[Federal Register: January 27, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 17)]
[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-05AY]
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 (404) 371-5976
or send comments to Sandi Gambescia, CDC Assistant Reports Clearance
Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D74, Atlanta, GA 30333 or send an e-mail
to omb@cdc.gov.
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. Written comments should be received
within 60 days of this notice.
Proposed Project
Economic Evaluation Of Walking Behavior In Sedentary Adults Age 50
Years And Older--New--National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention
and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP), Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description of the Proposed Project and Data
Collection
CDC is requesting approval of a pilot test to better understand the
barriers to increased physical activity and the potential impact of
modest financial incentives to promote walking among sedentary adults
aged 50 years and older. The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
(BRFSS) data reveal that Americans in general and older adults in
particular do not meet minimum recommendations for levels of physical
activity. Moderate increases in physical activity would decrease the
incidence of diseases promoted by inactivity, including several types
of cancer, diabetes, and heart disease. However, strategies that
effectively motivate sedentary people to increase and maintain levels
of regular physical activity have yet to be identified. CDC proposes to
use this effort to investigate the impact of one type of intervention
(financial incentives) on levels of physical activity.
CDC will conduct a stated preference (SP) survey to identify the
barriers to leisure time physical activity and the size of the
incentives necessary to overcome these barriers among sedentary adults
age 50 and older. A pilot test of the impact of specific amounts of
financial incentives on levels of walking among this population will
also be conducted via a reveled preference (RP) survey in the Raleigh,
North Carolina, metropolitan area.
The SP survey will be a one-time effort in which respondents
belonging to an online survey panel will complete a computer survey
over the Internet. In the RP portion of the project, a local sample of
respondents will complete an identical survey on paper. The RP
respondents will also wear a pedometer for 4 weeks and record the
number of steps walked in a diary. Data will be collected from the
diaries and from the 7-day history in each pedometer unit. Respondents
will receive a modest incentive payment for the number of steps they
walk above a predetermined floor and below a predetermined ceiling.
The results of the survey will be used to gauge the size of the
incentives necessary to motivate behavior change in a real world
setting. The results of the pilot test will provide initial evidence of
the magnitude of the incentives necessary to increase levels of
physical activity among a specific sample of older adults. The total
costs and effectiveness (changes in physical activity) can then be
compared to similar data emanating from other interventions designed to
increase levels of physical activity. Statistical analysis of the SP
survey and RP data will be used. Since neither form of data collection
is based on a random sample, conclusions will be preliminary and not
generalizable. The analysis will be used to evaluate whether further
comprehensive research on this subject should be undertaken. There are
no costs to respondents except their time to participate in the survey.
Annualized Burden Table
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Number of Avg. burden
Respondents Number of responses per per response Total burden
respondents respondent (in hrs) hours
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Online SP survey................................ 500 1 25/60 208
RP survey....................................... 300 1 1.5 450
RP group--recording daily steps................. 300 4 20/60 400
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Total....................................... .............. .............. .............. 1058
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Dated: January 14, 2005.
Betsey Dunaway,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Science Officer,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 05-1492 Filed 1-26-05; 8:45 am]
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