[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 125 (Thursday, June 28, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38635-38637]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-15796]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Supplemental Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    Title: Mother and Infant Home Visiting Program Evaluation: Baseline 
collection of saliva for measuring cotinine.
    OMB No.: 0970-0402.
    Description: In 2011, the Administration for Children and Families 
(ACF) and Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)

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within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) launched 
a national evaluation called the Mother and Infant Home Visiting 
Program Evaluation (MIHOPE). This evaluation, mandated by the 
Affordable Care Act, will inform the federal government about the 
effectiveness of the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home 
Visiting (MIECHV) program in its first few years of operation, and 
provide information to help states develop and strengthen home visiting 
programs in the future. OMB is currently reviewing a data collection 
package for Phase 1 of the study that includes a survey of parents at 
baseline (study entry) and various surveys of home visiting program 
staff and other service providers in the community.
    The purpose of the current document is to request approval of 
collection of saliva at baseline from women participating in the study. 
Saliva will be used to measure cotinine, a metabolite of nicotine that 
indicates the extent to which the individual smokes or is subject to 
second-hand smoke. Smoking is a strong predictor of adverse outcomes 
for both parents and children and baseline data on smoking will play a 
key role in the MIHOPE analysis. Prior studies of home visiting have 
found larger program effects for smokers. Saliva offers a more accurate 
means to measure smoking compared with self reports.
    Saliva for measuring cotinine is being proposed for baseline data 
collection in response to public comment on the Phase 1 data collection 
package. To provide the opportunity for public comment, the addition of 
cotinine is being reviewed separately from the main Phase 1 data 
collection package.
    Respondents: Saliva will be collected from enrolled parents, which 
will include pregnant women and mothers of children under six months 
old.

Annual Burden Estimates

    The following burden table provides information on the burden of 
data collection efforts during Phase 1. It is divided into three 
sections: (1) Data collection related to site recruitment that was 
previously approved by OMB, (2) data collection currently being 
reviewed by OMB, and (3) saliva collection. Data collection will take 
place over a three-year period.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                                     Number of    Average burden
                                                     Number of     responses per     hours per     Total annual
                                                    respondents     respondent       response      burden hours
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                                           Approved (Site Recruitment)
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Telephone contact with state administrators.....              49               1            1.00              49
First round visits with state administrators....              18               1            1.50              27
Second round visits with state administrators...              15               1            1.50              23
Visits and calls with local program directors...             120               1            3.00             360
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    Site Recruitment Total......................  ..............  ..............  ..............             459
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                                         Under Review (Data Collection)
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Family baseline survey..........................           1,700               1            1.00           1,700
State administrator interview:
    Baseline....................................               8               1            2.00              16
    12 Month....................................               8               1            2.00              16
Program manager survey:
    Part 1, Baseline............................              29               1            0.50              15
    Part 2, Baseline............................              29               1            1.00              29
    Part 3, Baseline............................              29               1            1.00              29
    12 month....................................              29               1            2.00              58
Supervisor survey:
    Baseline....................................              33               1            1.25              41
    12 month....................................              33               1            1.25              41
Home visitor survey:
    Baseline....................................             170               1            1.25             213
    12 month....................................             170               1            1.25             213
Community service providers survey..............             510               1            0.10              51
Other home visiting programs survey.............             142               1            0.10              14
Supervisor logs.................................              33              60            0.20             396
Home visitor logs...............................             170              60            0.20           2,040
Group interview:
    Program manager.............................              29               1            1.50              44
    Supervisor..................................              33               1            1.50              50
    Home visitor................................              85               1            1.50             128
Home visitor individual interview...............              85               1            1.50             128
Interview participant questionnaire.............             232               1            0.05              12
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    Data Collection Total.......................  ..............  ..............  ..............           5,234
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                                             New (Saliva Collection)
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Baseline saliva collection......................           1,700               1            0.10             170
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    Saliva Collection Total.....................           1,700               1            0.10             170
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        Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours.....  ..............  ..............  ..............           5,863
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    In compliance with the requirements of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Administration for Children and 
Families is soliciting public comment on the specific aspects of the 
information collection described above. This information collection is 
a supplement to the Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting 
Evaluation collection described in a 60 day Federal Register Notice, 
published on December 12, 2011 (Volume 76, No. 238, Page 77236). Per 
OMB guidance, ACF requests comments on this supplemental information 
collection within 30 days of this publication. Comments on and requests 
for copies of the proposed information collection may be forwarded by 
writing to the Administration for Children and Families, Office of 
Planning, Research and Evaluation, Email address: 
[email protected]. All requests should be identified by 
the title of the information collection.
    The Department specifically requests comments 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) 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. 
Consideration will be given to comments and suggestions submitted 
within 30 days of this publication.

Steven M. Hanmer,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2012-15796 Filed 6-27-12; 8:45 am]
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