[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 93 (Thursday, May 13, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26614-26615]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-10834]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request

    Periodically, the Health Resources and Services Administration 
(HRSA) publishes abstracts of information collection requests under 
review by the Office of Management and Budget, in compliance with the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.

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Chapter 35). To request a copy of the clearance requests submitted to 
OMB for review, call the HRSA Reports Clearance Office on (301) 443-
1129.
    The following request has been submitted to the Office of 
Management and Budget for review under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995:

Proposed Project: Telephone Survey of Public Opinion Regarding Various 
Issues Related to Organ and Tissue Donation--New

    The Division of Transplantation (DoT), Special Programs Bureau 
(SPB), Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), is planning 
to conduct a telephone survey of public knowledge, perceptions, 
opinion, and behaviors related to organ donation. Two key missions of 
the DoT are (1) to provide oversight for the Organ Procurement and 
Transplantation Network and policy development related to organ 
donation and transplantation, and (2) to implement efforts to increase 
public knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors related to organ and tissue 
donation. Effective education campaigns need to be based on knowledge 
of the public's attitudes and perceptions about, and perceived 
impediments to, organ donation.
    The purpose of this study is to obtain current information on 
attitudes and perceptions of organ donation and transplantation of the 
general public and various population subgroups. The survey will 
measure issues such as level of public knowledge about donation, public 
intent to donate, impediments to public intent to donate, living 
donation, presumed consent, and financial incentives for donation. In 
addition to being useful to the DoT, results of this survey also will 
be of considerable assistance to the transplant community and to the 
Secretary's Advisory Committee on Organ Transplantation (ACOT) as it 
fulfills its charge to advise the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services on the numerous and often controversial issues related to 
donation and transplantation. In its first meeting, the ACOT suggested 
such a survey to gather information to inform both public education 
efforts and policy decisions on the issue of organ donation.
    The burden estimate of for this activity is as follows:

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                                                                        Number of      Responses per        Total          Hours per       Total burden
                                Form                                   respondents       respondent       responses         response          hours
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Telephone Survey...................................................           2,500                1            2,500               .2              500
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    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to: 
Desk Officer, Health Resources and Services Administration, Human 
Resources and Housing Branch, Office of Management and Budget, New 
Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: May 6, 2004.
Steven A. Pelovitz,
Acting Deputy Associate Administrator for Management and Program 
Support.
[FR Doc. 04-10834 Filed 5-12-04; 8:45 am]
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