[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 46 (Tuesday, March 9, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11025-11026]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-5298]


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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: Under provisions of section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive 
and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) 
has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request 
for review and approval of the information collection listed below. 
This proposed information collection was previously published in the 
Federal Register on September 9, 2003, pages 53176-53177, and allowed 
60 days for public comment. No public comments were received. The 
purpose of this notice is to allow an additional 30 days for public 
comment. The National Institute of Health may not conduct or sponsor, 
and the respondent is not required to respond to, an information 
collection that has been extended, revised, or implemented on or after 
October 1, 1995, unless it displays a currently valid OMB control 
number.
    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 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 diverse 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

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(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 Response: 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 not Capital 
Costs to report. There are no Operating or Maintenance Costs to report.

                                            Estimates of Hour Burden
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                                                                                          Average
                     Type of respondents                       Number of    Frequency     time per    Total hour
                                                              respondents  of response    response      burden
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Patients and their family members...........................         1000            1          .25          250
People at risk for diabetes.................................          600            1          .25          150
Physicians or other health care providers...................          600            1          .25          150
Heath care systems..........................................          200            1          .25           50
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    Totals..................................................        2,200  ...........  ...........          600
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                                               Cost to Respondents
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                                                               Number of    Frequency   Hourly wage   Respondent
                     Type of respondents                      respondents  of response      rate         cost
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Patients and their family members...........................         1000            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 system..........................................          200            1           50     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 aassumptions used; (3) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 
clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) Ways to minimze 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.
    Direct Comments To OMB: Written comments and/or suggestions 
regarding the item(s) contained in this notice, especially regarding 
the estimated public burden and associated response time, should be 
directed to the Office of Management and Budget, Office of Regulatory 
Affairs, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 
20503, Attention: Desk Officer for NIH. 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 30-days 
of the date of this publication.

    Dated: February 26, 2004.
Barbara Merchant,
Executive Officer, NIDDK, National Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. 04-5298 Filed 3-8-04; 8:45 am]
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