[Federal Register: December 27, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 249)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-03-30]
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 the CDC Reports
Clearance Officer on (404) 498-1210.
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. Send comments to Anne O'Connor , CDC
Assistant Reports Clearance Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D24,
Atlanta, GA 30333. Written comments should be received within 60 days
of this notice.
Proposed Project: 2004 National Health Interview Survey,(0920-
0214)--Revision--National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
The annual National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) is a basic
source of general statistics on the health of the U.S. population. In
accordance with the 1995 initiative to increase the integration of
surveys within the Department of Health and Human Services, respondents
to the NHIS serve as the sampling frame for the Medical Expenditure
Panel Survey. This survey is conducted by the Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality. The NHIS has long been used by government,
university, and private researchers to evaluate both general health and
specific issues, such as cancer, AIDS, and childhood immunizations.
Journalists use its data to inform the general public. It will continue
to be a leading source of data for the Congressionally mandated
``Health US'' and related publications, as well as the single most
important source of statistics to track progress toward the National
Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Objectives, ``Healthy People
2010.''
Because of survey integration and changes in the health and health
care of the U.S. population, demands on the NHIS have changed and
increased, leading to a major redesign of the annual core
questionnaire, or Basic Module, and a shift from paper questionnaires
to computer assisted personal interviews (CAPI). These redesigned
elements were partially implemented in 1996 and fully implemented in
1997. This clearance is for the eighth full year of data collection
using the core questionnaire on CAPI, for the implementation of a
supplement on children's mental health, and for a software field test
to evaluate a switch from CASES software to Blaise software for the
CAPI instrument. The field test for the new software is scheduled for
June 2003. The data collection for the full survey is planned for
January-December 2004, and will result in publication of new national
estimates of health statistics, release of public use micro data files,
and a sampling frame for other integrated surveys. There is no cost to
the respondents other than their time.
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Software Field Test in June 2003
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Number of Average burden/
Respondents Number of responses/ response (in Total burden
respondents respondent hours) (in hours)
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Family.......................................... 300 1 21/60 105
Sample Adult.................................... 246 1 42/60 172
Sample Child.................................... 100 1 15/60 25
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Total....................................... .............. .............. .............. 302
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Full Survey January-December 2004
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Number of Average burden/
Respondents Number of responses/ response (in Total burden
respondents respondent hours) (in hours)
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Family.......................................... 39,000 1 21/60 13,650
Sample Adult.................................... 32,000 1 42/60 22,400
Sample Child.................................... 13,000 1 15/60 3,250
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Total....................................... .............. .............. .............. 39,300
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Dated: December 20, 2002.
Nancy E. Cheal,
Acting Associate Director for Policy, Planning and Evaluation, Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 02-32656 Filed 12-26-02; 8:45 am]
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