Home Study Methodology cover letter

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES Public Health Service

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

National Center for Health Statistics

3311 Toledo Road

Hyattsville, Maryland 20782

June 14, 2012

Margo Schwab, Ph.D.

Office of Management and Budget

725 17th Street, N.W.

Washington, DC 20503

Dear Dr. Schwab:

Attached is a non-substantive change package, for a methodology study, from the staff of the NCHS National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) (Generic clearance OMB 0920-0237). This submission describes plans to conduct the Health Measures at Home Study (HMHS), (ages 18+) to evaluate differences between NHANES MEC measurements and home based measurements when controlling for data collector skill level, environment, and equipment.

The total number of burden hours for this project is 199 hours. This time was already budgeted and approved in line 2. - special study/pretest participants, of the original submission. No additional burden is sought. The number of respondents is 130. The amount of time per participant is estimated at 1 hour 32 minutes.

cc:

M. Moien

T. Richardson

DHHS RCO

1