[Federal Register: August 19, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 160)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-03-109]
Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and
Recommendations
In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for opportunity for public comment on
proposed data collection projects, the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic summaries of proposed projects.
To request more information on the proposed projects or to obtain a
copy of the data collection plans and instruments, call the CDC Reports
Clearance Officer on (404) 498-1210.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways
to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents,
including through the use of automated collection techniques or other
forms of information technology. Send comments to Anne O'Connor, CDC
Assistant Reports Clearance Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D24,
Atlanta, GA 30333. Written comments should be received within 60 days
of this notice.
Proposed Project: An Evaluation Survey on the Use and Effectiveness
of Internet SAMMEC--New--National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention
and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP), Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC).
Since 1987, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
has used the Smoking-Attributable Mortality, Morbidity, and Economic
Costs (SAMMEC) software to estimate the disease impact of smoking for
the nation, states, and large populations. The Internet version of the
SAMMEC software was released in 2002, and it contains two distinct
computational programs, Adult SAMMEC and MCH SAMMEC, which can be used
to estimate the adverse health outcomes and disease impact of smoking
on adults and infants.
Since the release of Internet SAMMEC, more than 1230 tobacco
control professionals in the State health departments and other tobacco
control institutions in the country have used SAMMEC to generate the
data they need for their projects. Some of them have provided comments
and sent requests for assistance. The purpose of this survey is to
evaluate the use and effectiveness of the SAMMEC software and identify
ways to improve the system so that it will better meet the needs of the
users in tobacco control and prevention.
There are no costs to the respondents except for their time in
completing the questionnaire.
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Number of Average burden
Respondents Number of responses per per response Total burden
respondents respondent (in hrs.) (in hrs.)
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Tobacco Control Professionals/Internet 1000 1 15/60 250
SAMMEC users...............................
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Dated: August 13, 2003.
Nancy E. Cheal,
Acting Associate Director for Policy, Planning and Evaluation Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 03-21158 Filed 8-18-03; 8:45 am]
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