The agency is
required to display the OMB Control Number and inform respondents
of its legal significance in accordance with 5 CFR 1320.5(b).
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
08/31/2019
36 Months From Approved
07/31/2016
121,524
0
42,448
10,796
0
13,927
0
0
0
The Women's Health Initiative (WHI) is
a long-term national health study that has focused on strategies
for preventing heart disease, breast and colorectal cancer, and
osteoporotic fractures in postmenopausal women. These chronic
diseases are the major causes of death, disability, and frailty in
older women of all races and socioeconomic backgrounds. This
multi-million dollar, 15-year project, sponsored by the National
Institutes of Health (NIH), National Heart, Lung, and Blood
Institute (NHLBI), involves 161,808 women aged 50-79, and is one of
the most definitive, far-reaching clinical trials of
post-menopausal women's health ever undertaken in the U.S. The WHI
Clinical Trial and Observational Study focused on many of the
inequities in women's health research and will continue to provide
practical information to women and their physicians about hormone
therapy, dietary patterns, calcium/vitamin D supplementation, and
their effects on the prevention of heart disease, cancer and
osteoporotic fractures. The WHI had two major parts: a randomized
Clinical Trial and an Observational Study. The randomized
controlled Clinical Trial (CT) enrolled 68,132 postmenopausal women
between the ages of 50-79 into trials testing three prevention
strategies. If eligible, women could choose to enroll in one, two,
or all three of the trial components.
US Code:
42
USC 241(c) Name of Law: Public Health Service Act
REVISION - This reduction is
primarily due to the completion of data collection for Form 156
(Supplemental Questionnaire) that was included in the last
three-year OMB submission.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.