This research project is specifically
designed as an on-going cas control study to (1) yearly contact
parents of all children with any of the five developmental
disabilities who are newly identi- fied in the surveillance data
base and who were born in the metro Altanta area, and contact
parents of 250 children used as control in order to request access
to both maternal prenatal and labor & delivery hospital records
and infant hospital records prior to newborn discharge, and (2)
conduct telephone interviews with mothers of approximately 250
children with cerebral palsy or autism selected from the larger
pool of approximately 750 childre
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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).
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the proposed collection of information, that the certification
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(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;
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