[Federal Register: February 15, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 31)]
[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
Health Resources and Services Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection
Comment Request
In compliance with the requirement for opportunity for public
comment on proposed data collection projects (pursuant to the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)), the Health Resources and
Services Administration (HRSA) will publish periodic summaries of
proposed projects being developed for submission to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
To request more information on the proposed project or to obtain a copy
of the data collection plans, call the HRSA Reports Clearance Officer
on (301) 443-1129.
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.
Proposed Project: Assessment of the Engagement of Historically Black
Colleges and Universities in Campus and Community-based Activities To
Eliminate Health Disparities (NEW)
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) plans to
conduct a survey of 525 university administrators at Historically Black
Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) to collect information not otherwise
available about the extent to which HBCUs have engaged in health
promoting activities on campus and in their surrounding communities
that are designed to eliminate health disparities among African
Americans. The results of this survey will be used by HRSA's Office of
Minority Health and Health Disparities (OMHHD) to obtain information
regarding the engagement of HBCUs in health disparities activities. The
results of the survey will also permit OMHHD (1) to describe the
origins, structure, content, and intensity of such activities, (2) to
document the level of support for campus and community activities among
administrative leaders at HBCUs, (3) to document the factors that
facilitate or hinder the ability of HBCUs to engage in campus and
community activities to eliminate health disparities, and (4) to
determine whether there is a need among HBCUs for additional assistance
that will allow them to expand their role and improve their
effectiveness in addressing health disparities.
The survey process will include a web-based survey to be completed
by targeted respondents. Follow-up
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telephone calls will be conducted with respondents who do not complete
the online survey. Approximately 5 administrators will be surveyed at
each of the 105 recognized HBCUs. The types of administrators to be
surveyed include Presidents, Deans of Faculty, Deans of Students, and
staff and/or faculty that are leaders for programs that are associated
with eliminating health disparities. The estimated burden of data
collection is as follows:
The burden estimate for this project is as follows:
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Average number
Form Number of of responses Total responses Hours per Total burden
respondents per respondent response hours
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Survey............................................................. 525 1 525 0.50 262.5
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Send comments to Susan G. Queen, Ph.D., HRSA Reports Clearance
Officer, Room 10-33 Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville,
Maryland 20857. Written comments should be received within 60 days of
this notice.
Dated: February 9, 2006.
Tina M. Cheatham,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. E6-2069 Filed 2-14-06; 8:45 am]
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