[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 101 (Wednesday, May 26, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29552-29553]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-12666]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-10-09CL]
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 project or to obtain a copy
of data collection plans and instruments, call the CDC Reports
Clearance Officer on 404-639-5960 or send comments to CDC Assistant
Reports Clearance Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS D-74, Atlanta, GA
30333 or send an e-mail to [email protected].
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 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
Calibration of the Short Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire
(SDQ) in the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS)--New--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. Section 520 [42 U.S.C. 290bb-31] of the Public Health
Service Act, establishes the Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS),
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Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), and
authorizes the CMHS to conduct surveys with respect to mental health.
To monitor the prevalence of children and youth with mental health
problems, CMHS and the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH),
through a reimbursable agreement with the NCHS have funded questions on
children's mental health on the National Health Interview Study (NHIS).
One component of the NHIS is the short Strengths and Difficulties
Questionnaire (short SDQ), a module that has obtained data on the
mental health of children aged 4-17 years since 2001. As part of its
mission, CMHS has undertaken the task of improving its methods for
providing national estimates related to child mental health,
specifically by conducting studies that determine validity and
appropriate cut-points for measuring serious emotional disturbance in
children. To ensure that the short SDQ is a valid measure of child
mental health, the proposed study calibrates the short SDQ on the NHIS
to a standard psychiatric measure. Highly trained clinical interviewers
will administer, via telephone, the Child and Adolescent Psychiatric
Assessment (CAPA) or the Pre-School Age Psychiatric Assessment (PAPA)
to the parents of a sample of children aged 4-17 years identified in
the NHIS as having mental health problems. Children aged 12-17 years
will also be interviewed using the Child and Adolescent Psychiatric
Assessment (CAPA). Clinical interviewers will also administer these
assessments to a suitable control group of parents and children.
Approximately 460 adults and 300 children will take part in the study.
A 24-month clearance is being sought to conduct this study.
Data collected in the follow-up interviews will then be used to
calibrate the short SDQ as it is used in the NHIS. Data will not be
used to produce national estimates. There is no cost to respondents
other than their time.
Estimated Annualized Burden Table
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Average
Type of Number of Number of burden per Total burden
Type of survey respondent respondents responses per response in in hours
respondent hours
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Calibration and Control....... Parents of 50 1 1 50
children aged 4-
8 years.
Parents of 180 1 1 180
children aged 9-
17 years.
Children, aged 150 1 45/60 113
12-17.
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Total..................... ................ 380 .............. .............. 343
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Dated: May 20, 2010.
Maryam I. Daneshvar,
Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2010-12666 Filed 5-25-10; 8:45 am]
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