[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 165 (Tuesday, August 26, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51273-51274]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-21753]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request

    In compliance with the requirement for the opportunity for public 
comment on proposed data collection projects (section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 
Title 44, United States Code, as amended by the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995, Pub. L. 104-13), the Health Resources and Services 
Administration (HRSA) publishes periodic summaries of proposed projects 
being developed for submission to OMB under the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995. To request more information on the proposed project or to 
obtain a copy of the data collection plans and draft instruments, call 
the HRSA Reports Clearance Officer at (301) 443-1129.
    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) 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.

Proposed Project: Evaluation of the Implementation and Outcomes of the 
Maternal and Child Health Bureau's National Healthy Start Program--NEW

    HRSA's Maternal and Child Health Bureau is planning to conduct a 
survey to collect information concerning Healthy Start, a community-
based initiative, to understand how Healthy Start services are expected 
to change local health care systems and service delivery and ultimately 
affect maternal and child health outcomes. The purpose of the survey is 
to collect consistent and comprehensive information across current 
grantees about their Healthy Start program, its organizational 
configuration, community context, and the extent to which the program 
components address service needs and contribute to grantees meeting 
their Healthy Start goals. A two-part survey consisting of a mail 
component followed by a telephone follow-up is proposed. The mail 
survey will focus on obtaining descriptive and quantitative data that 
is currently not available. The phone survey will be used to obtain 
grantee assessments of program achievements, factors that facilitated 
their achievements, and challenges that they faced.
    Data collection will cover information on the five service 
components (case management, health education, outreach, perinatal 
depression screening, and interconceptional care), and the four 
systems-building components (consortium, collaboration with Title V, 
local health systems action plan, and sustainability plan) that 
comprise the Healthy Start program. Data gathered from the survey will 
be used to provide HRSA the information necessary to assess the 
grantees' achievements of three core Healthy Start program goals: (1) 
Reduced racial and ethnic disparities in access to and utilization of 
health services; (2) improved local health care system; and (3) 
increased consumer or community voice in health care decisions. The 
survey will provide information that is currently unavailable from the 
service delivery and performance measure data. Based on the data 
collected in this survey, the National Evaluator will conduct cross-
site analyses.
    The estimated burden on respondents is as follows:

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                                              Number of                                           Total burden
               Respondents                   respondents           Hours per respondent               hour
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Grantees................................                96   4 (assume mail and phone).......               384
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    The estimated response burden for service providers is as follows:
    Send comments to Susan G. Queen, Ph.D., HRSA Reports Clearance 
Officer, Room 14-45, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, 
MD 20857. Written comments should be received within 60 days of this 
notice.

    Dated: August 18, 2003.
Jane M. Harrison,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 03-21753 Filed 8-25-03; 8:45 am]
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