Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Checklist Validation of Dietary Questionnaire

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health

Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Checklist Validation

of Dietary Questionnaire

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995, the National Cancer Institute (NCI), the

National Institutes of Health (NIH), has submitted to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve the

information collection listed below. This proposed information

collection was previously published in the Federal Register on

September 21, 1995, page 49001, and allowed 60 days for public comment.

No public comments were received. The purpose of this notice is to

allow an additional 30 days for public comment. The National Institutes

of Health may not conduct or sponsor, and the respondent is not

required to respond to, an information collection that has been

extended, revised, or implemented on or after October 1, 1995, unless

it displays a currently valid OMB control number.

PROPOSED COLLECTION: Title: Checklist Validation of Dietary

Questionnaire. Type of Information Collection Request: New. Need and

Use of Information Collection: This experiment will compare the

performance of two self-administered food frequency questionnaires

which use different approaches to collect the information. The purpose

of the study is to determine which food frequency approach more nearly

replicates the information collected on the criterion Daily Checklist

Instrument, which is a list of about 30 key food items selected

especially for this comparative assessment. The Checklist will be

completed daily for 30 days by each study participant. Following the

30-day period, one group will complete the NCI Health Habits and

History Questionnaire (HHHQ), and the other group will complete the NCI

Diet History Questionnaire (DHQ). Respondents to each data collection

instrument will estimate how often they eat a series of food items in

the last month. Complete questionnaires will be obtained on 250

subjects in each of the two study groups. Study participants will be

compensated. The results of the study will be used to refine the NCI

Diet History Questionnaire. Participants will be adult volunteers from

the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. Frequency of Response: Once.

Affected Public: Individuals or households. Type of Respondents:

Adults. The annual reporting burden is as follows: Estimated Number of

Respondents: 1333; Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1;

Average Burden Hours Per Response: 1.44; Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours Requested: 1924. The annualized cost to respondents is estimated

at: $5,920. There are no Capital Costs to report. There are no

Operating or Maintenance Costs to report.

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 proper 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; (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 respondent,

including through the use of automated collection techniques or other

forms of information technology.

DIRECT COMMENTS TO OMB: Written comments and/or suggestions regarding

the item(s) contained in this notice, especially regarding the

estimated public burden and associated response time, should be

directed to the: Office of Management and Budget, Office of Regulatory

Affairs, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, D.C.

20503, Attention: Desk Officer for NIH. To request more information on

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

and instruments, contact: Dr. Frances E. Thompson, Applied Research

Branch, DCPC, NCI, NIH, EPN 313, 6130 Executive Blvd MSC 7344, Bethesda

MD 20892-7344, or call non-toll-free number (301) 496-8500 or E-mail

you 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 April

18, 1996.

Dated: March 12, 1996.

Philip D. Amoruso,

NCI Executive Officer.

[FR Doc. 96-6584 Filed 3-18-96; 8:45 am]

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