[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 145 (Friday, July 27, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44257-44258]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-18312]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: 
Comment Request

    In compliance with the requirement for opportunity for public 
comment on proposed data collection projects (section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 
Title 44, United States Code, as amended by the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995, Pub. L. 104-13), the Health Resources and Services 
Administration (HRSA) publishes periodic summaries of proposed projects 
being developed for submission to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. To request more 
information on the proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data 
collection plans and draft instruments, email [email protected] or 
call the HRSA Reports Clearance Officer at (301) 443-1129.
    Comments are invited on: (a) The proposed collection of information 
for the proper performance of the functions of the Agency; (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.

Proposed Project Title: Healthy Weight Learning Collaborative 
Evaluation (OMB No. 0915-xxxx)--[New]

    Background: Supported by the Prevention and Public Health Fund 
created by Section 4002 of the Affordable Care Act, HRSA awarded $5 
million to the National Initiative for Children's Healthcare Quality 
(NICHQ) to create the Collaborate for Healthy Weight, a national 
initiative to bring together primary care providers, public health 
professionals, and leaders of community-based organizations to use 
quality improvement methods to address the obesity epidemic in 
communities across the country. A key part of that initiative was 
creation of the Healthy Weight Learning Collaborative (HWLC), a quality 
improvement project working with 50 community teams to identify, test, 
and evaluate a national ``change package'' of evidence-based program 
and policy interventions to address childhood obesity. The HWLC is 
being implemented in two consecutive phases, each with a series of 
learning sessions and action periods. The first phase (July 2011 to 
July 2012) includes 10 community teams; the second phase (March 2012 to 
March 2013) includes 40 additional teams.
    Purpose: The purpose of this evaluation is to assess the quality 
and effectiveness of the HWLC. This 1-year information collection will 
supplement the analysis of existing quantitative HWLC administrative 
and team data by collecting primary data using individual and group 
interviews with two groups of stakeholders: (a) NICHQ project 
leadership, staff, and faculty; and (b) community team members at 11 
selected sites (four Phase One teams and seven Phase Two teams). Data 
from these interviews will be used to evaluate the quality and 
effectiveness of the HWLC. NICHQ leadership, staff, and faculty 
interview topics include: The design and implementation of the HWLC 
project; the content and quality of the HWLC learning sessions, 
coaching assistance, and other action period activities; the community 
teams' experiences implementing the HWLC change package and quality 
improvement indicators; and stakeholders' perceptions of the quality 
and effectiveness of the HWLC in accelerating community efforts to 
address childhood obesity.
    Community team interviews will be conducted with the team 
coordinator, the quality improvement data manager, and other team 
members, including primary care providers, public health officials, 
school administrators, and other community volunteers. Separate 
interview protocols will be developed for the Phase 1 and Phase 2 
community teams. Phase 1 protocols will examine community team 
strategies, activities, and approaches that have been sustained and 
spread after the end of Phase 1. Phase 2 protocols will examine (1) 
Team goals, objectives, and program elements; (2) team implementation 
of the HWC change package; (3) team engagement in HWLC activities; and 
(4) team linkages and organizational and policy changes resulting from 
the team's participation in the HWLC.
    Estimate of response burden is as follows:

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                                     Number of     Responses per       Total         Hours per     Total burden
         Data collection            respondents     respondent       responses       response          hours
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NICHQ Leadership Interview......               4               1               4             1.0             4.0
NICHQ Staff Interview...........               5               1               5             1.0             5.0
NICHQ Faculty Group Interview...             * 6               1               6             1.0             6.0
Phase 1 Community Team Group               ** 24               1              24             1.5            36.0
 Interview......................
Phase 1 Community Team                         4               1               4             1.5             6.0
 Coordinator Interview..........
Phase 1 Community Team Data                    4               1               4             0.5             2.0
 Manager Interview..............
Phase 2 Community Team Group              *** 42               1              42             1.5            63.0
 Interview......................
Phase 2 Community Team Leader                  7               1               7             1.5            10.5
 Interview......................
Phase 2 Community Team Data                    7               1               7             0.5             3.5
 Manager Interview..............
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    Total.......................             103  ..............             103  ..............           136.0
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 * One group interview: 6 people per group.
** Four group interviews: 6 people per group.
*** Seven group interviews: 6 people per group.

    Email comments to [email protected] or mail to the HRSA Reports 
Clearance Officer, Room 10-33, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, 
Rockville, MD 20857. Written comments should be received within 60 days 
of this notice.

    Dated: July 20, 2012.
Jennifer Riggle,
Deputy Director, Office of Management.
[FR Doc. 2012-18312 Filed 7-26-12; 8:45 am]
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