[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 168 (Tuesday, August 29, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52431-52432]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-21991]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30DAY-63-00]


Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) publishes a 
list of information collection requests under review by the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction 
Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a copy of these requests, call 
the CDC Reports Clearance Officer at (404) 639-7090. Send written 
comments to CDC, Desk Officer; Human Resources and Housing Branch, New 
Executive Office Building, Room 10235; Washington, DC 20503. Written 
comments should be received within 30 days of this notice.

Proposed Project

    Evaluation of Public Care Providers' Training, Screening, and 
Referral Practices for Pregnancy-Related Violence--New--National Center 
for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP). Two 
questionnaires have been designed to collect information for the 
project entitled: ``Evaluation of Public Care Providers' Training, 
Screening, and Referral Practices for Pregnancy-Related Violence.'' The 
purpose of the project is to develop and implement an evaluation to 
provide the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) with the 
capacity to investigate the role of clinical guidelines in detecting 
and intervening in intimate violence in publicly-funded family planning 
settings. This evaluation will encompass: (1) The administrative level 
at which guidelines operate; (2) the contents of guidelines; (3) the 
format of guidelines; (4) the use of guidelines; and (5) barriers to 
the adoption of guidelines for programs that do not have any in place. 
The information gathered will be analyzed in conjunction with existing 
data from other sources. The information obtained from the evaluation 
will be used by CDC to develop recommendations for guidelines to 
address screening and referral practices and provider training. Healthy 
People 2000 calls for a reduction of physical, sexual and emotional 
abuse towards women, and for the use of protocols in emergency room 
settings to identify and treat victims of violence. As the nation's 
prevention agency, CDC has been charged with finding ways to prevent 
violence against women. Little is known about how widely guidelines 
have been instituted in publicly-funded family planning settings. This 
evaluation will provide the first clear understanding of the barriers 
to implementing and using appropriate protocols. The estimated 
annualized burden hours are 285.

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                                                                                   Number of     Average  burden
                         Respondents                              Number of      responses per    per  response
                                                                 respondents      respondents       (in hours)
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Clinicians...................................................             600                1              .25
Clinic Administrators........................................             540                1              .25
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    Dated: August 23, 2000.
Nancy Cheal,
Acting Associate Director for Policy, Planning and Evaluation, Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 00-21991 Filed 8-28-00; 8:45 am]
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