[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 205 (Monday, October 25, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65489-65490]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-26878]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30-Day-11-10EG]


Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review

    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 Officer at (404) 639-5960 or send an e-mail 
to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4e21232c0e2d2a2d60292138"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1d72707f5d7e797e337a726b">[email protected]</span></a>. Send written comments to CDC Desk Officer, Office of 
Management and Budget, Washington, DC or by fax to (202) 395-5806. 
Written comments should be received within 30 days of this notice.

Proposed Project

    Audience Analysis for Biomonitoring--New--National Center for 
Environmental Health/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry 
(NCEH/ATSDR), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    People's exposure to environmental chemicals can be a risk to their 
health. Scientists at the CDC use biomonitoring, which is the 
measurement of environmental chemicals in human tissues and fluids, to 
assess such exposure. Biomonitoring findings, however, do not typically 
provide information on health risks and toxicity data often lag behind 
new biomonitoring data. The health effects on humans are, therefore, 
often uncertain or unknown, particularly, for many new or ``emerging'' 
chemicals. Nevertheless, communicating biomonitoring findings for those 
charged with this task is necessary, especially due to the growing 
media coverage and public concern about chemicals found in the human 
body. The demand for answers and decreasing patience with uncertainty 
characterizes the interpretation of such results. This poses enormous 
challenges to those tasked to communicate such findings to both 
scientific and non-scientific audiences without a biomonitoring 
background.
    The CDC is, therefore, interested in developing a framework for 
communicating health risk messages, particularly about emerging 
environmental chemicals, to the attentive public audience such as 
selected women who are pregnant or have very young children. The three 
environmental chemicals, Bisphenol A (BPA), phthalates, and mercury 
have been selected for this study. They are of particular interest to 
these selected women as the risks of exposure are higher for very young 
children because of their hand-to-mouth behaviors and direct oral 
(mouth) contact with materials containing these chemicals. Furthermore, 
young children eat and drink more per pound of body weight than adults.
    Focus groups will be conducted in different parts of the country 
with selected women. During phase one, eight exploratory focus groups 
will be conducted to develop messaging strategies and the results will 
be used in the development of preliminary messages about the emerging 
chemicals. The second phase will include six message testing focus 
groups to determine which messages are most attractive and compelling 
in terms of communicating health risk information about emerging 
chemicals.
    Participants will be recruited via standard focus group recruitment 
methods. Most will come from an existing database (or list) of 
potential participants maintained by the focus group facility. There is 
no cost to respondents other than their time. The total estimated 
annual burden hours are 273.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                                      Average
                                                                     Number of     Responses per    burden per
          Type of respondent                    Form name           respondents     respondent     response  (in
                                                                                                      hours)
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Selected women for screening..........  Recruitment Screener....             252               1            5/60

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Selected women for exploratory focus    Exploratory Focus Group               72               1               2
 groups.                                 Guide.
Selected women for message testing      Message Testing Focus                 54               1               2
 focus groups.                           Group Guide.
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    Dated: October 19, 2010.
Carol E. Walker,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2010-26878 Filed 10-22-10; 8:45 am]
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