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agreeing to participate) as they arrive to 

participate in recreational activities on 

fresh water bodies with cyanobacteria 

blooms. Questionnaires will be 

administered to all study participants 

while they are on the beach and again 

when they leave the beach for the day. 

CDC plans to contact them by phone 7 

days after their beach exposure to 

administer a final questionnaire. Water 

samples for levels of cyanobacterial 

toxins and water quality indicators, 

including microorganisms will also be 

examined. Blood samples will be 

collected from a subset of study 

participants who are exposed to 

recreational waters with blooms of 

Microcystis aeruginosa. Blood samples 

will be analyzed using a newly 

developed molecular assay for levels of 

microcystin L–R–one of the 

hepatotoxins produced by this 

organism. CDC will evaluate the 

probability of detecting (1) increases in 

symptoms after people engage in 

recreational activities in water bodies 

during cyanobacteria blooms, and (2) 

low levels of microcystins (<10 ng/ml of 

blood) in the blood of people who are 

exposed to very low levels of this toxin 

while engaged in recreational activities. 

There are no costs to respondents except 

their time to participate in the survey.

Respondents No. of respondents 

No. of responses per 

respondent 

Average burden per response

(in hours) 

Total burden

(in hours) 

Recruiting contact ............................................................................................ 2500 1 10/60 417 

Pre-activity survey ........................................................................................... 2000 1 10/60 334 

Post-activity survey .......................................................................................... 2000 1 10/60 334 

Telephone follow-up survey ............................................................................. 2000 1 10/60 334

Total .......................................................................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ 1,419 

Dated: November 24, 2004. 

B. Kathy Skipper, 

Acting 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–0450X] 

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 

Evaluation of the Poison Help 

Campaign to Enhance Public Awareness 

of the National Poison Toll-Free 

Number, Poison Center Access, and 

Poison Prevention—New—National 

Center for Injury Control and Prevention 

(NCIPC), Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention (CDC). 

Background and brief description: 

Every day more than 6,000 calls about 

poison emergencies are placed to poison 

control centers (PCCs) throughout the 

United States. Although PCCs clearly 

save lives and reduce healthcare costs, 

the system that delivers care and 

prevents poisoning is comprised of 

more than 131 telephone numbers and 

thousands of disjointed local prevention 

efforts. As a result public and 

professional access to an essential 

emergency service has been hampered 

by a confusing array of telephone 

numbers and by an inability to mount 

a full-fledged national poison center 

awareness campaign. 

The Poison Control Center 

Enhancement and Awareness Act of 

2000 (Pub. L. 106–174) was signed into 

legislation in February 2000 with the 

intent to provide assistance for poison 

prevention and to stabilize funding of 

regional PCCs. In October 1999, in 

response to the impending passage of 

this legislation, CDC and the Health 

Services Resource Administration 

(HRSA) began funding and 

administering a cooperative agreement 

with the American Association of 

Poison Control Centers (AAPCC). The 

agreement called for the establishment 

of a National Poison Prevention and 

Control Program. The purpose of this 

program is to support an integrated 

system of poison prevention and control 

services including: coordination of all 

PCCs through development, 

implementation, and evaluation of 

standardized public education; 

development of a plan to improve 

national toxicosurveillance and data 

systems; and support of a national 

public service media campaign. 

The purpose of the national media 

campaign is to launch a national tollfree helpline entitled Poison Help (1–

800–222–1222) that the general public, 

health professionals, and others can use 

to access poison emergency services and 

prevention information 24 hours a day, 

seven days a week. The campaign was 

launched nationally in January 2002 

with a special interest in targeting highrisk populations such as parents of 

children under age 6, older adults 

between 60–80 years of age, and 

underserved groups who are often not 

reached effectively through public 

health communication efforts. 

Two telephone surveys will be 

conducted to assess the reach and 

impact of campaign activities and the 

overall effectiveness of the awareness 

campaign. The High-Risk Population 

Survey will be conducted with parents 

of children under age 6 to assess their 

awareness of the national toll-free 

number, awareness of PCCs and the 

services they provide, and poison 

prevention knowledge. The High-Risk 

Population Survey was originally 

intended to also gather information from 

older adults ages 60–80, however, 

limited resources necessitate that the 

data collection focus on poisonings 

among young children, which represent 

more than half of all unintentional 

poisonings. The Helpline Caller Survey 

will be conducted with persons who 

have contacted a PCC to ascertain 

whether callers have seen or heard 

Poison Help prevention messages, their 

awareness of the 1–800–222–1222 

number and how they learned of it, and 

how they rate the ease of accessing 

poison emergency services or 

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prevention information. There is no cost 

to respondents other than their time. 

The estimated annualized burden is 157 

hours. 

Annualized Burden Table:

Respondents Number of respondents 

Number of responses/respondents 

Average burden/respondents

(in hours) 

Screened Households: 

Helpline Callers .................................................................................................................... 430 1 .5/60 

High-Risk Population ............................................................................................................ 1400 1 1/60 

Respondents: 

Helpline Callers .................................................................................................................... 300 1 10/60 

High-Risk Population ............................................................................................................ 600 1 8/60 

Dated: November 24, 2004. 

B. Kathy Skipper, 

Acting 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 

[60Day–05AK] 

Proposed Data Collections Submitted 

for Public Comment and 

Recommendations 

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 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic 

summaries of proposed projects. To 

request more information on the 

proposed projects or to obtain a copy of 

the data collection plans and 

instruments, call 404–498–1210 or send 

comments to Seleda Perryman, CDC 

Assistant Reports Clearance Officer, 

1600 Clifton Road, MS–E11, Atlanta, GA 

30333 or send an e-mail to 

omb@cdc.gov. 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper 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. Written comments should 

be received within 60 days of this 

notice. 

Proposed Project 

National Intimate Partner Violence 

Survey—New—National Center for 

Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC), 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC). 

Intimate partner violence (IPV) is 

considered by many to be a serious 

problem. CDC considers IPV to be a 

‘‘substantial public health problem for 

Americans that has serious 

consequences and cost to individuals, 

families, communities and society.’’ The 

past twenty years have witnessed an 

extraordinary growth in research on the 

prevalence, incidence, causes and 

effects of IPV. Various disciplines have 

contributed to the development of 

research on the subject including 

psychology, epidemiology, criminology 

and public health. 

Still, there is a lack of reliable 

information on the prevalence of IPV 

and on trends over time. Estimates vary 

widely regarding the magnitude of the 

problem. This variance is due in large 

part to the different methods that are 

used to measure IPV and the context in 

which questions are asked about IPV. 

Thus, CDC is engaged in work to 

improve the quality of data, and hence 

knowledge about IPV. Part of this 

process includes comparing various 

ways of introducing questions about IPV 

and comparing information obtained 

from both men and women when 

questions about IPV victimization and 

perpetration are asked in differing order. 

The purpose of this project is to 

administer questions, via telephone 

interviews, that measure both 

victimization and perpetration for 

various forms of intimate partner 

violence (IPV) including stalking, sexual 

violence, physical violence, and 

emotional control. The questions will be 

administered to a random sample of 

1500 men and 1500 women ages 18–50. 

The survey instrument has been 

developed specifically for this study. 

The overall benefit of this project is to 

determine the optimal order for asking 

questions about IPV victimization and 

perpetration and to compare and select 

the most useful context for introducing 

IPV questions (i.e., health vs. crime vs.

family conflict). Ultimately, this 

knowledge will assist the CDC in 

establishing an ongoing data collection 

system for monitoring IPV victimization 

and perpetration. CDC, National Center 

for Injury Prevention and Control 

(NCIPC) intends to contract with an 

agency to conduct the survey. The only 

cost to the respondents is the time 

involved to complete the survey.

Respondent No. of

respondents 

No. of

responses per 

respondent 

Avg. burden 

number per

responses

(in hours) 

Total burden 

hours 

Female ............................................................................................................. 1500 1 45/60 1125 

Male ................................................................................................................. 1500 1 45/60 1125 

Total .......................................................................................................... 3,000 ........................ ........................ 2250