[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 69 (Tuesday, April 9, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15809-15810]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-8686]



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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 of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for opportunity for public comment on 
proposed data collection projects, the Health Resources and Services 
Administration (HRSA) will publish periodic summaries of proposed 
projects being developed for submission to 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 
instruments, call the HRSA Reports Clearance Officer on (301) 443-1129.
    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.

Proposed Projects

    1. Needs Assessment for the National AIDS Education and Training 
Centers (AETC) Program--New--The National AIDS Education and Training 
Centers (AETC) Program is a network of fifteen regional centers with 
more than 75 local performance sites that conduct targeted 
multidisciplinary HIV education and training programs for health care 
providers. The normal process for AETCs is to conduct an assessment of 
the health care providers' learning needs before designing the training 
programs they intend to offer. How AETCs conduct their needs 
assessments has not been specified in the past. The AETCs have used a 
number of different techniques, resulting in data that are not 
comparable and cannot be aggregated.
    The AETC program has developed a national computerized learning 
needs assessment tool and protocol, which has been field tested and is 
now available for use by all fifteen AETCs. The survey instruments will 
be sent to a random sample of approximately 13,500 health care 
providers nationally each year. Results from the surveys will be used 
to identify topical areas in HIV/AIDS treatment in which training is 
most needed. This will allow the AETCs to develop training programs 
responsive to the identified needs. The estimated burden is as follows:

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                                                     Number of     Responses per     Hours per     Annual burden
               Type of respondent                   respondents     respondent       response          hours    
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Physicians:                                                                                                     
    Target group*...............................           1,393               1             .25             348
    Others......................................             783               1             .12              91
Physician assistants:                                                                                           
    Target group................................           1,393               1             .25             348
    Others......................................             783               1             .12              91

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Nurses:                                                                                                         
    Target group................................           1,393               1             .25             348
    Others......................................             783               1             .12              91
Dentists:                                                                                                       
    Target group................................             850               1             .25             213
    Others......................................           1,579               1             .12             184
Dental hygienists:                                                                                              
    Target group................................             850               1             .25             213
    Others......................................           1,579               1             .12             184
Psychosocial/mental health professionals:                                                                       
    Target Group................................           1,436               1             .25             359
    Others......................................             740               1             .12              86
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      Total.....................................          13,562               1             .19          2,557 
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*The target group includes those professionals currently serving or likely to serve persons with HIV/AIDS.      


    Send comments to Patricia Royston, HRSA Reports Clearance Officer, 
Room 14-36, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857. 
Written comments should be received within 60 days of this notice.

    Dated: April 2, 1996.
J. Henry Montes,
Associate Administrator for Policy Coordination.
[FR Doc. 96-8686 Filed 4-8-96; 8:45 am]
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