[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 68 (Monday, April 9, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21101-21102]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-8448]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-12-12HN]


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 404-639-7570 or 
send comments to Ron Otten, at CDC, 1600 Clifton Road, MS D-74, 
Atlanta, GA 30333 or send an email 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

    Evaluation of U.S. Family Planning Guidelines--New--National Center 
for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP), Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Division of 
Reproductive Health (DRH), in collaboration with the Office of 
Population Affairs (OPA), plans to conduct an evaluation of the 
diffusion, utilization of, and impact on provider- and clinic-level 
attitudes and practices of three national guidance documents. These 
guidelines, which are intended to improve contraceptive use and the 
delivery of quality family planning services in the United States, are: 
(1) The U.S. Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptive Use (U.S. 
MEC); (2) the forthcoming U.S. Selected Practice Recommendations for 
Contraceptive Use (U.S. SPR); and (3) the forthcoming Guidelines for 
Providing Quality Family Planning Services (QFPS). The guidance 
documents have or will be widely disseminated to health-care providers 
and other constituents, via professional organizations, federal program 
grantees, scientific and programmatic meetings, scientific manuscripts, 
online resources, and other avenues, as deemed appropriate. The purpose 
of this information collection is to evaluate the adoption and 
implementation of recommendations included in the U.S. MEC, 
approximately two years after its release, and to collect baseline 
information on selected attitudes and practices that will be addressed 
in the forthcoming U.S. SPR and QFPS. The information to be collected 
will also allow CDC and OPA to improve family planning-related public 
health practice, as CDC and OPA will tailor future dissemination 
activities, and develop needed provider tools, based upon the results. 
CDC will consider conducting a follow-up information collection 
approximately three years after the baseline survey.
    For the baseline information collection, CDC plans to administer a 
mailed survey to a sample of 13,125 private- and public-sector family 
planning providers and clinic administrators in the United States. 
Private-sector providers will be randomly selected from sampling frames 
with individual-level information on providers. To reach public-sector 
providers and clinic administrators, publicly funded clinics will be 
randomly selected; one provider and the clinic administrator will be 
asked to complete surveys at sampled clinics. Specifically, surveys 
will be completed by: (a) 3,125 private-sector office-based physicians 
(i.e., those specializing in obstetrics/gynecology, family medicine, 
and adolescent medicine), sampled from the American Medical Association 
Physician Masterfile; (b) 2,000 private-sector mid-level providers 
(i.e., nurse practitioners in women's health and certified nurse 
midwives), sampled from the Nurse Practitioners in Women's Health 
(NPWH) and the American College of Nurse Midwives (ACNM) membership 
lists; (c) 2,000 providers from Title X clinics, sampled from the 
Guttmacher Institute database of publicly funded family planning 
clinics; (d) 2,000 providers from non-Title X clinics, sampled from the 
Guttmacher Institute database of publicly funded family planning 
clinics; (e) 2,000 clinic administrators from Title X clinics, sampled 
from the Guttmacher Institute database of publicly funded family 
planning clinics; and (f) 2,000 clinic administrators from non-Title X 
clinics, sampled from the Guttmacher Institute database of publicly 
funded family planning clinics.
    Each sampled provider and clinic will receive a mailed survey 
package. For private-sector family planning providers, each mailed 
survey package will include a single survey to be completed by the 
provider. For public-sector clinics, each mailed survey package will 
include two surveys--one to be completed by a randomly selected family 
planning provider at the clinic, and the second to be completed by the 
clinic administrator. Each mailed survey will be accompanied by a 
postage-paid return envelope. Individuals will also be given the option 
to complete the survey online via a password protected web-based data 
collection system. Participation in the survey will be completely 
voluntary. OMB approval is requested for one year.

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    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 respondents                               Form name                   respondents   responses  per   response  (in      (in hr)
                                                                                                             respondent         hr)
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Office-based physicians (private sector).......  2012 Survey of Provider Attitudes and             3,125               1           24/60           1,250
                                                  Practices Surrounding Contraceptive
                                                  Provision.
Mid-level providers (private sector)...........  2012 Survey of Provider Attitudes and             2,000               1           24/60             800
                                                  Practices Surrounding Contraceptive
                                                  Provision.
Title X clinic providers (public sector).......  2012 Survey of Provider Attitudes and             2,000               1           24/60             800
                                                  Practices Surrounding Contraceptive
                                                  Provision.
Non-Title X publicly funded clinic providers     2012 Survey of Provider Attitudes and             2,000               1           24/60             800
 (public sector).                                 Practices Surrounding Contraceptive
                                                  Provision.
Title X clinic administrators (public sector)..  2012 Survey for Administrators of                 2,000               1           24/60             800
                                                  Publicly Funded Family Planning
                                                  Clinics.
Non-Title X publicly funded clinic               2012 Survey for Administrators of                 2,000               1           24/60             800
 administrators (public sector).                  Publicly Funded Family Planning
                                                  Clinics.
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    Total......................................  .......................................  ..............  ..............  ..............           5,250
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    Dated: April 3, 2012.
Ron A. Otten,
Director, Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of the Associate 
Director for Science (OADS), Office of the Director, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2012-8448 Filed 4-6-12; 8:45 am]
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