[Federal Register: June 1, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 105)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-04-57]
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 Sandra Gambescia, CDC
Assistant Reports Clearance Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-E11,
Atlanta, GA 30333 or send an e-mail to omb@cdc.gov. Written comments
should be received within 60 days of this notice.
Proposed Project
State and Local Area Integrated Telephone Survey (SLAITS), OMB No.
0920-0406--Revision--National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS),
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
The State and Local Area Integrated Telephone Survey (SLAITS)
mechanism has been conducted since 1997. This is a request to continue
for three years the integrated and coordinated survey system designed
to collect needed health and welfare related data at the national,
state, and local levels. Using the random-digit-dial sampling frame
from the ongoing National Immunization Survey (NIS) and Computer
Assisted Telephone Interviewing (CATI), the State and Local Area
Integrated Telephone Survey (SLAITS) has quickly collected and produced
data to monitor many health-related areas including child and family
well-being, access to care, program participation, and changes in
health care coverage at the national and State levels. The first module
will be the National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs,
which will provide data to be used for program planning and evaluation
at the State and national levels.
For some SLAITS modules, questionnaire content is drawn from
existing surveys within the Department of Health and Human Services as
well as other Federal agencies. Other questionnaire modules were
developed specifically for SLAITS. Past modules include General Health,
Children's Health, Child Well-Being and Welfare, Children with Special
Health Care Needs (CSHCN), Asthma Prevalence and
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Treatment, Knowledge of Medicaid and the State Children's Health
Insurance Program (SCHIP), Survey of Early Childhood Health, and HIV/
STD Related Risk Behavior.
SLAITS has provided policy analysts, program planners, and
researchers with high quality data for decisionmaking and program
assessment. For example, the module on Medicaid and SCHIP was
prominently featured in a report to Congress on insuring children. The
CSHCN module has been used by Federal and State Maternal and Child
Health Bureau Directors to evaluate programs and service needs. The
American Academy of Pediatrics is using the module on early childhood
health to advise pediatricians on patient care standards and to inform
parents about the health and well-being of young children. There is no
cost to respondents other than their time to participate. The burden
table below is annualized.
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Average
Number of Number of burden per Total burden
Respondents respondents responses per response (in hours
respondent hrs.)
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Household screening............................. 296,559 1 5/60 24,713
Household interview............................. 102,000 1 25/60 42,500
Pilot work, pre-testing activities, etc......... 6,100 1 13/60 1,322
Total....................................... 404,659 .............. .............. 68,535
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Dated: May 19, 2004.
Joe E. Salter,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
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