[Federal Register: February 17, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 33)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) publishes a
list of information collection requests under review by the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction
Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a copy of these requests, call
the CDC Reports Clearance Officer at (404) 639-5960 or send an e-mail
to omb@cdc.gov. Send written comments to CDC Desk Officer, Office of
Management and Budget, Washington, DC or by fax to (202) 395-6974.
Written comments should be received within 30 days of this notice.
Proposed Project
Online Surveys to Measure Awareness of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and
the CDC Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Public Awareness Campaign--New--
National Center for Health Marketing (NCHM), Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is a serious illness that affects
many Americans. With as many as 900,000 cases, many of which are
misdiagnosed or left undiagnosed, the need for a CFS public education
and awareness campaign is crucial.
Research shows that 80 to 90 percent of patients have not been
diagnosed and are not receiving proper medical care. Lack of awareness
and information among health care providers about CFS as a serious and
treatable illness has created significant barriers to diagnosing and
treating those who suffer from CFS.
Congress recognized the need to change this scenario, as reported
in the Committee Reports for the Senate Appropriations Committee
(Senate Report 108-345--To accompany S. 2810 Sept. 15, 2004) when the
committee stated:
Further, the Committee encourages CDC to better inform the
public about this condition, its severity and magnitude and to use
heightened awareness to create a registry of CFS patients to aid
research in this field.
During the next three years, CDC, in partnership with the Chronic
Fatigue and Immune Dysfunction Syndrome
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(CFIDS) Association of America, will build the case that chronic
fatigue syndrome should be diagnosed quickly to ensure the best
possible health outcomes.
To do so, a public education and awareness campaign will be
launched to bring about changes in beliefs and social norms among
target audiences (women aged 40-60, healthcare practitioners, and the
general public) that CFS is a diagnosable and treatable physical
illness.
Although considerable research will be done to ensure that campaign
themes, messages, and materials are effective, there is no way to test
the impact of the campaign on the target audience other than to conduct
baseline and follow-up surveys. These surveys will measure not only the
level of awareness created by the campaign, but will measure change in
key knowledge, attitudes and beliefs about CFS among the target
audiences.
There are no costs to respondents other than their time. The total
estimated annualized burden hours are 88.
Estimated Annualized Burden Table
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Average
Number of Number of burden/
Type of respondents Form name respondents responses per response (in
respondent hours)
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Consumers (Women, 40-60 years of age). Pre-program survey...... 133 1 10/60
Consumers (Women, 40-60 years of age). Post-program survey..... 133 1 10/60
Physician Assistants.................. Pre-program survey...... 67 1 10/60
Physician Assistants.................. Post-program survey..... 67 1 10/60
Nurse Practitioners................... Pre-program survey...... 67 1 10/60
Nurse Practitioners................... Post-program survey..... 67 1 10/60
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Dated: February 10, 2006.
Betsey Dunaway,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
[FR Doc. E6-2320 Filed 2-16-06; 8:45 am]
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