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EXHIBIT 3—ESTIMATED TOTAL AND ANNUALIZED COST—Continued 

Cost component Total cost Annualized 

cost 

Total .......................................................................................................................................................................... 275,270 91,757 

Request for Comments 

In accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act, comments on AHRQ’s 

information collection are requested 

with regard to any of the following: (a) 

Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of AHRQ healthcare 

research and healthcare information 

dissemination functions, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of 

AHRQ’s estimate of burden (including 

hours and costs) of the proposed 

collection(s) 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 upon the 

respondents, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and 

included in the Agency’s subsequent 

request for OMB approval of the 

proposed information collection. All 

comments will become a matter of 

public record. 

Dated: April 6, 2012. 

Carolyn M. Clancy, 

Director. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[60Day–12–12IG] 

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 404–639–7570 and 

send comments to Kimberly S. Lane, at 

CDC 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 

Targeted Surveillance and Biometric 

Studies for Enhanced Evaluation of 

Community Transformation Grants— 

New—National Center for Chronic 

Disease Prevention and Health 

Promotion (NCCDPHP), Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). 

Background and Brief Description 

The Prevention and Public Health 

Fund (PPHF) of the Patient Protection 

and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA) 

provides an important opportunity for 

states, counties, territories and tribes to 

advance public health across the 

lifespan and to reduce health 

disparities. The PPHF authorizes 

Community Transformation Grants 

(CTG) for the implementation, 

evaluation, and dissemination of 

evidence-based community preventive 

health activities. The CTG Program 

emphasizes five strategic directions: (1) 

Tobacco-free living, (2) active lifestyles 

and healthy eating, (3) high impact, 

evidence-based clinical and other 

preventive services, (4) social and 

emotional well-being, and (5) healthy 

and safe physical environments. 

The CTG Program is administered by 

the Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC), National Center for 

Chronic Disease Prevention and Health 

Promotion (NCCDPHP). As required by 

Section 4201 of the ACA, CDC is 

responsible for conducting a 

comprehensive evaluation of the CTG 

Program which includes assessment 

over time of measures relating to each 

of the five strategic directions. CDC is 

requesting OMB approval to collect 

information needed for these 

assessments. The information collection 

will include population-level and 

targeted surveillance of high interest 

indicators for a range of age groups in 

select CTG communities, as well as 

enhanced evaluation studies designed to 

assess the potential impact of specific 

CTG strategies on health outcomes. 

CDC plans to conduct the Adult 

Targeted Surveillance Survey (ATSS) in 

20 CTG communities. Ten communities 

that have already received CTG 

cooperative agreements (group A) will 

participate in the ATSS in 2012, 2014, 

and 2016, and ten communities that will 

receive CTG funding in fiscal year 2013 

(group B) will participate in the ATSS 

in 2013, 2015, and 2017. The ATSS will 

be administered by telephone to a 

representative sample of 1,000 adult 

residents in each community for an 

estimated annualized number of 

respondents of 10,000. Respondents will 

be asked to provide information about 

household practices and their personal 

behaviors specific to the five strategic 

directions (e.g., nutrition). Responses 

will be used to monitor changes in 

relevant attitudes, risk behaviors, and 

other behavioral factors in specific 

geographic areas where CTG cooperative 

agreement awardees are implementing 

interventions related to CTG strategic 

directions. Information from the 

targeted surveillance surveys will be 

compared with data from other local, 

state or national surveillance systems. 

During the initial three-year OMB 

clearance period, the ATSS will be 

administered to a total of 20,000 

respondents in group A communities 

and 10,000 respondents in group B 

communities. 

CDC’s CTG Program evaluation plans 

also include enhanced evaluation 

activities and special studies fulfilling 

the congressional mandate to expand 

the evidence base of effective public 

health interventions across a range of 

settings, population subgroups, and 

health outcomes. These studies will 

include use of mixed-method 

approaches and observational and 

outcome data collection in select 

communities. The initial selected 

studies will address biometric changes 

specific to CTG interventions; the 

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school environment; health disparities; 

and use of media. New studies will be 

added in subsequent years to address 

additional key areas with important 

public health impact. 

CDC is requesting OMB approval to 

conduct the Youth and Adult Biometric 

Study (YABS), one of the above 

mentioned special studies, in 10 CTG 

areas that are implementing evidencebased strategies to prevent exposure to 

secondhand smoke and to improve 

nutrition and physical activity among 

children and adults. The YABS will 

examine the impact of CTG strategies on 

biometric markers of health status 

including weight, height (i.e., body mass 

index or BMI), waist circumference, 

secondhand smoke exposure, and blood 

pressure. 

Participants in the YABS will be 

drawn from two samples of households. 

The first sample will be a targeted subsample of ATSS-respondent households 

that have at least one child between the 

ages of 3–17 years. The second sample 

of households will be recruited from an 

address listing that contains households 

with children in school catchment areas 

of high interest for assessing CTG 

interventions targeted to prevent 

childhood obesity. Data collection for 

both samples will be identical, with one 

exception. Adults from the second 

sample will be asked at the beginning of 

the phone call to participate in the 

telephone-based ATSS interview and 

YABS. Adults in the ATSS sub-sample 

will be asked to participate in YABS at 

the completion of the phone call, in 

order to maintain the ATSS interview as 

the priority for this set of respondents. 

Each adult respondent in the YABS 

will be asked to participate in an inhome visit with a trained interviewer, 

who will collect biometric data about 

the respondent such as height, weight, 

saliva, blood pressure, etc. The adult 

respondent will also be asked to provide 

information about his or her activity 

level over a one-week period. Objective 

measures of activity will be collected 

through use of an accelerometer, i.e., an 

electronic meter worn next to the body. 

In addition, the respondent will 

maintain a hardcopy activity diary to 

assist in interpreting the accelerometry 

data. An adult YABS respondent who is 

the parent or guardian of a child in the 

household will be asked to allow one 

child (age 3–17 years) to participate in 

the youth component of the YABS. With 

the child’s assent, similar biometric and 

activity measures will be collected from 

the child. If the child is between 3 and 

8 years of age, the parent or guardian 

will be asked to complete a Caregiver 

Survey about the child’s behaviors. If 

the child is between 9 and 17 years of 

age, he or she will be asked to complete 

a Youth Survey. 

The information to be collected will 

allow CDC to estimate the effect of all 

CTG interventions on health behaviors 

and health outcomes in adults and 

children ages 3–17 years, and to 

estimate the independent effect of 

school-based interventions in youth. 

OMB approval is requested for the first 

three years of the five-year CTG project 

period. Participation is voluntary and 

there are no costs to respondents other 

than their time. 

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Type of respondent Form name Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hr) 

Total 

burden 

(in hr) 

Adults in CTG Awardee Communities.Adult Targeted Surveillance Survey 10,000 1 30/60 5,000 

Adult Participants in the Youth and 

Adult Biometric Study.

Adult Targeted Surveillance Survey 1,300 1 30/60 650 

Adult Biometric Measures ................ 2,500 1 20/60 833 

Adult Activity Diary ........................... 500 1 20/60 167 

Caregiver Survey ............................. 1,000 1 15/60 250 

Child Participants in the Youth and 

Adult Biometric Study.

Child Biometric Measures ................ 2,000 1 15/60 500 

Child Activity Diary ........................... 500 1 10/60 83 

Youth Survey .................................... 1,000 1 15/60 250 

Total ........................................... ........................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ 7,733 

Kimberly S. Lane, 

Deputy Director, Office of Scientific Integrity, 

Office of the Associate Director for Science, 

Office of the Director, Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

[Document Identifier CMS–10185 and CMS– 

10429] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services, HHS. 

In compliance with the requirement 

of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services (CMS) is publishing the 

following summary of proposed 

collections for public comment. 

Interested persons are invited to send 

comments regarding this burden 

estimate or any other aspect of this 

collection of information, including any 

of the following subjects: (1) The 

necessity and utility of the proposed 

information collection for the proper 

performance of the agency’s functions; 

(2) the accuracy of the estimated 

burden; (3) ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and (4) the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology to 

minimize the information collection 

burden. 

1. Type of Information Collection 

Request: Revision of a currently 

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