[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 174 (Tuesday, September 9, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53176-53177]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-22831]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Proposed Collection; Comment Request; the National Diabetes 
Education Program Comprehensive Evaluation Plan

SUMMARY: 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 National Institute of 
Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), the National 
Institutes of Health (NIH) will publish periodic summaries of proposed 
projects to be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
for review and approval.
    Proposed Collection: Title: The National Diabetes Educations 
Program Comprehensive Evaluation Plan. Type of Information Collection 
Request: NEW. Need and Use of Information Collection: The National 
Diabetes Education Program (NDEP) is a partnership of the National 
Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC) and more than 200 public and private organizations. 
The long-term goals of the NDEP are to improve the treatment and health 
outcomes of people with diabetes, to promote early diagnosis, and, 
ultimately, to prevent the onset of diabetes. The NDEP objectives are: 
(1) To increase awareness of the seriousness of diabetes, its risk 
factors, and strategies for preventing diabetes and its complications 
among people at risk for diabetes; (2) to improve understanding about 
diabetes and its control and to promote better self-management 
behaviors among people with diabetes; (3) to improve health care 
providers' understanding of diabetes

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and its control and to promote an integrated approach to care; (4) to 
promote health care policies that improve the quality of and access to 
diabetes care.
    Multiple strategies have been devised to address the NDEP 
objectives. These have been described in the NDEP Strategic Plan and 
include: (1) Creating partnerships with other organizations concerned 
about diabetes; (2) developing and implementing awareness and education 
activities with special emphasis on reaching the racial and ethnic 
populations disproportionately affected by diabetes; (3) identifying, 
developing, and disseminating educational tools and resources for the 
program's audiences; (4) promoting policies and activities to improve 
the quality of and access to diabetes care.
    The NDEP evaluation will document the extent to which the NDEP 
program has been implemented, and how successful it has been in meeting 
program objectives. The evaluation relies heavily on data gathered from 
existing national surveys such as National Health and Nutrition 
Examination Survey (NHANES), the National Health Interview Survey 
(NHIS), the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), among 
others for this information. This generic clearance request is for the 
collection of additional primary data from NDEP target audiences on 
some key process and impact measures that are necessary to effectively 
evaluate the program. Approval is requested for up to 4 surveys of 
audiences targeted by the National Diabetes Education Program including 
people at risk for diabetes, people with diabetes and their families, 
health care providers, payers and purchasers of health care and health 
care system policy makers.
    Frequency of Responses: On occasion. Affected public: Individuals 
or households; businesses or other for-profit organizations; not-for-
profit institutions; Federal government; and state, local or tribal 
government. Type of Respondents: Adults. The annual reporting burden is 
as follows: Estimated Number of Respondents: 2200, Estimated Number of 
Responses per Respondent: 1; Average Burden Hours Per Response: .25; 
and Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours Requested: 200. The annualized 
cost to respondents is estimated at: $5,437.50. There are no Capital 
Costs to report. There are no Operating or Maintenance Costs to report.

                                            Estimates of Hour Burden
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                                                     Number of     Frequency of    Average time     Total hour
               Type of respondents                  respondents      response      per response       burden
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Patients and their family members...............           1,000               1             .25             250
People at risk for diabetes.....................             600               1             .25             150
Physicians or other health care providers.......             600               1             .25             150
Health care systems.............................             200               1             .25              50
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      Total.....................................           2,400  ..............  ..............             600
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                                               Cost to Respondents
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                                                     Number of     Frequency of     Hourly wage     Respondent
               Type of respondents                  respondents      response          rate            cost
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Patients and their family members...............           1,000               1          $20.00       $5,000.00
People at risk for diabetes.....................             600               1           20.00        3,000.00
Physicians or other health care providers.......             600               1           75.00       11,250.00
Health care systems.............................             200               1           50.00        2,500.00
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      Total.....................................  ..............  ..............  ..............       21,750.00
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Note: On an annual basis, the average number of respondents is 800; the average number of hours is 200 and the
  average annual respondent cost is $5,437.50.

    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, including the validity of the methodology 
and assumptions used; (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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on the 
proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and 
instruments, contact Joanne Gallivan, M.S., R.D., Director, National 
Diabetes Education Program, NIDDK, NIH, Building 31, Room 9A04, 31 
Center Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892, or call non-toll-free number (301) 
494-6110 or E-mail your request, including your address to: [email protected].
    Comments Due Date: Comments regarding this information collection 
are best assured of having their full effect if received within 60-days 
of the date of this publication.

    Dated: August 14, 2003.
Barbara Merchant,
Executive Officer, NIDDK, National Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. 03-22831 Filed 9-8-03; 8:45 am]
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