This is a request to OMB for a
reinstatement with change, three additional years of data
collection for the Health Information National Trends Survey
(HINTS). As in the past, HINTS V will provide NCI with a
comprehensive assessment of the American public’s current access to
and use of information about cancer across the cancer care
continuum from cancer prevention, early detection, diagnosis,
treatment, and survivorship. The content of the survey will focus
on understanding the degree to which members of the general
population understand vital cancer prevention messages. More
importantly, this NCI survey will couple knowledge-related
questions with inquiries into the communication channels through
which understanding is being obtained, and assessment of
cancer-related behavior. Working with the Office of the National
Coordinator, HINTS V will include an additional focus on the
public’s use of electronic medical and health records.
US Code:
42
USC 285(a) Name of Law: Public Health Service Act
US Code:
42 USC 412(285a-1) Name of Law: Public Health Service Act
This submission requests a
reinstatement with changes that will reinstatement the burden of
this information collection and provide data for comparison with
the previous HINTS survey data. HINTS V will use the same sampling
and data collection strategy as HINTS IV. The data collection
instruments for HINTS V will vary slightly from those in HINTS IV
to reflect evolving government priorities (as described in detail
in section A.1, page 3), although there will always be a core of at
least 50% of the instrument which will remain the same as HINTS IV.
The changes made to the instrument from the HINTS IV cycle can be
found in Appendix L. For this first cycle of HINTS V, the survey
instrument (found in Appendix D) has a total of 139 survey items.
Of these, 26.5 items (19%) are new to HINTS. As noted in section
A.2, most of these new items were developed in conjunction with the
ONC and focus on the public’s interactions with a connected
healthcare system. Section A.16 below describes the analytic
importance of these new items in combination with traditional HINTS
items. The remaining 112.5 items on the HINTS V, Cycle 1 instrument
were either fielded on HINTS IV, Cycle 4 (75%) or on earlier HINTS
cycles (6%). Appendix L lists all changes from HINTS 4, Cycle 4. In
addition, HINTS V will include a pilot study, which increases the
annual burden request from 1,750 in HINTS IV to 2,017 in HINTS V.
This is an overall increase of 217
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.