[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 91 (Wednesday, May 12, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 25509]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-11900]


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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. L. 104-13), the Health Resources and Services 
Administration (HRSA) publishes 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) 443-1891.

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: National Fetal and Infant Mortality Review (FIMR) 
Program Evaluation--New

    The Johns Hopkins Women's and Children's Health Policy Center, 
under a cooperative agreement with the Maternal and Child Health Bureau 
(MCHB) of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is 
conducting a national evaluation of the Fetal and Infant Mortality 
Review Program. FIMR is community based, aimed at guiding communities 
to identify and solve problems contributing to poor reproductive 
outcomes and infant health by using the sentinel event of an infant 
death to systematically examine a wide array of factors that are 
related to infant mortality. FIMR findings are used to stimulate policy 
development and quality improvement efforts. The purpose of this 
evaluation is to look at the effect of FIMRs and other community-level 
perinatal systems initiatives on health systems, with an eye toward 
characterizing the unique contributions of the FIMR model and process.
    The main objectives of the FIMR evaluation are: (1) To compare the 
impact of FIMR on the health and related service systems for women, 
infants, and families with infants with that of other perinatal systems 
related initiatives, and (2) to compare the implementation of public 
health functions related to policies, programs, and practices for 
women, infants, and families with infants across a number of community 
systems initiatives. The study will utilize three survey instruments 
for data collection.
    The estimated response burden is as follows:

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                                     Number of     Responses per       Total         Hours per     Total burden
             Survey                 respondents     respondent      respondents      response          hours
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FIMR............................             100               1             100               2             200
Local Health Dept...............             200               1             200             1.5             300
Perinatal Initiatives...........             100               1             100            1.75             175
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    Total.......................  ..............  ..............             400  ..............             675
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    Send comments to Susan G. Queen, Ph.D., HRSA Reports Clearance 
Officer, Room 14-33, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, 
MD 20857. Written comments should be received within 60 days of this 
notice.

    Dated: May 5, 1999.
Jane Harrison,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 99-11900 Filed 5-11-99; 8:45 am]
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