[Federal Register: March 29, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 60)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-06-0571]
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 404-639-5960
and send comments to Seleda Perryman, 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
Minimum Data Elements (MDEs)/System for Technical Assistance
Reporting (STAR) for the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early
Detection Program (NBCCEDP)--Revision--National Center for Chronic
Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP), Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The NBCCEDP was established in response to the Congressional Breast
and Cervical Cancer Mortality Prevention Act of 1990. This Act mandates
a program that will provide early detection and breast and cervical
cancer screening services for under-served women.
CDC proposes to aggregate breast and cervical cancer screening,
diagnostic, and treatment data from NBCCEDP grantees at the state,
territory, and tribal level. These aggregated data will include
demographic information about women served through funded programs. The
proposed data collection will also include infrastructure data about
grantee management, public education and outreach, professional
education, and service delivery.
Breast cancer is a leading cause of cancer-related death among
American women. The American Cancer Society (ACS) estimated that
211,240 new cases would be diagnosed among women in 2005, and 40,410
women would die of this disease. Mammography is extremely valuable as
an early detection tool because it can detect breast cancer well before
the woman can feel the lump, when it is still in an early and more
treatable stage. Women older than age 40 that receive annual
mammography screening reduce their probability of breast cancer
mortality and increase their treatment options.
Although early detection efforts have greatly decreased the
incidence of invasive cervical cancer in recent decades, ACS estimated
that 10,370 new cases would be diagnosed in 2005 and 3,710 women would
die of this disease. Papanicolaou (Pap) tests effectively detect
precancerous lesions in addition to invasive cervical cancer. The
detection and treatment of precancerous lesions can prevent nearly all
cervical cancer-related deaths.
Because breast and cervical cancer screening, diagnostic and
treatment data are already collected and aggregated at the state,
territory and tribal level, the additional burden on the grantees will
be small. Continuation of this program will require grantees to report
a minimum data set (MDE) on screening and follow-up activities
electronically to the CDC on a semi-annual basis. The program will
require grantees to report infrastructure data (STAR) to the CDC
annually using a web-based system. Information collected will be used
to obtain more complete breast and cervical cancer data, promote public
education of cancer incidence and risk, improve the availability of
screening and diagnostic services for under-served
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women, ensure the quality of services provided to women, and develop
outreach strategies for women that are never or rarely screened for
breast and cervical cancer. Data collection will continue for the next
three years. The average annual burden for this effort is 1,972 hours.
There are no costs to respondents except their time to participate in
the survey.
Estimated Annualized Burden Table
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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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*Infrastructure Report (STAR)................... 68 1 25 1700
*Screening and Follow-up........................ 68 1 4 272
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Total....................................... .............. .............. .............. 1972
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*Respondents include State, Territorial and Tribal grantees.
Dated: March 22, 2006.
Joan F. Karr,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
[FR Doc. E6-4550 Filed 3-28-06; 8:45 am]
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