[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 49 (Tuesday, March 12, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 10001]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-5760]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
Proposed Data Collection; Comment Request
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 request more information on the proposed
project, call Amy F. Subar, Ph.D., Nutritionist, or Susan M. Krebs-
Smith, Ph.D., Nutritionist, at (301) 496-8500.
Comments are invited on: (a) 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; (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 Amy F. Subar, Ph.D.,
Susan M. Krebs-Smith, Ph.D., National Cancer Institute, EPN 313, 6130
Executive Blvd., MSC 7344, Bethesda, MD 20892-7344. Written comments
should be received by (Federal Register insert the data 60 days
following the date of publication).
Proposed Project: Followup Survey of the National 5 A Day for
Better Health Program--New--This study will measure five year trends in
fruit and vegetable intakes and in knowledge, attitudes, and benefits
about diet and nutrition specific to fruit and vegetable intake. The
purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of the National
5 A Day for Better Health Program in the first five years of its
existence. Two questionnaires will be administered concurrently via
telephone to separate national samples of households, with an
oversampling of African Americans and Hispanics. Methods, sampling, and
techniques will be as similar as possible to that conducted in the
original Baseline Survey. The difference between the samples will be in
the survey instruments administered. The first, long questionnaire is
the instrument used in the original 5 A Day Baseline Survey. The
second, short questionnaire will obtain similar information to that
collected using the long questionnaire. Because of concern for response
rates and possible biases associated with low response rates, a survey
of non-respondents from the long survey will also be conducted. This
survey will use methods as similar as possible to those employed in the
non-respondent survey to the 1991 Baseline Survey. Study participants
will be U.S. adults 18 years and old residing in these coterminous
states. Burden estimates are as follows:
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No. of
No. of responses
respondents Instrument type per Avg burden/response
respondent
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Group 1....................... 2,000 Long...................... 1 .501 hrs.
Group 2....................... 2,050 Short..................... 1 .251 hrs.
Non-Response.................. 150 Response.................. 1 .167 hrs.
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Dated: March 1, 1996
Philip D. Amoruso,
NCI Executive Officer.
[FR Doc. 96-5760 Filed 3-11-96; 8:45 am]
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