Agency Information Collection Activities: Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Infant and Toddler Feeding Practices Study-2 (WIC ITFPS-2) Year 9 Extension, 23914-23916 [2021-09488]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Special Supplemental
Nutrition Program for Women, Infants,
and Children (WIC) Infant and Toddler
Feeding Practices Study-2 (WIC
ITFPS–2) Year 9 Extension
Food and Nutrition Service
(FNS), USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice invites the general public and
other public agencies to comment on
this proposed information collection.
This collection is a revision of the
currently approved collection for
Special Supplemental Nutrition
Program for Women, Infants, and
Children (WIC) Infant and Toddler
Feeding Practices 2 Study (ITFPS–2)
[OMB Control Number 0584–0580]. The
revision is to extend data collection on
the original cohort of study participants
by one more interview around their 9th
birthday, which is four years after the
end of their period of eligibility for WIC
services. It also seeks to collect
administrative data from WIC State
agencies to examine the WIC
participation patterns of participants
who enrolled in the study but
discontinued their participation during
the first 5 years of the study (i.e., during
the period of time when study children
would be categorically eligible for WIC).
DATES: Written comments must be
received on or before July 6, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be sent to:
Amanda Reat, Office of Policy Support,
Food and Nutrition Service, USDA,
1320 Braddock Place, Alexandria, VA
22314. Comments may also be
submitted via fax to the attention of
Amanda Reat at 703–305–2576 or via
email to Amanda.Reat@usda.gov.
Comments will also be accepted through
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approval. All comments will be a matter
of public record.
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Requests for additional information or
copies of this information collection
should be directed to Amanda Reat at
Amanda.Reat@usda.gov or Courtney
Paolicelli at 571.302.6447.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions that were
used; (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 those who are to
respond, including use of appropriate
automated, electronic, mechanical, or
other technological collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology.
Title: Special Supplemental Nutrition
Program for Women, Infants, and
Children (WIC) Infant and Toddler
Feeding Practices Study-2 (ITFPS–2)
Year 9 Extension.
Form Number: N/A.
OMB Number: 0584–0580.
Expiration Date: March 31, 2022.
Type of request: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Abstract: The USDA Food and
Nutrition Service’s (FNS) WIC ITFPS–2
provides information on the feeding
practices of children who received WIC
benefits, from birth up to 6 years of age.
The proposed data collection will
extend the longitudinal data collection
of the current cohort of study
participants for one more interview at
nine years of age, four years after the
end of their eligibility for WIC services.
This proposed extension is needed to
understand the nutrition, health
outcomes, and family feeding practices
of school-aged children in the period
after WIC program eligibility ends. The
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results will assist in the development of
appropriate and effective prevention
strategies to improve the health of
young children. With nearly 45 percent
of US infants participating in WIC, it is
hoped that prevention strategies
implemented in WIC will have a
substantial impact on the growth and
health of U.S. infants and children.
The data will be used to estimate the
type and prevalence of various feeding
practices among children who received
WIC program benefits, after their
program eligibility ends. This study will
also examine the circumstances and
influences that shape caregivers’ feeding
decisions for their children, and will
describe the impact of childhood WIC
participation on subsequent dietary and
health outcomes. In addition, the study
will examine if those who left the
longitudinal study are fundamentally
different from those who remain in the
study.
The study activities subject to this
notice include: Inform 27 WIC State
agencies and 80 local WIC sites of the
data collection, and their role in the
study; contact 27 WIC State agencies for
administrative data on the participants
who left the study before the child’s
fifth birthday; contact 3,020 caregivers
before the 9-year interview to notify
them of the study extension and for
them to provide consent and contact
information updates, and to send study
reminders; administer an additional
telephone interview to caregivers of
children enrolled in the study when
their child is 9 years old; administer a
second dietary intake interview to a
subsample of caregivers who complete
the first interview; and obtain child’s
height and weight measurements
around age nine, taken by their health
care provider or at WIC sites, from
caregivers.
The WIC State Agency and local WIC
site staff will be invited to participate in
a webinar that will highlight key study
findings to date (from reports approved
and published by FNS) and describe the
data collection at age nine. The 27 State
Agencies and 80 sites will participate in
conference calls to discuss the followup activities. The 27 State Agencies will
be asked to provide administrative data
on the participants who left the study
before the study child’s fifth birthday.
Upon approval, the caregivers will be
mailed a study announcement letter,
consent form, and contact information
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form. Periodically before the 9-year
interview, caregivers will receive
mailings, calls, emails, and text
messages asking for their updated
contact information. About a week prior
to being contacted for the 9-year
telephone interview, the caregiver for
each child in the cohort will be mailed
an advance letter that includes a tollfree number to call for questions or to
complete the interview at any time
during the six-week interview window.
Children’s H/W measures will come
from provider records supplied by
caregivers, or WIC site staff will weigh
and measure study children around
their ninth birthday. WIC site staff will
also provide updated contact
information on study participants who
are still in contact with WIC, when
requested. Healthcare providers will be
contacted by the caregivers who do not
wish to go to the WIC sites to measure
the child.
From the last submission of the ICR
to this revision, the number of the
respondents to the telephone interview
and height and weight measurement
collection has decreased. The burden on
the caregivers has increased slightly
because of the increase in the interview
length and the contacts to obtain
updated contact information. The
burden on the State agencies has
increased substantially because of the
request to provide administrative data
on the participants who left the study
before the study child’s fifth birthday,
which is new to this data collection.
Affected Public: (1) Individuals/
Households (2) State, Local, or Tribal
government, and (3) Profit/Non-profit
Business. Respondent groups identified
include (1) caregivers of children
formerly on WIC; (2) WIC State Agency
staff from 27 states and territories and
local site staff from 80 WIC sites (both
government and business/non-profit),
and (3) healthcare providers.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
The total estimated number of
respondents is 3,474. This includes
2,668 caregivers of children formerly
receiving WIC who originally enrolled
in the study; 27 WIC State Agency
points-of-contact; 80 local WIC agencies
(52 government and 28 business/nonprofits) staff members; 347 healthcare
providers; and 352 non-respondents.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: The estimated number of
responses per respondent across the
entire collection is 10. Caregivers of
former WIC children will be asked to
respond to: 1 study letter; 1 informed
consent; 1 contact information form; up
to 3 reminders for the contact
information form; 1 advance letter; 1
main telephone survey; 1 replicate
dietary intake telephone survey; 1 child
height/weight measurement; 3 interview
reminders, on average; 3 height and
weight measurement reminders on
average; 1 thank-you message; 2
birthday messages/cards, for a total of
19 responses. WIC State Agency pointsof-contact will respond to 1 study
extension announcement, 1 study
webinar; 1 conference call; 1 written
summary of the study and agreed upon
activities, and 1 administrative data
request for a total of 5 responses. An
estimated 14 out of the 27 State agencies
will also respond to requests for contact
information for an average of 9
responses. WIC local site points-ofcontact (both the state and local
government and profit/non-profit
businesses) will respond to 1 study
announcement, 1 study webinar; 1
conference call; 1 written summary of
the study and agreed upon activities; 15
requests (once monthly during the 15month data collection period) to WIC
clinics requesting updates to contact
information for hard to reach caregivers;
and 4 child height/weight
measurements, for a total of 23
responses. Healthcare providers will
respond to one request from the
caregiver to measure the child. We
anticipate that there will be 352 nonrespondents and that these will all be
caregivers of former WIC children.
Estimated Total Annual Responses:
34,759 total responses (total responses
from respondents and non-respondents).
Estimated Time per Response: The
estimated time per response varies from
less than one minute to 54.65 hours,
depending on the activity and
respondent type. The average estimated
time per response across the entire
collection is 15.36 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 5,340 hours. See Table 1
below for estimated total annual burden
for each type of respondent.
Table 1: Estimated Burden by Respondent Type
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2,668
2,668
0.08
222.78
352
1
352
0.08
29.39
252,17
Study extension letter (a)
3,020
2,668
2,668
0.05
133.67
352
1
352
0.05
17.64
151.30
Contact Information Form ~ Round 1 (b)
2,668
1,067
1,067
0.10
106.93 1,601
1
1,601
0.10 160.40
267.33
Contact Information Form Reminder - Round 2 (b)
2,668
1,067
1,601
641
106.93 1,601
960
64.23
38.47
576
1
1
1,601
960
160.40
0.10 96.17
384
0.10
0.10
0.10
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Contact Information Form Reminder - Round 3 (b)
1,067
641
0.05
1.00
0.50
1.00
113.62 400
1,068.00 1,952
53.67
53
694.20 1,974
28.54
641
17.13
385
10.29
231
576
400
1,952
53
1,974
641
385
231
416
250
150
0.10
0.05
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.07
0.07
0.07
0.01
0.01
0.01
57.70
20.05
19.52
0.53
19.74
44.86
26.92
16.17
4.16
2.50
1.50
960
384
9 Year Interview advance letter ( c)
2,668
2,268
9 Vear Interview telephone survey ( d)
9 Vear 2nd AMPM telephone survey ( e }
Height and weight reminders (h}
3,020
160
2,668
1,068
641
385
694
1,068
107
694
427
256
154
278
Height and weight reminders (h}
416
166
Height and weight reminders (h}
9~Year thank you {i)
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250
1,068
100
1,068
2,668
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2,668
5,020
Contact Information Form Reminder - Round 4 (b)
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1.38
0.83
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28
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28
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28,00
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0.00
0,00
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28
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28.00
0
0
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0.00
0.00
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28
28
1
28
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2.34
0
0
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28
28
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Acting Administrator, Food and Nutrition
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
Agency Information Collection Activities: Special Supplemental
Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Infant and
Toddler Feeding Practices Study-2 (WIC ITFPS-2) Year 9 Extension
AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice invites the general public and other public agencies to comment
on this proposed information collection. This collection is a revision
of the currently approved collection for Special Supplemental Nutrition
Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Infant and Toddler
Feeding Practices 2 Study (ITFPS-2) [OMB Control Number 0584-0580]. The
revision is to extend data collection on the original cohort of study
participants by one more interview around their 9th birthday, which is
four years after the end of their period of eligibility for WIC
services. It also seeks to collect administrative data from WIC State
agencies to examine the WIC participation patterns of participants who
enrolled in the study but discontinued their participation during the
first 5 years of the study (i.e., during the period of time when study
children would be categorically eligible for WIC).
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before July 6, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be sent to: Amanda Reat, Office of Policy
Support, Food and Nutrition Service, USDA, 1320 Braddock Place,
Alexandria, VA 22314. Comments may also be submitted via fax to the
attention of Amanda Reat at 703-305-2576 or via email to
[email protected]. Comments will also be accepted through the
Federal eRulemaking Portal. Go to https://www.regulations.gov and follow
the online instructions for submitting comments electronically.
All responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the
request for Office of Management and Budget approval. All comments will
be a matter of public record.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
copies of this information collection should be directed to Amanda Reat
at [email protected] or Courtney Paolicelli at 571.302.6447.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions
that were used; (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 those who are to respond, including
use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or other forms of information
technology.
Title: Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants,
and Children (WIC) Infant and Toddler Feeding Practices Study-2 (ITFPS-
2) Year 9 Extension.
Form Number: N/A.
OMB Number: 0584-0580.
Expiration Date: March 31, 2022.
Type of request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Abstract: The USDA Food and Nutrition Service's (FNS) WIC ITFPS-2
provides information on the feeding practices of children who received
WIC benefits, from birth up to 6 years of age. The proposed data
collection will extend the longitudinal data collection of the current
cohort of study participants for one more interview at nine years of
age, four years after the end of their eligibility for WIC services.
This proposed extension is needed to understand the nutrition, health
outcomes, and family feeding practices of school-aged children in the
period after WIC program eligibility ends. The results will assist in
the development of appropriate and effective prevention strategies to
improve the health of young children. With nearly 45 percent of US
infants participating in WIC, it is hoped that prevention strategies
implemented in WIC will have a substantial impact on the growth and
health of U.S. infants and children.
The data will be used to estimate the type and prevalence of
various feeding practices among children who received WIC program
benefits, after their program eligibility ends. This study will also
examine the circumstances and influences that shape caregivers' feeding
decisions for their children, and will describe the impact of childhood
WIC participation on subsequent dietary and health outcomes. In
addition, the study will examine if those who left the longitudinal
study are fundamentally different from those who remain in the study.
The study activities subject to this notice include: Inform 27 WIC
State agencies and 80 local WIC sites of the data collection, and their
role in the study; contact 27 WIC State agencies for administrative
data on the participants who left the study before the child's fifth
birthday; contact 3,020 caregivers before the 9-year interview to
notify them of the study extension and for them to provide consent and
contact information updates, and to send study reminders; administer an
additional telephone interview to caregivers of children enrolled in
the study when their child is 9 years old; administer a second dietary
intake interview to a subsample of caregivers who complete the first
interview; and obtain child's height and weight measurements around age
nine, taken by their health care provider or at WIC sites, from
caregivers.
The WIC State Agency and local WIC site staff will be invited to
participate in a webinar that will highlight key study findings to date
(from reports approved and published by FNS) and describe the data
collection at age nine. The 27 State Agencies and 80 sites will
participate in conference calls to discuss the follow-up activities.
The 27 State Agencies will be asked to provide administrative data on
the participants who left the study before the study child's fifth
birthday.
Upon approval, the caregivers will be mailed a study announcement
letter, consent form, and contact information
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form. Periodically before the 9-year interview, caregivers will receive
mailings, calls, emails, and text messages asking for their updated
contact information. About a week prior to being contacted for the 9-
year telephone interview, the caregiver for each child in the cohort
will be mailed an advance letter that includes a toll-free number to
call for questions or to complete the interview at any time during the
six-week interview window. Children's H/W measures will come from
provider records supplied by caregivers, or WIC site staff will weigh
and measure study children around their ninth birthday. WIC site staff
will also provide updated contact information on study participants who
are still in contact with WIC, when requested. Healthcare providers
will be contacted by the caregivers who do not wish to go to the WIC
sites to measure the child.
From the last submission of the ICR to this revision, the number of
the respondents to the telephone interview and height and weight
measurement collection has decreased. The burden on the caregivers has
increased slightly because of the increase in the interview length and
the contacts to obtain updated contact information. The burden on the
State agencies has increased substantially because of the request to
provide administrative data on the participants who left the study
before the study child's fifth birthday, which is new to this data
collection.
Affected Public: (1) Individuals/Households (2) State, Local, or
Tribal government, and (3) Profit/Non-profit Business. Respondent
groups identified include (1) caregivers of children formerly on WIC;
(2) WIC State Agency staff from 27 states and territories and local
site staff from 80 WIC sites (both government and business/non-profit),
and (3) healthcare providers.
Estimated Number of Respondents: The total estimated number of
respondents is 3,474. This includes 2,668 caregivers of children
formerly receiving WIC who originally enrolled in the study; 27 WIC
State Agency points-of-contact; 80 local WIC agencies (52 government
and 28 business/non-profits) staff members; 347 healthcare providers;
and 352 non-respondents.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: The estimated number
of responses per respondent across the entire collection is 10.
Caregivers of former WIC children will be asked to respond to: 1 study
letter; 1 informed consent; 1 contact information form; up to 3
reminders for the contact information form; 1 advance letter; 1 main
telephone survey; 1 replicate dietary intake telephone survey; 1 child
height/weight measurement; 3 interview reminders, on average; 3 height
and weight measurement reminders on average; 1 thank-you message; 2
birthday messages/cards, for a total of 19 responses. WIC State Agency
points-of-contact will respond to 1 study extension announcement, 1
study webinar; 1 conference call; 1 written summary of the study and
agreed upon activities, and 1 administrative data request for a total
of 5 responses. An estimated 14 out of the 27 State agencies will also
respond to requests for contact information for an average of 9
responses. WIC local site points-of-contact (both the state and local
government and profit/non-profit businesses) will respond to 1 study
announcement, 1 study webinar; 1 conference call; 1 written summary of
the study and agreed upon activities; 15 requests (once monthly during
the 15-month data collection period) to WIC clinics requesting updates
to contact information for hard to reach caregivers; and 4 child
height/weight measurements, for a total of 23 responses. Healthcare
providers will respond to one request from the caregiver to measure the
child. We anticipate that there will be 352 non-respondents and that
these will all be caregivers of former WIC children.
Estimated Total Annual Responses: 34,759 total responses (total
responses from respondents and non-respondents).
Estimated Time per Response: The estimated time per response varies
from less than one minute to 54.65 hours, depending on the activity and
respondent type. The average estimated time per response across the
entire collection is 15.36 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 5,340 hours. See
Table 1 below for estimated total annual burden for each type of
respondent.
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Cynthia Long,
Acting Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
[FR Doc. 2021-09488 Filed 5-4-21; 8:45 am]
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