[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 205 (Monday, October 25, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65489-65490]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-26878]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30-Day-11-10EG]
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
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 other than their time. The total estimated
annual burden hours are 273.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Average
Number of Responses per burden per
Type of respondent Form name respondents respondent response (in
hours)
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Selected women for screening.......... Recruitment Screener.... 252 1 5/60
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Selected women for exploratory focus Exploratory Focus Group 72 1 2
groups. Guide.
Selected women for message testing Message Testing Focus 54 1 2
focus groups. Group Guide.
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Dated: October 19, 2010.
Carol E. Walker,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2010-26878 Filed 10-22-10; 8:45 am]
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