[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 11 (Wednesday, January 16, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3432-3433]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-00592]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Title: Mother and Infant Home Visiting Program Evaluation: Follow-
up data collection on family outcomes.
OMB No.: 0970-0402.
Description: In 2011, the Administration for Children and Families
(ACF) and Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) within
the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) launched a
national evaluation called the Mother and Infant Home Visiting Program
Evaluation (MIHOPE). This evaluation, mandated by the Affordable Care
Act, will inform the federal government about the effectiveness of the
Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) program in
its first few years of operation, and provide information to help
states develop and strengthen home visiting programs in the future.
MIHOPE has two phases. Phase 1 includes baseline data collection and
implementation data; Phase 2 includes follow up data collection. OMB
approved a data collection package for Phase 1 in July 2012. The
purpose of the current document is to request approval of data
collection efforts for Phase 2.
Data collected during Phase 2 will include the following: (1) A
one-hour family follow-up survey, (2) 30-minutes of observed
interactions between the parent and child, (3) a direct assessment of
child development, (4) measurement of mother's weight and child's
height and weight, (5) collection of saliva from the mother and child
for purposes measuring cotinine, an indicator of smoking behavior and
exposure to second-hand smoke, and cortisol, an indicator stress
exposure and regulation, and (6) extend collection of weekly home
visitor logs on home visiting services until a family is no longer
receiving services.
Data collected during Phase 2 will be used to estimate the effects
of MIECHV-funded programs on seven domains specified for the evaluation
in the ACA: (1) Prenatal, maternal, and newborn health; (2) child
health and development, including maltreatment, injuries, and
development; (3) parenting; (4) school readiness and academic
achievement; (5) crime or domestic violence; (6) family economic self-
sufficiency; and (7) use of other community resources. Data collected
during Phase 2 will also be used to assess the differences in services
used between families who receive home visiting and a comparison group,
and to assess the quantity of home visiting services received by
families.
Respondents: The respondents in Phase 2 will include 4335 parents
who are enrolled in the study. Data collection activities will take
place over a three-year period.
Annual Burden Estimates
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Annual number Number of Average burden
Instrument of responses per hours per Total annual
respondents respondent response burden hours
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Home visitor logs............................... 170 50 0.09 765
Family follow-up survey......................... 1445 1 1.0 1445
Direct parent-child interactions................ 2890 1 0.5 1445
Direct child assessments........................ 1445 1 0.7 1012
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Collecting saliva to measure cotinine and 2890 1 0.3 867
cortisol, and measuring height and weight......
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 5,334
Copies of the proposed collection may be obtained by writing to the
Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research
and Evaluation, 370 L'Enfant Promenade SW., Washington, DC 20447, Attn:
OPRE Reports Clearance Officer. All requests should be identified by
the title of the information collection. Email address:
[email protected].
OMB Comment: OMB is required to make a decision concerning the
collection of information between 30 and 60 days after publication of
this document in the Federal Register. Therefore, a comment is best
assured of having its full effect if OMB receives it within 30 days of
publication. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent directly to the following: Office
of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project, Email: [email protected], Attn: Desk Officer for the Administration, for
Children and Families.
Steven M. Hanmer,
Reports Clearance, Officer.
[FR Doc. 2013-00592 Filed 1-15-13; 8:45 am]
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