[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 164 (Thursday, August 23, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44349-44350]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-21269]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60 Day-01-56]


Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and 
Recommendations

    In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for opportunity for public comment on 
proposed data collection projects, the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic summaries of proposed projects. 
To request more information on the proposed projects or to obtain a 
copy of the data collection plans and instruments, call the CDC Reports 
Clearance Officer on (404) 639-7090.
    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)

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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. Send 
comments to Seleda Perryman, CDC Assistant Reports Clearance Officer, 
1600 Clifton Road, MS-D24, Atlanta, GA 30333. Written comments should 
be received within 60 days of this notice.
    Proposed Project: Training Needs Analysis Questionnaire--New--The 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for 
Environmental Health (NCEH), is funding an effort to develop a national 
asthma curriculum for the public health workforce. Asthma is a growing 
concern within the public health community. Its prevalence and 
mortality/morbidity are on the rise, particularly among poor urban 
inner city populations.
    A key first step in the development of any training curriculum is 
the conduct of a needs analysis to determine the content and delivery 
mechanism for the material. The target audience for the asthma 
curriculum includes state and local health department personnel, health 
care providers, university and school health personnel, members of 
national non-profit asthma organizations, managed care groups, and 
Federal health agencies.
    Given the wide diversity of the target audience, the National 
Center for Environmental Health determined that the most efficient and 
effective means of gathering training needs information is through the 
use of a short questionnaire which can be placed on an Internet web 
site. Through various advertising methods, people can be directed to 
the web site to complete the on-line questionnaire.
    Information to be gathered will include general (but not 
individual) demographic information, asthma-related job duties and 
functions, a determination of which job duties and functions have the 
highest priority need for training, and what delivery mechanism (i.e., 
distance learning via the Internet, satellite broadcast, formal 
classroom training, etc.) would be the most acceptable and accessible 
for the audience. The questionnaire will be short (approximately 15 
questions) to minimize the burden upon respondents. This request is for 
a one-time approval to use an on-line questionnaire. The costs to 
respondents are $15,700.

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                                                                      No. of      Average burden
                   Respondents                        No. of       responses per   per response    Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent      (in hours)      (in hours)
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State and local health departments..............             240               1           20/60              80
Physicians......................................             200               1           20/60              67
Nurses/other health care providers..............             400               1           20/60             133
Federal agencies................................              25               1           20/60               8
Non-profit asthma organizations.................             200               1           20/60              67
MCOs, insurance companies.......................              50               1           20/60              17
Universities/schools............................              50               1           20/60              17
Asthma coalitions...............................             100               1           20/60              33
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    Total.......................................            1265  ..............  ..............             422
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    Dated: August 16, 2001.
Nancy Cheal,
Acting Associate Director for Policy, Planning and Evaluation, Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 01-21269 Filed 8-22-01; 8:45 am]
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