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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

for other forms of information

technology. Send comments to Wilma

Johnson, CDC Reports Clearance Officer,

1600 Clifton Road, MS–D24, Atlanta,

GA 30333. Written comments should be

received within 60 days of this notice.

Proposed Projects

1. The Tri-State Mining District: Lead

Exposure and Immunotoxic Effects

Study—New—The proposed study

evaluates associations between immune

system dysfunction/damage and

exposure to lead among children in the

Tri-State Mining District. This district

encompasses several contaminated areas

including three Superfund sites: The

Oronogo-Duenweg Mining Belt site in

Jasper County, Missouri; the Cherokee

County Site in Kansas; and the Tar

Creek, Ottawa County Site in Oklahoma.

The proposed study consists of two

repeated in-person interviews and

biological testing for blood lead and

immune function among participants of

the ongoing lead screening programs in

the Tri-State Mining district.

Approximately 50 children identified as

having blood lead <10 micrograms per

decilitre and 50 children with blood

lead levels <5 micrograms per decilitre

will constitute the study and

comparison groups respectively. Blood

specimens will be obtained to measure

lead, complete blood count, EP, ZPP,

antibody titers, and the CDC/ATSDR

recommended immune panel. A second

blood drawn a month later will examine

intra-personal immune tests stability

and will help evaluate the relationship

between immune results and recent

illness. Parents will be interviewed

using a children’s health questionnaire

that solicits information on

demographics, the medical history of

each child and the occurrences of recent

illness. Statistical analyses will compare

health outcome measures (symptoms,

illness, change in immune parameters)

to blood lead levels. Other than their

time, there will be no cost to the

respondents. The length of clearance

requested is 3 years.

Respondents Number of

respondents

Number of

reponses/

respondent

Average

burden/response

(in hrs)

Total burden

(in hrs.)

Child Health Questionnaire .............................................................................................. 100 2 0.5 100

Total ........................................................................................................................... .................... .................... .................... 100

Dated: February 12, 1997.

Wilma G. Johnson,

Acting Associate Director for Policy Planning

and Evaluation, Centers for Disease Control

and Prevention (CDC).

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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

Office on (404) 639–7090. Send written

comments to CDC, Desk Officer; Human

Resources and Housing Branch, New

Executive Office Building, Room 10235;

Washington, DC 20503. Written

comments should be received within 30

days of this notice.

The following requests have been

submitted for review since the last

publication date on February 11, 1997.

Proposed Project

The Second Longitudinal Study of

Aging (LSOA II)—(0920–0219)—New—

The Second Longitudinal Study of

Aging is a second generation,

longitudinal survey of a nationally

representative sample of civilian, noninstitutionalized persons 70 years of age

and older. Participation is voluntary,

and individually identified data are

confidential. It will replicate portions of

the first Longitudinal Study of Aging

(LSOA), particularly the causes and

consequences of changes in functional

status. LSOA II is also designed to

monitor the impact of changes in

Medicare, Medicaid, and managed care

on the health status of the elderly and

their patterns of health care utilization.

Both LSOAs are joint projects of the

National Center for Health Statistics

(NCHS) and the National Institute on

Aging (NIA).

The Supplement on Aging (SOA), part

of the 1984 National Health Interview

Survey (NHIS), established a baseline on

7,527 persons who were then aged 70

and older. The first LSOA reinterviewed

them in 1986, 1988 and 1990. Data from

the SOA and LSOA have been widely

used for research and policy analysis

relevant to the older population.

Approximately 10,000 persons aged

70 and over were interviewed for the

1994 National Health Interview Survey’s

second Supplement on Aging (SOA II)

between October of 1994 and March of

1996. LSOA II will reinterview the SOA

II sample three times: In 1997, 1999, and

2001. As in the first LSOA, these

reinterviews will be conducted using

computer assisted telephone

interviewing (CATI). Beyond that, LSOA

II will use methodological and

conceptual developments of the past

decade.

LSOA II will contain modules on

scientifically important and policyrelevant domains, including: (1)

Assistance with activities of daily

living, (2) chronic conditions and

impairments, (3) family structure,

relationships, and living arrangements,

(4) health opinions and behaviors, (5)

use of health, personal care and social

services, (6) use of assistive devices and

technologies, (7) health insurance, (8)

housing and long-term care, (9) social

activity, (10) employment history, (11)

transportation, and (12) cognition. This

new data will result in publication of

new national health statistics on the

elderly and the release of public use

micro data files. The total annual

burden is 8,099.
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Respondents Number of

respondents

Number of

responses/

Respondent

Avg. burden/

response

(in hrs.)

Sample Adult ................................................................................................................................ 10,037 1 .806

Dated: February 12, 1997.

Wilma G. Johnson,

Acting Associate Director for Policy Planning

And Evaluation, Centers for Disease Control

and Prevention (CDC).

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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

Office on (404) 639–7090. Send written

comments to CDC, Desk Officer; Human

Resources and Housing Branch, New

Executive Office Building, Room 10235;

Washington, DC 20503. Written

comments should be received within 30

days of this notice.

The following requests have been

submitted for review since the last

publication date on February 11, 1997.

Proposed Project

1. Feasibility Study of a State and

Local Area Integrated Telephone

Survey—New—This is a request to

conduct a feasibility study in five States

of an integrated survey to collect broad

State-based health and health-related

data using two existing and ongoing

data collection systems, the National

Immunization Survey (NIS) and the

National Health Interview Survey

(NHIS) (0920–0214). The purpose of this

project is to demonstrate the potential

for using random-digit-dialing (RDD)

methods to sample households for

Computer Assisted Telephone

Interviews (CATI) to produce quick

turnaround State-level estimates on

issues such as health status, access to

care, health insurance coverage, and

utilization of services for monitoring

and tracking changes in the health care

system. As health care markets respond

to new incentives and States gain

increasing responsibility for

administering health and welfare

programs, State level data are being

recognized as increasingly important to

the public health and health policy

community. While considerable

population-based data are available at

the national level, there is a variable

amount at the State level.

The proposed strategy of building on

two established systems provides

several advantages. It is less costly than

establishing a new system; the proposed

questions have been thoroughly tested;

and implementation can occur rapidly.

In the NIS, interviews are conducted on

a random sample of telephone

households to produce vaccination

coverage estimates for children 19 to 35

months of age for all 50 states, the

District of Columbia, and 27 urban

areas. The NIS CATI system offers a

mechanism for rapid data collection and

for expansion to establish a more broad

based system to monitor and track

changes in health status, the health care

system, and welfare reform at the State

level. In addition, since the design for

the NIS requires screening 20

households to identify a single

household with an age eligible child, a

potential cost effective opportunity

exists to make use of the large

probability sample of telephone

numbers for other emerging health care

issues. The NHIS is a continuous

general purpose national health survey

in which face-to-face interviews are

conducted to measure health

characteristics of the U.S. civilian

noninstitutionalized population. Use of

an abbreviated set of questions from the

NHIS for the proposed integrated

telephone survey will allow for

standardization of the questionnaire

across States and will allow

comparisons with national data. In

addition, the quality of the estimates

developed from the telephone survey

can be improved with adjustments for

nontelephone households using

information from the NHIS on telephone

and nontelephone households.

The long term strategy is to build an

integrated and coordinated data

collection mechanism that can be both

standardized for State and national

comparisons and customized for Statespecific needs. The total annual burden

is 17,000 reflecting an average of the

two years assuming coverage of 5 areas

in 1997 and 78 areas in 1998.

Respondents No. of respondents

No. of responses/respondent

Average

burden/response (in

hrs.)

Total burden (in hrs.)

1997

Noninstitutionalized household population in 5 States .................................................... 5,500 1 0.33 1,833

1998

Noninstitutionalized household population in 50 States or substate areas ..................... 55,000 1 0.33 18,333

Noninstitutionalized household population in 28 substate areas 31,000 1 0.33 10,333