[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 98 (Friday, May 21, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28620-28621]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-12181]
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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 [email protected]. Send written comments to CDC Desk Officer, Office of
Management and Budget, Washington, DC or by fax to (202) 395-5806.
Written comments should be received within 30 days of this notice.
Proposed Project
National Quitline Data Warehouse--New--National Center for Chronic
Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP), Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
Tobacco use remains the leading preventable cause of disease and
death in the United States, resulting in approximately 440,000 deaths
annually and contributing to $92 billion annually in lost worker
productivity. Although the prevalence of current smoking among adults
decreased significantly since its peak in the 1960s, overall smoking
prevalence among U.S. adults has remained virtually unchanged during
the past five years. Large disparities in smoking prevalence continue
to exist among members of racial/ethnic minority groups and individuals
of low socioeconomic status.
The National Tobacco Control Program (NTCP) was established by CDC
to help reduce tobacco-related disease, disability, and death. The NTCP
provides funding for state Quitlines, which provide telephone-based
tobacco cessation services to help tobacco users quit. Quitlines
overcome many of the barriers to tobacco cessation classes and
traditional clinics because they are free and available at the caller's
convenience. Quitline services in all states can be accessed through a
toll-free national portal number at 1-800-QUIT-NOW. According to CDC's
Best Practices for Comprehensive Tobacco Control, approximately six to
eight percent of tobacco users potentially can be reached successfully
by Quitlines; however, currently, only one to two percent of tobacco
users contact Quitlines.
With funding authorized by the American Recovery and Reinvestment
Act of 2009 (ARRA), CDC has provided additional support for the
expansion of tobacco Quitline services. CDC is therefore requesting OMB
approval to establish a National Quitline Data Warehouse (NDQW), and to
collect information from the 50 states, the District of Columbia,
Puerto Rico, and Guam. The principal information collection will be
based on a uniform Minimum Data Set (MDS) developed collaboratively by
the North American Quitline Consortium and other tobacco control
organizations.
Quitline service providers will use a common interview instrument
to collect information from all callers. A one-minute interview will be
conducted with callers who contact the Quitline to obtain information
on another person's behalf. Callers who contact the Quitline to obtain
information or services for themselves will be asked to participate in
a 10-minute interview. A random sample of callers who receive a
Quitline service will be asked to participate in a short, voluntary
follow-up interview seven months after intake.
In addition, to monitor and evaluate the expenditure of Recovery
Act funding, CDC will collect a quarterly report about each Quitline
program from the designated Tobacco Control Manager. These reports will
be used to quantify improvements in the capacity of the Quitlines to
assist tobacco users over time.
The information collected in the NQDW will be used to determine the
role Quitlines play in promoting tobacco use cessation, measure the
number of tobacco users being served by state Quitlines, determine
reach of Quitlines to high-risk populations (e.g., racial and ethnic
minorities and the medically underserved), measure the number using
each state Quitline who quit, determine whether some combinations of
services contribute to higher quit rates than others, and improve the
timeliness, access to, and quality of data collected by Quitlines.
Information will be collected electronically for a two-year period.
There are no costs to respondents other than their time. The total
estimated annualized burden hours are 90,563.
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Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of Average burden
Type of respondent Form name Number of responses per per response
respondents respondent (in hours)
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Caller who contacts the Quitline on Intake Questionnaire.... 230,000 1 1/60
behalf of someone else.
Caller who contacts the Quitline for ........................ 500,000 1 10/60
personal use.
Quitline caller who received a Follow-up Questionnaire. 28,900 1 7/60
Quitline service.
Tobacco Control Manager............... Quitline Services 53 4 7/60
Questionnaire.
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Dated: May 13, 2010.
Maryam I. Daneshvar,
Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2010-12181 Filed 5-20-10; 8:45 am]
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