[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 215 (Tuesday, November 5, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56964-56965]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-28292]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request

    Periodically, the Health Resources and Services Administration 
(HRSA) publishes abstracts of information collection requests under 
review by the Office of Management and Budget, in compliance with the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a 
copy of the clearance requests submitted to OMB for review, call the 
HRSA Reports Clearance Office on (301)-443-1129.
    The following request has been submitted to the Office of 
Management and Budget for review under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995:
    Standard Needs Assessment Protocol 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. AETCs are required, as a condition of award, to conduct 
periodic assessments of the learning needs of health care providers in 
their catchment areas, before designing the training programs they 
intend to offer. The AETC program has developed a national 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 35,418 health care

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providers nationally each year. Results from the surveys will be used 
to identify, for seven health care disciplines in each State and AETC 
catchment area, topical areas in HIV/AIDS treatment in which training 
is most needed, and how best to provide the training. This will allow 
the AETCs to develop training programs responsive to the identified 
needs. Each discipline will be surveyed every three years. The 
estimated burden is as follows:

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                                                                            Responses                           
      Health care profession                                     No. of        per       Hours per    Total hour
                                                              respondents   respondent    response      burden  
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Physicians.......................  Target*..................       12,736            1          .25        3,184
                                   Others...................        7,164            1          .12          860
Psychosocial/Mental Health         Target...................        9,853            1          .25        2,463
 Workers.                                                                                                       
                                   Others...................        5,076            1          .12          609
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      Year 1 Burden Subtotal.....  .........................       34,829  ...........  ...........        7,116
                                                                                                                
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                                                     Year 2                                                     
                                                                                                                
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Nurses...........................  Target...................       12,780            1          .25        3,195
                                   Others...................        7,188            1          .12          827
Physician Assistants.............  Target...................        4,866            1          .25        1,216
                                   Others...................        2,737            1          .12          328
Advanced Practice Nurses.........  Target...................        4,866            1          .25        1,216
                                   Others...................        2,737            1          .12          328
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      Year 2 Burden Subtotal.....  .........................       35,174  ...........  ...........        7,147
                                                                                                                
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                                                     Year 3                                                     
                                                                                                                
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Dentists.........................  Target...................        7,531            1          .25        1,883
                                   Others...................       13,986            1          .12        1,678
Dental Hygenists.................  Target...................        5,157            1          .25        1,289
                                   Others...................        9,576            1          .12        1,149
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      Year 3 Burden Subtotal.....  .........................       36,250  ...........  ...........        5,999
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      Total 3 Year Burden........  .........................      106,253  ...........  ...........       20,263
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      Average Yearly Burden......  .........................       35,418  ...........  ...........        6,754
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* The target group includes those professionals currently serving or likely to serve persons with HIV/AIDS.     

    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to: 
Virginia Huth, Human Resources and Housing Branch, Office of Management 
and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, D.C. 
20503.

    Dated: October 30, 1996.
J. Henry Montes,
Associate Administrator for Policy Coordination.
[FR Doc. 96-28292 Filed 11-4-96; 8:45 am]
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