[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 16 (Friday, January 24, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3665-3666]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-1537]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary


Proposed Collection; Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health 
Affairs, DOD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense 
for Health Affairs announces the proposed new public information 
collection and seeks public comment on the provisions thereof. Comments 
are invited on: (a) whether the proposed extension of 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 
information collection; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 
clarity of the information collection on respondents, including through 
the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of 
information technology.

DATES: Consideration will be given to all comments received by March 
13, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations on the information 
collection should be sent to The Ohio State University, College of 
Nursing, Military Nursing Research Center, 1585 Neil Avenue, Columbus, 
OH 43210.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on this 
proposed information collection, please write to the above address or 
call Ranie Cropper, Graduate Research Associate, at (614) 688-3216.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

    Title Associated Form, and OMB Number: Military Women's Survey.
    Needs and Uses: This information collection requirement is used by 
The Ohio State University, College of Nursing, Military Nursing 
Research Center (MNRC) to determine the scope of the problem of 
gynecologic infections experienced by military women and to demonstrate 
the need for self-care alternatives to current health care resources 
for women in austere military environments such as field duty, 
deployment to a second or third world country, combat/combat support 
situations, or sea duty. There are no existing databases that can 
provide this type of information, but it is an extremely important 
issue for many military women. The beneficiaries of the results of this 
research study will be military women who serve in the active and 
reserve components of the armed forces.
    Affected Public: Individuals and households.
    Annual Burden Hours: 62.5.
    Number of Respondents: Approximately 250.
    Responses Per Respondent: 1
    Average Burden Per Response: 15 minutes.
    Frequency: Once.

Summary of Information Collection

    This collection is for use by the research project directors and 
the primary investigators for this research study (at The Ohio State 
University, College of Nursing, MNRC) for the purposes of determining 
the scope of gynecological problems experienced by military women in 
austere environments and to guide the development of a self-care/
diagnostic and management kit. The specific aims for this study are:
    1. To describe the typical health care provider that is available 
to military women at their normal duty station and in austere 
environments.
    2. To identify the barriers that military women perceive or have 
experienced in the diagnosis and treatment of gynecologic infections at 
their normal duty stations and in austere environments.
    3. To describe the frequency with which military women experience 
risk factors for gynecological infections at their normal duty station 
and in austere environments.
    4. To describe the frequency of symptoms of gynecologic infections

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experienced by military women at their normal duty station and in 
austere environments.
    5. To measure military women's level of interest in using a 
gynecologic infection self-diagnosis and management kit when in austere 
environments.

    Dated: January 16, 1997.
L.M. Bynum,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 97-1537 Filed 1-23-97; 8:45 am]
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