Phase 8 Questions
(English).
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responses per
respondent
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burden per
response
(in hrs)
25/60
Total burden
(in hrs)
20,896
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ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS—Continued
Type of respondents
Number of
responses per
respondent
Number of
respondents
Form name
Average
burden per
response
(in hrs)
Total burden
(in hrs)
PRAMS Core and Standard
Phase 8 Questions (Spanish).
PRAMS Point in Time Core
and Standard Phase 8
Questions.
PRAMS Supplemental Questions on Family History of
Breast and Ovarian Cancer.
Total .......................................................
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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[60 Day–16–0853; Docket No. CDC–2016–
0007]
Proposed Data Collection Submitted
for Public Comment and
Recommendations
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC), Department of Health
and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice with comment period.
AGENCY:
The Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of
its continuing efforts to reduce public
burden and maximize the utility of
government information, 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. This notice invites
comment on the revision of the
‘‘Asthma Information Reporting System
(AIRS)’’ information collection plan.
The purpose of AIRS is to collect
performance measure and surveillance
data spreadsheets designed to increase
the efficiency and effectiveness of state
asthma programs and to monitor the
impact of the state and national
programs.
DATES: Written comments must be
received on or before March 21, 2016.
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6,054
1
34/60
3,431
5,200
1
24/60
2,080
8,000
1
15/60
2,000
...............................................
........................
........................
........................
28,407
You may submit comments,
identified by Docket No. CDC–2016–
0007 by any of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal:
Regulation.gov. Follow the instructions
for submitting comments.
• Mail: Leroy A. Richardson,
Information Collection Review Office,
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE., MS–
D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329.
Instructions: All submissions received
must include the agency name and
Docket Number. All relevant comments
received will be posted without change
to Regulations.gov, including any
personal information provided. For
access to the docket to read background
documents or comments received, go to
Regulations.gov.
ADDRESSES:
Please note: All public comment should be
submitted through the Federal eRulemaking
portal (Regulations.gov) or by U.S. mail to the
address listed above.
To
request more information on the
proposed project or to obtain a copy of
the information collection plan and
instruments, contact the Information
Collection Review Office, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, 1600
Clifton Road NE., MS–D74, Atlanta,
Georgia 30329; phone: 404–639–7570;
Email: omb@cdc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA)
(44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), Federal agencies
must obtain approval from the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for each
collection of information they conduct
or sponsor. In addition, the PRA also
requires Federal agencies to provide a
60-day notice in the Federal Register
concerning each proposed collection of
information, including each new
proposed collection, each proposed
extension of existing collection of
information, and each reinstatement of
previously approved information
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collection before submitting the
collection to OMB for approval. To
comply with this requirement, we are
publishing this notice of a proposed
data collection as described below.
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.
Proposed Project
Asthma Information and Reporting
System (AIRS)—(OMB Control No.
0920–0853; exp. 05/31/2016)—
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Environmental Health (NCEH), Centers
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-16-16JO; Docket No. CDC-2016-0005]
Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and
Recommendations
AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice with comment period.
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SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part
of its continuing efforts to reduce public burden and maximize the
utility of government information, 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. This notice invites comment on the proposed
information collect project entitled ``The Pregnancy Risk Assessment
Surveillance System''.
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before March 21, 2016.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2016-
0005 by any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Regulation.gov. Follow the instructions
for submitting comments.
Mail: Leroy A. Richardson, Information Collection Review Office,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, NE., MS-
D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name
and Docket Number. All relevant comments received will be posted
without change to Regulations.gov, including any personal information
provided. For access to the docket to read background documents or
comments received, go to Regulations.gov.
Please note: All public comment should be submitted through the
Federal eRulemaking portal (Regulations.gov) or by U.S. mail to the
address listed above.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on the
proposed project or to obtain a copy of the information collection plan
and instruments, contact the Information Collection Review Office,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, NE., MS-
D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; phone: 404-639-7570; Email: omb@cdc.gov.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), Federal agencies must obtain approval from
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for each collection of
information they conduct or sponsor. In addition, the PRA also requires
Federal agencies to provide a 60-day notice in the Federal Register
concerning each proposed collection of information, including each new
proposed collection, each proposed extension of existing collection of
information, and each reinstatement of previously approved information
collection before submitting the collection to OMB for approval. To
comply with this requirement, we are publishing this notice of a
proposed data collection as described below.
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.
Proposed Project
The Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS)--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
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) seeks OMB
approval to collect information through the Pregnancy Risk Assessment
Monitoring System (PRAMS) for three years. The PRAMS is a customized
mail and telephone survey currently conducted by 41 sites (40 states
and New York City) collectively called ``states'' or ``jurisdictions''
in this document. In 2016 PRAMS intends to expand to all 50 states.
PRAMS supplements vital records data by providing state-specific
information on maternal behaviors and experiences. Respondents are
pregnant or postpartum women. Every month, in each participating state,
a sample of 100 to 300 women who have recently given birth to a live
infant is selected from birth certificates. The sample is stratified
based on the state's population of interest to ensure high-risk
populations are represented in the data. Information is collected by
self-administered mail survey with telephone follow-up for non-
responders. Because PRAMS uses standardized data collection methods, it
allows data to be compared among states.
The PRAMS survey instrument is based on a core set of questions
common across all states. Core questions request information that is
not available from vital records; information about health conditions,
prenatal care, postpartum care, access to care, or health insurance
status; information about contraception, health habits or risk
behaviors; and information about other topics such as breastfeeding. In
addition, CDC provides participating states with standard but optional
questions that states may use to customize survey content for their
specific needs. These questions can be used to address state-specific
priorities, or address special topics such history of breast and
ovarian cancer. States not intending to implement the survey on an
ongoing basis, can instead employ a point-in-time survey consisting of
core and standard questions. Increasingly, PRAMS infrastructure is used
to support emerging needs and special-purpose information collection
relevant to the core mission of improving maternal and child health.
For example, pregnant or postpartum women may have unique needs in some
circumstances, such as disease outbreaks or natural disasters. Because
PRAMS infrastructure was developed to access a specific and vulnerable
subpopulation, the PRAMS infrastructure can be rapidly adapted for
targeted information collection that would not be feasible with other
surveillance methods.
States submit their PRAMS data sets to CDC for cleaning and
weighting, and CDC returns the data sets to the respective state of
origin for its use. CDC has implemented a Web-based data collection and
management system that enhances authorized users' ability to monitor
and improve survey operations in real time and survey participants to
complete a survey online via mobile devices. The system also enhances
the ability of CDC and states to conduct additional information
collection related to surveillance of a vulnerable population, emerging
needs for maternal and child health program planning, or special
purpose studies designed to elucidate factors that influence material
and child health.
PRAMS data are used by state governments to plan and review
preconception and perinatal health programs and policies aimed at
reducing health problems among mothers and babies, and by researchers
to investigate emerging issues in the field of reproductive health.
The burden estimate for PRAMS includes two types of information
collection: (1) Information collection associated with the standard
PRAMS core questions, and (2) information collection associated with
supplemental activities. Participation is voluntary and there are no
costs to respondents other than their time.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of Average burden
Type of respondents Form name Number of responses per per response Total burden
respondents respondent (in hrs) (in hrs)
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Women of child-bearing age who PRAMS Core and 50,150 1 25/60 20,896
recently delivered a live Standard Phase
born infant. 8 Questions
(English).
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PRAMS Core and 6,054 1 34/60 3,431
Standard Phase
8 Questions
(Spanish).
PRAMS Point in 5,200 1 24/60 2,080
Time Core and
Standard Phase
8 Questions.
PRAMS 8,000 1 15/60 2,000
Supplemental
Questions on
Family History
of Breast and
Ovarian Cancer.
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Total..................... ................ .............. .............. .............. 28,407
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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.
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