06-7328. Proposed Data Collection; Comment Request; California Health Interview Survey 2007

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, National Cancer Institute (NCI), the National Institute 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.

The first California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) Cancer Control Module (CCM) took place in 2001 (2000 CHIS CCM, OMB No. 0925-0478, Federal Register, May 8, 2000, Vol. 65, No. 89, p. 26620). The second survey took place in 2003 (2003 CHIS CCM, OMB No. 0925-0518, Federal Register, October 3, 2002, Volume 67, No. 192, pp. 62067-62068) and the third in 2005 (2005 CHIS CCM, OMB No. 0925-0000, Federal Register, Vol. 69, No. 150, Aug. 5, 2004, pp. 47450-47451, and Federal Register, Vol. 70, No. 1, Jan. 3, 2005, pp. 93-94).

Proposed Collection

Title: California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) 2007 Cancer Control Module (CCM). Type of Information Collection Request: New. Need and Use of Information Collection: The NCI has sponsored three Cancer Control Modules in the California Health Interview Survey (CHIS), and will be sponsoring a fourth to be administered in 2007.

The CHIS is a telephone survey designed to provide population-based, standardized health-related data to assess California's progress in meeting Healthy People 2010 objectives for the nation and the state. The CHIS sample is designed to provide statistically reliable estimates statewide, for California counties, and for California's ethnically and racially diverse population. Initiated by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, the California Department of Health Services, and the California Public Health Institute, the survey is funded by a number of public and private sources. It was first administered in 2001 to 55,428 adults and subsequently in 2003 and 2005 to 42,043 and 43,020 adults respectively. These adults are a representative sample of California's non-institutionalized population living in households.

CHIS 2007, the fourth bi-annual survey, is planned for administration to 55,000 adult Californians. The cancer control module, which is similar to that administered in CHIS 2001, CHIS 2003, and CHIS 2005, will allow NCI to examine trends in breast cancer screening and diagnosis, as well as to study other cancer-related topics such as diet, physical activity, and obesity.

Because California is the most populous and the most racially and ethnically diverse state in the nation, the CHIS 2007 sample will yield adequate numbers of respondents in key ethnic and racial groups, including African Americans, Latinos, Asians, and American Indian/Alaska Natives. The Latino group will include large numbers of respondents in the Mexican, Central American, South American, and other Latino subgroups; the Asian group will include large numbers of respondents in the Chinese, Filipino, Japanese, Vietnamese, and Korean subgroups. NCI will compare the CHIS and National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) data in order to conduct comparative analyses and better estimate cancer risk factors and screening among racial/ethnic minority populations. The CHIS sample size also permits NCI to create estimates for ethnic subdomains of the population, for which NHIS has insufficient numbers for analysis.

Frequency of Response: One-time. Affected public: Individuals or households. Types of Respondents: U.S. adults (persons 18 years of age and older).

The annual reporting burden is as follows.

Table A.—Annualized Burden Estimates for CHIS 2007 Data Collection

Data collection	Estimated number of respondents	Frequency of response	Average time per response	Annual hour burden
(1) Pilot Test Adult Demographics	150	1	.07	11
CCM	150	1	.03	5
(2) Full Survey Adult Demographics	55,000	1	.07	3,850
CCM	55,000	1	.03	1,650
Totals	55,150	1	.1	5,516
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 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 Nancy Breen, Ph.D., Project Officer, National Cancer Institute, EPN 4005, 6130 Executive Boulevard MSC 7344, Bethesda, Maryland 20852-7344, or call non-toll free number 301-496-8500 or FAX your request, including your address to [e-mail].

Comments Due Date: Comments regarding this information collection are best assured of having their full effect if received within 60 days of this publication.

Dated: August 24, 2006.

Rachelle Ragland-Greene,

NCI Project Clearance Liaison, National Institutes of Health.