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Boyle, Coleen
Curlee, Robert C.
Dean, Hazel
Henderson, Joseph
Kosmos, Christine
Kotch, Alan
Qualters, Judith
Smagh, Kevin
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Sandra Cashman,
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[60Day–17–1061; Docket No. CDC–2017–
0077]
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 effort 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 Behavioral Risk Factor
Surveillance System (BRFSS), 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.
DATES: CDC must receive written
comments on or before December 15,
2017.
SUMMARY:
You may submit comments,
identified by Docket No. CDC–2017–
0077 by any of the following methods:
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• Federal eRulemaking Portal:
Regulations.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. CDC will post, without
change, all relevant comments to
Regulations.gov.
Please note: Submit all Federal
comments 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 Leroy A.
Richardson, 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
collection before submitting the
collection to the OMB for approval. To
comply with this requirement, we are
publishing this notice of a proposed
data collection as described below.
The OMB is particularly interested in
comments that will help:
1. Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility;
2. Evaluate the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
3. Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
4. Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including through the
use of appropriate automated,
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electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology,
e.g., permitting electronic submissions
of responses.
5. Assess information collection costs.
Proposed Project
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance
System (BRFSS) (OMB Control Number
0920–1061, expiration 3/31/2018)—
Revision—National Center for Chronic
Disease Prevention and Health
Promotion (NCCDPHP), Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
CDC is requesting OMB approval to
continue information collection for the
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance
System (BRFSS) for the period of 2018–
2021. 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 here 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.
Designed to meet the data needs of
individual states and territories, the
CDC sponsors the BRFSS information
collection project under a cooperative
agreement with states and territories.
Under this partnership, BRFSS state
coordinators determine questionnaire
content with technical and
methodological assistance provided by
CDC. For most states and territories, the
BRFSS provides the only sources of data
amenable to state and local level health
and health risk indicator uses. 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.
CDC bases the BRFSS questionnaire
on modular design principles to
accommodate a variety of state-specific
needs within a common framework. All
participating states are required to
administer a standardized core
questionnaire, which provides a set of
shared health indicators for all BRFSS
partners. 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
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questionnaire as needed to collect data
on urgent or emerging health topics
such as influenza.
In addition, the BRFSS includes a
series of optional modules on a variety
of topics. In off years, when the rotating
questions are not included in the core
questionnaire, they are offered to states
as an optional module. This framework
allows each state to produce a
customized BRFSS survey by appending
selected optional modules to the core
survey. States may select which, if any,
optional modules to administer. As
needed, CDC provides technical and
methodological assistance to state
BRFSS coordinators in the construction
of their state-specific surveys.
The CDC and BRFSS partners produce
a new set of state-specific BRFSS
questionnaires each calendar year (i.e.,
2016 BRFSS questionnaires, 2017
BRFSS questionnaires, etc.). CDC
submits an annual Change Request to
OMB that outlines updates to the BRFSS
core survey and optional modules that
have occurred since the previous year.
Each state administers its BRFSS
questionnaire throughout the calendar
year.
The current estimated average burden
for the core BRFSS interview is 15
minutes. For the optional modules, the
estimated average burden per response
varies by state and year, but is currently
estimated at an additional 15 minutes.
Finally, the BRFSS allows states to
customize some portions of the
questionnaire through the addition of
state-added questions, which CDC does
not review nor approve. State-added
questions are not included in CDC’s
burden estimates.
CDC periodically updates the BRFSS
core survey and optional modules as
new modules or adopt emerging core
questions. The purpose of this Revision
request is to extend the information
collection period for three years and 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.
Researchers conduct field-testing in a
manner that mimics the full-scale
project protocol, to the degree that is
feasible. Field-testing allows for
necessary changes in data collection
methods and data collection software.
Researchers use field tests to identify
problems with instrument
documentation or instructions,
problems with conditional logic (e.g.,
skip patterns), software errors or other
implementation and usability issues.
Researchers conduct field-testing with
all new modules, emerging core
questions, sections, which precede and/
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or follow any new or changed items and
extant sections, which are topically
related. Researchers also conduct this
testing to identify redundant and
overlapping questions. Extant sections
of the questionnaire unrelated to new
items do not require testing. The
demographic questions on the core
Individuals who participate in fieldtesting are drawn from a different
sample than individuals who participate
in the BRFSS surveys. Participation is
voluntary and there is no cost to
participate. The average time burden per
response will be 22 minutes. The total
time burden across all respondents will
be approximately 241,518 hours.
BRFSS survey are included on each
field test.
CDC will submit change requests to
OMB annually to gain approval to
implement modifications identified in
field tests. Researchers typically
conduct field tests in a single state with
appropriate computer-assisted
telephone interview (CATI) capability.
ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Number of
respondents
Number of
responses per
respondent
Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
Total burden
(in hours)
Type of respondents
Form name
U.S. General Population ...................
Landline Screener ............................
Cell Phone Screener ........................
Field Test Screener ..........................
BRFSS Core Survey ........................
375,000
292,682
900
480,000
1
1
1
1
1/60
1/60
1/60
15/60
6,250
4,878
15
120,000
BRFSS Optional Modules ................
Field Test Survey .............................
440,000
500
1
1
15/60
45/60
110,000
375
...........................................................
........................
........................
........................
241,518
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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Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork
Reduction Act Review—Evaluation of
the National Tobacco Prevention and
Control Public Education Campaign;
Correction
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC), Department of Health
and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice; correction.
AGENCY:
The Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC) published
a document in the Federal Register of
October 3, 2017, concerning request for
comments on Agency Forms
Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act
Review—Evaluation of the National
Tobacco Prevention and Control Public
Education Campaign. The document
provided the incorrect proposed project
type (Revision).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Leroy Richardson, 1600 Clifton Road,
MS D–74, Atlanta, GA 30333; telephone
(404) 639–4965; email: omb@cdc.gov.
Correction
In the Federal Register of October 3,
2017, in FR Doc. 2017–21122, on page
46059, in the first column (Proposed
Project), correct the proposed project
type to read:
Evaluation of the National Tobacco
Prevention and Control Public Education
Campaign (OMB Control Number 0920–1083,
Expiration 09/30/2017)—Reinstatement with
Change—National Center for Chronic Disease
Prevention and Health Promotion
(NCCDPHP), Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC).
Dated: October 10, 2017.
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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HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
Proposed Information Collection
Activity; Comment Request
Title: Community-Based Family
Resource and Support Grants (Name
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changed to Child Abuse Prevention
Program—OIS notified 6/2007).
OMB No.: 0970–0155.
Description: The Program Instruction,
prepared in response to the enactment
of Community-Based Child Abuse
Prevention (CBCAP) program, as set
forth in Title II of the Child Abuse
Prevention and Treatment
Reauthorization Act of 2010 (Pub. L.
111–320) or CAPTA, provides direction
to the states and territories to
accomplish the purposes of (1)
supporting community-based efforts to
develop, operate, expand, and where
appropriate to network, initiatives
aimed at the prevention of child abuse
and neglect, and to support networks of
coordinated resources and activities to
better strengthen and support families to
reduce the likelihood of child abuse and
neglect, and; (2) fostering an
understanding, appreciation, and
knowledge of diverse populations in
order to be effective in preventing and
treating child abuse and neglect. This
Program Instruction contains
information collection requirements that
are found in CAPTA and pursuant to
receiving a grant award. The
information submitted will be used by
the agency to ensure compliance with
the statute, complete the calculation of
the grant award entitlement, and
provide training and technical
assistance to the grantee.
Respondents: State Governments.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-17-1061; Docket No. CDC-2017-0077]
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 effort 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 Behavioral
Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), 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.
DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before December 15,
2017.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2017-
0077 by any of the following methods:
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Federal eRulemaking Portal: Regulations.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. CDC will post, without change, all relevant comments
to Regulations.gov.
Please note: Submit all Federal comments 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 Leroy A. Richardson, 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
collection before submitting the collection to the OMB for approval. To
comply with this requirement, we are publishing this notice of a
proposed data collection as described below.
The OMB is particularly interested in comments that will help:
1. Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency,
including whether the information will have practical utility;
2. Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of
the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
3. Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
4. Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic
submissions of responses.
5. Assess information collection costs.
Proposed Project
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) (OMB Control
Number 0920-1061, expiration 3/31/2018)--Revision--National Center for
Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP), Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
CDC is requesting OMB approval to continue information collection
for the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) for the
period of 2018-2021. 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 here 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.
Designed to meet the data needs of individual states and
territories, the CDC sponsors the BRFSS information collection project
under a cooperative agreement with states and territories. Under this
partnership, BRFSS state coordinators determine questionnaire content
with technical and methodological assistance provided by CDC. For most
states and territories, the BRFSS provides the only sources of data
amenable to state and local level health and health risk indicator
uses. 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.
CDC bases the BRFSS questionnaire on modular design principles to
accommodate a variety of state-specific needs within a common
framework. All participating states are required to administer a
standardized core questionnaire, which provides a set of shared health
indicators for all BRFSS partners. 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.
In addition, the BRFSS includes a series of optional modules on a
variety of topics. In off years, when the rotating questions are not
included in the core questionnaire, they are offered to states as an
optional module. This framework allows each state to produce a
customized BRFSS survey by appending selected optional modules to the
core survey. States may select which, if any, optional modules to
administer. As needed, CDC provides technical and methodological
assistance to state BRFSS coordinators in the construction of their
state-specific surveys.
The CDC and BRFSS partners produce a new set of state-specific
BRFSS questionnaires each calendar year (i.e., 2016 BRFSS
questionnaires, 2017 BRFSS questionnaires, etc.). CDC submits an annual
Change Request to OMB that outlines updates to the BRFSS core survey
and optional modules that have occurred since the previous year. Each
state administers its BRFSS questionnaire throughout the calendar year.
The current estimated average burden for the core BRFSS interview
is 15 minutes. For the optional modules, the estimated average burden
per response varies by state and year, but is currently estimated at an
additional 15 minutes. Finally, the BRFSS allows states to customize
some portions of the questionnaire through the addition of state-added
questions, which CDC does not review nor approve. State-added questions
are not included in CDC's burden estimates.
CDC periodically updates the BRFSS core survey and optional modules
as new modules or adopt emerging core questions. The purpose of this
Revision request is to extend the information collection period for
three years and 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. Researchers conduct field-
testing in a manner that mimics the full-scale project protocol, to the
degree that is feasible. Field-testing allows for necessary changes in
data collection methods and data collection software. Researchers use
field tests to identify problems with instrument documentation or
instructions, problems with conditional logic (e.g., skip patterns),
software errors or other implementation and usability issues.
Researchers conduct field-testing with all new modules, emerging core
questions, sections, which precede and/
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or follow any new or changed items and extant sections, which are
topically related. Researchers also conduct this testing to identify
redundant and overlapping questions. 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.
CDC will submit change requests to OMB annually to gain approval to
implement modifications identified in field tests. Researchers
typically conduct field tests 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.
Participation is voluntary and there is no cost to participate. The
average time burden per response will be 22 minutes. The total time
burden across all respondents will be approximately 241,518 hours.
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 hours) (in hours)
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U.S. General Population....... Landline 375,000 1 1/60 6,250
Screener.
Cell Phone 292,682 1 1/60 4,878
Screener.
Field Test 900 1 1/60 15
Screener.
Annual Survey Respondents BRFSS Core 480,000 1 15/60 120,000
(Adults >18 Years). Survey.
BRFSS Optional 440,000 1 15/60 110,000
Modules.
Field Test Respondents (Adults Field Test 500 1 45/60 375
>18 Years). Survey.
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Total..................... ................ .............. .............. .............. 241,518
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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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