[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 145 (Friday, July 27, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44257-44258]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-18312]
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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 the Office of Management and Budget
(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, email [email protected] or
call the HRSA Reports Clearance Officer at (301) 443-1129.
Comments are invited on: (a) The proposed collection of information
for the proper performance of the functions of the Agency; (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 Title: Healthy Weight Learning Collaborative
Evaluation (OMB No. 0915-xxxx)--[New]
Background: Supported by the Prevention and Public Health Fund
created by Section 4002 of the Affordable Care Act, HRSA awarded $5
million to the National Initiative for Children's Healthcare Quality
(NICHQ) to create the Collaborate for Healthy Weight, a national
initiative to bring together primary care providers, public health
professionals, and leaders of community-based organizations to use
quality improvement methods to address the obesity epidemic in
communities across the country. A key part of that initiative was
creation of the Healthy Weight Learning Collaborative (HWLC), a quality
improvement project working with 50 community teams to identify, test,
and evaluate a national ``change package'' of evidence-based program
and policy interventions to address childhood obesity. The HWLC is
being implemented in two consecutive phases, each with a series of
learning sessions and action periods. The first phase (July 2011 to
July 2012) includes 10 community teams; the second phase (March 2012 to
March 2013) includes 40 additional teams.
Purpose: The purpose of this evaluation is to assess the quality
and effectiveness of the HWLC. This 1-year information collection will
supplement the analysis of existing quantitative HWLC administrative
and team data by collecting primary data using individual and group
interviews with two groups of stakeholders: (a) NICHQ project
leadership, staff, and faculty; and (b) community team members at 11
selected sites (four Phase One teams and seven Phase Two teams). Data
from these interviews will be used to evaluate the quality and
effectiveness of the HWLC. NICHQ leadership, staff, and faculty
interview topics include: The design and implementation of the HWLC
project; the content and quality of the HWLC learning sessions,
coaching assistance, and other action period activities; the community
teams' experiences implementing the HWLC change package and quality
improvement indicators; and stakeholders' perceptions of the quality
and effectiveness of the HWLC in accelerating community efforts to
address childhood obesity.
Community team interviews will be conducted with the team
coordinator, the quality improvement data manager, and other team
members, including primary care providers, public health officials,
school administrators, and other community volunteers. Separate
interview protocols will be developed for the Phase 1 and Phase 2
community teams. Phase 1 protocols will examine community team
strategies, activities, and approaches that have been sustained and
spread after the end of Phase 1. Phase 2 protocols will examine (1)
Team goals, objectives, and program elements; (2) team implementation
of the HWC change package; (3) team engagement in HWLC activities; and
(4) team linkages and organizational and policy changes resulting from
the team's participation in the HWLC.
Estimate of response burden is as follows:
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Number of Responses per Total Hours per Total burden
Data collection respondents respondent responses response hours
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NICHQ Leadership Interview...... 4 1 4 1.0 4.0
NICHQ Staff Interview........... 5 1 5 1.0 5.0
NICHQ Faculty Group Interview... * 6 1 6 1.0 6.0
Phase 1 Community Team Group ** 24 1 24 1.5 36.0
Interview......................
Phase 1 Community Team 4 1 4 1.5 6.0
Coordinator Interview..........
Phase 1 Community Team Data 4 1 4 0.5 2.0
Manager Interview..............
Phase 2 Community Team Group *** 42 1 42 1.5 63.0
Interview......................
Phase 2 Community Team Leader 7 1 7 1.5 10.5
Interview......................
Phase 2 Community Team Data 7 1 7 0.5 3.5
Manager Interview..............
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Total....................... 103 .............. 103 .............. 136.0
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* One group interview: 6 people per group.
** Four group interviews: 6 people per group.
*** Seven group interviews: 6 people per group.
Email comments to [email protected] or mail to the HRSA Reports
Clearance Officer, Room 10-33, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane,
Rockville, MD 20857. Written comments should be received within 60 days
of this notice.
Dated: July 20, 2012.
Jennifer Riggle,
Deputy Director, Office of Management.
[FR Doc. 2012-18312 Filed 7-26-12; 8:45 am]
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