[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 209 (Wednesday, October 29, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61669-61670]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-26987]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30Day-78-03]


Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and 
Recommendations

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) publishes a 
list of information collection requests under review by the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction 
Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35). To request a copy of these requests, call 
the CDC Reports Clearance Officer at (404) 498-1210. Send written 
comments to CDC, Desk Officer, Human Resources and Housing Branch, New 
Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503, or by fax 
to (202) 395-6974. Written comments should be received within 30 days 
of this notice.
    Proposed Project: National Public Health Performance Standards 
Program Local Public Health Governance Performance Assessment 
Instrument--Revision--Public Health Practice Program Office (PHPPO), 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
    CDC received approval for this data collection February 19, 2002. 
This request seeks approval for a revised evaluation document. The 
previous instrument included 23 open-ended questions. The revised 
instrument includes 13 questions, the majority of which are close-
ended. This revised instrument will provide us better data for the 
purposes of analysis and elicit more valuable information for improving 
the instruments in the future. Additionally, the revised evaluation is 
similar to the evaluations included in the State Public Health System 
and Local Public Health System Performance Assessment Instruments 
(0920-0557 and 0920-0555), thus offering more opportunities for cross-
analysis.

Background

    Since 1998, the CDC National Public Health Performance Standards 
Program has convened workgroups with the National Association of County 
and City Health Officials (NACCHO), the Association of State and 
Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO), the National Association of Local 
Boards of Health (NALBOH), the American Public Health Association 
(APHA), and the Public Health Foundation (PHF) to develop performance 
standards for public health systems based on the ten Essential

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Services of Public Health. In the Spring of 2001, CDC conducted field 
tests with the local public health governance instruments in the State 
of Massachusetts.
    CDC received approval to implement a voluntary data collection to 
assess the capacity of local boards of health to deliver the Essential 
Public Health Services. This data collection will provide a framework 
for local boards of health to evaluate their effectiveness. Electronic 
data submission will be the method of choice. If computer technology in 
local jurisdictions does not support electronic submission, hard copy 
survey instruments will be available. Local jurisdictions using hard 
copy survey instruments will receive assistance from State or local 
level field coordinators for web-based data entry.
    Local boards of health will respond to the survey. An estimated 33% 
of approximately 3,200 United States local boards are expected to 
participate in the National Performance Standards Program per year. The 
burden hours are estimated to be 19,200.

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                                                                                                      Average
                                                                     Number of       Number of        burden/
                           Respondents                              respondents     responses/     response  (in
                                                                                    respondent         hrs.)
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Local Boards of Health Year 1...................................           1,066               1               6
Local Boards of Health Year 2...................................           1,067               1               6
Local Boards of Health Year 3...................................           1,067               1               6
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    Dated: Friday, October 14, 2003.
Gaylon D. Morris,
Acting Director, Executive Secretariat, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 03-26987 Filed 10-28-03; 8:45 am]
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