[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 248 (Tuesday, December 24, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 67839]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-32582]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Public Health Service
National Institutes of Health; Proposed Data Collection; Comment
Request; Validation of a New Food Frequency Questionnaire
SUMMARY: 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 National Institutes of Health
(NIH), National Cancer Institute (NCI) 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: Validation of a New Frequency Questionnaire.
Type of Information Collection Request: New.
Need and use of Information Collection: The agency conducts and
funds studies examining the relationship between diet and chronic
diseases. This information collection is needed to validate and further
refine a new diet history questionnaire to be used in studies of diet
and disease. The new questionnaire will be validated against reference
data from four non-consecutive 24-hour dietary recalls among a national
sample of persons 20-70 years of age. The validity of the new
questionnaire will be compared to two widely-used food frequency
questionnaires. As a further validation, biological nutrition measures
from blood specimens will be obtained from a 20% sub-sample of
participants.
Frequency of response: One-time study.
Affected public: Individuals or households.
Types of Respondents: U.S. adults 20-70 years of age. The annual
reporting burden is as follows:
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Estimated Estimated
Estimated number of Avg. burden Estimated total annual
Data collection form number of responses per hours per total hour burden hours
respondents respondent response burden requested
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Screener........................ 2700 1 0.167 450.9 300.6
Recalls interview #1............ 1620 1 0.75 1215.0 810.0
Recall interview #2............. 1563 1 0.5 781.5 521.0
Recall interview #3............. 1507 1 0.5 753.5 502.3
Recall interview #4............. 1451 1 0.5 725.5 483.7
New Questionnaire............... 1225 1 0.75 918.8 612.5
Food Questionnaire 1............ 612 1 0.5 306.0 204.0
Food Questionnaire 2............ 612 1 0.668 408.8 272.5
Opinion form.................... 1225 1 0.167 204.6 136.4
Blood substudy.................. 240 2 0.25 120.0 80.0
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Total..................... 2700 .............. .............. 5884.6 3923.0
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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 proposed performance of the functions of the agency,
including whether the information shall have practical utility; (2) 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 Amy F. Subar, Ph.D., Project Officer, National
Cancer Institute, EPN, 313, 6130 Executive Blvd MSC 7344, Bethesda, MD
20892-7344, or call non-toll-free number (301) 496-8500, or FAX your
request to (301) 435-3710, or E-mail your request, including your
address, to subara@dcpceps.nci.nih.gov.
COMMENTS DUE DATE: Comments regarding this information collection are
best assured of having their full effect if received on or before
February 24, 1997.
Dated: December 13, 1996.
Nancie L. Bliss,
OMB Project Clearance Liaison.
[FR Doc. 96-32582 Filed 12-23-96; 8:45 am]
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