[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 94 (Tuesday, May 15, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 26870]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-12123]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Enhancing Access and 
Measuring the Effectiveness of HIV/AIDS Information Methods

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of Section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, the National Library of Medicine (NLM), the 
National Institutes of Health (NIH) has submitted to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve the 
information collection listed below. This proposed information 
collection was previously published in the Federal Register on May 5, 
2000, in Volume 65, No. 88, page 26220 and allowed 60 days for public 
comment. No public comments were received. The purpose of this notice 
is to allow an additional 30 days for public comment. The National 
Library of Medicine may not conduct or sponsor, and the respondent is 
not required to respond to, an information collection that has been 
extended, revised, or implemented on or after October 1, 1995, unless 
it displays a currently valid OMB control number.

Proposed Collection

    Title: Enhancing Access and Measuring the Effectiveness of HIV/AIDS 
Information Methods. Type of Information Collection Request: New. Need 
and Use of Information Collection: This study will assess the 
effectiveness of three information sources within the African American 
Community in disseminating HIV prevention information. HIV infection 
and the dissemination of prevention information is a major public 
health task in North Florida. Three types of African American 
communities from Gadsden, Leon, and Duval counties are selected as the 
sites of this study. This will include communities with rural, mixed 
rural/urban, and urban areas represented for assessing possible 
differences in health information channel preferences. This study will 
add to the body of knowledge concerning HIV information dissemination 
to African American communities in two ways: first, by assessing 
whether there are differences in the preferred health information 
channels of those living in rural, mixed, and urban areas; and 
secondly, by assessing three information dissemination channels for 
communicating HIV issues to African American communities. The three 
information channels of concern in this study are community 
newsletters, entertainment education, and church ministries. In the 
first year of the project, a brief survey will be conducted before and 
after distribution of the community newsletter to assess how the 
community obtains information about the prevention of HIV infection and 
transmission, their preferred sources of health information, and the 
effectiveness of the newsletter. The initial data collected will be 
used to establish a baseline for the project against which the 
subsequent project data can be evaluated.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion. Affected Public: Individuals or 
households. Type of Respondents: Residents living in Duval, Gadsden and 
Leon counties, Florida. The annual reporting burden is as follows: 
Estimated Number of Respondents: 360; Estimated Number of Responses per 
Respondent: 1; Average Burden Hours Per Response: .334 and Estimated 
Total Annual Burden Hours Requested: 120. The annualized cost to 
respondents is estimated at: $844.80. There are no Capital Costs to 
report. There are no Operating or Maintenance Costs to report.

Request for Comments

    Written comments and/or suggestions from the public and affected 
agencies are invited on one or more of the following points: (1) 
Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the 
proper performance of the function of the agency, including whether the 
information will have practical utility; (2) The accuracy of the 
agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of 
information; (3) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of 
the information to be collected; and (4) Ways to minimize the burden of 
the collection of information on those who are to respond, including 
the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other 
technological collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology.

Direct Comments to OMB

    Written comments and/or suggestions regarding the item(s) in this 
notice, especially regarding the estimated public burden and associated 
response time, should be directed to the: Office of Management and 
Budget, Office of Regulatory Affairs, New Executive Office Building, 
Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503, Attention: Desk Officer for NIH. To 
request more information on the proposed collection of information 
contact: Cynthia B. Love, National Library of Medicine, Building 38A, 
Room 3N-311C, 8600 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20894, or call non-toll 
free number (301) 496-5306. You may also e-mail your request to: 
[email protected].

Comments Due Date

    Comments regarding this information collection are best assured of 
having their full effect if received on or before June 14, 2001.

    Dated: May 7, 2001.
Donald C. Poppke,
Associate Director for Administrative Management, National Library of 
Medicine.
[FR Doc. 01-12123 Filed 5-14-01; 8:45 am]
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