[Federal Register: March 14, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 49)]
[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-07-0406]
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 Joan Karr, CDC Acting 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
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).
Background and Brief Description
Section 306 of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act (42 U.S.C.
242k), as amended, authorizes that the Secretary of Health and Human
Services (DHHS), acting through NCHS, shall collect statistics on the
extent and nature of illness and disability of the population of the
United States. 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 well-being data at the national,
state, and local levels (in accordance with the 1995 initiative to
increase the integration of surveys within DHHS).
Using the large sampling frame from the ongoing National
Immunization Survey (NIS) and Computer Assisted Telephone Interviewing
(CATI), SLAITS has quickly collected and produced household and person-
level data to monitor many health-related areas. Questionnaire content
is drawn from existing surveys within DHHS as well as other Federal
agencies, or developed specifically for an instrument according to the
needs of the project sponsor. Examples of topical areas include child
and family health and well-being, early childhood health, children with
special health care needs (CSHCN), influenza vaccination of children,
asthma prevalence and treatment, access to care, program participation,
the health and well-being of adopted children, post-adoption support
use, knowledge of Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance
Program (SCHIP), and changes in health care coverage at the national
and state levels. The first module covered in this three-year clearance
is the 2008 National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs
(NS-CSHCN). It will provide data to be used for program planning and
evaluation at the state and national levels.
Since its inception the SLAITS mechanism has been used by
government, university, and private researchers; policymakers; and
advocates to evaluate content and programmatic health issues. For
example, the CSHCN and Children's Health modules have been used by
Federal and state Maternal and Child Health Bureau Directors to
evaluate programs and service needs. Several SLAITS modules have
provided data for numerous editions of two Congressionally-mandated
reports on healthcare disparities and quality. The module on Medicaid
and SCHIP was prominently featured in a report to Congress on insuring
children. The SLAITS asthma module was featured in two resource guides
published by another Federal agency to improve the quality of asthma
care at the state-level.
There is no cost to respondents other than their time to
participate.
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Estimate of Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of Average burden
Respondents Number of responses per per response Total burden
respondents respondent (in hours) hours
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Household screening............................. 622,000 1 1/60 10,367
Household interview............................. 102,000 11 25/60 42,500
Pilot work, pre-testing, and planning activities 6,100 1 35/60 3,558
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Total....................................... .............. .............. .............. 56,425
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Dated: March 5, 2007.
Joan F. Karr,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
[FR Doc. E7-4635 Filed 3-13-07; 8:45 am]
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