[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 162 (Monday, August 23, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51845-51846]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-19217]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30Day-04-04EE]


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 or send an e-mail 
to [email protected]. 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

    Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) Program 
Evaluation--New--National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and 
Health Promotion (NCCDPHP), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
(CDC).

Background

    The Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) is a 
surveillance project of CDC, National Center for Chronic Disease 
Prevention and Health Promotion and state health departments. PRAMS 
collects state-specific, population-based data on maternal attitudes 
and experiences prior to, during, and immediately following pregnancy.
    The goal of the PRAMS project is to improve the health of mothers 
and infants by reducing adverse outcomes such as low birth weight, 
infant mortality and morbidity, and maternal morbidity. PRAMS provides 
state-specific data for planning and assessing health programs and for 
describing maternal experiences that may contribute to maternal and 
infant health.
    PRAMS collects data that are unavailable through other surveillance 
systems; and it has become a critical mechanism for identifying and 
monitoring trends, informing program evaluations and policy decisions, 
and tracking progress toward Healthy People 2010 objectives that are 
related to maternal and child health (MCH). Currently 31 states and New 
York City administer PRAMS, representing 62% of all U.S. births. The 
objectives of the program evaluation are threefold:
    1. To inform the operational, analytic, translation, and capacity 
building functions of the current PRAMS system and make them more 
efficient, effective and capable of meeting future needs.
    2. To provide information that will guide the expansion and support 
of additional state PRAMS programs.
    3. To provide information that will enable the PRAMS system to be 
more responsive to changes in public health priorities and policies, 
including the needs of the state programs and the wider MCH community.
    A key component of the PRAMS evaluation is a semi-structured mail 
survey of all 32 PRAMS program directors. The focus of the mail-in 
survey will be to examine ways to make PRAMS data accessible for 
analysis, factors promoting capacity and utilization, costs, indicators 
of success, and additional resources needed to improve quality and 
responsiveness.
    Prior to fielding the survey, a research contractor will conduct 
one- to two-hour interviews with 3 to 4 program representatives. These 
interviews will help to reduce overall respondent burden by assessing 
whether the survey is comprehensible and relevant, whether the terms 
and phrases are understood as intended, and whether it is easy to read.

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    The information obtained from this data collection will help the 
CDC meet its evaluation objectives as described above. Responses are 
voluntary. No proprietary items or sensitive information will be 
collected. The annualized burden hours are estimated to be 32.

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                                                                                   Number of     Average  burden
                             Form                                 Number of      responses  per    per response
                                                                 respondents       respondent       (in hours)
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Mail-in Survey...............................................              32                1                1
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    Dated: August 17, 2004.
Alvin Hall,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 04-19217 Filed 8-20-04; 8:45 am]
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