81 FR 52868 - Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 154 (August 10, 2016)

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FR Document		2016-18937

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of its continuing efforts to reduce public burden and maximize the utility of government information, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on the National Youth Tobacco Survey (NYTS) 2017 Computer Based Pilot. The NYTS is currently administered in a paper and pencil format. The NYTS Computer Based Pilot will assess the feasibility of administering the survey in an electronic format.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60 Day-16-16AWN: Docket No. CDC-2016-0080]


Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and 
Recommendations

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of 
Health and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION: Notice with comment period.

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SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part 
of its continuing efforts to reduce public burden and maximize the 
utility of government information, invites the general public and other 
Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or 
continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on the National 
Youth Tobacco Survey (NYTS) 2017 Computer Based Pilot. The NYTS is 
currently administered in a paper and pencil format. The NYTS Computer 
Based Pilot will assess the feasibility of administering the survey in 
an electronic format.

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before October 11, 2016.

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ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2016-
0080 by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Regulations.gov. Follow the 
instructions for submitting comments.
     Mail: Jeffrey M. Zirger, Information Collection Review 
Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road 
NE., MS-D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name 
and Docket Number. All relevant comments received will be posted 
without change to Regulations.gov, including any personal information 
provided. For access to the docket to read background documents or 
comments received, go to Regulations.gov.
    Please note: All public comment should be submitted through the 
Federal eRulemaking portal (Regulations.gov) or by U.S. mail to the 
address listed above.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on the 
proposed project or to obtain a copy of the information collection plan 
and instruments, contact the Information Collection Review Office, 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE., MS-
D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; phone: 404-639-7570; Email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 
(PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), Federal agencies must obtain approval from 
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for each collection of 
information they conduct or sponsor. In addition, the PRA also requires 
Federal agencies to provide a 60-day notice in the Federal Register 
concerning each proposed collection of information, including each new 
proposed collection, each proposed extension of existing collection of 
information, and each reinstatement of previously approved information 
collection before submitting the collection to OMB for approval. To 
comply with this requirement, we are publishing this notice of a 
proposed data collection as described below.
    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; (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; and (e) estimates of capital or start-
up costs and costs of operation, maintenance, and purchase of services 
to provide information. Burden means the total time, effort, or 
financial resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, 
disclose or provide information to or for a Federal agency. This 
includes the time needed to review instructions; to develop, acquire, 
install and utilize technology and systems for the purpose of 
collecting, validating and verifying information, processing and 
maintaining information, and disclosing and providing information; to 
train personnel and to be able to respond to a collection of 
information, to search data sources, to complete and review the 
collection of information; and to transmit or otherwise disclose the 
information.

Proposed Project

    National Youth Tobacco Survey (NYTS) 2017 Computer Based Pilot--
New--National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health 
Promotion (NCCDPHP), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    Tobacco use is a major preventable cause of morbidity and mortality 
in the U.S. A limited number of health risk behaviors, including 
tobacco use, account for the overwhelming majority of immediate and 
long-term sources of morbidity and mortality. Because the majority of 
tobacco users begin using tobacco before the age of 18, there is a 
critical need for public health programs directed towards youth, and 
for information to support these programs.
    In 1999, 2000, and 2002, the American Legacy Foundation funded 
surveys to assess tobacco use among adolescents. Building on these 
efforts, CDC conducted the National Youth Tobacco Survey (NYTS, OMB no. 
0920-0621) in 2004, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016. 
At present, the NYTS is the most comprehensive source of nationally 
representative tobacco data among students in grades 9-12, moreover, 
the NYTS is the only national source of such data for students in 
grades 6-8. The NYTS has provided national estimates of tobacco use 
behaviors, information about exposure to pro- and anti-tobacco 
influences, information about racial and ethnic disparities in tobacco-
related topics, and most recently, estimates of use of emerging 
products such as water pipes (hookahs) and electronic cigarettes (e-
cigarettes). Information collected through the NYTS is used by CDC, the 
Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and public health practitioners and 
researchers to identify and monitor trends over time, to inform the 
development of tobacco cessation programs for youth, and to evaluate 
the effectiveness of existing interventions and programs.
    The NYTS is currently conducted by a paper and pencil (PAP) method 
in a classroom setting, scheduled by each school. At this time, many 
schools have experience with electronic technologies that offer several 
potential advantages compared to PAP survey administration. For 
example, electronic information collection methods support conditional 
`skip logic' routing and adaptive survey design, and may improve 
respondent satisfaction, data reliability, and data management. As a 
result, CDC plans to conduct a computer based pilot of the 2017 NTYS 
using a hand-held tablet. The specific aims of the 2017 NYTS pilot are 
to (1) assess respondent burden; (2) determine the reliability and 
efficiencies of electronic mode data collection; (3) assess the 
reliability and validity of survey results obtained from electronic 
data; (4) assess the cost-effectiveness of electronic administration; 
(5) measure the length of time between data collection and 
dissemination of findings; and (6) assess student expectations about 
survey participation, given changes in classroom technology.
    The computer-based pilot study is designed to complement the 
ongoing, paper-based NYTS. In 2017, the PAP version of the NYTS will be 
administered as usual according to established methods (OMB No. 0920-
0621, exp. 1/31/2018). Sampling, recruitment, and survey administration 
for both studies will be coordinated to prevent overlap, maximize 
participation, and maximize the comparison of results. The sampling 
vendor for the traditional NYTS will oversample from the NYTS sampling 
frame, assigning a smaller population to participate in the pilot 
study. The sample for the pilot study will be approximately 75% of the 
size of the sample for the paper-based NYTS. The samples for each mode 
of the survey will be drawn at the same time to ensure that the same 
schools are not approached for the different versions. Additionally, 
the paper version of the survey will start collecting data prior to the 
pilot version beginning data collection to ensure schools in the same 
district do not face multiple collectors during the same time period.
    The 2017 computer-based pilot of the NYTS will be conducted among a

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nation-wide sample of students attending public schools in grades 6-12. 
Participating students will complete the survey in person in a 
classroom setting using a tablet provided by CDC's information 
collection contractor. The tablet will be distributed at the beginning 
of the class session and returned at the end of the class session. This 
is similar to administration of the PAP NYTS, in which a paper 
questionnaire booklet is distributed to students at the beginning of a 
class session, completed, and returned at the end of the session.
    The content of the 2017 pilot survey will mirror the paper-based 
survey. The questions, developed in cooperation with the Food and Drug 
Administration (FDA), examine the following topics: Use of cigarettes, 
smokeless tobacco, cigars, pipes, bidis, snus, hookahs, electronic 
vapor products, and dissolvable tobacco products; knowledge and 
attitudes; media and advertising; access to tobacco products; 
secondhand smoke exposure; and cessation. In addition, specific 
questions will be included in the pilot survey to better understand 
respondents' feelings about safety and security around utilizing a 
computer based survey.
    Findings from the NYTS pilot will be used to assess the feasibility 
of conducting the computer-based NYTS compared to the paper-based 
survey. Results will also be used to help evaluate the impact of 
automated collection techniques and computer-based survey 
administration on response burden. After data collection, the computer-
based data will be compared to the paper-based data to determine which 
method provides the most validity and reliability.
    OMB approval will be requested for one year. There are no changes 
in the estimated burden per response for any type of respondent 
compared to the paper version. Participation is voluntary and there are 
no costs to respondents other than their time. The estimated annualized 
burden hours for this data collection are 3,689 hours.

                                                            Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                                             Number of    Average burden
              Type of respondents                               Form name                    Number of     responses per   per response    Total burden
                                                                                            respondents     respondent       (in hrs.)       (in hrs.)
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State Administrators...........................  State-level Recruitment Script for the                6               1           30/60               3
                                                  National Youth Tobacco Survey.
District Administrators........................  District-level Recruitment Script for                45               1           30/60              23
                                                  the National Youth Tobacco Survey.
School Administrators..........................  School-level Recruitment Script for the              64               1           30/60              32
                                                  National Youth Tobacco Survey.
Teachers.......................................  Data Collection Checklist for the                   292               1           15/60              73
                                                  National Youth Tobacco Survey.
Students.......................................  National Youth Tobacco Survey..........           6,100               1           35/60           3,558
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    Total......................................  .......................................  ..............  ..............  ..............           3,689
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Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Health Scientist, Acting Chief, Information Collection Review Office, 
Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of the Associate Director for 
Science, Office of the Director.
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The purpose of this project is to 3. What preventive health services, the women to have their contact
examine the facilitators and barriers to including cancer screening, do these information shared for the study. The
receiving clinical preventive services women receive? women who agree will receive an
among newly insured medically 4. What barriers and facilitators do invitation letter to participate in the
underserved women who had these women face in accessing study through an on-line survey. The
previously been served by the preventive health services through their first step of the on-line survey will be
NBCCEDP. The Women’s Preventive new coverage? a set of screener questions to determine
Services Study aims to survey newly 5. What are the non-financial and whether they have insurance coverage.
insured women about what clinical financial costs to these women? Only those who currently have
preventive health services they receive, The respondents will be uninsured or insurance will be eligible to continue
what barriers and facilitators they underinsured women who previously with the main survey instrument.
experience, and their ability to maintain had been screened through the Women who complete the survey will
NBCCEDP but now have health be asked to repeat the survey annually
consistent health insurance coverage.
insurance coverage. To be potentially the next 2 years.
While having newly acquired health eligible for the study, women must be
insurance will improve access to between the ages of 30–62 years, a U.S. The sample design proposes that
preventive services, insurance coverage Citizen or U.S. permanent resident, 14,240 women be identified as eligible.
alone would not result in improved resident of the state where they received We estimate that 80% will be contacted
clinical preventive services utilization NBCCEDP services, and English or and agree to participate. Of that, we
for all women, especially among Spanish speaking. Additionally, women expect 9,683 completed on-line
underserved populations. This project must meet one of the prior screening screenings to occur during year one,
proposes to follow a group of women criteria: (1) Having received a Pap test representing an annualized 3,288
previously served by the NBCCEDP over through a NBCCEDP state program not respondents. With an 85% expected
3 years by administering a yearly less than 1 year but not more than 4 completion rate and annual attrition, we
questionnaire. years from the time of study estimate that 3,292 surveys will be
implementation OR (2) received a Pap/ completed in Year 1; 2,222 completed
This study will focus on the following surveys in Year 2; and 1,500 completed
research questions: HPV co-test through a NBCCEDP grantee
not less than 3 years but not more than surveys in Year 3. This represents an
1. What are the insurance coverage 5 years from the time of study annualized 2,338 respondents for the
patterns (e.g., public or private implementation OR (3) received a survey.
insurance) for a sample of medically mammogram through a NBCCEDP OMB approval is requested for three
underserved women previously grantee not less than 1 year but not more years. Participation is voluntary and
screened through the NBCCEDP? than 3 years from the time of study there are no costs to respondents other
2. What barriers and facilitators do implementation. than their time. The estimated
these women face in enrolling in new NBCCEDP state programs will identify annualized burden hours for this data
insurance coverage? potentially eligible women and consent collection are 1,243 hours.

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Average
Number of
Number of burden per Total burden
Type of respondents Form name responses per
respondents response (in hours)
respondent (in hours)

Women aged 30–62 who previously received Screener ....................... 3,228 1 5/60 269
services in the NBCCEDP.
Survey .......................... 2,338 1 25/60 974

Total ............................................................... ....................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ 1,243

Jeffrey M. Zirger, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND its continuing efforts to reduce public
Health Scientist, Acting Chief, Information HUMAN SERVICES burden and maximize the utility of
Collection Review Office, Office of Scientific government information, invites the
Integrity, Office of the Associate Director for Centers for Disease Control and general public and other Federal
Science, Office of the Director, Centers for Prevention agencies to take this opportunity to
Disease Control and Prevention. comment on proposed and/or
[FR Doc. 2016–18938 Filed 8–9–16; 8:45 am] [60 Day–16–16AWN: Docket No. CDC–2016– continuing information collections, as
BILLING CODE 4163–18–P
0080] required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995. This notice invites
Proposed Data Collection Submitted comment on the National Youth
for Public Comment and Tobacco Survey (NYTS) 2017 Computer
Recommendations Based Pilot. The NYTS is currently
mstockstill on DSK3G9T082PROD with NOTICES

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and administered in a paper and pencil
Prevention (CDC), Department of Health format. The NYTS Computer Based Pilot
and Human Services (HHS). will assess the feasibility of
ACTION: Notice with comment period.
administering the survey in an
electronic format.
SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease DATES: Written comments must be
Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of received on or before October 11, 2016.

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nation-wide sample of students with the Food and Drug Administration Results will also be used to help
attending public schools in grades 6–12. (FDA), examine the following topics: evaluate the impact of automated
Participating students will complete the Use of cigarettes, smokeless tobacco, collection techniques and computer-
survey in person in a classroom setting cigars, pipes, bidis, snus, hookahs, based survey administration on
using a tablet provided by CDC’s electronic vapor products, and response burden. After data collection,
information collection contractor. The dissolvable tobacco products; the computer-based data will be
tablet will be distributed at the knowledge and attitudes; media and compared to the paper-based data to
beginning of the class session and advertising; access to tobacco products; determine which method provides the
returned at the end of the class session. secondhand smoke exposure; and most validity and reliability.
This is similar to administration of the cessation. In addition, specific questions OMB approval will be requested for
PAP NYTS, in which a paper will be included in the pilot survey to one year. There are no changes in the
questionnaire booklet is distributed to better understand respondents’ feelings estimated burden per response for any
students at the beginning of a class about safety and security around type of respondent compared to the
session, completed, and returned at the utilizing a computer based survey. paper version. Participation is voluntary
end of the session. Findings from the NYTS pilot will be and there are no costs to respondents
The content of the 2017 pilot survey used to assess the feasibility of other than their time. The estimated
will mirror the paper-based survey. The conducting the computer-based NYTS annualized burden hours for this data
questions, developed in cooperation compared to the paper-based survey. collection are 3,689 hours.

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Average
Number of
Number of burden per Total burden
Type of respondents Form name responses per
respondents response (in hrs.)
respondent (in hrs.)

State Administrators ...... State-level Recruitment Script for the National 6 1 30/60 3
Youth Tobacco Survey.
District Administrators .... District-level Recruitment Script for the National 45 1 30/60 23
Youth Tobacco Survey.
School Administrators .... School-level Recruitment Script for the National 64 1 30/60 32
Youth Tobacco Survey.
Teachers ........................ Data Collection Checklist for the National Youth 292 1 15/60 73
Tobacco Survey.
Students ......................... National Youth Tobacco Survey .......................... 6,100 1 35/60 3,558

Total ........................ .............................................................................. ........................ ........................ ........................ 3,689

Jeffrey M. Zirger, agencies to take this opportunity to Please note: All public comment
Health Scientist, Acting Chief, Information comment on proposed and/or should be submitted through the
Collection Review Office, Office of Scientific continuing information collections, as Federal eRulemaking portal
Integrity, Office of the Associate Director for required by the Paperwork Reduction (Regulations.gov) or by U.S. mail to the
Science, Office of the Director. Act of 1995. This notice invites address listed above.
[FR Doc. 2016–18937 Filed 8–9–16; 8:45 am] comment on a proposed field survey to FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
BILLING CODE 4163–18–P assess safety and health hazards to request more information on the
workers in oil and gas (O&G.) extraction. proposed project or to obtain a copy of
DATES: Written comments must be the information collection plan and
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND instruments, contact the Information
HUMAN SERVICES received on or before October 11, 2016.
Collection Review Office, Centers for
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, Disease Control and Prevention, 1600
Centers for Disease Control and identified by Docket No. CDC–2016– Clifton Road NE., MS–D74, Atlanta,
Prevention 0077 by any of the following methods: Georgia 30329; phone: 404–639–7570;
[60Day–16–16AXC; Docket No. CDC–2016– • Federal eRulemaking Portal: Email: omb@cdc.gov.
0077] Regulations.gov. Follow the instructions SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
for submitting comments. Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA)
Proposed Data Collection Submitted • Mail: Jeffrey M. Zirger, Information (44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), Federal agencies
for Public Comment and Collection Review Office, Centers for must obtain approval from the Office of
Recommendations Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Management and Budget (OMB) for each
AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Clifton Road, NE., MS–D74, Atlanta, collection of information they conduct
Prevention (CDC), Department of Health Georgia 30329. or sponsor. In addition, the PRA also
and Human Services (HHS). Instructions: All submissions received requires Federal agencies to provide a
must include the agency name and 60-day notice in the Federal Register
mstockstill on DSK3G9T082PROD with NOTICES

ACTION: Notice with comment period.
Docket Number. All relevant comments concerning each proposed collection of
SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease received will be posted without change information, including each new
Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of to Regulations.gov, including any proposed collection, each proposed
its continuing efforts to reduce public personal information provided. For extension of existing collection of
burden and maximize the utility of access to the docket to read background information, and each reinstatement of
government information, invites the documents or comments received, go to previously approved information
general public and other Federal Regulations.gov. collection before submitting the

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FR Citation		81 FR 52868

81 FR 52868 - Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICESCenters for Disease Control and Prevention

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 154 (August 10, 2016)

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention