96-8686. Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: Comment Request
[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 69 (Tuesday, April 9, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15809-15810]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-8686]
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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 of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for opportunity for public comment on
proposed data collection projects, 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
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. Needs Assessment for the National AIDS Education and Training
Centers (AETC) Program--New--The National AIDS Education and Training
Centers (AETC) Program is a network of fifteen regional centers with
more than 75 local performance sites that conduct targeted
multidisciplinary HIV education and training programs for health care
providers. The normal process for AETCs is to conduct an assessment of
the health care providers' learning needs before designing the training
programs they intend to offer. How AETCs conduct their needs
assessments has not been specified in the past. The AETCs have used a
number of different techniques, resulting in data that are not
comparable and cannot be aggregated.
The AETC program has developed a national computerized learning
needs assessment tool and protocol, which has been field tested and is
now available for use by all fifteen AETCs. The survey instruments will
be sent to a random sample of approximately 13,500 health care
providers nationally each year. Results from the surveys will be used
to identify topical areas in HIV/AIDS treatment in which training is
most needed. This will allow the AETCs to develop training programs
responsive to the identified needs. The estimated burden is as follows:
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Number of Responses per Hours per Annual burden
Type of respondent respondents respondent response hours
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Physicians:
Target group*............................... 1,393 1 .25 348
Others...................................... 783 1 .12 91
Physician assistants:
Target group................................ 1,393 1 .25 348
Others...................................... 783 1 .12 91
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Nurses:
Target group................................ 1,393 1 .25 348
Others...................................... 783 1 .12 91
Dentists:
Target group................................ 850 1 .25 213
Others...................................... 1,579 1 .12 184
Dental hygienists:
Target group................................ 850 1 .25 213
Others...................................... 1,579 1 .12 184
Psychosocial/mental health professionals:
Target Group................................ 1,436 1 .25 359
Others...................................... 740 1 .12 86
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Total..................................... 13,562 1 .19 2,557
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*The target group includes those professionals currently serving or likely to serve persons with HIV/AIDS.
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: April 2, 1996.
J. Henry Montes,
Associate Administrator for Policy Coordination.
[FR Doc. 96-8686 Filed 4-8-96; 8:45 am]
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Document Information
- Published:
- 04/09/1996
- Department:
- Health Resources and Services Administration
- Entry Type:
- Notice
- Document Number:
- 96-8686
- Pages:
- 15809-15810 (2 pages)
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