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EXHIBIT 3—ESTIMATED TOTAL AND ANNUALIZED COST—Continued
Cost component

Total cost

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Request for Comments
In accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act, comments on AHRQ’s
information collection are requested
with regard to any of the following: (a)
Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of AHRQ healthcare
research and healthcare information
dissemination functions, including
whether the information will have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of
AHRQ’s estimate of burden (including
hours and costs) of the proposed
collection(s) 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 upon the
respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and
included in the Agency’s subsequent
request for OMB approval of the
proposed information collection. All
comments will become a matter of
public record.
Dated: April 6, 2012.
Carolyn M. Clancy,
Director.
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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 404–639–7570 and
send comments to Kimberly S. Lane, at

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CDC 1600 Clifton Road, MS–D74,
Atlanta, GA 30333 or send an email 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
Targeted Surveillance and Biometric
Studies for Enhanced Evaluation of
Community Transformation Grants—
New—National Center for Chronic
Disease Prevention and Health
Promotion (NCCDPHP), Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The Prevention and Public Health
Fund (PPHF) of the Patient Protection
and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA)
provides an important opportunity for
states, counties, territories and tribes to
advance public health across the
lifespan and to reduce health
disparities. The PPHF authorizes
Community Transformation Grants
(CTG) for the implementation,
evaluation, and dissemination of
evidence-based community preventive
health activities. The CTG Program
emphasizes five strategic directions: (1)
Tobacco-free living, (2) active lifestyles
and healthy eating, (3) high impact,
evidence-based clinical and other
preventive services, (4) social and
emotional well-being, and (5) healthy
and safe physical environments.
The CTG Program is administered by
the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC), National Center for
Chronic Disease Prevention and Health
Promotion (NCCDPHP). As required by
Section 4201 of the ACA, CDC is
responsible for conducting a
comprehensive evaluation of the CTG
Program which includes assessment

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Annualized
cost
91,757

over time of measures relating to each
of the five strategic directions. CDC is
requesting OMB approval to collect
information needed for these
assessments. The information collection
will include population-level and
targeted surveillance of high interest
indicators for a range of age groups in
select CTG communities, as well as
enhanced evaluation studies designed to
assess the potential impact of specific
CTG strategies on health outcomes.
CDC plans to conduct the Adult
Targeted Surveillance Survey (ATSS) in
20 CTG communities. Ten communities
that have already received CTG
cooperative agreements (group A) will
participate in the ATSS in 2012, 2014,
and 2016, and ten communities that will
receive CTG funding in fiscal year 2013
(group B) will participate in the ATSS
in 2013, 2015, and 2017. The ATSS will
be administered by telephone to a
representative sample of 1,000 adult
residents in each community for an
estimated annualized number of
respondents of 10,000. Respondents will
be asked to provide information about
household practices and their personal
behaviors specific to the five strategic
directions (e.g., nutrition). Responses
will be used to monitor changes in
relevant attitudes, risk behaviors, and
other behavioral factors in specific
geographic areas where CTG cooperative
agreement awardees are implementing
interventions related to CTG strategic
directions. Information from the
targeted surveillance surveys will be
compared with data from other local,
state or national surveillance systems.
During the initial three-year OMB
clearance period, the ATSS will be
administered to a total of 20,000
respondents in group A communities
and 10,000 respondents in group B
communities.
CDC’s CTG Program evaluation plans
also include enhanced evaluation
activities and special studies fulfilling
the congressional mandate to expand
the evidence base of effective public
health interventions across a range of
settings, population subgroups, and
health outcomes. These studies will
include use of mixed-method
approaches and observational and
outcome data collection in select
communities. The initial selected
studies will address biometric changes
specific to CTG interventions; the

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school environment; health disparities;
and use of media. New studies will be
added in subsequent years to address
additional key areas with important
public health impact.
CDC is requesting OMB approval to
conduct the Youth and Adult Biometric
Study (YABS), one of the above
mentioned special studies, in 10 CTG
areas that are implementing evidencebased strategies to prevent exposure to
secondhand smoke and to improve
nutrition and physical activity among
children and adults. The YABS will
examine the impact of CTG strategies on
biometric markers of health status
including weight, height (i.e., body mass
index or BMI), waist circumference,
secondhand smoke exposure, and blood
pressure.
Participants in the YABS will be
drawn from two samples of households.
The first sample will be a targeted subsample of ATSS-respondent households
that have at least one child between the
ages of 3–17 years. The second sample
of households will be recruited from an
address listing that contains households

assist in interpreting the accelerometry
data. An adult YABS respondent who is
the parent or guardian of a child in the
household will be asked to allow one
child (age 3–17 years) to participate in
the youth component of the YABS. With
the child’s assent, similar biometric and
activity measures will be collected from
the child. If the child is between 3 and
8 years of age, the parent or guardian
will be asked to complete a Caregiver
Survey about the child’s behaviors. If
the child is between 9 and 17 years of
age, he or she will be asked to complete
a Youth Survey.
The information to be collected will
allow CDC to estimate the effect of all
CTG interventions on health behaviors
and health outcomes in adults and
children ages 3–17 years, and to
estimate the independent effect of
school-based interventions in youth.
OMB approval is requested for the first
three years of the five-year CTG project
period. Participation is voluntary and
there are no costs to respondents other
than their time.

with children in school catchment areas
of high interest for assessing CTG
interventions targeted to prevent
childhood obesity. Data collection for
both samples will be identical, with one
exception. Adults from the second
sample will be asked at the beginning of
the phone call to participate in the
telephone-based ATSS interview and
YABS. Adults in the ATSS sub-sample
will be asked to participate in YABS at
the completion of the phone call, in
order to maintain the ATSS interview as
the priority for this set of respondents.
Each adult respondent in the YABS
will be asked to participate in an inhome visit with a trained interviewer,
who will collect biometric data about
the respondent such as height, weight,
saliva, blood pressure, etc. The adult
respondent will also be asked to provide
information about his or her activity
level over a one-week period. Objective
measures of activity will be collected
through use of an accelerometer, i.e., an
electronic meter worn next to the body.
In addition, the respondent will
maintain a hardcopy activity diary to

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Type of respondent

Number of
respondents

Form name

Adults in CTG Awardee Communities.
Adult Participants in the Youth and
Adult Biometric Study.

Child Participants in the Youth and
Adult Biometric Study.

Total ...........................................

1

30/60

5,000

Adult Targeted Surveillance Survey

1,300

1

30/60

650

Adult Biometric Measures ................
Adult Activity Diary ...........................
Caregiver Survey .............................
Child Biometric Measures ................

2,500
500
1,000
2,000

1
1
1
1

20/60
20/60
15/60
15/60

833
167
250
500

Child Activity Diary ...........................
Youth Survey ....................................

500
1,000

1
1

10/60
15/60

83
250

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Total
burden
(in hr)

10,000

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services, HHS.
In compliance with the requirement
of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services (CMS) is publishing the
following summary of proposed

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Average
burden per
response
(in hr)

Adult Targeted Surveillance Survey

Kimberly S. Lane,
Deputy Director, Office of Scientific Integrity,
Office of the Associate Director for Science,
Office of the Director, Centers for Disease
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collections for public comment.
Interested persons are invited to send
comments regarding this burden
estimate or any other aspect of this
collection of information, including any
of the following subjects: (1) The
necessity and utility of the proposed
information collection for the proper
performance of the agency’s functions;
(2) the accuracy of the estimated
burden; (3) ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and (4) the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology to
minimize the information collection
burden.
1. Type of Information Collection
Request: Revision of a currently

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