[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 17 (Wednesday, January 27, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4395-4396]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-1649]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-10-0650]


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 404-639-5960 or 
send comments to Maryam I. Daneshvar, CDC Acting Reports Clearance 
Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS D-74, Atlanta, GA 30333 or send an e-
mail 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

    Prevention Research Centers Program National Evaluation Reporting 
System--Revision--National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and 
Health Promotion (NCCDPHP), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
(CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    The Prevention Research Centers (PRC) Program was established by 
Congress through the Health Promotion and Disease Amendments of 1984. 
CDC manages the PRC program and currently provides funding to PRC 
grantees that are housed within schools of public health, medicine or 
osteopathy. Awards are made for five years and may be renewed through a 
competitive application process. PRCs conduct outcomes-oriented health 
promotion and disease prevention research on a broad range of topics 
using a multi-disciplinary and community-based approach. Research 
projects involve State and local health departments, health care 
providers, universities, community partners, and other organizations. 
PRCs collaborate with external partners to assess community health 
priorities; identify research priorities; set research agendas; conduct 
research projects and related activities such as training and technical 
assistance; and disseminate research results to public health 
practitioners, researchers, and the general public. Each PRC receives 
an approximately equal amount of funding from CDC to establish its core 
capacity and support a core research project as well as training and 
evaluation activities. Research foci reflect each PRC's area of 
expertise and the needs of the community. Health disparities and goals 
outlined in Healthy People 2010 are a particular emphasis for most PRC 
core research.
    CDC is currently approved to collect progress and performance 
information from PRCs through the PRC Information System (IS), a Web-
based application (OMB 0920-0650, exp. 8/31/2010). The IS was 
developed to organize programmatic information through work plans and 
progress reports and to assist in tracking progress toward and 
achievement of the PRC performance indicators. Respondents also report 
data

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related to the prevention research projects, products resulting from 
those projects, trainings related to those projects, and partnerships.
    CDC will request OMB approval to continue collecting progress and 
performance information from PRCs for three years, with changes. The 
current IS will be phased out and replaced with two restructured 
information collections. The first information collection will be 
conducted utilizing a simplified, more user-friendly Web-based survey 
system. The second information collection will consist of telephone 
interview involving a key contact person for each PRC grantee. CDC 
proposes to amend the title of the OMB approval to reflect the change 
in data collection methodology.
    In the next approval period, information collection will be 
restructured around a revised set of performance indicators that are 
based on a review of fiscal year 2007 data and input from the PRCs from 
2008-2009. During that time, the CDC PRC Program office and grantees 
concluded that performance could be adequately monitored using a subset 
of the previously approved questions, implementing minor changes to 
some questions, instituting a brief telephone interview, and reducing 
the frequency of data collection.
    CDC will continue to use the information reported by PRCs to 
identify training and technical assistance needs, respond to requests 
for information from Congress and other sources, monitor grantees' 
compliance with cooperative agreement requirements, evaluate progress 
made in achieving goals and objectives, and describe the impact and 
effectiveness of the PRC program.
    PRCs will report the required information to CDC once per year. 
Although the number of respondent PRCs will increase to 35, the overall 
estimated burden is expected to decrease due to a reduction in the 
estimated burden per respondent. There are no costs to respondents 
other than their time.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                      Average
                                                     Number of       Number of      burden per     Total burden
      Type of respondent            Form name       respondents    responses per   response (in     (in hours)
                                                                    respondent        hours)
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PRC Program...................  Survey..........              35               1               6             210
                                Telephone                     35               1               1              35
                                 Interview.
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    Total.....................  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............             245
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    Dated: January 20, 2010.
Maryam Daneshvar,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2010-1649 Filed 1-26-10; 8:45 am]
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