Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Federal Register: February 3, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 22)
Notices
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
60Day-10-09AL
Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and
Recommendations
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 Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic summaries of proposed projects.
To request more information on the proposed projects or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and instruments, call 404-639-5960 and send comments to Maryam I. Daneshvar, CDC Acting Reports Clearance
Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D74, Atlanta, GA 30333 or send an e-mail to omb@cdc.gov.
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. Written comments should be received within 60 days of this notice.
Proposed Project
Environmental Health Impacts on Women and Children in Low-income
Multifamily Housing--NEW--National Center for Environmental Health
(NCEH) and Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR),
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
Green building principles and practices have been shown to reduce energy consumption, but their efficacy in reducing environmental agents such as pesticides, volatile organic compounds (VOCs), fungi, and indoor allergens is not clear. Furthermore, little research has been conducted on health impacts that might be related to green buildings, especially on a nationwide scale. Three main goals of this study are:
(1) To compare levels of certain environmental chemical and biological agents in green vs. traditional, multi-family, low-income housing; (2) to ascertain differences in the health of the residents in these homes; and (3) to assess the economic impacts of the ``greening'' of housing-- particularly those related to health. These goals will be accomplished in ongoing low-income multi-family building renovation programs sponsored by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). In partnership with HUD, the CDC will leverage this opportunity to collect survey and biomarker data from residents and to collect environmental measurements in their homes in order to evaluate associations between green housing and health (notably childhood asthma morbidity and premature/low birth weight outcomes).
This study directly supports the Healthy Homes' health protection goal of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This investigation is also consistent with CDC's Health Protection Research
Agenda, which
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calls for research to identify the major environmental causes of disease and disability and related risk factors.
Indoor allergens such as those from cockroaches, dust mites, mice, and fungi have been associated with childhood asthma. Also, VOCs and pesticides have been associated with adverse birth outcomes (e.g., low birth weight and prematurity). Given that green principles such as improvement of ventilation systems and elimination of spray pesticides can directly affect the concentrations of chemical and biological agents in air, residents in green housing should theoretically have better health outcomes (e.g., asthma and birth outcomes). Better health outcomes will, in turn, lead to lower healthcare utilization resulting in overall costs to society.
Participants will include pregnant women and children living in
HUD-subsidized housing that has either been rehabilitated in a green
(e.g., case) or a traditional manner (e.g., control) from study sites across the United States. Pregnant women and children with asthma (ages 7-12 years) will donate blood samples (for assessment of allergy) and urine samples (for assessment of pesticide and VOC exposures). The children with asthma (ages 7-12 years) will be also tested for lung function and lung inflammatory markers. Questionnaires regarding home characteristics and respiratory symptoms will be administered at 3- month intervals over a 1-year period. Environmental sampling of the air and dust in the participants' homes will be conducted over a 1-year period (once in the home before rehabilitation (baseline 1), and then at three time points after rehabilitation has been completed: baseline 2, 6 months, and 12 months). Environmental sampling includes measurements of air exchange rate, pesticides, VOCs, indoor allergens, fungi, temperature, humidity, and particulate matter.
There is no cost to respondents other than their time.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
Number of
Average burden
Respondents
Forms
Number of
responses per per response
Total burden respondents
respondent
(in hours)
(in hours)
Mothers of enrolled children................... Screening questionnaire................
800
1
10/60
133
Baseline Questionnaire (Home
688
1
15/60
172
Characteristics).
Baseline Questionnaire (for Mother)....
688
1
15/60
172
Baseline Questionnaire (for Children
688
1
15/60
172 with asthma 7-12 years).
Baseline Questionnaire (for Children 0-
688
1
15/60
172 6 years). 3- and 9-month Phone contact...........
688
2
5/60
115 6- and 12-month Follow-up Questionnaire
688
2
10/60
229
(for environment). 6- and 12-month Follow-up Questionnaire
688
2
10/60
229
(for women). 6- and 12-month Follow-up Questionnaire
688
2
10/60
229
(for Children with asthma 7-12 years). 6- and 12-month Follow-up Questionnaire
688
2
10/60
229
(for children 0-6).
Time/Activity form (for Children with
688
4
5/60
229 asthma 7-12 years).
Time/Activity form (for Children 0-6
688
4
5/60
229 years).
Time/Activity form (for Pregnant women
688
4
5/60
229 or mothers).
Pregnant women................................. Screening questionnaire................
800
1
10/60
133
Baseline Questionnaire (Home
688
1
15/60
172
Characteristics).
Baseline Questionnaire (for Pregnant
688
1
15/60
172 woman). 3- and 9-month Phone contact...........
688
2
5/60
115 6- and 12-month Follow-up Questionnaire
688
2
10/60
229
(for environment). 6- and 12-month Follow-up Questionnaire
688
2
10/60
229
(for women).
Post-delivery questionnaire............
688
1
5/60
57
Time/Activity form (for Pregnant women
688
4
5/60
229 or mothers).
Total...................................... ....................................... .............. .............. ..............
3,875
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Dated: January 27, 2010.
Maryam I. Daneshvar,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
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