National Institutes of Health; Proposed Data Collection; Comment Request; Validation of a New Food Frequency Questionnaire

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Public Health Service

National Institutes of Health; Proposed Data Collection; Comment

Request; Validation of a New Food Frequency Questionnaire

SUMMARY: 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 National Institutes of Health

(NIH), National Cancer Institute (NCI) will publish periodic summaries

of proposed projects to be submitted to the Office of Management and

Budget (OMB) for review and approval.

Proposed Collection

Title: Validation of a New Frequency Questionnaire.

Type of Information Collection Request: New.

Need and use of Information Collection: The agency conducts and

funds studies examining the relationship between diet and chronic

diseases. This information collection is needed to validate and further

refine a new diet history questionnaire to be used in studies of diet

and disease. The new questionnaire will be validated against reference

data from four non-consecutive 24-hour dietary recalls among a national

sample of persons 20-70 years of age. The validity of the new

questionnaire will be compared to two widely-used food frequency

questionnaires. As a further validation, biological nutrition measures

from blood specimens will be obtained from a 20% sub-sample of

participants.

Frequency of response: One-time study.

Affected public: Individuals or households.

Types of Respondents: U.S. adults 20-70 years of age. The annual

reporting burden is as follows:

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Estimated Estimated

Estimated number of Avg. burden Estimated total annual

Data collection form number of responses per hours per total hour burden hours

respondents respondent response burden requested

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Screener........................ 2700 1 0.167 450.9 300.6

Recalls interview #1............ 1620 1 0.75 1215.0 810.0

Recall interview #2............. 1563 1 0.5 781.5 521.0

Recall interview #3............. 1507 1 0.5 753.5 502.3

Recall interview #4............. 1451 1 0.5 725.5 483.7

New Questionnaire............... 1225 1 0.75 918.8 612.5

Food Questionnaire 1............ 612 1 0.5 306.0 204.0

Food Questionnaire 2............ 612 1 0.668 408.8 272.5

Opinion form.................... 1225 1 0.167 204.6 136.4

Blood substudy.................. 240 2 0.25 120.0 80.0

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Total..................... 2700 .............. .............. 5884.6 3923.0

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REQUEST FOR COMMENTS: Written comments and/or suggestions from the

public and affected agencies are invited on one or more of the

following points: (1) Whether the proposed collection of information is

necessary for the proposed performance of the functions of the agency,

including whether the information shall have practical utility; (2) The

accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed

collection of information including the validity of the methodology and

assumptions used; (3) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity

of the information to be collected; and (4) Ways to minimize the burden

of the collection of information on those who are to respond, including

the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other

technological collection techniques or other forms of information

technology.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on the

proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and

instruments, contact Amy F. Subar, Ph.D., Project Officer, National

Cancer Institute, EPN, 313, 6130 Executive Blvd MSC 7344, Bethesda, MD

20892-7344, or call non-toll-free number (301) 496-8500, or FAX your

request to (301) 435-3710, or E-mail your request, including your

address, to [email protected].

COMMENTS DUE DATE: Comments regarding this information collection are

best assured of having their full effect if received on or before

February 24, 1997.

Dated: December 13, 1996.

Nancie L. Bliss,

OMB Project Clearance Liaison.

[FR Doc. 96-32582 Filed 12-23-96; 8:45 am]

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