[Federal Register: October 7, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 194)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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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 404-498-1210 or
send comments to Seleda Perryman, CDC Assistant Reports Clearance
Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-E11, Atlanta, GA 30333 or send an e-mail
to omb@cdc.gov.
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
Evaluation of ``Steps to a HealthierUS'' Program--New--National
Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP),
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Description of Proposed Collection
The Steps to a Healthier U.S. (HealthierUS) Program, known as
STEPS, is an innovative program that advances the goals of helping
Americans live longer, better, and healthier lives by preventing
obesity, diabetes, and asthma. Forty communities across the country
will or have received funding to develop and implement community action
plans. These action plans will include multiple evidence-based public
health strategies and interventions to increase healthy behavior
change.
The goal of this evaluation is to provide annual data on STEPS
program outcomes in the STEPS communities collectively and a matched
national sample, using a questionnaire that is tailored to the needs of
the STEPS evaluation. The survey will be administered by computer
assisted telephone interviews (CATI) annually in the STEPS sites and in
a nationally representative (non-STEPS sites) sample of adults 18 years
and older that is matched to key characteristics of the STEPS sites
collectively (e.g., age, race/ethnicity, income). The proposed survey
will enable the CDC to determine if target outcomes are being achieved,
and achieved more rapidly in Steps communities compared to the rest of
the country.
The survey will help answer key questions that cannot be adequately
addressed by existing data infrastructures or by each sites' local
evaluation alone. In the absence of a comparison sample, it is not
possible to know if progress in STEPS communities is simply a
reflection of national secular trends or an impact of the
interventions. By implementing a data collection system that is uniform
across all STEPS sites and a national comparison sample, directly
comparable data to answer specific research questions will be
collected. Results from this data collection will help provide data
necessary to develop innovative solutions that can be applied by
states, communities, and CDC to improve the health behaviors of
Americans. There are no costs to respondents except their time to
respond.
Annualized Burden Table
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Number of Average burden
Respondents Number of responses per per response Total burden
respondents respondent (in hrs.) hours
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Adults at STEPS sites........................... 4000 1 25/60 1667
Adults at Non-STEPS sites....................... 2000 1 25/60 833
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Total....................................... 6000 .............. .............. 2500
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Dated: October 1, 2004.
Alvin Hall,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 04-22549 Filed 10-6-04; 8:45 am]
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