[Federal Register: August 25, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 165)]
[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
Indian Health Service
Request for Public Comment: 60-Day Proposed Information
Collection: Indian Health Service; Health Promotion/Disease Prevention
Grantee Survey
AGENCY: Indian Health Service, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 which requires 60 days for public comment on
proposed information collection projects, the Indian Health Service
(IHS) is publishing for comment a summary of a proposed information
collection to be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
for review.
Proposed Collection: Title: 0917-NEW, ``Indian Health Service
Health Promotion/Disease Prevention Grantee Survey.'' Type of
Information Collection Request: This is a one time survey to fulfill an
OMB request for an independent external evaluation collection, 0917-
NEW, ``Indian Health Service Health Promotion/Disease Prevention (HP/
DP) Grantee Survey.'' Form(s): The Indian Health Service HP/DP
Interview Survey. Need and Use of Information Collection: The IHS goal
is to raise the health status of the American Indian and Alaska Native
(AI/AN) people to the highest possible level by providing comprehensive
health care and preventive health services. HP/DP is one of the three
IHS Director's Initiatives to reduce health disparities among AI/AN
populations through a coordinated and systematic approach to enhance
health promotion and chronic disease prevention approaches at the
local, regional, and national levels.
The HP/DP competitive grant was established in 2005 to encourage
Tribal and urban Indian programs to fully engage their local schools,
communities, health care providers, health centers, faith-based/
spiritual communities, senior centers, youth programs, local
governments, academia, non-profit organizations, and many other
community sectors to work together to enhance and promote health and
prevent chronic disease in their communities. Thirty-three Tribal/urban
Indian organizations and programs were awarded competitive grants to
expand and enhance health promotion and disease prevention to address
health disparities among AI/AN populations.
To conduct a thorough evaluation of the grant program, 29 telephone
and four face-to-face interviews will be conducted to collect
information to complete a quantitative and qualitative evaluation of
the HP/DP grant program. The teleconference interviews may include one
staff member per site. Each of the Tribal/urban organization/
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programs will determine the number of their staff members that will
participate in the interview. The evaluation will include an assessment
of whether HP/DP grantees achieve measurable health outcomes,
synthesize the evaluation findings, and include a written report with
recommendations to enhance program effectiveness. The information
gathered will be used to prepare a final report for OMB. Affected
Public: Individuals. Type of Respondents: Tribal/Urban organizations
program staff.
The table below provides: Types of data collection instruments,
Estimated number of respondents, Number of responses per respondent,
Average burden hour per response, and Total annual burden hour(s).
Estimated Burden Hours
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Estimated Average
Data collection instrument number of Responses per burden hour Total annual
respondents respondent per response burden hours
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HP/DP Grantees Telephone and Face-to-Face 231 1 1 231
Interview Survey...............................
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Total....................................... 231 .............. .............. 231
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There are no Capital Costs, Operating Costs, and/or Maintenance
Costs to report.
Request for Comments: Your written comments and/or suggestions are
invited on one or more of the following points: (a) Whether the
information collection activity is necessary to carry out an agency
function; (b) whether the agency processes the information collected in
a useful and timely fashion; (c) the accuracy of the public burden
estimate (the estimated amount of time needed for individual
respondents to provide the requested information); (d) whether the
methodology and assumptions used to determine the estimates are
logical; (e) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information being collected; and (f) ways to minimize the public burden
through the use of automated, electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or other forms of information
technology.
Send Comments and Requests for Further Information: Send your
written comments, requests for more information on the proposed
collection, or requests to obtain a copy of the data collection
instrument(s) and instructions to: Ms. Janet Ingersoll, Acting IHS
Reports Clearance Officer, 801 Thompson Avenue, TMP 450, Rockville, MD
20852-1627; call non-toll free (301) 443-6177; send via facsimile to
(301) 443-2316; or send your e-mail requests, comments, and return
address to: janet.ingersoll@ihs.gov.
Comment Due Date: Your comments regarding this information
collection are best assured of having full effect if received within 60
days of the date of this publication.
Dated: August 18, 2008.
Robert G. McSwain,
Director, Indian Health Service.
[FR Doc. E8-19480 Filed 8-22-08; 8:45 am]
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