Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Validation of a New Food Frequency Questionnaire

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health

Submission for OMB Review; 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. This proposed information

collection was previously published in the Federal Register on December

24, 1996, page 67839 and allowed 60-days for public comment. There were

only two requests for additional information and no comments. 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: Validation of a New Food 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

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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: US

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.

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 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 within 30 days of

the date of this publication.

Dated: April 9, 1997.

Nancie L. Bliss,

OMB Project Clearance Liaison.

[FR Doc. 97-10549 Filed 4-23-97; 8:45 am]

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