Attachment 11 Special Studies Pretests

Attachment 11

Special Study/Pretests

OMB No. 0920-0237 (expires November 30, 2012)

Assurance of Confidentiality – All information which would permit identification of an individual, a practice, or an establishment will be held confidential, will be used only by NCHS staff, contractors, and agents only when required and with necessary controls, and will not be disclosed or released to other persons without the consent of the individual or establishment in accordance with section 308(d) of the Public Health Service Act (42 USC 242m) and the Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act (PL-107-347). By law, every employee as well as every agent has taken an oath and is subject to a jail term of up to five years, a fine of up to $250,000, or both if he or she willfully discloses ANY identifiable information about you.

NOTICE-Public reporting burden of this collection of information is estimated to average 2 hours per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden to CDC/ATSDR Reports Clearance Officer; 1600 Clifton Road, MS E-11, Atlanta, GA 30333. ATTN: PRA (0920-0237).

Up to 1,000 additional persons (non-NHANES respondents) might participate in tests of procedures, special studies, or a Community HANES, if budgeted. The average burden for these special study/pretest respondents is 3 hours. This may include cognitive testing of questions proposed for inclusion in NHANES. This is done to make sure that wording of proposed questions are clear and understandable to potential respondents. Another example would be testing an examination procedure to see if it could be done in a small enough space and fast enough time frame, to make if feasible to do in the NHANES Mobile Examination Center (MEC). In addition, a group or organization in a specific geographic region may propose a Community HANES. Community HANES projects involve conducting a smaller scale examination survey in specific population or geographical area. The data collected is not nationally representative, but is collected using standardized methods similar to those employed in NHANES. This creates the opportunity to address data needs in areas or sub-groups that NHANES might not normally be able to sample.

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