[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 198 (Thursday, October 14, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 55732]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-26786]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30DAY-03-00]
Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) publishes a
list of information collection requests under review by the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction
Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a copy of these requests, call
the CDC Reports Clearance Officer at (404) 639-7090. Send written
comments to CDC, Desk Officer; Human Resources and Housing Branch, New
Executive Office Building, Room 10235; Washington, DC 20503. Written
comments should be received within 30 days of this notice.
Proposed Project
1. An Evaluation of Targeted Health Communication Messages: Folic
Acid and Neural Tube Defects--NEW--National Center for Environmental
Health (NCEH). The Division of Birth Defects and Pediatric Genetics,
National Center for Environmental Health, CDC, launched a national
education campaign in January 1999 to increase women's knowledge about
neural tube birth defects (NTDs) and the beneficial role folic acid, a
B vitamin, plays in the prevention of NTDs. Studies show that a 50 to
70 percent reduction in the risk of neural tube birth defects is
possible if all women capable of becoming pregnant consume 400
micrograms of folic acid daily both prior to and during early
pregnancy.
CDC and the March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation developed
health communication media messages and educational materials targeted
to health care providers, as well as to English and Spanish-speaking
women. These media messages and educational materials consist of
television and radio public service announcements (PSA), brochures and
resource manuals.
Information about women's exposure to media messages and
educational materials on folic acid information will be collected and
measured to determine whether these exposures influenced the women's
knowledge and usage of folic acid. Data will be collected via telephone
interviews. The number and frequency of women's exposures to the media
messages such as television and radio PSAs will be collected from media
channels and compared to information collected from survey data,
National Council on Folic Acid organizations and the National
Clearinghouse on Folic Acid activities. The total annual burden hours
are 534.
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Number of Average burden/
Respondents Number of responses/ response (in
respondents respondent hours)
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Targeted Market for the Folic Acid Messages.................. 2,000 1 .33
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Nancy Cheal,
Acting Associate Director for Policy Planning and Evaluation, Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 99-26786 Filed 10-13-99; 8:45 am]
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