Notice2023-25084
Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review
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November 14, 2023
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 218 (Tuesday, November 14, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78041-78043]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-25084]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30Day-24-0214]
Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has submitted the information
collection request titled ``National Health Interview Survey (NHIS)''
to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval.
CDC previously published a ``Proposed Data Collection Submitted for
Public Comment and Recommendations'' notice on August 21, 2023 to
obtain comments from the public and affected agencies. CDC receive
three comments related to the previous notice. This notice serves to
allow an additional 30 days for public and affected agency comments.
CDC will accept all comments for this proposed information
collection project. The Office of Management and Budget is particularly
interested in comments that:
(a) 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;
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(b) Evaluate the accuracy of the agencies estimate of the burden of
the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
(c) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected;
(d) 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 submission of responses; and
(e) Assess information collection costs.
To request additional information on the proposed project or to
obtain a copy of the information collection plan and instruments, call
(404) 639-7570. Comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. Find this particular
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function. Direct
written comments and/or suggestions regarding the items contained in
this notice to the Attention: CDC Desk Officer, Office of Management
and Budget, 725 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20503 or by fax to (202)
395-5806. Provide written comments within 30 days of notice
publication.
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 allergies
and other conditions and 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. Emerging
content on everyday discrimination, heightened vigilance, and mental
health has been removed from the sample adult questionnaire. Emerging
content on GLP-1 injectables has been added to the 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 in 2025 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 clearance for three years, to collect data through
2026. The total estimated annualized burden is 39,192 hours. There is
no cost to the respondents other than their time.
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Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of Average burden
Type of Respondents Form Name Number of responses per per response
respondents respondent (in hours)
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Adult Household Member................ Household Roster........ 36,000 1 4/60
Sample Adult.......................... Adult Questionnaire..... 33,000 1 50/60
Adult Family Member................... Child Questionnaire..... 10,000 1 22/60
Adult Family Member................... Methodological Projects. 15,000 1 20/60
Sample Child.......................... NHIS-Teen............... 667 1 15/60
Adult Family Member................... Reinterview Survey...... 5,500 1 5/60
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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. 2023-25084 Filed 11-13-23; 8:45 am]
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