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Proposed Data Collections Submitted
for Public Comment and
Recommendations
In compliance with the requirement
of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for
opportunity for public comment on
proposed data collection projects, the
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic
summaries of proposed projects. To
request more information on the
proposed projects or to obtain a copy of
the data collection plans and
instruments, call 404–639–5960 or send
comments to Daniel Holcomb, CDC
Reports Clearance Officer, 1600 Clifton
Road, MS D–74, Atlanta, GA 30333 or
send an e-mail to [email protected].
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the agency, including
whether the information shall have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including through the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
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be received within 60 days of this
notice.
Proposed Project
Comparing the Effectiveness of
Traditional Evidence-Based Tobacco
Cessation Interventions to Newer and
Innovative Interventions Used by
Comprehensive Cancer Control
Programs—New—Division of Cancer
Prevention and Control, National Center
for Chronic Disease Prevention and
Health Promotion, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
Tobacco use remains the leading
preventable cause of death in the United
States, causing over 443,000 deaths each
year and resulting in an annual cost of
more than $96 billion in direct medical
expenses. The only proven strategy for
reducing the risk of tobacco-related
morbidity and mortality is to never
smoke, or to quit if tobacco use has been
initiated. In 1999, CDC’s Office on
Smoking and Health established the
National Tobacco Control Program
(NTCP) to encourage coordinated,
national efforts to reduce tobaccorelated morbidity and mortality. The
NTCP provides funding and technical
support to Tobacco Control Programs
(TCPs) in all 50 states, the District of
Columbia, eight Tribal support centers,
eight U.S. territories or jurisdictions,
and six national networks. TCPs offer
evidence-based cessation interventions
to increase successful quit attempts.
Tobacco control is also a top priority
for Federally-funded Comprehensive
Cancer Control (CCC) programs.
Currently, 65 organizations are funded
through CDC’s National Comprehensive
Cancer Control Program (NCCCP): All
50 states, the District of Columbia, seven
Tribes/Tribal organizations, and seven
U.S. territories/Pacific Island
Jurisdictions. CCCs work to establish
coalitions, assess the burden of cancer,
and implement state cancer plans that
address interventions from primary
prevention to treatment and
survivorship. The NCCCP is managed by
CDC’s Division of Cancer Prevention
and Control (DCPC).
Evidence-based tobacco cessation
interventions include counseling offered
through telephone quitlines (QLs) as
well as Web-based counseling services.
Although all states currently provide a
telephone QL, only 0.05% to 7.25% of
adult smokers receive tobacco cessation
services via a state QL each year. Mass
media (e.g., television, radio, print) has
been shown to be the most important
and consistent driver of call volume to
QLs in some localities, but is resource
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the relative effectiveness of telephone
versus Web-based interventions have
begun to clarify the impact of each
intervention but are limited in their
generalizability to current TCP
activities. To date there are no
comprehensive studies that have
examined TCP promotional strategies,
the populations affected by these
strategies, and their effect on QL and
Web-based cessation program usage.
To address this gap in knowledge,
CDC proposes to conduct a new study
of state-based TCPs and their client
populations. The study will consist of
two components: (1) Quitline
promotional activities, and (2) cessation
intervention.
Quitline Promotional Activities. The
overall goal of this study component is
to characterize state-based TCP
promotional activities in terms of type
and level of advertising; impact in
relation to QL call volume; and client
characteristics. This study component is
based on existing sources of information
and entails minimal burden to
respondents. Up to 50 state-based TCPs
will be asked to participate over a 15month period. Responding states will
provide media purchasing information
related to cessation promotional
activities and permission to extract deidentified QL call volume data from the
National Quitline Data Warehouse
(NQDW, OMB No. 0920–0856, exp. 7/
31/2012). CDC’s data collection
contractor will also attempt to obtain
Web traffic data using publicly available
tools.
Cessation Intervention. The overall
goal of this study component is to
describe relationships among mode of
cessation service delivery (telephone vs.
Web); client demographics; and quit
success in the last 30 days. A total of
8,000 respondents aged 18 years (4,000
clients who use QL services and 4,000
clients who use Web-based services)
will be recruited to participate in the
study on a voluntary basis. Regular
access to cessation services will be
provided to individuals who choose not
to participate in this study. Respondents
will be recruited from up to four states
over a period of up to 12 months. The
four participating states must be current
NCCCP grantees, have existing
relationships with their state TCP, have
both telephone and Web-based tobacco
cessation programs, and have a statewide QL registry that conforms to the
North American Quitline Consortium’s
Minimal Data Set (MDS), which
provides the framework for the NQDW
data collection.
Information collection for the
cessation study component will consist
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services. The proposed study will
complement and extend the usefulness
of a companion study of partnerships
between CCC programs and tobacco
control programs. Both studies are made
possible by funding through the
American Reinvestment and Recovery
Act (ARRA).
OMB approval is requested for two
and one-half years. There are no costs to
respondents other than their time.

or supplement the NQDW follow-up
process. The follow-up survey for the
cessation study component will be
administered online or by telephone.
The results of this study will provide
TCPs, policymakers, CDC, and others
with additional evidence for
decisionmaking regarding the impact of
promotional activities and the
comparative effectiveness of traditional
versus new and innovative cessation

questions and a follow-up survey seven
months after intake. There is minimal
burden associated with transmission of
intake information to CDC, since this
information is already collected by
states that are eligible to participate in
the study. The seven-month follow-up
survey for the cessation study
component is a modified version of the
follow-up survey administered for the
NQDW data collection, and will replace

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Follow-up Survey for QL Clients .........................
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practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including through the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology. Written comments should
be received within 60 days of this
notice.

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Proposed Project

Proposed Data Collections Submitted
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Frame Development for the LongTerm Care Component of the National
Health Care Surveys—NEW—National
Center for Health Statistics (NCHS),
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC).

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In compliance with the requirement
of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for
opportunity for public comment on
proposed data collection projects, the
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic
summaries of proposed projects. To
request more information on the
proposed projects or to obtain a copy of
the data collection plans and
instruments, call 404–639–5960 and
send written comments to Daniel
Holcomb, CDC Reports Clearance
Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS–D74,
Atlanta, GA 30333 or send an e-mail to
[email protected].
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the agency, including
whether the information shall have

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Background and Brief Description
Section 306 of the Public Health
Service (PHS) Act (42 U.S.C. 242k), as
amended, authorizes that the Secretary
of Health and Human Services (DHHS),
acting through NCHS, ‘‘shall collect
statistics on health resources * * *
[and] utilization of health care,
including extended care facilities, and
other institutions.’’
NCHS seeks approval to collect data
needed to develop an up-to-date
sampling frame of residential care
facilities. The sampling frame will be
used to draw a nationally representative
sample for a planned new survey, the
National Survey of Long-Term Care
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state regulatory agencies in the 50 states
and the District of Columbia primarily
via telephone calls, e-mails, and in a
few cases, via formal written requests.
The data to be collected from these state
officials include (1) confirming the
appropriate licensure categories of
residential care facilities within each
state that meet the NSLTCP definition
and (2) for each relevant licensure
category, requesting an electronic file of
the licensed residential care facilities for
which the agency is responsible. The
NSLTCP study definition of a
residential care facility is one that is
licensed, registered, listed, certified, or
otherwise regulated by the state;
provides room and board with at least
two meals a day; provides around-theclock on-site supervision; helps with
activities of daily living (e.g., bathing,
eating, or dressing) or medication
supervision; serves primarily an adult
population; and has at least four beds.
Nursing homes, skilled nursing
facilities, and facilities licensed to serve
the mentally ill or the mentally
retarded/developmentally disabled
populations exclusively are excluded.
The electronic files we seek to obtain
from the states should include the name
and address of the residential care
facility, name of facility director,
licensure category, chain affiliation, and
ownership.
NCHS also seeks approval to collect
data on state licensing requirements
regarding infection control practices
during the frame development process.
During the conversations with state
officials to collect frame-related data,

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