[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 68 (Monday, April 9, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21101-21102]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-8448]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-12-12HN]
Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and
Recommendations
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 Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic summaries of proposed projects.
To request more information on the proposed projects or to obtain a
copy of the data collection plans and instruments, call 404-639-7570 or
send comments to Ron Otten, at CDC, 1600 Clifton Road, MS D-74,
Atlanta, GA 30333 or send an email to [email protected].
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. Written comments should be received
within 60 days of this notice.
Proposed Project
Evaluation of U.S. Family Planning Guidelines--New--National Center
for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP), Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Division of
Reproductive Health (DRH), in collaboration with the Office of
Population Affairs (OPA), plans to conduct an evaluation of the
diffusion, utilization of, and impact on provider- and clinic-level
attitudes and practices of three national guidance documents. These
guidelines, which are intended to improve contraceptive use and the
delivery of quality family planning services in the United States, are:
(1) The U.S. Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptive Use (U.S.
MEC); (2) the forthcoming U.S. Selected Practice Recommendations for
Contraceptive Use (U.S. SPR); and (3) the forthcoming Guidelines for
Providing Quality Family Planning Services (QFPS). The guidance
documents have or will be widely disseminated to health-care providers
and other constituents, via professional organizations, federal program
grantees, scientific and programmatic meetings, scientific manuscripts,
online resources, and other avenues, as deemed appropriate. The purpose
of this information collection is to evaluate the adoption and
implementation of recommendations included in the U.S. MEC,
approximately two years after its release, and to collect baseline
information on selected attitudes and practices that will be addressed
in the forthcoming U.S. SPR and QFPS. The information to be collected
will also allow CDC and OPA to improve family planning-related public
health practice, as CDC and OPA will tailor future dissemination
activities, and develop needed provider tools, based upon the results.
CDC will consider conducting a follow-up information collection
approximately three years after the baseline survey.
For the baseline information collection, CDC plans to administer a
mailed survey to a sample of 13,125 private- and public-sector family
planning providers and clinic administrators in the United States.
Private-sector providers will be randomly selected from sampling frames
with individual-level information on providers. To reach public-sector
providers and clinic administrators, publicly funded clinics will be
randomly selected; one provider and the clinic administrator will be
asked to complete surveys at sampled clinics. Specifically, surveys
will be completed by: (a) 3,125 private-sector office-based physicians
(i.e., those specializing in obstetrics/gynecology, family medicine,
and adolescent medicine), sampled from the American Medical Association
Physician Masterfile; (b) 2,000 private-sector mid-level providers
(i.e., nurse practitioners in women's health and certified nurse
midwives), sampled from the Nurse Practitioners in Women's Health
(NPWH) and the American College of Nurse Midwives (ACNM) membership
lists; (c) 2,000 providers from Title X clinics, sampled from the
Guttmacher Institute database of publicly funded family planning
clinics; (d) 2,000 providers from non-Title X clinics, sampled from the
Guttmacher Institute database of publicly funded family planning
clinics; (e) 2,000 clinic administrators from Title X clinics, sampled
from the Guttmacher Institute database of publicly funded family
planning clinics; and (f) 2,000 clinic administrators from non-Title X
clinics, sampled from the Guttmacher Institute database of publicly
funded family planning clinics.
Each sampled provider and clinic will receive a mailed survey
package. For private-sector family planning providers, each mailed
survey package will include a single survey to be completed by the
provider. For public-sector clinics, each mailed survey package will
include two surveys--one to be completed by a randomly selected family
planning provider at the clinic, and the second to be completed by the
clinic administrator. Each mailed survey will be accompanied by a
postage-paid return envelope. Individuals will also be given the option
to complete the survey online via a password protected web-based data
collection system. Participation in the survey will be completely
voluntary. OMB approval is requested for one year.
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There are no costs to respondents other than their time.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Average
Number of Number of burden per Total burden
Type of respondents Form name respondents responses per response (in (in hr)
respondent hr)
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Office-based physicians (private sector)....... 2012 Survey of Provider Attitudes and 3,125 1 24/60 1,250
Practices Surrounding Contraceptive
Provision.
Mid-level providers (private sector)........... 2012 Survey of Provider Attitudes and 2,000 1 24/60 800
Practices Surrounding Contraceptive
Provision.
Title X clinic providers (public sector)....... 2012 Survey of Provider Attitudes and 2,000 1 24/60 800
Practices Surrounding Contraceptive
Provision.
Non-Title X publicly funded clinic providers 2012 Survey of Provider Attitudes and 2,000 1 24/60 800
(public sector). Practices Surrounding Contraceptive
Provision.
Title X clinic administrators (public sector).. 2012 Survey for Administrators of 2,000 1 24/60 800
Publicly Funded Family Planning
Clinics.
Non-Title X publicly funded clinic 2012 Survey for Administrators of 2,000 1 24/60 800
administrators (public sector). Publicly Funded Family Planning
Clinics.
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Total...................................... ....................................... .............. .............. .............. 5,250
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Dated: April 3, 2012.
Ron A. Otten,
Director, Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of the Associate
Director for Science (OADS), Office of the Director, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2012-8448 Filed 4-6-12; 8:45 am]
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