[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 37 (Tuesday, February 25, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10694-10695]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-03654]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-20-0910; Docket No. CDC-2020-0018]
Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and
Recommendations
AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice with comment period.
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SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part
of its continuing effort to reduce public burden and maximize the
utility of government information, invites the general public and other
Federal agencies the opportunity to comment on a proposed and/or
continuing information collection, as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on a proposed
revision of the existing information collection generic clearance
titled Message Testing for Tobacco Communication Activities (MTTCA).
CDC's Office on Smoking and Health has used the MTTCA clearance to
support the development and testing of tobacco-related health messages,
including messages supporting CDC's National Tobacco Education Campaign
(NTEC) called the Tips from Former Smokers[supreg] campaign.
DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before April 27, 2020.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2020-
0018 by any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
Mail: Jeffrey M. Zirger, Information Collection Review
Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road
NE, MS-D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name
and Docket Number. CDC will post, without change, all relevant comments
to Regulations.gov.
Please note: Submit all comments through the Federal eRulemaking
portal (regulations.gov) or by U.S. mail to the address listed above.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on the
proposed project or to obtain a copy of the information collection plan
and instruments, contact Jeffrey M. Zirger, Information Collection
Review Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton
Road NE, MS-D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; phone: 404-639-7570; Email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), Federal agencies must obtain approval from
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for each collection of
information they conduct or sponsor. In addition, the PRA also requires
Federal agencies to provide a 60-day notice in the Federal Register
concerning each proposed collection of information, including each new
proposed collection, each proposed extension of existing collection of
information, and each reinstatement of previously approved information
collection before submitting the collection to the OMB for approval. To
comply with this requirement, we are publishing this notice of a
proposed data collection as described below.
The OMB is particularly interested in comments that will help:
1. Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency,
including whether the information will have practical utility;
2. Evaluate 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. Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
4. Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic
submissions of responses.
5. Assess information collection costs.
Proposed Project
Message Testing for Tobacco Communication Activities (MTTCA)(OMB
Control No. 0920-0910, expires 05/31/2021)--Revision--National Center
for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP), Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
In 2012, CDC's Office on Smoking and Health obtained OMB approval
of a generic clearance to support the development and testing of
tobacco-related health messages, including messages disseminated
through multiple phases of a media campaign (Message Testing for
Tobacco Communication Activities (MTTCA), OMB No. 0920-0910, exp. 1/31/
2015). In 2015, OSH obtained approval for a modification to the MTTCA
clearance that granted a three-year extension and an increase in
respondents and burden hours (MTTCA, OMB No. 0920-0910, exp. 3/31/
2018). This MTTCA clearance was approved with 44,216 annualized
responses and 10,998 annualized burden hours. In 2018, OSH obtained
approval for an extension to the MTTCA clearance that increased the
annualized number of respondents to 46,108 and decreased the annualized
burden hours to 7,070 (MTTCA, OMB No. 0920-0910, exp. 5/31/2021). CDC's
authority to collect information for public health purposes is provided
by the Public Health Service Act (41 U.S.C. 241) Section 301.
CDC has employed the MTTCA clearance to collect information about
adult smokers' and nonsmokers' attitudes and perceptions, and to
pretest draft messages and materials for clarity, salience, appeal, and
persuasiveness. The MTTCA clearance has been used to obtain OMB
approval for a variety of message testing activities, with particular
emphasis on communications supporting CDC's National Tobacco Education
Campaign (NTEC) called the Tips from Former Smokers[supreg] campaign.
This national campaign is designed to increase public awareness of the
health consequences of tobacco use and exposure to secondhand smoke.
The MTTCA clearance has also supported formative research relating to
the development of health messages that are not specifically associated
with the national campaign.
Information collection modes under the MTTCA clearance that are
supported include in-depth interviews; in-person focus groups; online
focus groups; in-person, or telephone interviews; and online surveys.
Each project approved under the MTTCA framework is outlined in a
project-specific Information Collection Request that describes its
purpose and methodology. Messages developed from MTTCA data collection
have been disseminated via multiple media channels including
television, radio, print, out-of-home, and digital formats.
CDC requests OMB approval to extend the MTTCA clearance, with
changes, for three years. Requested changes are to increase the number
of respondents and burden hours, and to expand testing of messages on
non-combustible products to include heated tobacco products. These
changes are needed to support CDC's planned information collections and
to accommodate additional needs
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that CDC may identify during the next three years. No modification is
requested for information collection activities, methodology, or
populations of interest from the existing generic clearance. The
extension and requested changes are needed to support CDC's planned
information collections and to accommodate additional needs that CDC
may identify during the next three years. For example, the MTTCA
generic clearance may be used to facilitate the development of tobacco-
related health communications of interest for CDC's collaborative
efforts with other federal partners including, but not limited to, the
Food and Drug Administration's Center for Tobacco Products. The MTTCA
clearance should not replace the need for additional generic clearance
mechanisms of HHS and other federal partners that may need to test
tobacco messages related to their campaigns and initiatives.
The existing MTTCA clearance was granted approval for a total of
138,324 respondents and 21,210 burden hours over a three-year period
(annualized number of respondents of 46,108 and annualized burden hours
of 7,070). To date, there have been 69,529 respondents and 10,489
burden hours used in this clearance, leaving a balance of 68,795
respondents and 10,721 burden hours (annualized number of respondents
of 22,932 and annualized burden hours of 3,754 for each of the three
years in the requested extension). The MTTCA extension would provide
approval for an annualized number of respondents of 83,215 and
annualized burden hours of 11,255. CDC will continue to use the MTTCA
clearance to develop and test messages and materials. Participation is
voluntary and there are no costs to respondents, other than their time.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of Average burden
Type of respondents Form name Number of responses per per response Total burden
respondents respondent (in hours) (in hours)
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General Public and Special Screening....... 37,640 1 2/60 1,255
Populations. In-Depth 67 1 1 67
Interviews (In
Person).
Focus Groups (In 288 1 1.5 432
Person).
Surveys (Online, 40,987 1 10/60 6,832
Short).
Surveys (Online, 2,733 1 25/60 1,139
Medium).
Surveys (In- 1,500 1 1 1,500
Depth Telephone
and Online).
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Total..................... ................ 83,215 .............. .............. 11,225
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Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Lead, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Scientific
Integrity, Office of Science, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2020-03654 Filed 2-24-20; 8:45 am]
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