Notice2023-17923
Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations
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Published
August 21, 2023
Issuing agencies
Health and Human Services DepartmentCenters for Disease Control and Prevention
Abstract
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of its continuing effort to reduce public burden and maximize the utility of government information, invites the general public and other Federal agencies the opportunity to comment on a proposed and/or continuing information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on a proposed information collection project titled National Health Interview Survey (NHIS). NHIS is a voluntary and confidential household-based survey that collects demographic and health-related information from a nationally representative sample of the U.S. population, and has been in the field continuously since 1957.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 160 (Monday, August 21, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56823-56825]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-17923]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-23-0214; Docket No. CDC-2023-0070]
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 effort to reduce public burden and maximize the
utility of government information, invites the general public and other
Federal agencies the opportunity to comment on a proposed and/or
continuing information collection, as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on a proposed
information collection project titled National Health Interview Survey
(NHIS). NHIS is a voluntary and confidential household-based survey
that collects demographic and health-related information from a
nationally representative sample of the U.S. population, and has been
in the field continuously since 1957.
DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before October 20, 2023.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2023-
0070 by either of the following methods:
<bullet> Federal eRulemaking Portal: <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a>. Follow
the instructions for submitting comments.
<bullet> Mail: Jeffrey M. Zirger, Information Collection Review
Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road
NE, MS H21-8, Atlanta, Georgia 30329.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name
and Docket Number. CDC will post, without
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change, all relevant comments to <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a>.
Please note: Submit all comments through the Federal eRulemaking
portal (<a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a>) 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 Jeffrey M. Zirger, Information Collection
Review Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton
Road NE, MS H21-8, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; Telephone: 404-639-7570;
Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#8ae5e7e8cae9eee9a4ede5fc"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a7c8cac5e7c4c3c489c0c8d1">[email protected]</span></a>.
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 the OMB for approval. To
comply with this requirement, we are publishing this notice of a
proposed data collection as described below.
The OMB is particularly interested in comments that will help:
1. Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency,
including whether the information will have practical utility;
2. Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of
the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
3. Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected;
4. Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic
submissions of responses; and
5. Assess information collection costs.
Proposed Project
National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) (OMB Control No. 0920-0214,
Exp. 12/31/2023)--Revision -- National Center for Health Statistics
(NCHS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
Section 306 of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act (42 U.S.C.), as
amended, authorizes that the Secretary of Health and Human Services
(HHS), acting through NCHS, shall collect statistics on the extent and
nature of illness and disability of the population of the United
States. The annual National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) is a major
source of general statistics on the health of the U.S. population and
has been in the field continuously since 1957. This voluntary and
confidential household-based survey collects demographic and health-
related information from a nationally representative sample of
households and noninstitutionalized, civilian persons throughout the
country. NHIS data have long been used by government, academic, and
private researchers to evaluate both general health and specific
issues, such as smoking, diabetes, health care coverage, and access to
health care. The survey is also a leading source of data for the
Congressionally-mandated ``Health US'' and related publications, as
well as the single most important source of statistics to track
progress toward HHS health objectives.
The NHIS sample adult and sample child questionnaires include
annual core content that is scheduled to be fielded in the survey every
year, rotating content that is fielded periodically, emerging content
to address new topics of growing interest, and sponsored content that
is fielded when external funding is available. Rotating sample adult
and sample child core content on service utilization that was on the
NHIS in 2023 will rotate off in 2024. Content on chronic pain and
preventive services will also rotate off the sample adult core, and
content on stressful life events will rotate off the sample child core.
The 2024 sample adult rotating core will include items on health-
related behaviors including smoking history and cessation, alcohol use,
fatigue, physical activity, walking, doctor's advice to exercise, and
sleep--content previously fielded on the 2022 NHIS. It will also
include content on allergies and other health conditions and
psychological distress, content that was previously fielded in 2021.
The 2024 sample child rotating core will include questions on health-
related behaviors including physical activity, neighborhood
characteristics, sleep, screen time, and height and weight which were
previously fielded in 2022. Sponsored content on vision and hearing
will be removed from both the sample adult and sample child
questionnaires. Sponsored content on arthritis will be removed from the
sample adult questionnaire. Sponsored content on social support and
stressful life events will be removed from the sample child
questionnaire. Sponsored content on cancer control and immunizations
will remain, but the specific questions will change. Sponsored cancer
control content on breast, prostate, and colorectal cancer screening,
family history of cancers, and genetic testing for cancer risk will be
removed from the sample adult questionnaire. Sponsored cancer control
content in the 2024 NHIS sample adult questionnaire will focus on
cigarette smoking history, lung cancer screening, environment for
walking, and sun safety, using similar questions that were used in the
2020 NHIS. Sponsored content for the 2024 NHIS sample adult and sample
child questionnaire will also include questions about taste and smell
that are similar to content included in the 2021 NHIS. Sponsored
content on social support and loneliness will also be added to the 2024
NHIS sample adult questionnaire.
Like in past years, and in accordance with the 1995 initiative to
increase the integration of surveys within the DHHS, respondents to the
2021 NHIS will serve as the sampling frame for the Medical Expenditure
Panel Survey conducted by the Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality. A subsample of NHIS respondents and/or members of commercial
survey panels may be identified to participate in short, web-based
methodological and cognitive testing activities to evaluate the
questionnaire and/or inform the development of new rotating and
sponsored content using web and/or mail survey tools. In addition,
subsamples of NHIS respondents may be recontacted by web, phone, or
mail to ask follow-up questions on topics that are already included in
the NHIS. The NHIS-Teen is a follow-back survey of adolescents that was
fielded from 2021 to 2023 and may be fielded again between 2024 and
2026 if funding is available. The NHIS also includes content that is
used to benchmark estimates and calibrate survey weights from
probability-based online commercial survey panels as part of the NCHS
Rapid Surveys System.
CDC requests OMB approval for an estimated 39,608 annual burden
hours to collect from 2024-2026. There is no cost to the respondents
other than their time to participate.
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Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of Average burden
Type of respondent Form name Number of responses per per response Total burden
respondents respondent (in hours) hours
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Adult Household Member........ Household Roster 36,000 1 4/60 2,400
Sample Adult.................. Adult 33,000 1 50/60 27,500
Questionnaire.
Adult Family Member........... Child 10,000 1 22/60 4,000
Questionnaire.
Adult Family Member........... Methodological 15,000 1 20/60 5,000
Projects.
Sample Child.................. NHIS-Teen....... 1,000 1 15/60 250
Adult Family Member........... Reinterview 5,500 1 5/60 458
Survey.
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Total..................... ................ .............. .............. .............. 39,608
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Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Lead, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Public Health
Ethics and Regulations, Office of Science, Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2023-17923 Filed 8-18-23; 8:45 am]
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