[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 39 (Monday, March 1, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 10007]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-4951]
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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 44, United States Code, as amended by the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995, Pub. L. 104-13), the Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA) publishes 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) 443-1891.
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: Health Status, Behaviors, and Health Service
Perceptions of Non-College Educated and College Educated African
American Women--New
The Office of Minority and Women's Health (OMWH) in the Bureau of
Primary Health Care (BPHC), Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA) awarded funding for a pilot study which will
develop information about the design of a sample appropriate to
determine the health status, behaviors, and health service perceptions
of African American women who are: (1) college educated, and (2) low
income, non-college educated. The pilot study will be used to evaluate
the interview instrument and to discover the practical issues and
feasibility of sampling low income African American women from the
databases of community health centers in three test locations. The goal
is to assess the instrument, the sample sources, the procedures, and
the response rates and to determine the extent to which data can be
collected in a systematic and comprehensive manner. The pilot study is
the first step in a much larger nationwide effort to build a
significant data set containing detailed information on health status,
health indicators, and health behaviors of African American women.
The burden estimate for the pilot study is as follows:
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Hours per
Respondent Number of Responses per Total response Total hour
respondents respondent responses (minutes) burden
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College Educated................ 60 1 60 40 40
Non-College Educated............ 180 1 180 40 120
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Total....................... 240 .............. 240 .............. 160
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Send comments to Susan G. Queen, Ph.D., HRSA Reports Clearance
Officer, Room 14-33, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville,
MD 20857. Written comments should be received within 60 days of this
notice.
Dated: February 23, 1999.
Jane Harrison,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 99-4951 Filed 2-26-99; 8:45 am]
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