[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 88 (Friday, May 7, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25269-25270]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-10897]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Proposed Collection; Comment Request; A Generic Submission for 
Formative Research, Pretesting, and Stakeholder Measures at NCI

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, for opportunity for public comment on proposed 
data collection projects, the National Cancer Institute (NCI), the 
National Institutes of Health (NIH) will publish periodic summaries of 
proposed projects to be submitted to the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) for review and approval.
    Proposed Collection: Title: A Generic Submission for Formative 
Research, Pre-testing, and Stakeholder Measures at NCI. Type of 
Information Collection Request: New. Need and Use of Information 
Collection: In order to carry out NCI's legislative mandate, the Office 
of Advocacy Relations (OAR) disseminates cancer-related information to 
a variety of stakeholders, seeks their

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input and feedback, and facilitates collaboration between the Institute 
and these external partners to advance NCI's authorized programs. It is 
beneficial for NCI, through the OAR, to pretest strategies, concepts, 
activities and materials while they are under development. This pre-
testing, or formative evaluation, helps ensure that the products and 
services developed by NCI have the greatest capacity of being received, 
understood, and accepted by their target audiences.
    Additionally, since OAR is responsible for matching advocates to 
NCI programs and initiatives across the cancer continuum, it is 
necessary to measure the satisfaction of both internal and external 
stakeholders with this collaboration. This customer satisfaction 
research helps ensure the relevance, utility, and appropriateness of 
the many initiatives and products that OAR and NCI produce. The OAR 
will use a variety of qualitative (focus groups, interviews) and 
quantitative (paper, phone, in-person, and Web surveys) methodologies 
to conduct this research, allowing NCI to: (1) Understand 
characteristics (attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors) of the intended 
target audience and use this information in the development of 
effective strategies, concepts and activities; (2) use a feedback loop 
to help refine, revise, and enhance OAR's efforts--ensuring that they 
have the greatest relevance, utility, appropriateness, and impact for/
to target audiences; and (3) expend limited program resource dollars 
wisely and effectively. Frequency of Response: On occasion. Affected 
Public: Individuals or households; Businesses or other for profit; Not-
for-profit institutions and organizations; Federal Government; State, 
Local, or Tribal Government. Type of Respondents: Adult cancer research 
advocates; members of the public; health care professionals; 
organizational representatives. The table below outlines the estimated 
burden hours required for a three-year approval of this generic 
submission. There are no Capital Costs, Operating Costs, and/or 
Maintenance Costs to report.

                                     A.12-1--Estimate of Annual Burden Hours
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                                       Number of     Frequency of    Average hours   Annual burden
         Survey/instrument            respondents      response      per response        hours
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Self-Administered Post-Activity              1,200               1     20/60 (.33)             400
 Questionnaires...................
Other Self-Administered                        600               1     20/60 (.33)             200
 Questionnaires...................
Individual In-Depth Interviews....              75               1             1.0              75
Focus Group Interviews............             100               1             1.5             150
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    Totals........................           1,975  ..............  ..............             825
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    Request for Comments: Written comments and/or suggestions from the 
public and affected agencies are invited on one or more of the 
following points: (1) Whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the function of the agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility; (2) The 
accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed 
collection of information, including the validity of the methodology 
and assumptions used; (3) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 
clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) Ways to minimize 
the burden of the collection of information on those who are to 
respond, including the use of appropriate automated, electronic, 
mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms 
of information technology.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on the 
proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans, 
contact Elizabeth Neilson, Advocacy Relations Manager, Office of 
Advocacy Relations (OAR), NCI, NIH, 31 Center Drive, Bldg. 31, Room 
10A28, MSC 2580, Bethesda, MD 20892, call non-toll-free number 301-451-
3321 or e-mail your request, including your address to: 
[email protected].
    Comments Due Date: Comments regarding this information collection 
are best assured of having their full effect if received within 60 days 
of the date of this publication.

    Dated: April 29, 2010.
Vivian Horovitch-Kelley,
NCI Project Clearance Liaison, National Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. 2010-10897 Filed 5-6-10; 8:45 am]
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