[Federal Register: March 3, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 42)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Pilot Study Evaluating the
Cross-Cultural Equivalency of the Tobacco Use Supplement to the Current
Population Survey (TUS-CPS)
SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506()(2)(A) of
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, for opportunity for public comment
on proposed data collection projects, the National Cancer Institute
(NCI), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will publish periodic
summaries of proposed projects to be submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval.
Proposed Collection: Title: Pilot Study Evaluating the Cross-
Cultural Equivalency of the Tobacco Use Supplement to the Current
Population Survey (TUS-CPS). Type of Information Collection Request:
New. Need and Use of Information Collection: NCI recognizes the need
for research studies that assess trends in tobacco-related risk
factors, behaviors, and health services to determine changes over time
and the influence of these trends on cancer incidence, morbidity,
mortality, and survival. Through population-based surveys, NCI is able
to monitor a number of issues related to individual tobacco use
behavior such as prevalence of use, how often and how much people use
tobacco, age of initiation, and quitting history. To understand all the
dynamics of tobacco control, NCI actively monitors the progress of
tobacco control efforts that are primarily funded and carried out at
the state level. Information from these surveys allow us to monitor
Americans' progress in reducing tobacco use, evaluate tobacco use,
evaluates tobacco control programs, and conduct other tobacco-related
research. NCI monitors progress in reducing tobacco use, evaluates
tobacco control programs, and conducts other tobacco-related research.
The NCI- and CDC-sponsored Tobacco Use Supplement to the Current
Population Survey (http://riskfactor.cancer.gov/studies/tus-cps/) is a
survey of tobacco use that has been administered by the US Census
Bureau in 1992-93, 1995-96, 1998-99, 2001-02 and 2003. The TUS-CPS is a
key source of national and state level data on smoking and other
tobacco use in the US household population because it uses a large,
nationally representative sample that contains information on about
240,000 individuals within a given survey period. These data can be
used by researchers to monitor progress in the control of tobacco use;
conduct tobacco-related research; and evaluate tobacco control
programs. In an effort to better capture the tobacco-related patterns
and behaviors of U.S. communities with limited English proficiency, the
TUS-CPS has been translated into Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese and
Korean. The translated versions of the TUS-CPS were evaluated in
cognitive interviews, will be made available to the public, and are
scheduled for cultural equivalency testing. The primary purpose of this
study is to evaluate the cross-cultural equivalency of the TUS-CPS in
English, Spanish, Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese. Each version of the
questionnaire will be administered to 50 native speakers. The Chinese
version will be administered to both mandarin and Cantonese speakers.
Each interview will be behavior coded to ensure that respondents are
interpreting the items correctly and any translation problems are
identified item by item. Twenty percent of respondents will be
retrospectively debriefed on the interview to determine how well the
items are understood and examine whether any translation issues exist.
The findings will provide valuable information concerning the clarity
of the survey prior to full-scale administration.
Frequency of response: One-time study. Affected Public:
Individuals. Type of Respondents: Adults who are native Chinese
(Mandarin and Cantonese), Korean, Vietnamese, and Spanish speakers. The
annual reporting burden is as follows:
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Estimated
Estimated number of Average burden Estimate total
Data collection task number of responses per hours per hour burden
respondents respondent response
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Screener........................................ 2,568 1 0.167 429
TUS-CPS......................................... 300 1 1 300
Retrospective Debriefing........................ 60 1 .50 30
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Total..................................... 2,568 .............. .............. 759
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There are no Capital Costs to report. There are no Operating or
Maintenance Costs to report.
Request for Comments: Written comments and/or suggestions from the
public and affected agencies are invited on one or more of the
following points: (1) Whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the function of the agency,
including whether the information will have practical utility, (2q) The
accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection of information, including the validity of the methodology
and assumptions used, (3) Ways to enhance the quality, utility and
clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) Ways to minimize
the burden of the collection of information on those who are to
respond, including the use of appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms
of information technology.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on the
proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and
instruments, contact Dr. Deirdre Lawrence, Project Office, National
Cancer Institute, EPN 4005, 6130 Executive Blvd., MSC 7344, Bethesda,
MD 20892-7344, or call non-toll-free number 301-594-3599, or Fax your
request to 301-435-3710, or E-mail your request, including your
address, to: DL177n@nih.gov.
Comments Due Date: Comments regarding this information are best
assured of having their full effect if received within 60 days of the
date of this publication.
Dated: February 23, 2004.
Rachelle Ragland-Greene,
NCI Project Clearance Liaison, National Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. 04-4646 Filed 3-2-04; 8:45 am]
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