[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 51 (Tuesday, March 17, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13050-13051]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-6778]


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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 for opportunity for public 
comment on proposed data collection projects (section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 
Title 44, United States Code, as amended by the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995, Pub.

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L. 104-13), 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 draft 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 Project: Increasing Donor Awareness on College Campuses; 
New

    Despite apparent widespread public support for organ donation and 
transplantation, few individuals in the United States declare intent to 
be organ and tissue donors. Innovative interventions are necessary to 
help individuals move from positive attitudes about organ donation to 
the behaviors of declaring intent and informing family of that intent. 
The goal of the current project is to develop, implement and evaluate a 
donor awareness program on college and university campuses. The 
specific aim of the study is to evaluate the effect of a 6-month 
college-wide intervention program on organ donation intentions. An 
experimental design will be used consisting of two pairs of colleges 
matched on variables including freshman class size, geographic region, 
and cultural diversity of the student body. The design is a 2 
(Intervention  x  Control) by 2 (School pair 1  x  School pair 2). To 
increase donor awareness, intervention schools will receive a ``how-to-
kit'' to aid them in implementing a campus-wide donor campaign. This 
kit will provide materials and activities, and serve as a guide for 
initiating an organ and tissue donor awareness campaign. The kits will 
be standardized across schools. Donation intentions and other variables 
of interest will be assessed by means of self-administered 
questionnaires completed by a sample of students at each university at 
two time periods, prior to and following the 6-month intervention 
period. The frequency of students declaring intent to donate organs and 
documenting that intent via college student identification cards or 
donor cards is the primary outcome measure. The frequency of students 
reporting that they have informed family members of their donation 
intent also will be evaluated. In addition, secondary and process 
outcomes (e.g., levels of readiness to become an organ donor) will be 
assessed.
    The estimated respondent burden is as follows:

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                                                                          Responses                             
                      Survey phase                          Number of        per        Hours per    Total hour 
                                                           respondents   respondent     response       burden   
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Baseline................................................         4,000             1           0.3         1,200
Follow-up...............................................         4,000             1           0.3         1,200
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    Total...............................................         4,000             2           0.3         2,400
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    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: March 10, 1998.
Jane Harrison,
Acting Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 98-6778 Filed 3-16-98; 8:45 am]
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