[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 11 (Thursday, January 16, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2374-2375]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-1060]
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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 (section 3506(c)(2)(A) of
Title 35, United States Code, as amended by the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995, Public Law 104-13), the Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA) will publish periodic summaries of proposed
projects being developed for submission to 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 and draft
instruments, 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 Projects
1. Project To Assess Bi/Multilingual Services Offered At Selected
Community And Migrant Health Centers--NEW--Recognizing the importance
of language-appropriate services to full and effective health care
provision, the Office of Minority and Women's Health in the Bureau of
Primary Health Care [BPHC], Health Resources and Services
Administration [HRSA], proposes to conduct a voluntary survey to assess
the composition and provision of bi/multilingual services at 150
Community and Migrant Health Centers [C/MHCs] identified as likely to
be serving such populations. This effort was developed so that
information could be gathered to assist the field, funding agency
staff, and policy makers in better understanding what works, what does
not, and barriers and facilitators to effective health service
provision for speakers of languages other than English.
The information gathered will provide HRSA with an information base
upon which to build in making future program decisions regarding C/MHC
resource and staffing needs in order to reduce or eliminate the
barriers to health care often faced by non- or limited-English-speaking
populations. The end result of the program will be to assist the
funding agency to help C/MHCs and by extension, other providers of
health care for non- or limited-English speaking populations, to
provide appropriate services. An estimate of the hour burden
anticipated for the 150 C/MHC Directors to whom the survey will be
mailed is shown below.
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Responses per Hours per Total hour
Form No. of respondents respondent response burden
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Bi/Multilingual Services Survey... 150 C/MHC Directors...... 1 2.5 hours 375 hours
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2. Study on Ethnicity/Race of Subpopulations: User/Clients and
Providers in Bureau-Supported Programs--NEW--National health statistics
show that there are disproportionately high numbers of individuals from
ethnic minority groups who have low incomes and limited access to
health care. In addition, recent published studies indicate that
cultural and linguistic barriers discourage many minority group members
from seeking medical attention from certain service providers. For
these reasons, and given the fact that certain diseases and disorders
have a higher prevalence within particular ethnic groups, it is
important for the Bureau of Primary Health Care (BPHC) to have full
understanding of the ethnicity of clients and providers at health
centers supported through the Community Health Center Program, Migrant
Health Center Program, Health Care for the Homeless, Primary Health
Care in Public Housing, and the HIV Health Center Program. The ultimate
purpose of this study is to examine subpopulation data on the service
providers and users of these health care agencies supported by BPHC.
In the first stage of the study, emphasis will be on gathering,
organizing, analyzing, and reporting on ethnicity/race data that are
currently available. This stage will be in preparation for a mail
survey of health centers who receive BPHC support (through the programs
listed above) to obtain detailed data on the ethnic/racial composition
of users and providers. The mail survey will also request information
on their data collection processes for ethnicity and race, which will
be used to guide future BPHC efforts to collect race/ethnicity
subpopulation data, making maximum use of the data collection and
storage methods already employed by BPHC grantees.
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Responses per Average hours Total burden
Type of respondent No. of respondents respondent per response hours
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BPHC Grantees..................... 800...................... 1 1 800
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Send comments to Patricia Royston, HRSA Reports Clearance Officer,
Room 14-36, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857.
Written comments should be received within 60 days of this notice.
Dated: January 10, 1997.
J. Henry Montes,
Director, Office of Policy and Information Coordination.
[FR Doc. 97-1060 Filed 1-15-97; 8:45 am]
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