[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 89 (Thursday, May 8, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25199-25200]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-12054]
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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, 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: Evaluation of the National Health Service Corps
New
The National Health Service Corps (NHSC) was established in 1971 to
help correct the maldistribution of health care personnel and to
improve the delivery of services in areas with shortages of health care
professionals. Through the Scholarship and Loan Repayment Programs the
NHSC recruits health clinicians and places them in areas designated as
health professional shortage areas.
The evaluation of this program will include three mail surveys, two
directed at scholarship and loan repayment program clinicians
(physicians, dentists, physician assistants, nurse practitioners and
nurse midwives), and one directed at site administrators currently
employing NHSC clinicians. The Survey of NHSC Alumni (clinicians who
began service on January 1, 1980 and terminated their service before
March 14, 1997) will assess alumni attitudes about the NHSC experience
including recruitment, placement, and service contributions (for
example, expanding clinical services, serving in clinical leadership
positions, participating in quality improvement activities and
initiating community primary care initiatives) to the site and
community. In addition, the survey will examine various measures of
clinician retention in underserved areas. The Survey of NHSC Clinicians
(current) will also assess attitudes about the NHSC experience
including recruitment, placement and service contribution to the site
and community. The Survey of Administrators in Sites with NHSC
Clinicians will assess sites' experiences with NHSC clinicians and will
provide an assessment of their service contributions to the site and
community. The data collected through the surveys will be used to
formulate programmatic and policy recommendations designed to
strengthen the NHSC program and increase its effectiveness.
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No. of
No. of responses Avg.burden/ Total
Type of survey respondents per response burden
respondent (in hours) hours
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Alumni Survey............................................... 2264 1 .5 1132
Current Clinician Survey.................................... 1411 1 .5 706
Site Administrator Survey................................... 252 1 .5 126
Total................................................... 3927 1 .5 1964
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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: April 30, 1997.
J. Henry Montes,
Director, Office of Policy and Information Coordination.
[FR Doc. 97-12054 Filed 5-7-97; 8:45 am]
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