[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 38 (Monday, February 28, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9658-9659]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-3712]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request

    In compliance with the requirement for opportunity for public 
comment on proposed data collection projects (section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 
Title 44, United States Code, as amended by the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995, Pub. L. 104-13), the Health Resources and Services 
Administration (HRSA) publishes periodic summaries of proposed projects 
being developed for submission to OMB under the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995. To request more information on the proposed project or to 
obtain a copy of the data collection plans and draft instruments, call 
the HRSA Reports Clearance Officer at (301) 443-1891.
    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.

Proposed Project: Evaluation of the Implementation and Outcomes of the 
Maternal and Child Health Bureau's National Healthy Start Program--
Phase II (NEW)

    The Health Resources and Service Administration's Maternal and 
Child Health Bureau (MCHB) initiated the Healthy Start Program in 1991 
in response to concerns about high infant mortality rates. The Phase II 
evaluation includes a survey of Healthy Start Program participants 
designed to collect information that is important to understanding the 
implementation of Healthy Start and the program effects from a client 
perspective. Specifically, the goals of the survey are to: describe the 
participant population, assess the services they received during the 
prenatal and early postpartum periods, describe their experiences and 
satisfaction with the health system and services, and examine their 
health behaviors.
    The survey will be administered to participants at eight grantee 
sites. The survey will use a mixed-mode approach: it will be conducted 
primarily by telephone using computer-assisted telephone interviewing 
(CATI) with in-person field follow up if the telephone attempts are 
unsuccessful.
    Data gathered from the survey will be used to provide HRSA the 
information necessary to assess the grantees' achievement of MCHB's 
goal to improve perinatal outcomes among racial and ethnic minorities.
    The estimated burden on respondents is as follows:

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                                                                        Number of      Responses per        Total         Minutes per      Total burden
                            Respondents                                respondents       respondent       responses         response         (hours)
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Participants.......................................................            1000                1             1000               30              500
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    Send comments to Susan G. Queen, Ph.D., HRSA Reports Clearance 
Officer, Room 11A-33, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, 
MD 20857. Written comments should be received within 60 days of notice.

    Dated: February 17, 2005.
Tina M. Cheatham,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 05-3712 Filed 2-25-05; 8:45 am]
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