[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 158 (Wednesday, August 15, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 42871]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-20488]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request

    Periodically, the Health Resources and Services Administration 
(HRSA) publishes abstracts of information collection requests under 
review by the Office of Management and Budget, in compliance with the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a 
copy of the clearance requests submitted to OMB for review, call the 
HRSA Reports Clearance Office on (301) 443-1129.
    The following request has been submitted to the Office of 
Management and Budget for review under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995:

Proposed Project: Evaluation of the Scholarships for Disadvantaged 
Students (SDS) Program--New

    The Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students (SDS) program was 
established in 1990 to provide financial assistance to health 
professions and nursing students from disadvantaged backgrounds. A 
primary tenet of the SDS program is that students who come from 
disadvantaged backgrounds will be most likely to practice in Medically 
Underserved Communities (MUCs) after graduation. In this way, the SDS 
program is working to alleviate health profession and nursing shortages 
across the country.
    The evaluation of this program will include a mail survey directed 
at graduates of SDS-participating institutions in the fields of 
allopathic and osteopathic medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine, 
optometry, podiatry, pharmacy, nursing, allied health and behavioral 
and mental health. The survey will be directed at the 1996 graduates of 
allopathic and osteopathic medicine schools who participated in the SDS 
program in both 1996 and 2001. The survey will also be directed at the 
1999 graduates of dentistry, veterinary medicine, optometry, podiatry, 
pharmacy, nursing, allied health and behavioral and mental health 
schools who participated in the SDS program in both 1999 and 2001. The 
information will identify the place and type of employment for each 
individual surveyed in order to determine whether or not the individual 
practiced in a MUC between July 1, 1999, and June 30, 2000. The data 
collected through this survey will be used to determine whether 
statistically significant differences exist between the rate at which 
disadvantaged versus non-disdvantaged individuals and SDS scholarship 
recipients versus non-recipients practice in MUCs after graduation. 
These data will also be used to determine whether differences exist in 
the rates at which individuals in different health professions work in 
MUCs. The results will be used to formulate programmatic and policy 
recommendations designed to strengthen the SDS program and increase its 
effectiveness.

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                                                                  Number of
               Type of Survey                    Number of      responses per      Hours per       Total burden
                                                respondents       respondent        response          hours
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Questionnaire...............................           3,750                1              .25            937.5
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    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to: 
John Morrall, Human Resources and Housing Branch, Office of Management 
and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 
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    Dated: August 9, 2001.
Jane M. Harrison,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 01-20488 Filed 8-14-01; 8:45 am]
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