[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 237 (Friday, December 9, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 89117-89118]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-29452]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Office of the Secretary
[Document Identifier: OS-0990-New-60D]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection;
Public Comment Request
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS.
ACTION: 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 the ICR to OMB, OS seeks comments
from the public regarding the burden estimate below or any other aspect
of the ICR.
DATES: Comments on the ICR must be received on or before February 7,
2017.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to
[email protected] or by calling (202) 690-5683.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When submitting comments or requesting
information, please include the document identifier OS-0990-New-60D for
reference.
Information Collection Request Title: A Client-Centered Performance
Measure for Contraceptive Services.
Abstract: The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health/Office
of Population Affairs is seeking an approval by the Office of
Management and Budget on a new information collection. We propose to
evaluate a scale previously developed by our collaborators at the
University of California San Francisco (UCSF)--the 11-item
Interpersonal Quality of Family Planning Care (IQFP) scale--among 3,000
female family planning clients. Initially informed by qualitative work
around women's preferences for contraceptive counseling, the IQFP scale
has already been shown to be a valid and reliable scale in research
settings but its use as a performance measure hasn't yet been
evaluated. Family planning providers will also complete a short survey
about provider characteristics (approximately 80 providers) and clinic
demographics (approximately 10 clinics).
Need and Proposed Use of the Information: The proposed use of the
information to be collected is to develop a patient-reported outcome
performance measure (PRO-PM) on contraceptive counseling and assess its
validity, reliability, feasibility, usability, and use. If we find that
this measure has adequately met these criteria, UCSF and the Office of
Population Affairs (OPA) will prepare it for submission to the National
Quality Forum (NQF) for use in a variety of clinical settings where
family planning care is provided. Measurement of the quality of
contraceptive counseling can be used as part of quality improvement
activities to increase awareness and use of client-centered counseling
approaches. By improving client-centered services, women can choose the
contraceptive method that works best for them, which can lead to
reductions in rates of unintended pregnancy and other adverse
reproductive outcomes.
Likely Respondents: Family planning providers and their patients.
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Total Estimated Annualized Burden--Hours
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Average
Number of Number of burden per Total burden
Form name respondents responses per response (in hours
respondent hours)
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Survey for provider characteristics............. 27 1 5/60 2.25
Survey for clinic characteristics............... 3 1 20/60 1
Contraceptive counseling survey................. 1,000 1 10/60 166.67
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Total....................................... .............. .............. .............. 169.92
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OS specifically 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.
Terry S. Clark,
Asst. Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2016-29452 Filed 12-8-16; 8:45 am]
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