[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 26 (Monday, February 9, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 5993]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-2642]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Indian Health Service


Proposed Information Collection: Request for Public Comment: 60-
Day Notice

AGENCY: Indian Health Service, HHS.

ACTION: Request for Public Comment: 60-day Proposed Collection; 
Hoz'ho'nii: An Intervention to Increase Breast and Cervical Cancer 
Screening Among Navajo Women.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, to provide a 60-day advance opportunity for 
public comment on proposed information collection projects, the Indian 
Health Service (IHS) is publishing for comment a summary of a proposed 
information collection to be submitted to the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) for review.

Proposed Collection

    Title: Hoz'ho'nii: An Intervention to Increase Breast and Cervical 
Cancer Screening Among Navajo Women.
    Type of Information Collection Request: Previously Approved 
Collection.
    Form Number: None.
    Need and Use of the Information Collection: The information is 
needed to evaluate a culturally appropriate educational outreach 
program designed to increase breast and cervical cancer screening among 
Navajo women ages 20 and older. The purpose is to identify barriers 
that may prevent Navajo women from participating in breast and cervical 
cancer screening by comparing changes in knowledge, attitudes, and 
behaviors of three study groups; educational outreach only, education 
outreach plus chapter-based clinic, and a control group. Results will 
be used to assess the impact of the impact of the educational outreach 
program, improve breast and cervical cancer screening, and to guide the 
IHS and Tribal health programs in the delivery of culturally 
appropriate intervention to reduce mortality rates from breast and 
cervical cancer among Navajo women.
    Affected Public: Individuals.
    Type of Respondents: Individuals.
    The table below provides the estimated burden response for this 
information collection:

                                         Estimated Burden Response Table
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                                    Estimated number    Responses per  Average burden hour   Total annual burden
    Data collection instrument       of respondents      respondent       per response *            hrs.
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KAB Pretest......................                 450               1  0.42 hr (25          188.0 hrs
                                                                        minutes).
KAB Post test....................                 450               1  0.42 hr (25          188.0 hrs
                                                                        minutes).
Interviews.......................                  30               1  0.25 hr (15          8.0 hrs
                                                                        minutes).
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    TOTAL........................                 930               1  ...................  384.0 hrs
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* For ease of understanding, burden hours are also provided in actual minutes.
There are no Capital Costs, Operating Costs and/or Maintenance Costs to report for this information collection

    Request for Comments: Your written comments and/or suggestions are 
invited on one or more of the following points: (a) Whether the 
information collection activity is necessary to carry out an agency 
function; (b) whether the agency processes the information collected in 
a useful and timely fashion; (c) the accuracy of public burden estimate 
(the estimated amount of time needed for individual respondents to 
provide the requested information); (d) whether the methodology and 
assumptions used to determine the estimate are logical; (e) ways to 
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information being 
collected; and (f) ways to minimize the public burden through the use 
of automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology.
    Send Comments and Requests For Further Information: Send your 
written comments, requests for more information on the proposed 
collection, or requests to obtain a copy of the data collection 
instrument(s) and instructions to: Ms. Christina Ingersoll, IHS Reports 
Clearance Officer, 12300 Twinbrook Parkway, Suite 450, Rockville, MD 
20852-1601, call non-toll free (301) 443-5938, send via facsimile to 
(301) 443-1522, or send your E-mail requests, comments, and return 
address to: [email protected].
    Comment Due Date: Your 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: January 26, 2004.
Charles W. Grim,
Assistant Surgeon General, Director, Indian Health Service.
[FR Doc. 04-2642 Filed 2-6-04; 8:45 am]
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