[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 236 (Monday, December 10, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 69691]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-23855]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30Day-08-07AJ]


Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review

    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) 639-5960 or send an e-mail 
to [email protected]. Send written comments to CDC Desk Officer, Office of 
Management and Budget, Washington, DC or by fax to (202) 395-6974. 
Written comments should be received within 30 days of this notice.

Proposed Project

    Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health Across the U.S. 
(REACH U.S.) Management Information System--New--National Center for 
Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP), Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health Across the U.S. 
(REACH U.S.) is a national, multi-level program that serves as the 
cornerstone of CDC's efforts to eliminate racial and ethnic disparities 
in health. Through REACH U.S., CDC currently supports forty local 
coalitions to establish community-based programs and culturally-
appropriate interventions to eliminate racial and ethnic health 
disparities. REACH U.S. serves communities with African American, 
American Indian, Hispanic American, Asian American, and Pacific 
Islander citizens.
    The communities served by REACH U.S. are assessing the prevalence 
of self-reported risk behaviors in the following key health priority 
areas: Cardiovascular disease; diabetes mellitus; breast and cervical 
cancer; adult/older adult immunizations, hepatitis B, and/or 
tuberculosis; asthma; and infant mortality. Guided by logic models, 
each community is required to articulate goals, objectives, and related 
activities; track whether goals and objectives are met, ongoing, or 
revised; and evaluate all program activities.
    CDC requests OMB clearance for a new, customized, Internet-based 
management information system, the REACH U.S. MIS, designed to replace 
the current REACH Information Network (REACH IN, OMB 0920-
0603). The new REACH U.S. MIS will allow REACH grantees to perform 
remote data entry and retrieval of data, create on-demand graphs and 
reports of grantees' activities and accomplishments, monitor progress 
toward the achievement of goals and objectives, and share and 
synthesize information across grantees' activities. Both quantitative 
and qualitative analyses can be performed. The REACH U.S. MIS will 
collect new data elements needed to measure progress toward, or 
achievement of, newly developed performance indicators, and will allow 
CDC to monitor, and report on, grantee activities more efficiently. In 
addition, data reported to CDC through the REACH U.S. MIS will be used 
by CDC to identify training and technical assistance needs and to 
obtain information needed to respond to Congressional and other 
inquiries regarding program activities and effectiveness. Information 
will be reported to CDC on a semi-annual schedule.
    There are no costs to respondents except their time. The total 
estimated annualized burden hours are 120.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                                      Average
                                                                     Number of       Number of      burden per
                       Type of respondents                          respondents    responses per   response  (in
                                                                                    respondent        hours)
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REACH U.S. Grantees.............................................              40               2           90/60
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    Dated: December 3, 2007.
Maryam I. Daneshvar,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. E7-23855 Filed 12-7-07; 8:45 am]
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