[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 238 (Monday, December 13, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72197-72198]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-27189]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-05AQ]


Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and 
Recommendations

    In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for opportunity for public comment on 
proposed data collection projects, the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic summaries of proposed projects. 
To request more information on the proposed projects or to obtain a 
copy of the data collection plans and instruments, call (404) 371-5978 
or send comments to Sandi Gambescia, CDC Assistant Reports Clearance 
Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D74, Atlanta, GA 30333 or send an email 
to [email protected].
    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical 
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways 
to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, 
including through the use of automated collection techniques or other 
forms of information technology. Written comments should be received 
within 60 days of this notice.

Proposed Project

    Performance Measurement Tracking Project for Grantee Sites in 
Cooperative Agreement with the Division of Oral Health--New--National 
Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP), 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
    Background and brief description: In 2000, the Surgeon General 
published the first ever report on oral health in America to alert 
Americans to the full meaning of oral health and its importance to 
general health and wellbeing. Included in the framework for action was 
the charge to build an effective oral health infrastructure that meets 
the oral health needs of all Americans and integrates oral health

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effectively into overall health planning. In response, CDC awarded 
funds for cooperative agreements to 13 demonstration sites for the 
planning and implementation of oral health capacity infrastructure 
building and demonstration delivery programs.
    Building infrastructure enables the demonstration sites to develop 
the capacity to achieve Healthy People 2010 objectives and reach many 
more Americans than a single local program could reach by sustaining 
health gains beyond the funding cycle. Infrastructure development 
encompasses many activities, each of which can be accomplished in a 
myriad of methods by the grantees. To summarize and track vital 
development information across grantee sites, a performance measurement 
tracking project must be established for the demonstration sites. 
Obtaining uniform data on performance will allow the construction of 
summary reports to assist future sites and not-yet-funded oral health 
infrastructure development programs. Performance measurement and 
tracking for this project would describe the implementation of each 
site's infrastructure model in relation to environmental context and 
state characteristics. The results would provide evidence for the 
essential implementation strategies for effective infrastructure 
development as defined by the consensus-based Association of State and 
Territorial Dental Directors' (ASTDD) model. The results would be used 
to structure flexible guidelines for infrastructure development and 
identify high-priority activities enabling additional sites to 
efficiently plan and implement cost-effective oral health improvement 
activities.
    Additionally, this project will assist in the development of 
objectives and indicators of sustainability resulting in the ability of 
these demonstration programs to meet the needs of their constituents 
beyond the seed-funding period. The objectives of the Performance 
Measurement Tracking project are to:

    1. Evaluate infrastructure development activity characteristics 
among the funded sites.
    2. Synthesize progress and promote cross-collaboration among 
grantees.
    3. Make progress indicators available to non-funded sites.
    4. Promote positive infrastructure growth among funded and non-
funded sites.

    These objectives will be attained through a family of uniform 
evaluation reporting documents designed to evaluate demographic, 
extent, and culture climate of infrastructure development activities. 
One respondent from each site will submit the activity-tracking 
document semiannually. Non-funded sites actively involved in 
infrastructure development are welcome to submit tracking information 
to further provide information for all sites.
    Annualized Burden Table:

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                                                     Number of       Number of      Avg. burden    Total annual
                   Respondents                      respondents    responses per   per response     burden  (in
                                                     per year       respondent      (in hours)        hours)
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Demonstration Site Grantees.....................              13               2           45/60              20
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      Total.....................................  ..............  ..............  ..............              20
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    Dated: December 3, 2004.
Alvin Hall,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 04-27189 Filed 12-10-04; 8:45 am]
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