[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 165 (Monday, August 25, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50037-50038]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-19480]


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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; Health Promotion/Disease Prevention 
Grantee 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 
Health Promotion/Disease Prevention Grantee Survey.'' Type of 
Information Collection Request: This is a one time survey to fulfill an 
OMB request for an independent external evaluation collection, 0917-
NEW, ``Indian Health Service Health Promotion/Disease Prevention (HP/
DP) Grantee Survey.'' Form(s): The Indian Health Service HP/DP 
Interview 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. HP/DP is one of the three 
IHS Director's Initiatives to reduce health disparities among AI/AN 
populations through a coordinated and systematic approach to enhance 
health promotion and chronic disease prevention approaches at the 
local, regional, and national levels.
    The HP/DP competitive grant was established in 2005 to encourage 
Tribal and urban Indian programs to fully engage their local schools, 
communities, health care providers, health centers, faith-based/
spiritual communities, senior centers, youth programs, local 
governments, academia, non-profit organizations, and many other 
community sectors to work together to enhance and promote health and 
prevent chronic disease in their communities. Thirty-three Tribal/urban 
Indian organizations and programs were awarded competitive grants to 
expand and enhance health promotion and disease prevention to address 
health disparities among AI/AN populations.
    To conduct a thorough evaluation of the grant program, 29 telephone 
and four face-to-face interviews will be conducted to collect 
information to complete a quantitative and qualitative evaluation of 
the HP/DP grant program. The teleconference interviews may include one 
staff member per site. Each of the Tribal/urban organization/

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programs will determine the number of their staff members that will 
participate in the interview. The evaluation will include an assessment 
of whether HP/DP grantees achieve measurable health outcomes, 
synthesize the evaluation findings, and include a written report with 
recommendations to enhance program effectiveness. The information 
gathered will be used to prepare a final report for OMB. Affected 
Public: Individuals. Type of Respondents: Tribal/Urban organizations 
program staff.
    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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HP/DP Grantees Telephone and Face-to-Face                    231               1               1             231
 Interview Survey...............................
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    Total.......................................             231  ..............  ..............             231
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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. E8-19480 Filed 8-22-08; 8:45 am]
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