[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 188 (Thursday, September 27, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59399-59400]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-23773]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Office of the Secretary
[Document Identifier HHS-OS-17378-60D]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection;
Public Comment Request
ACTION: 60-day Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Secretary (OS), Department of
Health and Human Services, announces plans to submit a new Information
Collection Request (ICR), described below, to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB). Prior to submitting that ICR to OMB, OS seeks
comments from the public regarding the burden estimate, below, or any
other aspect of the ICR. OS especially requests comments on (1) The
necessity and utility of the proposed information collection for the
proper performance of the agency's functions, (2) the accuracy of the
estimated burden, (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
of the information to be collected, and (4) the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of information technology to
minimize the information collection burden.
Deadline: Comments on the ICR must be received within 60 days of
the issuance of this notice.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, including the document identifier HHS-
OS-17378-60D, to [email protected] or by calling
(202) 690-6162. Copies of the supporting statement and any related
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forms for the ICR may also be requested through the above email or
telephone number.
Information Collection Request Title: Evaluation of the National
Partnership for Action to End Health Disparities.
Abstract: OMH in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health
(OASH), Office of the Secretary (OS) is requesting approval from the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for new data collection
activities for the Evaluation of the National Partnership for Action to
End Health Disparities (NPA). The NPA was officially launched in April
2011 to mobilize a nationwide, comprehensive, community-driven, and
sustained approach to combating health disparities and to move the
nation toward achieving health equity. Using an approach that vests
those at the front line with the responsibility of identifying and
helping to shape core actions, new approaches and new partnerships are
being established to help close the health gap in the United States.
OMH proposes to conduct an evaluation of the NPA. The evaluation's
goal is to determine the extent to which the NPA has contributed to the
elimination of health disparities and attainment of health equity in
our nation. The evaluation will accomplish this goal by (1) Determining
the degree to which a structure (e.g., partnerships, programmatic
reach, communications, committees) to implement the NPA goals and
strategies has been established; (2) The collection, analysis, and
summarization of baseline data for core indicators of immediate and
intermediate outcomes (e.g., changes in policy, procedures, and
practices to diversify workforce, promote cultural competency, affect
social determinants, build leadership, and increase public support for
ending health disparities and achieving health equity); (3) Developing
criteria for promising practices for ending health disparities and
identifying such practices; (4) Beginning to monitor data on social
determinants of health and health outcomes using secondary sources.
Burden Statement: Burden in this context means the time expended by
persons to generate, maintain, retain, disclose or provide the
information requested. This includes the time needed to review
instructions, to develop, acquire, install and utilize technology and
systems for the purpose of collecting, validating and verifying
information, processing and maintaining information, and disclosing and
providing information, to train personnel and to be able to respond to
a collection of information, to search data sources, to complete and
review the collection of information, and to transmit or otherwise
disclose the information. The total annual burden hours estimated for
this ICR are summarized in the table below.
Total Estimated Annualized Burden--Hours
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Average
Type of Number of Number of burden (in Total burden
Forms respondent respondents responses per hours) per hours
respondent response
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FIHET agency survey............ Agency 48 1 .52 24.96
FIHET interviews............... Agency 16 1 1.17 18.72
RHEC co-chairs interview....... Individual 20 1 1.42 28.4
RHEC sub-chairs group Individual 50 1 1.5 75
interviews....................
Survey of all RHEC members..... Individual 350 1 .67 234.5
Survey of key NPA partner Organizational 15 1 .44 6.6
organizations.................
Survey of State Minority Health Agency 110 1 .48 52.8
Office Directors or
Coordinators and officials
from State Departments of
Health........................
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Total...................... ............... 609 .............. .............. 440.98
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Keith A. Tucker,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, Department of Health and
Human Services.
[FR Doc. 2012-23773 Filed 9-26-12; 8:45 am]
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