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data/information from state asthma 

control programs: (1) Information that is 

currently collected as part of interim 

(semi-annual) and end-of-year progress 

reporting, (2) Aggregate level reports of 

surveillance data on long-term program 

outcomes, and (3) Specific data 

indicative of progress made on: 

Partnerships, surveillance, 

interventions, and evaluation. 

Currently, data is collected on an 

interim (semi-annual) basis from state 

asthma control programs as part of 

regular reporting of cooperative 

agreement activities. Programs report 

information such as progress to date on 

accomplishing intended objectives, 

programmatic changes, changes to 

staffing or management, and budgetary 

information. Regularly reporting this 

information is a requirement of the cooperative agreement mechanism utilized 

to fund state asthma control programs. 

Information in this section will be 

consistent with previous reporting by 

states through Grants.gov. States will be 

required to submit interim (semiannual) and year-end progress report 

information into AIRS, thus this type of 

programmatic information on activities 

and objectives will be collected twice 

per year (interim report and end-of-year 

report). 

The National Asthma Control Program 

at CDC has access to and analyzes 

national-level asthma surveillance data 

(http://www.cdc.gov/asthma/ 

asthmadata.htm). With the exception of 

data from the Behavioral Risk Factor 

Surveillance System (BRFSS), analyses 

cannot be conducted at the level of the 

state. Therefore, as part of AIRS, state 

asthma control programs will be asked 

to submit aggregate surveillance data to 

allow calculation of state asthma 

surveillance indicators across all funded 

states (where data is available) in a 

standardized manner. Data likely to be 

requested through this system include: 

Hospital discharges (with asthma as first 

listed diagnosis), and emergency 

department visits (with asthma as first 

listed diagnosis). States will be required 

to submit this information into AIRS 

once per year, in conjunction with the 

end of year reporting of activities and 

objectives, described above. 

National and state asthma 

surveillance data provide information 

useful to examining progress on longterm outcomes of state asthma 

programs. To identify appropriate 

indicators of program implementation 

and short-term outcomes, CDC 

convened and facilitated workgroups 

comprised of state asthma control 

program representatives over the course 

of two years. In collaboration with these 

workgroups, the CDC generated specific 

questions (qualitative and quantitative 

in nature) intended to collect data on 

key features of state asthma control 

programs: Partnerships, surveillance, 

interventions, and evaluation. States 

will be asked to provide answers to 

these questions once per year in 

conjunction with the end of year 

reporting of activities and objectives, 

described above. These data will be 

used to foster a continuous learning 

environment about what is working in 

state asthma programs and to identify 

potential areas for improvement. 

There will be no cost for grantees to 

participate in AIRS. 

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Type of respondents Forms Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hours) 

Total burden 

(in hours) 

State Health Departments ................ Interim report on activities and objectives.36 1 2 72 

End of year report on activities, objectives and aggregate surveillance.36 1 6 216 

Total ........................................... ........................................................... 36 2 8 288 

Dated: September 3, 2009. 

Maryam I. Daneshvar, 

Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

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Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[60Day–09–09CL] 

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 project or to obtain a copy of 

data collection plans and instruments, 

call the CDC Reports Clearance Officer 

on 404–639–5960 or send comments to 

CDC Assistant Reports Clearance 

Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS D–74, 

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 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 

Calibration of the Short Strengths and 

Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) in the 

National Health Interview Survey 

(NHIS)—New—National Center for 

Health Statistics (NCHS), Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). 

Background and Brief Description 

Section 306 of the Public Health 

Service (PHS) Act (42 U.S.C. 242k), as 

amended, authorizes that the Secretary 

of Health and Human Services (DHHS), 

acting through NCHS, shall collect 

statistics on the extent and nature of 

illness and disability of the population 

of the United States. Section 520 [42 

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Service Act, establishes the Center for 

Mental Health Services (CMHS), 

Substance Abuse and Mental Health 

Services Administration (SAMHSA), 

and authorizes the CMHS to conduct 

surveys with respect to mental health. 

To monitor the prevalence of children 

and youth with mental health problems, 

CMHS and the National Institute of 

Mental Health (NIMH), through a 

reimbursable agreement with the NCHS 

have funded questions on children’s 

mental health on the National Health 

Interview Survey (NHIS). 

One component of the NHIS is the 

short Strengths and Difficulties 

Questionnaire (short SDQ), a module 

that has obtained data on the mental 

health of children aged 4–17 years since 

2001. As part of its mission, CMHS has 

undertaken the task of improving its 

methods for providing national 

estimates related to child mental health, 

specifically by conducting studies that 

determine validity and appropriate cutpoints for measuring serious 

psychological distress in adults. To 

ensure that the short SDQ is a valid 

measure of child mental health, the 

proposed study calibrates the SDQ on 

the NHIS to a standard psychiatric 

measure. Highly trained clinical 

interviewers will administer, via 

telephone, the Child and Adolescent 

Psychiatric Assessment (CAPA) or the 

Pre-School Age Psychiatric Assessment 

(PAPA) to the parents of a sample of 

children aged 4–17 years identified in 

the NHIS as having mental health 

problems. Children aged 9–17 will also 

be interviewed using Child and 

Adolescent Psychiatric Assessment 

(CAPA). Clinical interviewers will also 

administer these assessments to a 

suitable control group of parents and 

children. One part of this voluntary 

study will investigate the use of 

incentives which may be paid to all 

parents, and another incentive may be 

paid to all parents who complete the 

clinical interview. A 24 month 

clearance is being sought to conduct this 

study. 

Data collected in the follow-up 

interviews will then be used to calibrate 

the short SDQ as it is used in the NHIS. 

Data will not be used to produce 

national estimates. 

This study includes a pilot study of 

36 children and 50 parents to test the 

procedures and methods, including the 

necessity of an incentive, followed by a 

full survey of approximately 400 parents 

and 300 children. 

There is no cost to respondents other 

than their time. 

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN TABLE

Type of survey Type of respondent Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden per 

response 

in hours 

Total burden 

in hours 

Pilot ................................................... Parents ............................................. 25 1 40/60 17 

Children ............................................ 18 1 28/60 8 

Full Calibration .................................. Parents ............................................. 200 1 40/60 133 

Children ............................................ 150 1 28/60 70 

Total ........................................... ........................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ 228 

Dated: September 2, 2009. 

Maryam I. Daneshvar, 

Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Institutes of Health 

National Library of Medicine; Notice of 

Closed Meeting 

Pursuant to section 10(d) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 

amended (5 U.S.C. App.), notice is 

hereby given of the following meeting. 

The meeting will be closed to the 

public in accordance with the 

provisions set forth in sections 

552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title 5 U.S.C., 

as amended. The grant applications and 

the discussions could disclose 

confidential trade secrets or commercial 

property such as patentable material, 

and personal information concerning 

individuals associated with the grant 

applications, the disclosure of which 

would constitute a clearly unwarranted 

invasion of personal privacy. 

Name of Committee: National Library of 

Medicine Special Emphasis Panel. 

Date: October 22, 2009. 

Time: 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant 

applications. 

Place: National Library of Medicine, 6705 

Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD 20817 

(Telephone Conference Call). 

Contact Person: Zoe E. Huang, MD, 

Scientific Review Officer, Division of 

Extramural Programs, National Library of 

Medicine, National Institutes of Health, 6705 

Rockledge Drive, Suite 301, MSC 7968, 

Bethesda, MD 20892–7968, 301–594–4937. 

huangz@mail.nih.gov. 

(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Program Nos. 93.879, Medical Library 

Assistance, National Institutes of Health, 

HHS) 

Dated: September 2, 2009. 

Jennifer Spaeth, 

Director, Office of Federal Advisory 

Committee Policy. 

[FR Doc. E9–21770 Filed 9–10–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Institutes of Health 

National Library of Medicine; Amended 

Notice of Meeting 

Notice is hereby given of a change in 

the meeting of the Biomedical Library 

and Informatics Review Committee, 

November 5, 2009, 8 a.m. to November 

6, 2009, 2 p.m., National Library of 

Medicine, Building 38, Board Room, 

2nd Floor, 8600 Rockville Pike, 

Bethesda, MD 20892 which was 

published in the Federal Register on 

July 24, 2009, 74 FR 36726. 

The meeting will end on November 6, 

2009 at 9 a.m. The meeting is closed to 

the public. 

Dated: August 28, 2009. 

Jennifer Spaeth, 

Director, Office of Federal Advisory 

Committee Policy. 

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