National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; Proposed Data Collection Available for Public Comment and Recommendation; Pilot Study for the Johnston County ADHD Study: Environmental, Reproductive and Familial Risk Factors for Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; Proposed

Data Collection Available for Public Comment and Recommendation; Pilot

Study for the Johnston County ADHD Study: Environmental, Reproductive

and Familial Risk Factors for Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

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 Institute of

Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) will publish periodic summaries

of proposed projects. To request more information on the proposed

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

instruments, call the NIEHS Project Clearance Liaison, at (919) 541-

5047.

Comments are invited on: (a) 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; (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.

This notice regards a request for emergency OMB processing for a

pilot study for a proposed project: Pilot Study for the Johnston County

ADHD Study: Environmental, Reproductive and Familial Risk Factors for

Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in accordance with 5 CFR

1320.13 of the OMB guidelines. We are requesting for OMB clearance by

May 29, 1997. Use of normal clearance procedures is reasonably likely

to prevent or disrupt the collection of information for this pilot

study. We intend to submit a regular OMB request for the full study in

October 1997, in anticipation for beginning data collection for the

study in February 1998.

New--Proposed Project: Pilot Study for the Johnston County ADHD

Study: Environmental, Reproductive and Familial Risk Factors for

Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. For the pretest we plan to

collect data from 18 classes. Teachers will use a brief symptom

checklist to screen all the children in their class; 360 children will

be screened in all. We will conduct telephone interviews with the

mothers of children identified as possible cases and a 15% random

sample of control children. If children meet DSM-IV criteria for ADHD

after both screens they will be considered cases. For the pretest, we

expect there will be 15 cases and 35 controls. The primary hypotheses

of the study are that preterm delivery and other reproductive risk

factors increase risk of ADHD and childhood lead exposure increases

risk of ADHD. The data collected in the pretest will allow us to

evaluate subject recruitment procedures, evaluate data collection

procedures, and provide initial estimates of the prevalence of ADHD in

this population which will help us estimate the statistical power of

the study more accurately and make adaptations to our design if

necessary.

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Average Number

Estimated Estimated of responses Average burden Estimated

Type of respondents Number of Number of per hours per total burden

respondents responses respondent response hours

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Teachers........................ 18 522 29 .18 94

Mothers/guardians............... 63 189 3 .53 100

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Total Yearly Burden: 194 hours.

Direct Comments to OMB: Please send written comments and/or

suggestions regarding the items(s) contained in this notice, especially

regarding the estimated public burden and associated response time, as

soon as possible to the Office of Management, Office of Regulatory

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

20503, Attention: Desk Officer for NIH.

Dated: April 22, 1997.

Charles Leasure,

Associate Director for Management, NIEHS.

[FR Doc. 97-11650 Filed 5-2-97; 8:45 am]

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