[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 110 (Tuesday, June 9, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31497-31498]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-15123]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30DAY-15-98]
Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) publishes a
list of information collection requests under review by the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction
Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a copy of these requests, call
the CDC Reports Clearance Officer at (404) 639-7090. Send written
comments to CDC, Desk Officer; Human Resources and Housing Branch, New
Executive Office Building, Room 10235; Washington, DC 20503. Written
comments should be received within 30 days of this notice.
Proposed Projects
1. Prostate and Colorectal Cancer Screening in the Managed Care
Environment--New--National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and
Health Promotion (NCCDPHP). Prostate and colorectal cancer are among
the leading causes of cancer deaths in the U.S. Prostate cancer
screening has increased rapidly during the past few years; however,
little is known about actual rates of screening, or the proportion of
men screened who present with symptoms or who are at high risk for
prostate cancer. Evidence suggests that colorectal cancer screening can
save lives and efforts are under way to increase participation in
screening. However, little information is available to monitor
screening rates. It is also unknown how well self-reported prostate and
colorectal cancer screening rates, which are often used in population
surveys, compare to actual screening rates. Therefore, the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Chronic
Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Division of Cancer Prevention
and Control, intends to conduct a survey of prostate and colorectal
cancer screening test utilization. As an increasing number of people
are served by managed care organizations where they may receive cancer
screening tests, the proposed study population are members of managed
care organizations.
A sample of members (men aged 40 years and older and women 50 years
and older) of 3 managed care organizations will be interviewed over the
telephone, and the medical charts of the participants will be
abstracted. The information collected will include demographic
information, prostate and colorectal cancer screening tests received
within the past 5 years, and the reasons and outcomes of the tests. The
total annual burden hours are 530.
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No. of Average burden
Respondents No. of responses/ of response (in Total burden
respondents respondent hrs.) (in hrs.)
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Survey...................................... 2120 1 0.25 530
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2. Weekly and Annual Morbidity and Mortality Reports--(0920-0007)--
Extension--Epidemiology Program Office--In 1878, Congress authorized
the U.S. Marine Hospital Service (later re-named the U.S. Public Health
Service) to collect morbidity reports on cholera, smallpox, plague, and
yellow fever from U.S. consuls overseas. This information was to be
used for instituting quarantine measures to prevent the introduction
and spread of these diseases in the United States. In 1879, a specific
Congressional appropriation was made for the collection and publication
of reports of these notifiable diseases. The authority for weekly
reporting and publication was expanded by Congress in 1893 to include
data from state and municipal authorities throughout the U.S. To
increase the uniformity of the data, Congress enacted a law in 1902
directing the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service to provide
forms for the collection and compilation of data and for the
publication of reports at the national level.
In 1961, responsibility for the collection of data on nationally
notifiable diseases and deaths in 121 U.S. cities was transferred from
the National Office of Vital Statistics to CDC. For 37 years, the MMWR
has consistently served as CDC's main communication mode for disease
outbreaks and trends in health and health behavior. In collaboration
with the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE), CDC
has demonstrated the efficiency and effectiveness of computer
transmission of data.
The data collected electronically for publication in the MMWR
provides information which CDC and State epidemiologists use to detail
and more effectively interrupt outbreaks. Reporting also provides the
timely information needed to measure and demonstrate the impact of
changed immunization laws or a new therapeutic measure. Users of data
include, but are not limited to, congressional offices, state and local
health agencies, health care providers, and other health related
groups.
The dissemination of public health information is accomplished
through the MMWR series of publications. The publications consist of
the MMWR, the CDC Surveillance Summaries, the Recommendations and
Reports, and the Annual Summary of Notifiable Diseases. The total
annual burden hours are 4,927.
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A.12.--Estimates of Annualized Burden Hour
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No. of
Type of respondents No. of responses/ Avg. burden/response (in Total burden
respondents respondent hrs.) (in hrs.)
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Weekly Morbidity Report
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States............................... 50 52 1........................ 2600
Territories.......................... 5 52 1 @ 1.................... 156
4 @ 0.5*.................
Cities............................... 2 52 1........................ 104
CDC 43.5 Weekly Mortality Report
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City Health Officers or Vital 122 52 0.2...................... 1269
Statistics Registrars.
Annual Summary
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States............................... 50 1 14....................... 700
Territories.......................... 5 1 1........................ 70
4........................
Cities............................... 2 1 14....................... 28
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*Reports from respondents replying via FAX are more consolidated than those replying via NETSS. Attachment F is
an example of a table routinely produced by a territorial health department. Since this table provides
information needed for the weekly notifiable diseases report, a copy is sent by FAX to CDC.
3. Surveillance of Hazardous Substances Emergency Event--(0923-
0008)--Extension--the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
(ATSDR) is mandated pursuant to the 1980 Comprehensive Environmental
Response Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), and its 1986
Amendments, The Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA), to
prevent or mitigate adverse human health effects and diminished quality
of life resulting from the exposure to hazardous substances into the
environment. The primary purpose of this activity, which ATSDR has
supported since 1992, is to develop, implement, and maintain a state-
based surveillance system for hazardous substances emergency events
which can be used to (1) describe the distribution of the hazardous
substance releases; (2) describe the public health consequences
(morbidity, mortality, and evacuations) associated with the events; (3)
identify risk factors associated with the public health consequences;
and (4) propose strategies to reduce future public health consequences.
The study population will consist of all hazardous substance
nonpermitted acute releases within the 13 states (Alabama, Colorado,
Iowa, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, New York, North Carolina,
Oregon, Rhode Island, Texas, Washington, Wisconsin) participating in
the surveillance system.
Until this system was developed and implemented, there was no
national public health-based surveillance system to coordinate the
collation, analysis, and distribution of health data to public health
practitioners. It was necessary to establish this national surveillance
system which describes the impact of hazardous substances emergencies
on the health of the population of the United States. The data
collection form will be completed by the state health department HSEES
coordinator using information provided by a variety of sources
including environmental protection agencies, police, firefighters,
emergency response personnel; or researched by the HSEES coordinator
including census data, material safety data sheets, and chemical
handbooks. The total annual burden hours are 4,316.
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No. of Avg burden/
Respondents No. of responses/ response (in Total burden
respondents respondent hrs.) (in hrs.)
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First........................................... 13 332 1 4,316
Second.......................................... 13 332 1 4,316
Third........................................... 13 332 1 4,316
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Dated: June 2, 1998.
Charles W. Gollmar,
Acting Associate Director for Policy Planning and Evaluation, Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 98-15123 Filed 6-8-98; 8:45 am]
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