[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 243 (Wednesday, December 18, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77501-77502]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-31719]


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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 (OMB), 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: Cross-site Evaluation of the Effectiveness of the 
Infant Adoption Awareness Training Program (IAATP)--NEW

    HRSA proposes to evaluate the Infant Adoption Awareness Training 
Program being implemented by adoption organizations. The IAATP is 
authorized under the Children's Health Act of 2000 (CHA), Title XII, 
Subtitle A to develop, implement and evaluate curricula to achieve the 
goal of providing adoption information and referrals on an equal basis 
with other courses of action included in non-directive counseling to 
pregnant women. National, regional and local organizations whose 
primary purpose includes adoption were funded under IAATP cooperative 
agreements to deliver adoption training to health care workers with a 
special focus on those working in health care facilities funded under 
section 1001 and section 330 of the Public Health Service Act and those 
receiving grants to provide health services in schools. The Children's 
Health Act mandates that the Secretary submit to Congress a report 
evaluating the effectiveness of training delivered under the IAATP and 
the extent to which it results in the provision of adoption information 
and referrals to pregnant women on an equal basis with other courses of 
action included in non-directive counseling to pregnant women.
    To determine if the IAATP is effective in achieving the intent of 
the congressional mandate, the proposed study will assess the effect of 
IAATP training on knowledge, attitudes and self-reported practices for 
health care workers who counsel pregnant women in health care settings. 
An estimated 1,752 health care workers who regularly counsel pregnant 
women and who completed IAATP training will be recruited into the study 
and will complete a 15 minute mail survey instrument covering the time 
and extent of their exposure to the IAATP training, as well as 
knowledge, attitudes and self-reported practices in providing adoption 
information and referrals to pregnant women. A comparison group of 572 
health care workers who perform pregnancy counseling but did not 
receive the IAATP training, will receive a mail survey on their 
knowledge, attitudes and self-reported behaviors in providing adoption 
information and referrals to the pregnant women that they counsel.
    In addition, staff of each of the four grantees, their trainers and 
trainees will participate in interviews and focus groups to document 
the program development and training processes and delivery of the 
IAATP. For each grantee, there will be one and half hour individual 
interviews of grantee staff, one focus group of trainers from each of 
four grantees, and two focus groups of trainees from each of four 
grantee programs.

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                                                     Number of     Responses per     Hours per     Total burden
                   Respondents                      respondents     respondent       response          hours
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Trainee Survey..................................           1,144               1             .25             286
Comparison Group Survey.........................             572               1             .25             143
Telephone Focus Group...........................              36               1             1.5              54
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    Total.......................................           1,752  ..............  ..............             483
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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, NewExecutive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 
20503.


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    Dated: December 11, 2002.
Jane M. Harrison,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 02-31719 Filed 12-17-02; 8:45 am]
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