61424 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 201 / Thursday, October 16, 2008 / Notices 

connect the potential data source. To 

collect this information, a series of 

questionnaires in an Excel spreadsheet 

have been designed. Data collection will 

take place during and after on-site visits 

by BioSense personnel and contractors. 

We estimate that such data will be 

collected from 20 new entities (each 

representing many facilities or clinics) 

each year. 

A second requirement is that 

electronic data records be transmitted to 

the BioSense system. Currently, data are 

transmitted from 35 entities, including 8 

state or local health departments and 22 

hospitals/hospital groups (which 

collectively transmit data from 460 

hospitals); the Department of Veterans 

Affairs (which transmits data from 820 

facilities), the Department of Defense 

(which transmits data from 320 

facilities), 2 national laboratories, and 

one pharmacy claims system (which 

transmits data from >30,000 

pharmacies). The data may include 

foundational data (e.g., demographics, 

chief complaint, diagnosis), laboratory 

data, pharmacy data, radiology data, or 

detailed emergency department data 

(e.g., vital signs, triage notes, 

medications). All are submitted via 

electronic record transmission, 

generally using a software program 

called PHIN-MS. A large number of 

electronic records are transmitted from 

each entity each year; however, once the 

automated interfaces are set up for 

transmission, there is no human burden 

for record transmission. 

There are no costs to prospective data 

sources other than their time. 

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Instrument type Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses 

per respondent 

Average 

burden per 

response (in 

hours) 

Total burden 

(in hours) 

Recruitment of perspective data source entities ............................................. 20 1 4/60 1.5 

Total .......................................................................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ 1.5 

Dated: October 7, 2008. 

Maryam I. Daneshvar, 

Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention. 

[FR Doc. E8–24558 Filed 10–15–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4163–18–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[60Day–09–08BS] 

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 or 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 

Testing and Development of Materials 

Promoting Prevention and Control of 

Traumatic Brain Injury in Schools— 

New—, Division of Injury Response 

(DIR), National Center for Injury 

Prevention and Control (NCIPC), 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC). 

Background and Brief Description 

Each year, an estimated 1.4 million 

Americans sustain a traumatic brain 

injury (TBI). A TBI is caused by a bump, 

blow, or jolt to the head or a penetrating 

head injury that disrupts the normal 

function of the brain. 

Children ages 0 to 4 years and 

adolescents ages 15–19 are at the 

greatest risk of sustaining a TBI, as they 

often sustain TBIs from a host of 

mechanisms including falls (down stairs 

or from heights such as counter tops or 

beds), direct impacts (e.g. getting hit in 

the head with a ball), and motor vehicle 

crashes. 

In order to address this important 

public health problem among young 

children and adolescents, CDC plans to 

conduct a national TBI educational 

initiative aimed at school nurses, school 

counselors, school psychologists, and 

school administrators. As part of the 

initiative, CDC will develop educational 

materials and messages for these 

audiences, as well as tools for partners, 

to help improve the prevention, 

recognition, and management of TBI 

among school-aged children and 

adolescents. 

School nurses, school counselors, 

school psychologists, and school 

administrators are important audiences 

for this initiative, as they are well 

positioned to address short- and longterm issues related to TBI. These 

audiences play an important role in 

addressing the needs of students and 

working collaboratively with educators 

and parents. School nurses need 

current, reliable, and easy to use 

materials about TBI, to keep them up-todate on the issue and assist them in 

educating and caring for students who 

come to them with a suspected TBI. 

Nurses, counselors and administrators 

can promote prevention of TBI in the 

school setting and inform educators and 

parents about TBI prevention and 

recognition in the classroom, on the 

playground and on the field. They can 

also work with schools to institute TBI 

specific back-to-school and return-toplay plans. 

As part of this research, school 

nurses, counselors, psychologists, and 

administrators will participate in 

professionally moderated individual indepth interviews. Information will be 

collected concerning respondents’ 

knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs about 

traumatic brain injury and where and 

how they get health information. 
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The goal of these interviews with 

school professionals is to understand 

needs of school professionals (including 

school nurses, school counselors, school 

psychologists, and school 

administrators) for materials or tools 

related to TBI. The materials will 

provide guidance on how to prevent and 

recognize TBI in students. The content 

discussed in these interviews will be 

used to refine materials and develop 

future materials. There are no costs to 

respondents other than their time. 

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Type of respondents Form name Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hours) 

Total burden 

(in hours) 

School nurses, counselors, psychologists, and administrators.Screening and Recruitment ...... 96 1 10/60 16 

Interview Guide: Model Programs.45 1 1 45 

Total ................................... ................................................... ............................ ............................ ............................ 61 

Dated: October 1, 2008. 

Maryam I. Daneshvar, 

Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention. 

[FR Doc. E8–24559 Filed 10–15–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4163–18–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[60Day–09–0314] 

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 project or to obtain a copy of 

data collection plans and instruments, 

call the CDC Reports Clearance Officer 

on 404–639–5960 or send comments to 

CDC Assistant Reports Clearance 

Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS D–74, 

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 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 

The National Survey of Family 

Growth (NSFG)–(0920–0314)— 

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 ‘‘family formation, growth, 

and dissolution,’’ as well as 

‘‘determinants of health’’ and 

‘‘utilization of health care’’ in the 

United States. This three-year clearance 

request includes the data collection in 

2010–2012 for the continuous NSFG. 

The National Survey of Family 

Growth (NSFG) was conducted 

periodically between 1973 and 2002, 

and continuously since 2006, by the 

National Center for Health Statistics, 

CDC. Each year, about 14,000 

households are screened, with about 

5,000 participants interviewed annually. 

Participation in the NSFG is completely 

voluntary and confidential. Interviews 

average 60 minutes for males and 80 

minutes for females. The response rate 

since 2006 is about 75 percent for both 

males and females. 

The NSFG programs produces 

descriptive statistics which measure 

factors associated with birth and 

pregnancy rates, including 

contraception, infertility, marriage, 

divorce, and sexual activity, in the U.S. 

population 15–44; and on behaviors that 

affect the risk of sexually transmitted 

diseases (STD), including HIV, and the 

medical care associated with 

contraception, infertility, and pregnancy 

and childbirth. 

NSFG data users include the DHHS 

programs that fund it, including CDC/ 

NCHS and seven others (The Eunice 

Kennedy Shriver National Institute for 

Child Health and Human Development 

(NIH/NICHD); the Office of Population 

Affairs (DHHS/OPA); the Office of the 

Assistant Secretary for Planning and 

Evaluation (DHHS/OASPE); the 

Children’s Bureau (DHHS/ACF/CB); the 

CDC’s Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention 

(CDC/DHAP); the CDC’s Division of STD 

Prevention (CDC/DSTD); and the CDC’s 

Division of Reproductive Health (CDC/ 

DRH). The NSFG is also used by state 

and local governments; private research 

and action organizations focused on 

men’s and women’s health, child wellbeing, and marriage and the family; 

academic researchers in the social and 

public health sciences; journalists, and 

many others. 

This submission requests approval for 

three years. No questionnaire changes 

are requested in the first 18 months of 

this clearance (July 2009–December 

2010); some limited changes may be 

requested after that, to be responsive to 

emerging public policy issues. 

There is no cost to respondents other 

than their time.