NIH Requests Comments on Testing Health Education Resources
Published Date: 2/27/2026
Notice
Summary
The NIH wants your thoughts on how they test and improve their health info and education materials. If you use or care about NIH resources, now’s your chance to comment within 30 days. No big costs or changes yet—just making sure their tools work well for everyone.
Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
NIH User Testing: 45-Minute Participation
If NIH asks you to test or review its health information, you would be asked to take part in interviews, focus groups, usability tests, or surveys that average 45 minutes per response. NIH estimates 18,000 responses annually (9,000 from the general public and 9,000 from health care professionals) for a total annualized burden of 13,500 hours, and says there are no costs to respondents other than their time.
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