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Groups, formerly entitled The National 

Abstinence Media Campaign (NAMC): 

Focus Group. The focus group 

component of the evaluation is designed 

to complement longitudinal surveys of 

parents, described in the information 

collection request published in the 

November 9, 2006, Federal Register. A 

total of 16 focus groups will be 

conducted with parents of children aged 

10 to 13. Two groups of mothers and 

two groups of fathers will be conducted 

for each of the the following groups: 

non-Hispanic Whites, non-Hispanic 

African Americans, English-speaking 

Hispanics, and Spanish-speaking 

Hispanics. The purpose of the focus 

group data collection is to help evaluate 

the Parents Speak Up National 

Campaign by learning qualitatively why 

parents may or may not change their 

attitudes and/or behaviors as a result of 

exposure to campaign messages. It will 

provide in-depth understanding of 

parents’ views about their influence on 

children’s sexual attitudes and 

behaviors, and about parents’ reactions 

to the PSUNC materials. 

Frequency: Reporting on Occasion. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

Households. 

Annual Number of Respondents: 

1280. 

Total Annual Responses: 1280. 

Average Burden Per Response: 15 

minutes. 

Total Annual Hours: 320. 

To obtain copies of the supporting 

statement and any related forms for the 

proposed paperwork collections 

referenced above, e-mail your request, 

including your address, phone number, 

OMB number, and OS document 

identifier, to 

Sherette.funncoleman@hhs.gov, or call 

the Reports Clearance Office on (202) 

690–6162. Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collections must be 

received within 30 days of this notice 

directly to the Desk Officer at the 

address below: OMB Desk Officer: John 

Kraemer, OMB Human Resources and 

Housing Branch, Attention: (OMB 

#0990–New), New Executive Office 

Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 

20503. 

Dated: February 22, 2007. 

Alice Bettencourt, 

Office of the Secretary, Paperwork Reduction 

Act Reports Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 07–1158 Filed 3–13–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[60Day–07–0406] 

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 Joan Karr, 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 

State and Local Area Integrated 

Telephone Survey (SLAITS), (OMB No. 

0920–0406)—Revision—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. The State and 

Local Area Integrated Telephone Survey 

(SLAITS) mechanism has been 

conducted since 1997. This is a request 

to continue for three years the integrated 

and coordinated survey system designed 

to collect needed health and well-being 

data at the national, state, and local 

levels (in accordance with the 1995 

initiative to increase the integration of 

surveys within DHHS). 

Using the large sampling frame from 

the ongoing National Immunization 

Survey (NIS) and Computer Assisted 

Telephone Interviewing (CATI), SLAITS 

has quickly collected and produced 

household and person-level data to 

monitor many health-related areas. 

Questionnaire content is drawn from 

existing surveys within DHHS as well as 

other Federal agencies, or developed 

specifically for an instrument according 

to the needs of the project sponsor. 

Examples of topical areas include child 

and family health and well-being, early 

childhood health, children with special 

health care needs (CSHCN), influenza 

vaccination of children, asthma 

prevalence and treatment, access to 

care, program participation, the health 

and well-being of adopted children, 

post-adoption support use, knowledge 

of Medicaid and the State Children’s 

Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), and 

changes in health care coverage at the 

national and state levels. The first 

module covered in this three-year 

clearance is the 2008 National Survey of 

Children with Special Health Care 

Needs (NS-CSHCN). It will provide data 

to be used for program planning and 

evaluation at the state and national 

levels. 

Since its inception the SLAITS 

mechanism has been used by 

government, university, and private 

researchers; policymakers; and 

advocates to evaluate content and 

programmatic health issues. For 

example, the CSHCN and Children’s 

Health modules have been used by 

Federal and state Maternal and Child 

Health Bureau Directors to evaluate 

programs and service needs. Several 

SLAITS modules have provided data for 

numerous editions of two 

Congressionally-mandated reports on 

healthcare disparities and quality. The 

module on Medicaid and SCHIP was 

prominently featured in a report to 

Congress on insuring children. The 

SLAITS asthma module was featured in 

two resource guides published by 

another Federal agency to improve the 

quality of asthma care at the state-level. 

There is no cost to respondents other 

than their time to participate. 


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ESTIMATE OF ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Respondents Number of respondents 

Number of responses per 

respondent 

Average burden per response 

(in hours) 

Total burden 

hours 

Household screening ....................................................................................... 622,000 1 1/60 10,367

Household interview ........................................................................................ 102,000 11 25/60 42,500 

Pilot work, pre-testing, and planning activities ................................................ 6,100 1 35/60 3,558 

Total .......................................................................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ 56,425 

Dated: March 5, 2007. 

Joan F. Karr, 

Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention. 

[FR Doc. E7–4635 Filed 3–13–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[60Day-07–07AP] 

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 Joan Karr, CDC 

Acting Reports Clearance Officer, 1600 

Clifton Road, MS–D74, Atlanta, GA 

30333 or send an email 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 

Preventive Medicine Residency and 

Fellowship Program Evaluation—New—

Office of Workforce and Career 

Development (OWCD), Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). 

Background and Brief Description 

Preventive medicine is a specialized 

field of medical practice that works with 

large populations to promote good 

health; to prevent disease, injury and 

disability; and to facilitate early 

diagnosis and treatment of illness. It is 

unique because its central focus is 

population health. Despite the nation’s 

growing need for preventive-medicine 

skills, numerous studies have 

demonstrated an increasing shortage of 

preventive medicine-trained 

professionals, and that shortage is 

projected to continue (American College 

of Preventive Medicine; Council on 

Graduate Medical Education). The 

specialty will benefit from attracting 

new residents, rewarding programs that 

fill positions with highly qualified 

candidates, and expanding the specialty 

into new medical leadership roles 

(Ducatman, et al., 2005). 

The mission of CDC’s Preventive 

Medicine Residency and Fellowship 

(PMR/F) is to (1) train public health and 

preventive medicine leaders, and (2) 

maintain leadership in the field of 

preventive medicine training. CDC’s 

PMR/F has been training physicians in 

the residency since 1972 and 

veterinarians in the fellowship since 

1983. PMR/F consists of a competencybased curriculum, a one-year practicum, 

and sponsorship for a Master of Public 

Health degree for qualified applicants 

before the practicum year. PMR/F 

provides its residents and fellows with 

training and experience in leadership, 

management, program development and 

evaluation, and the translation of 

epidemiology to public health practice. 

During the past 15 years, the CDC 

PMR/F has adapted its educational plan 

and design in response to changing 

public health needs, feedback from 

trainees and stakeholders, internal 

reviews of the residency, changes in 

Accreditation Council for Graduate 

Medical Education (ACGME) 

requirements, and a formal national 

survey of Preventive Medicine 

Residency graduates conducted by CDC 

in 1991. The last formal evaluation of 

the program occurred as part of the 1991 

survey. 

CDC proposes a new project to 

evaluate the PMR/F. The goals of the 

evaluation are to determine: (1) How 

well PMR/F is fulfilling its mission to 

train competent public health 

practitioners and leaders, (2) the 

effectiveness of the PMR/F educational 

program, and (3) PMR/F’s contribution 

to its residents and fellows, the CDC, 

and the larger public health community. 

As part of this project, PMR/F 

practicum assignment mentors, alumni, 

and external preventive medicine 

subject matter experts will be asked to 

complete a questionnaire to provide 

information that addresses the 

evaluation’s goals. Below is a 

description of the questionnaire’s 

response burden. There is no cost to the 

respondents other than their time. 

ESTIMATE OF ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Respondents Number of respondents 

Number of responses per 

respondent 

Average burden per response 

(in hours) 

Total burden 

(in hours) 

PMR/F Practicum Assignment Mentors ........................................................... 30 1 20/60 10 

PMR/F Alumni .................................................................................................. 30 1 20/60 10 


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