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the blood. Data from NHANES can be 

compared to those from previous 

surveys to monitor changes in the health 

of the U.S. population. NHANES will 

also establish a national probability 

sample of genetic material for future 

genetic research for susceptibility to 

disease. 

Users of NHANES data include: 

Congress; Federal agencies such as NIH, 

EPA, and USDA; private groups such as 

the American Heart Association; schools 

of public health; private businesses; 

individual practitioners; and 

administrators. NHANES data are used 

to establish, monitor, and/or evaluate 

dietary guidelines, food fortification 

policies, environmental exposures, 

immunization guidelines and health 

education and disease prevention 

programs. The current submission 

requests approval through March 2007. 

CDC, National Center for Health 

Statistics has conducted the National 

Health and Nutrition Examination 

Survey (NHANES) periodically since 

1970, and continuously since 1999. 

Approximately 5,000 participants are 

examined annually. Participants will 

receive an interview, a physical 

examination, a telephone dietary 

interview and a home allergen dust 

collection. This survey is completely 

voluntary and confidential. 

Respondents are reimbursed for any outof-pocket costs such as transportation to 

and from the examination center. There 

is no cost to respondents other than 

their time. The annualized burden is 

estimated to be 62,957 hours.

Respondent category No. of

respondents 

No. of

responses/

respondent 

Avg. burden/

response

(in hrs.) 

1. Screening interview only ......................................................................................................... 13,333 1 10/60 

2. Screener, family, and sample person interviews only ............................................................ 300 1 1.17 

3. Screener, family, and sample person interviews and MEC examination (including pilot 

studies) ..................................................................................................................................... 5,180 1 5.9 

4. Household dust collection ....................................................................................................... 2,328 1 36/60 

5. Food propensity questionnaire ................................................................................................ 3,350 1 30/60 

6. Physical activity monitor .......................................................................................................... 4,000 1 15/60 

7. Second dietary recall interview ............................................................................................... 4,300 1 30/60 

8. Follow-up and Special studies ................................................................................................ 4,000 1 5.9 

Dated: October 8, 2004. 

Alvin Hall, 

Director, Management Analysis and Services 

Office, Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[30Day–04–0636] 

Proposed Data Collections Submitted 

for Public Comment and 

Recommendations 

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) 498–1210 or send an email to omb@cdc.gov. Send written 

comments to CDC Desk Officer, Human 

Resources and Housing Branch, New 

Executive Office Building, Room 10235, 

Washington, DC 20503 or by fax to (202) 

395–6974. Written comments should be 

received within 30 days of this notice. 

Proposed Project 

State-based Evaluation of the Alert 

Notification Component of CDC’s 

Epidemic Information Exchange (Epi-X) 

Secure Public Health Communications 

Network (OMB No. 0920–0636)—

Extension—Epidemiology Program 

Office (EPO), Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention (CDC). 

Great attention has been focused on 

improving secure public health 

communications networks for the 

dissemination of critical disease 

outbreak and/or bioterrorism-related 

events, which may have multijurisdictional involvement and cause 

disease and death within a short timeframe. A central component of the 

mission of the CDC’s Epidemiology 

Program Office (EPO) is to strengthen 

the nation’s public health infrastructure 

by coordinating public health 

surveillance at CDC and providing 

domestic and international support 

through scientific communications and 

terrorism preparedness and emergency 

response. The Office of Scientific and 

Health Communication’s Epidemic 

Information Exchange (Epi-X) provides 

CDC and its state and local partners and 

collaborators with a secure public 

health communications network 

intended for routine and emergent 

information exchange in a secure 

environment. 

The purpose of the information 

gathered during this notification 

proficiency testing exercise is to 

evaluate the extent to which new 

registrants and currently authorized 

users of the Epidemic Information 

Exchange (Epi-X) are able to utilize alert 

notification functionality to minimize or 

prevent unnecessary injury or diseaserelated morbidity and mortality through 

the use of secure communications and 

rapid notification systems. In this case, 

notification alerts would be sent to 

targeted public health professionals 

through a ‘‘barrage’’ of office cell phone, 

home telephone, and pager calls to 

rapidly inform key health authorities 

from multidisciplinary backgrounds and 

multiple jurisdictions of evolving and 

critical public health information, and 

assist with the decision-making process. 

Presently, the necessity of this 

evaluation process is timely because of 

ongoing terrorism threats and acts 

perpetrated worldwide. 

The survey information will be 

gathered through an online 

questionnaire format. The survey will 

help evaluate user comprehension 

solely with the targeted notification and 

rapid alerting functionalities of Epi-X. 

The questionnaire will consist of both 

closed- and open-ended items and will 

be administered through Zoomerang, an 

online questionnaire program, or as a 

last resort, by telephone. Approximately 

6,000 Epi-X users from every state of the 

union will be asked to volunteer input 

(in a 5–10 question format) about their 

experiences using the alert notification 

functionalities of the Epi-X 

communications system. The estimated 

annualized burden is 167 hours.

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Respondents No. of

respondents 

No. of

responses per 

respondent 

Average

burden per

response

(in hrs) 

States ........................................................................................................................................... 1000 1 10/60 

Dated: October 8, 2004. 

Alvin Hall, 

Director, Management Analysis and Services 

Office, Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention.

[FR Doc. 04–23149 Filed 10–14–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4163–18–P

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[30Day–04–0406] 

Proposed Data Collections Submitted 

for Public Comment and 

Recommendations 

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) 498–1210 or send an email to omb@cdc.gov. Send written 

comments to CDC Desk Officer, Human 

Resources and Housing Branch, New 

Executive Office Building, Room 10235, 

Washington, DC 20503 or by fax to (202) 

395–6974. Written comments should be 

received within 30 days of this notice. 

Proposed Project 

State and Local Area Integrated 

Telephone Survey (SLAITS), OMB No. 

0920–0406—Extension—National 

Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC). 

The State and Local Area Integrated 

Telephone Survey (SLAITS) mechanism 

has been conducted since 1997. This is 

a request to continue the integrated and 

coordinated survey system for three 

years. This system is designed to collect 

needed health and welfare-related data 

at the national, state, and local levels. 

Using the random-digit-dial sampling 

frame from the ongoing National 

Immunization Survey (NIS) and 

Computer Assisted Telephone 

Interviewing (CATI), the State and Local 

Area Integrated Telephone Survey 

(SLAITS) has quickly collected and 

produced data to monitor many healthrelated areas including child and family 

well-being, access to care, program 

participation, and changes in health 

care coverage at the national and state 

levels. The first component of the next 

three-year period will be the National 

Survey of Children with Special Health 

Care Needs, which will provide data to 

be used for program planning and 

evaluation at the state and national 

levels. 

For some SLAITS modules, 

questionnaire content is drawn from 

existing surveys within the Department 

of Health and Human Services as well 

as other Federal agencies. Other 

questionnaire modules were developed 

specifically for SLAITS. Past modules 

include General Health, Children’s 

Health, Child Well-Being and Welfare, 

Children with Special Health Care 

Needs (CSHCN), Asthma Prevalence and 

Treatment, Knowledge of Medicaid and 

the State Children’s Health Insurance 

Program (SCHIP), Survey of Early 

Childhood Health, and HIV/STD 

Related Risk Behavior.

SLAITS has provided policy analysts, 

program planners, and researchers with 

high quality data for decision making 

and program assessment. For example, 

the module on Medicaid and SCHIP was 

prominently featured in a report to 

Congress on insuring children. The 

CSHCN module has been used by 

federal and state Maternal and Child 

Health Bureau Directors to evaluate 

programs and service needs. The 

American Academy of Pediatrics is 

using the module on early childhood 

health to advise pediatricians on patient 

care standards and to inform parents 

about the health and well-being of 

young children. There are no costs to 

respondents other than their time to 

participate. The estimated annualized 

burden is 52,734 hours.

Survey/questionnaire—children with special health care needs Number of

respondents 

Number of

responses per 

respondent 

Average

burden per

response 

2005 Burden Estimates

Screener (child in HH) .......................................................................................................... 592,126 1 .5/60 

Screener (CSHCN) ............................................................................................................... 129,487 1 5/60 

Survey (CSHCN) .................................................................................................................. 25,500 1 25/60 

Survey—state Augmentation (CSHCN) ............................................................................... 5,000 1 35/60 

Survey (Referent sample) .................................................................................................... 3,000 1 25/60 

Developmental work for future module: 

Screener ............................................................................................................................... 10,000 1 5/60 

Survey ................................................................................................................................... 2,000 1 30/60 

SLAITS website—button or permanent website submission link: 

Survey ................................................................................................................................... 100 1 3/60 

2006 Burden Estimates

Screener (child in HH) .......................................................................................................... 592,126 1 .5/60 

Screener (CSHCN) ............................................................................................................... 129,487 1 5/60 

Survey (CSHCN) .................................................................................................................. 25,500 1 25/60 

Survey—state Augmentation (CSHCN) ............................................................................... 5,000 1 35/60 

Survey (Referent sample) .................................................................................................... 3,000 1 25/60