[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 216 (Thursday, November 7, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66935-66936]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-26671]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60-Day-14-14BA]
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 LeRoy Richardson, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D74, 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
Annual Survey of the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early
Detection Program (NBCCEDP) Grantees--New--National Center for Chronic
Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP), Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
To improve access to cancer screening, Congress passed the Breast
and Cervical Cancer Mortality Prevention Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-
354) which directed CDC to create
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the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program
(NBCCEDP). Currently, the NBCCEDP funds 67 grantees including all 50
states, the District of Columbia, 5 U.S. territories, and 11 American
Indian/Alaska Native tribes or tribal organizations. Grantees provide
screening services for breast and cervical cancer to low-income,
uninsured, and underinsured women who otherwise would not have access
to screening.
Since 1991, NBCCEDP-funded grantees have served more than 4.3
million women, provided more than 10.7 million breast and cervical
cancer screening examinations, and diagnosed more than 56,662 breast
cancers, 3,206 invasive cervical cancers, and 152,470 premalignant
cervical lesions, of which 41% were high-grade. As a comprehensive,
organized screening program, the NBCCEDP supports activities including
program management, partnership development, public education and
targeted outreach, screening and diagnostic services, patient
navigation, quality assurance and quality improvement, professional
development, data management and utilization, and program monitoring
and evaluation. For clinical service delivery, grantees fund health
care providers in their state/territory/tribe to deliver breast and
cervical cancer screening, diagnostic evaluation, and treatment
referrals for women diagnosed with cancer.
CDC issued a new Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) to support
a new 5-year cooperative agreement for the NBCCEDP effective July 2012.
This new FOA begins to shift the NBCCEDP from a focus on direct service
provision to implementation of expanded evidence-based activities
intended to increase rates of breast and cervical cancer screening at
the population level. Though NBCCEDP grantees continue to provide
breast and cervical cancer screening for uninsured and underinsured
women, CDC is encouraging the implementation of strategies to increase
screening rates beyond that of program-eligible women.
CDC plans to implement an annual survey of NBCCEDP program
directors in order to assess program implementation, particularly
related to these expanded population-based efforts. The Web-based
survey includes questions on respondent background, program activities,
clinical service delivery, monitoring and evaluation, partnerships,
training and technical assistance needs, and program management.
Questions are of various types including dichotomous and multiple
response. The estimated burden per response is 45 minutes.
This assessment will enable CDC to gauge its progress in meeting
NBCCEDP program goals, identify implementation activities, monitor
program transition to efforts aimed at impacting population-based
screening, identify technical assistance needs of state, tribe and
territorial health department cancer control programs, and identify
implementation models with potential to expand and transition to new
settings to increase program impact and reach. The assessment will
identify successful activities that should be maintained, replicated,
or expanded as well as provide insight into areas that need
improvement.
OMB approval is requested for three years. Participation is
voluntary and there are no costs to respondents other than their time.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of Average burden
Type of respondent Form name Number of responses per per response Total burden
respondents respondent (in hr) (in hr)
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NBCCEDP Program Directors.................... CDC National Breast and Cervical 67 1 45/60 50
Cancer Early Detection Program
(NBCCEDP) Grantee Survey of Program
Implementation.
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LeRoy Richardson,
Chief, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Scientific
Integrity, Office of the Associate Director for Science, Office of the
Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2013-26671 Filed 11-6-13; 8:45 am]
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