[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 27 (Wednesday, February 10, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6671-6672]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-2908]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30Day-10-0818]


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) 395-5806. 
Written comments should be received within 30 days of this notice.

Proposed Project

    Cost and Follow-up Assessment of Administration on Aging (AoA)--
Funded Fall Prevention Programs for

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Older Adults--Extension (OMB no. 0920-0818, exp. 7/31/10)--National 
Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC), Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    CDC received OMB approval (0920-0818) to collect data for the Cost 
and Follow-up Assessment of Fall Prevention Programs. This approval 
expires on 7/31/10. In June 2009, all Matter of Balance programs 
implemented a new consent form. This form asked participants for 
permission for CDC to contact them six months after they finished the 
program to complete a survey. For this reason, we will not begin 
administering the follow-up survey to Matter of Balance participants 
until January 2010. At this time we are requesting a three-year 
extension to collect data.
    NCIPC seeks to examine cost of implementing each of the three AoA 
funded fall prevention programs for older adults (Stepping On, Moving 
for Better Balance and Matter of Balance) and to assess the maintenance 
of fall prevention behaviors among participants six months after 
completing the Matter of Balance program. To assess the maintenance of 
fall prevention behaviors, CDC will conduct telephone interviews of 425 
Matter of Balance program participants six months after they have 
completed the program. The interview will assess their knowledge and 
self-efficacy related to falls as taught in the course, their activity 
and exercise levels, and their reported falls both before and after the 
program. The results of the follow-up assessment will determine the 
extent to which preventive behaviors learned during the Matter of 
Balance program are maintained and can continue to reduce fall risk. 
The cost assessment will calculate the lifecycle cost of the Stepping 
On, Moving for Better Balance, and Matter of Balance programs. It will 
also include calculating the investment costs required to implement 
each program, as well as the ongoing operational costs associated with 
each program. These costs will be allocated over a defined period of 
time, depending on the average or standard amount of time these 
programs continue to operate (standard lifecycle analysis ranges from 
five to 10 years). As part of the lifecycle cost calculation, these 
data will allow us to compare program costs and to identify specific 
cost drivers, cost risks, and unique financial attributes of each 
program. Local program coordinators for the 200 sites in each of the 
AoA-funded states will collect the cost data using lifecycle cost 
spreadsheets that will be returned to CDC for analysis. The results of 
these studies will support the replication and dissemination of these 
fall prevention programs and enable them to reach more older adults. 
The Survey Screen takes 3 minutes, the survey instrument takes forty-
five minutes, and the cost tool takes two hours to complete.
    There are no costs to respondents other than their time. The total 
estimated annual burden is 248 hours.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                     Number of    Average burden
                            Form name                                Number of     responses per   per response
                                                                    respondents     respondent      (in hours)
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Follow-up Survey Screen for Matter of Balance--Introduction                  167               1            3/60
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Follow-up Survey for Matter of Balance..........................             142               1           45/60
Cost assessment of AoA-funded fall prevention programs..........              66               1               2
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    Dated: February 4, 2010.
Maryam I. Daneshvar,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2010-2908 Filed 2-9-10; 8:45 am]
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