[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 118 (Monday, June 21, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35041-35042]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-14873]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60-Day-10-10EG]
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 Maryam I. Daneshvar, CDC Acting Reports Clearance
Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D74, 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 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
Audience Analysis for Biomonitoring--New--National Center for
Environmental Health/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
(NCEH/ATSDR), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
People's exposure to environmental chemicals can be a risk to their
health. Scientists at the CDC use biomonitoring, which is the
measurement of environmental chemicals in human tissues and fluids, to
assess such exposure. Biomonitoring findings, however, do not typically
provide information on health risks and toxicity data often lag behind
new biomonitoring data. The health effects on humans are, therefore,
often uncertain or unknown, particularly, for many new or ``emerging''
chemicals. Nevertheless, communicating biomonitoring findings for those
charged with this task is necessary, especially due to the growing
media coverage and public concern about chemicals found in the human
body. The demand for answers and decreasing patience with uncertainty
characterizes the interpretation of such results. This poses enormous
challenges to those tasked to communicate such findings to both
scientific and non-scientific audiences without a biomonitoring
background.
The CDC is, therefore, interested in developing a framework for
communicating health risk messages, particularly about emerging
environmental chemicals, to the attentive public audience such as
selected women who are pregnant or have very young children. The three
environmental chemicals, Bisphenol A (BPA), phthalates, and mercury
have been selected for this study. They are of particular interest to
these selected women as the risks of exposure are higher for very young
children because of their hand-to-mouth behaviors and direct oral
(mouth) contact with materials containing these chemicals. Furthermore,
young children eat and drink more per pound of body weight than adults.
Focus groups will be conducted in different parts of the country
with selected women. During phase one, eight exploratory focus groups
will be conducted to develop messaging strategies and the results will
be used in the development of preliminary messages about the emerging
chemicals. The second phase will include six message testing focus
groups to determine which messages are most attractive and compelling
in terms of communicating health risk information about emerging
chemicals.
Participants will be recruited via standard focus group recruitment
methods. Most will come from an existing database (or list) of
potential participants maintained by the focus group facility. There is
no cost to respondents.
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Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Average
Number of Number of burden per Total burden
Respondents respondents responses per response (in (in hours)
respondent hours)
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Recruitment screener............................ 252 1 5/60 21
Exploratory Focus Groups........................ 72 1 2 144
Message Testing Focus Groups.................... 54 1 2 108
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Total....................................... .............. .............. .............. 273
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Dated: June 3, 2010.
Maryam I. Daneshvar,
Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2010-14873 Filed 6-18-10; 8:45 am]
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