[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 78 (Thursday, April 22, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21840-21841]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-9155]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Indian Health Service


Proposed Information Collection: Request for Public Comment: 30-
Day Notice

AGENCY: Indian Health Service, HHS.

ACTION: Request for public comment: 30-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, for opportunity for public comment on proposed 
information collection projects, the Indian Health Service (IHS) has 
submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to 
review and approve the information collection listed below. This 
proposed information collection project was previously published in the 
Federal Register (66 FR 66912) on February 9, 2004 and allowed 60 days 
for public comment. No public comment was received in response to the 
notice. The purpose of this notice is to allow 30 days for public 
comment to be submitted directly to OMB.

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 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.
    Table below provides the estimated burden response for this 
information collection:

                                         Estimated Burden Response Table
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                                Estimated No.     Responses per     Average burden hour  per      Total annual
 Data collection instrument    of respondents      respondent               response*             burden hours
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KAB Pretest.................               450                 1  0.42 hr (25 minutes)........             188.0
KAB Post test...............               450                 1  0.42 hr (25 minutes)........             188.0
Interviews..................                30                 1  0.25 hr (15 minutes)........               8.0
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    Total...................               930                 1  ............................            384.0
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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 IHS processes the information collected in a 
useful and timely fashion; (c) the accuracy of the public burden 
estimate (the estimated amount of time needed for individual 
respondents to provide the requested information); (d) whether 
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.
    Direct Comments to OMB: Send your written comments and suggestions 
regarding the proposed information collection contained in this notice, 
especially regarding the estimated public burden and associated 
response time, to: Office of Management and Budget, Office of 
Regulatory Affairs, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, 
Washington, DC 20503, Attention: Desk Officer for IHS.
    To request more information on the proposed collection or to obtain 
a copy of the data collection plan(s) and/or instruction(s), contact: 
Ms. Christina Ingersoll, IHS Reports Clearance Officer, 12300 Twinbrook 
Parkway, Suite 450, Rockville, MD 20852.1601, or call non-toll free 
(301) 443-5938, or send via facsimile to (301) 443-2613, or send your 
E-mail requests, comments, and return address to: [email protected].
    Comment 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: April 2, 2004.
Eugenia Tyner-Dawson,
Acting Deputy Director, Indian Health Service.
[FR Doc. 04-9155 Filed 4-21-04; 8:45 am]
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