[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 165 (Monday, August 25, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50036-50037]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-19479]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Indian Health Service


Request for Public Comment: 60-Day Proposed Information 
Collection: Indian Health Service; HIV Knowledge/Attitudes/Practice 
Customer Survey

AGENCY: Indian Health Service, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995 which requires 60 days for public comment on 
proposed information collection projects, the Indian Health Service 
(IHS) is publishing for comment a summary of a proposed information 
collection to be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
for review.
    Proposed Collection: Title: 0917-NEW, ``Indian Health Service HIV 
Knowledge/Attitudes/Practice Customer Survey.'' Type of Information 
Collection Request: This is a one time survey to deliver the mission of 
the IHS and Centers for Disease Control (CDC) national guidelines 
collection, 0917-NEW, ``Indian Health Service HIV Knowledge/Attitudes/
Practice Customer Survey.'' Form(s): The Indian Health Service Customer 
Survey. Need and Use of Information Collection:
    The IHS goal is to raise the health status of the American Indian 
and Alaska Native (AI/AN) people to the highest possible level by 
providing comprehensive health care and preventive health services. To 
support the IHS mission, the Division of Epidemiology and Disease 
Prevention (DEDP) and the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Program 
collaborate to provide programmatic, technical, and financial 
assistance to

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IHS Areas and Service Units for improving prevention, detection, and 
treatment of infectious and chronic disease, specifically in this case, 
HIV and Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD).
    The ``HIV Knowledge/Attitudes/Practice Customer Survey'' (hereto 
referred to as Customer Survey), will provide the information needed to 
understand the most effective and appropriate methods to complete these 
goals. With the information collected from patients, we will be able to 
offer recommendations to Service Units on how to best scale up 
screening for sensitive topics such as HIV and STDs in AI/AN 
communities. Also, the information will give IHS the tools to assist 
our Service Units with implementation of current national 
recommendations by CDC. At the moment, we are encouraging uptake of 
current CDC national recommendations; however, without this 
information, we are unable to maximize effectiveness, dispel myths, and 
identify misinformation.
    Voluntary customer surveys will be conducted through self-
administered questionnaires, face-to-face interviews, and potentially 
electronic media. The information gathered will be used by DEDP and the 
HIV Program to identify how patients would prefer to be offered 
expanded testing in a way that is respectful, confidential, and 
effective. Affected Public: Individuals. Type of Respondents: IHS 
customers.
    The table below provides: Types of data collection instruments, 
Estimated number of respondents, Number of responses per respondent, 
Average burden hour per response, and Total annual burden hour(s).

                                             Estimated Burden Hours
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                                                     Estimated                        Average
           Data collection instrument                number of     Responses per    burden hour    Total annual
                                                    respondents     respondent     per response    burden hours
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Customer survey.................................            1000               1           10/60             166
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    Total.......................................            1000  ..............  ..............             166
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    There are no Capital Costs, Operating Costs, and/or Maintenance 
Costs to report.
    Request for Comments: Your written comments and/or suggestions are 
invited on one or more of the following points: (a) Whether the 
information collection activity is necessary to carry out an agency 
function; (b) whether the agency processes the information collected in 
a useful and timely fashion; (c) the accuracy of the public burden 
estimate (the estimated amount of time needed for individual 
respondents to provide the requested information); (d) whether the 
methodology and assumptions used to determine the estimates are 
logical; (e) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information being collected; and (f) ways to minimize the public burden 
through the use of automated, electronic, mechanical, or other 
technological collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology.
    Send Comments and Requests for Further Information: Send your 
written comments, requests for more information on the proposed 
collection, or requests to obtain a copy of the data collection 
instrument(s) and instructions to: Ms. Janet Ingersoll, Acting IHS 
Reports Clearance Officer, 801 Thompson Avenue, TMP 450, Rockville, MD 
20852-1627; call non-toll free (301) 443-6177; send via facsimile to 
(301) 443-2316; or send your E-mail requests, comments, and return 
address to: [email protected].
    Comment Due Date: Your comments regarding this information 
collection are best assured of having full effect if received within 60 
days of the date of this publication.

    Dated: August 18, 2008.
Robert G. McSwain,
Director, Indian Health Service.
[FR Doc. E8-19479 Filed 8-22-08; 8:45 am]
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