The Poison Help campaign is the vehicle for introducing the national toll-free telephone number for use in poisoning emergencies and providing poison prevention information. The goal of the Poison Help General Population Survey is to measure the campaignâs current performance. The audience for the campaign is very broadâany person at any time is a potential user of poison center services. A nationally representative tracking survey, required by law for campaign evaluation and reporting, is conducted approximately every 5 years among 2,000 U.S. adult households. The next survey will be conducted by Fall 2017.
In the 2017 survey instrument, questions deemed unnecessary (because information can be gleaned from other questions) were removed, and included questions related to the new additional campaign priorities (opioid, that is, prescription pain medication and heroin, overdose). In light of the current need to use of dual-frame landline and mobile phone, sampling methodologies to maintain high quality nationally representative survey sampling, standard questions related to landline vs. cell phone utilization were added for weighting and quality control purposes. Between the previously approved and conducted study in 2011 and this current initiative, there is a minimal increase in burden, from 370 to 374.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that 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).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(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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