Proposed Data Collection; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health

Proposed Data Collection; Comment Request

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 request more information on the proposed

project, call Amy F. Subar, Ph.D., Nutritionist, or Susan M. Krebs-

Smith, Ph.D., Nutritionist, at (301) 496-8500.

Comments are invited on: (a) 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; (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. Send comments to Amy F. Subar, Ph.D.,

Susan M. Krebs-Smith, Ph.D., National Cancer Institute, EPN 313, 6130

Executive Blvd., MSC 7344, Bethesda, MD 20892-7344. Written comments

should be received by (Federal Register insert the data 60 days

following the date of publication).

Proposed Project: Followup Survey of the National 5 A Day for

Better Health Program--New--This study will measure five year trends in

fruit and vegetable intakes and in knowledge, attitudes, and benefits

about diet and nutrition specific to fruit and vegetable intake. The

purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of the National

5 A Day for Better Health Program in the first five years of its

existence. Two questionnaires will be administered concurrently via

telephone to separate national samples of households, with an

oversampling of African Americans and Hispanics. Methods, sampling, and

techniques will be as similar as possible to that conducted in the

original Baseline Survey. The difference between the samples will be in

the survey instruments administered. The first, long questionnaire is

the instrument used in the original 5 A Day Baseline Survey. The

second, short questionnaire will obtain similar information to that

collected using the long questionnaire. Because of concern for response

rates and possible biases associated with low response rates, a survey

of non-respondents from the long survey will also be conducted. This

survey will use methods as similar as possible to those employed in the

non-respondent survey to the 1991 Baseline Survey. Study participants

will be U.S. adults 18 years and old residing in these coterminous

states. Burden estimates are as follows:

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No. of

No. of responses

respondents Instrument type per Avg burden/response

respondent

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Group 1....................... 2,000 Long...................... 1 .501 hrs.

Group 2....................... 2,050 Short..................... 1 .251 hrs.

Non-Response.................. 150 Response.................. 1 .167 hrs.

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Dated: March 1, 1996

Philip D. Amoruso,

NCI Executive Officer.

[FR Doc. 96-5760 Filed 3-11-96; 8:45 am]

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