[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 39 (Monday, March 1, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9224-9225]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-4164]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-10-10BT]
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 or
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
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:
Despite the high level of public knowledge about the adverse
effects of smoking, tobacco use remains the leading preventable cause
of disease and death in the United States. Tobacco use results in
approximately 440,000 deaths annually, including approximately 38,000
deaths from secondhand smoke exposure. Adults who smoke contribute to
$92 billion annually in lost worker productivity, and die an average of
14 years earlier than nonsmokers. 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's four goal areas are: (1) The prevention of initiation of tobacco
use among young people, (2) the elimination of nonsmokers' exposure to
secondhand smoke, (3) the promotion of quitting among adults and young
people, and (4) the elimination of tobacco-related disparities. The
NTCP has provided funding for State quitlines, which provide telephone-
based tobacco cessation services--including individualized counseling
and self-help material--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.
All States collect intake information about quitline callers and
the services provided to them, but have varied with respect to the
schedule for follow-up with callers, the number of follow-up attempts
per caller, and the collection of information related to follow-up.
With leadership from the North American Quitline Consortium (NAQC) and
other tobacco control organizations, the field has collaborated to
develop a Minimum Data Set (MDS) consisting of a set of suggested
intake questions that should be asked of all callers, and follow-up
questions that should be asked of a representative sample of callers
who have both completed intake and received a quitline service.
CDC requests OMB approval to collect information for a National
Quitline Data Warehouse (NDQW) based on a uniform follow-up protocol
and standardized instruments adapted from the MDS. Respondents will be
the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and Guam. Additional funding
for the expansion of tobacco quitline services, standardization of the
information collection, and transmission to the shared NQDW is provided
under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA).
Intake information will be collected from approximately 60,833
callers per month over a 24-month period. Minimal information will be
collected from callers who contact the Quitline on behalf of another
person. The information collection will also include seven-month
follow-up data from a random sample of approximately 3,400 callers per
month across all States, beginning in month eight (i.e., seven full
months after the first intakes) and continuing through month 24.
Finally, the Tobacco Control Manager for each ARRA awardee (State,
district or territory) will be required to submit a quarterly report
describing services provided. The quarterly report will be used to
quantify improvements in the capacity of the quitlines to assist
tobacco users over time and to evaluate the expenditure of Recovery Act
dollars.
The NQDW will have significant implications for the development of
policies and programs aimed at tobacco use cessation and reduction of
tobacco use. The information to be collected in the NQDW will be used
to determine the role quitlines are playing 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.
CDC requests OMB approval to collect information for a two-year
period. All information will be collected electronically. There are no
costs to respondents other than their time.
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Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of Average
Number of responses burden per Total
Type of respondent Form name respondents per response burden (in
respondent (in hours) hours)
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Caller who contacts the Quitline on Intake Questionnaire.. 230,000 1 1/60 3,833
behalf of someone else.
Caller who contacts the Quitline for ...................... 500,000 1 10/60 83,333
personal use.
Quitline caller who received a Follow-up 28,900 1 7/60 3,372
Quitline service. Questionnaire.
Tobacco Control Manager............. Quitline Services 52 4 7/60 24
Questionnaire.
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Total........................... ...................... ........... ........... ........... 90,562
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Dated: February 23, 2010.
Maryam I. Daneshvar,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2010-4164 Filed 2-26-10; 8:45 am]
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