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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. Send comments to Anne

O’Connor, CDC Assistant Reports

Clearance Officer, 1600 Clifton Road,

MS–D24, Atlanta, GA 30333. Written

comments should be received within 60

days of this notice.

Proposed Project: 2002 National

Health Interview Survey Basic

Module—Revision—OMB. No. 0920–

0214, National Center for Health

Statistics (NCHS), Centers for Disease

Control and Prevention (CDC). The

annual National Health Interview

Survey (NHIS) is a basic source of

general statistics on the health of the

U.S. population. In accordance with the

1995 initiative to increase the

integration of surveys within the

Department of Health and Human

Services, respondents to the NHIS serve

as the sampling frame for the Medical

Expenditure Panel Survey. This survey

is conducted by the Agency for

Healthcare Research and Quality. The

NHIS has long been used by

government, university, and private

researchers to evaluate both general

health and specific issues, such as

cancer, AIDS, and childhood

immunizations. Journalists use its data

to inform the general public. It will

continue to be a leading source of data

for the Congressionally-mandated

‘‘Health US’’ and related publications,

as well as the single most important

source of statistics to track progress

toward the National Health Promotion

and Disease Prevention Objectives,

‘‘Healthy People 2010.’’

Because of survey integration and

changes in the health and health care of

the U.S. population, demands on the

NHIS have changed and increased,

leading to a major redesign of the

annual core questionnaire, or Basic

Module, and a redesign of the data

collection system from paper

questionnaires to computer assisted

personal interviews (CAPI). Those

redesigned elements were partially

implemented in 1996 and fully

implemented in 1997. This clearance is

for the sixth full year of data collection

using the Basic Module on CAPI and for

the implementation of Topical Modules

(or supplements) on asthma, hearing,

vision, disability, environmental health,

arthritis, and alternative medicine. The

supplements will help track many of the

Health People 2010 objectives. This data

collection, planned for January—

December 2002, will result in

publication of new national estimates of

health statistics, release of public use

micro data files, and a sampling frame

for other integrated surveys. There is no

cost to the respondents other than their

time.

Respondents Number of

respondents

Number of

responses/

Respondent

Avg. burden/

response

(in hours)

Total burden

(in hours)

Family .............................................................................................................. 42,000 1 0.35 14,700

Sample adult .................................................................................................... 42,000 1 0.70 29,400

Sample child .................................................................................................... 18,000 1 0.25 4,500

Total ...................................................................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ 48,600

Dated: May 22, 2001.

Nancy Cheal,

Acting Associate Director for Policy, Planning

and Evaluation, Centers for Disease Control

and Prevention.

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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 the CDC Reports

Clearance Officer on (404) 639–7090.

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. Send comments to Seleda

Perryman, CDC Assistant Reports

Clearance Officer, 1600 Clifton Road,

MS–D24, Atlanta, GA 30333. Written

comments should be received within 60

days of this notice.

Proposed Project: Willingness to Pay

Project—NEW—Epidemiology Program

Office (EPO), Centers for Disease

Control and Prevention (CDC). The

mission of the Prevention Effectiveness

Branch is to provide information and

training to build internal and external

capacity in economic and decision

sciences.

This project will use qualitative and

quantitative research to develop and test

informational approaches (educational

materials or product labeling) to educate

consumers about food safety issues,

develop and test survey instruments and

test experimental protocols to be used in

the main quantitative data collection;

provide a nationally-representative

estimate of consumer willingness to pay

for (a) publicly-provided reductions in

the probability of contracting foodborne

illnesses; (b) reductions in severity of

symptoms associated with foodborne

illnesses, and (c) materials that facilitate

private, defensive precautions against

foodborne illness during home food

preparation (e.g., meat thermometers,

antibacterial soaps and cutting boards).

Estimate the effect of education

programs and product labeling on

willingness to pay for the reductions;

compare the empirical estimates of the

above mentioned consumer willingness

to pay derived from a conjoint analysis

instrument and a simulated marketplace

experiment.

Public awareness and stated concern

regarding foodborne illnesses have

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increased rapidly over the past decade.

The general public while seemingly

well informed and concerned about

some relevant food safety issues, appear

unknowledgeable or ill-informed about

emerging issues. The Food Safety

Survey data suggest that information

provided to consumers at the point of

purchase may be a fruitful means of

educating the public about food safety,

and analyses of consumer purchase data

indicate that health-related information

provided at the point of purchase can

make significant long-term changes in

purchasing behavior.

While providing health-related

information about food has been the

focus of major policy initiatives in the

last few years, little empirical economic

research has attempted to understand

the market and welfare effects of

different health information policies. In

addition, previous research does not

address the distribution of effects across

different consumers. Policy makers and

food manufacturers cannot provide

labels that satisfy everyone’s

information desires while

simultaneously catering to consumers’

cognitive and time constraints. As a

result, policy makers need to

understand how different sectors of the

consumer population will be affected,

particularly those members of the

population who face relatively high

food safety risks.

The lack of information hinders

policy makers from making informed

decisions on the proper allocation of

resources in this area since the benefits

or reducing the risk of illness are not

well known. Not having the information

readily available makes costeffectiveness and cost-benefit analyses

difficult to do as well as resourceintensive. This data collection effort,

then will reduce this burden by making

data available to researchers for use in

program and policy evaluation. If this

data collection effort were not to take

place, agencies will either have to

continue to piece together data when

conducting economic analyses of food

safety policies and regulations, or they

will fund a large-scale effort like the one

being proposed. Another large-scale

effort would be a waste of public funds.

Providing consumers information about

the risks and about protective measures

allows consumers to more accurately

assess how much they would pay for

reductions in this risk, but more

importantly, it also informs the

consumer as to what the risks are and

how they can protect themselves. This

information is important since the

consumer is the last line of defense in

the campaign against foodborne

illnesses. There are no costs to

respondents.

Respondents Number of

respondents

Number of

responses per

respondent

Average

burden per

response

(in hours)

Total burden

(in hours)

Survey respondents ......................................................................................... 5,000 1 30/60 2,500

Virtual shopping respondents .......................................................................... 1,200 1 1 1,200

Total ................................................................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ 3,700

Dated: May 23, 2001.

Nancy Cheal,

Acting Associate Director for Policy, Planning

and Evaluation, Centers for Disease Control

and Prevention.

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Disability and Health Screening

Programs; Notice of Availability of

Funds

A. Purpose

The Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention (CDC) announces the

availability of fiscal year (FY) 2001

funds for grant programs entitled

‘‘Disability and Health Screening

Programs.’’ This program addresses the

‘‘Healthy People 2010’’ focus areas of

Disability and Secondary Conditions,

Environmental Health, and Maternal,

Infant, and Child Health. The purpose of

the programs is: (1) To establish and

enhance screening, follow-up, and

referral for Glaucoma and other visual

acuity problems and diseases of the eye,

and (2) to investigate intestinal motility

disorders in children.

B. Eligible Applicants

Assistance will be provided only to

the Congressional Glaucoma Caucus

Foundation and to Children’s Hospital

of Buffalo. No other applications are

solicited. Eligibility is limited to these

applicants because FY 2001 Federal

appropriations specifically directs CDC

to award these grant funds for the

following glaucoma screening and

intestinal motility disorder programs:

1. Congressional Glaucoma Caucus

Foundation, Whitestone, NY. The

Foundation is a non-partisan

organization of members of the U.S.

Congress whose purpose is to educate

their communities about the risks of

glaucoma and other blindness-causing

eye diseases, and to provide diagnostic

screening opportunities for high risk

groups in their home districts across the

nation.

2. Children’s Hospital of Buffalo,

Buffalo, NY. Established in 1892, the

Children’s Hospital of Buffalo is a

regional center for comprehensive,

specialized pediatric and women’s

health services. They provide a variety

of clinical services for children and see

more than 128,000 outpatients per year.

Note: Title 2 of the United States Code,

Chapter 26, Section 1611 states that an

organization described in section 501(c)(4) of

the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 that

engages in lobbying activities is not eligible

to receive Federal funds constituting an

award, grant, cooperative agreement,

contract, loan, or any other form.

C. Availability of Funds

Approximately $441,856 is available

in FY 2001 to fund one award to the

Congressional Glaucoma Caucus

Foundation and approximately

$176,592 is available to fund one award

to the Children’s Hospital of Buffalo. It

is expected that each award will begin

on or about September 1, 2001, and will

be made for a 12-month budget period

within a one year project period.

Funding estimates may change.

D. Where To Obtain Additional

Information

For business management technical

assistance, contact: Nancy B. Pillar,

Grants Management Specialist, Grants

Management Branch, Procurement and

Grants Office, Announcement Number

01162, Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention (CDC), 2920 Brandywine

Road, Room 3000, MS E–13, Atlanta,