Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 146 / Tuesday, July 31, 2007 / Notices 41757 

Dated: July 20, 2007. 

David A. Schwartz, 

Director, National Institute of Environmental 

Health Sciences, and National Toxicology 

Program. 

[FR Doc. E7–14689 Filed 7–30–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4140–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Agency for Healthcare Research and 

Quality 

Notice of Meeting 

In accordance with section 10(d) of 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 

U.S.C., Appendix 2), announcement is 

made of Health Care Policy and 

Research Special Emphasis Panel (SEP) 

meeting. 

A Special Emphasis Panel is a group 

of experts in fields related to health care 

research who are invited by the Agency 

for Healthcare Research and Quality 

(AHRQ), and agree to be available, to 

conduct on an as needed basis, 

scientific reviews of applications for 

AHRQ support. Individual members of 

the Panel do not attend regularlyscheduled meetings and do not serve for 

fixed terms or a long period of time. 

Rather, they are asked to participate in 

particular review meetings which 

require their type of expertise. 

Substantial segments of the upcoming 

SEP meeting listed below will be closed 

to the public in accordance with the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, 

section 10(d) of 5 U.S.C., Appendix 2 

and 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(6). Grant 

applications for the Announcement of 

Availability of Funds for Grants 

regarding Family Planning Services 

Delivery Improvement (SDI) Research 

are to be reviewed and discussed at this 

meeting. This program is sponsored by 

the Office of Populations Affairs. These 

discussions are likely to reveal personal 

information concerning individuals 

associated with the applications. This 

information is exempt from mandatory 

disclosure under the above-cited 

statutes. 

SEP Meeting on: Family Planning Services 

Delivery Improvement (SDI) Research. 

Date: August 23, 2007 (Open on August 23 

from 8 a.m. to 8:15 a.m. and closed for the 

remainder of the meeting). 

Place: John M. Eisenberg Building, AHRQ 

Conference Center, 540 Gaither Road, 

Rockville, Maryland 20850. 

Contact Person: Anyone wishing to obtain 

a roster of members, agenda or minutes of the 

non-confidential portions of this meeting 

should contact Mrs. Bonnie Campbell, 

Committee Management Officer, Office of 

Extramural Research, Education and Priority 

Populations, HARQ, 540 Gaither Road, Room 

2038, Rockville, Maryland 20850, Telephone 

(301) 427–1554. 

Agenda items for this meeting are subject 

to change as priorities dictate. 

Dated: July 24, 2007. 

Carolyn M. Clancy, 

Director. 

[FR Doc. 07–3706 Filed 7–30–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4160–90–M 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[60Day–07–07BE] 

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 404–639–5960 and 

send comments to Maryam I. Daneshvar, 

CDC Acting Reports Clearance Officer, 

1600 Clifton Road, MS–D74, 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 

Research to Reduce Time to 

Treatment for Heart Attack/Myocardial 

Infraction for Rural American Indians/ 

Alaska Natives (AI/AN)—NEW—

National Center for Chronic Disease 

Prevention and Health Promotion 

(NCCDPHP), Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention (CDC). 

Background and Brief Description 

Every year, approximately 1.1 million 

Americans have a first or recurrent heart 

attack/myocardial infarction (MI) and 

about one third of these will be fatal. 

Early recognition of MI by both the 

victim and bystanders followed by 

prompt cardiac emergency and 

advanced care has a direct effect on 

patient outcomes (heart damage, 

morbidity and mortality): the shorter the 

delay to treatment, the better the 

outcomes. Results of a recent Behavioral 

Risk Factor Survey (BRFSS) survey 

showed that public recognition of major 

MI symptoms and the need for 

immediate action by calling 9–1–1 was 

poor and that there is a need for 

increased public health efforts. Patient 

delay accounts for most of the lag in 

treatment. 

Data from the National MI Registry 

show that the greatest disparity for 

delay in treatment exists among the 

racial and ethnic groups of American 

Indian/Alaskan Native group. The 

NATIVE study shows that rural 

American Indians presenting with acute 

MI have marked delays in time to 

treatment (12% of patients waited 

between 12–24 hours and 23% waited 

more than 24 hours to present) thus, 

limiting treatment options; the primary 

cause of the delay was due to patient 

misunderstandings about the symptoms 

of MI. 

The project will contribute to our 

understanding of AI/AN populations 

and their perceptions of and 

misconceptions about MI and the need 

for immediate treatment. Information 

gained from this project will provide the 

details needed to tailor message(s) for 

this population. The agency will 

develop culturally-tailored messages for 

native populations that will contribute 

to the existing National Heart Attack 

program (NHLBI) ‘‘Act in Time’’

messages. 

There will be a minimum of 84 key 

informant interviews and 16 persons in 

the two focus groups. The key 

informants will consist of healthcare 

providers, community leader, and 

persons who have had an MI. Key 

informants will be identified for 

interviews through a clustered, 

multistate snowball sampling technique. 

In recognition of the tribal diversity; 

study participants will represent three 

AI/AN regions of the U.S.: Great Plains 

identified by the Aberdeen Area Indian 

Health Service area, the South West 

distinct to the Phoenix, Albuquerque 

and Tucson areas and Alaskan Natives. 

Interview participants will have 

established relationships with tribes or 


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