[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 48 (Tuesday, March 12, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15725-15726]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-05609]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary

[Document Identifier: OS-19060-60D]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; 
Public Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Secretary(OS), Department of 
Health and Human Services, announces plans to submit a new Information 
Collection Request (ICR), described below, to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB). Prior to submitting that ICR to OMB, OS seeks 
comments from the

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public regarding the burden estimate, below, or any other aspect of the 
ICR.

DATES: Comments on the ICR must be received on or before May 13, 2013.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to 
[email protected] or by calling (202) 690-6162.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Information Collection Clearance 
staff, [email protected] or (202) 690-6162.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When submitting comments or requesting 
information, please include the document identifier HHS-OS-19060-60D 
for reference.
    Information Collection Request Title: Living Healthier, Living 
Longer Program Evaluation.
    Abstract: The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the 
Office of Women's Health, (OWH) Coordinating Committee on Lesbian, Gay, 
Bi-sexual and Transgender (LGBT) Issues has prioritized the collection 
of health data on LGBT populations. In response, OWH funded an 
initiative to ``identify and test effective and innovative ways of 
reducing obesity in lesbian and bisexual women'' (HHS, 2012). This 
initiative will include nutritional and physical activity counseling 
and activities, and will be implemented in New York City. It will be 
tailored to bisexual and lesbian women forty years and over. Evaluation 
of the initiative will address the following questions: (1) Does a 
healthy weight intervention based on the individual and the social 
environment improve health and reduce weight of older lesbian and 
bisexual women; and, (2) If the intervention does improve health and/or 
reduce weight, what attributes of the intervention contributed to this 
success? Information will be gathered and analyzed in an effort to 
identify and understand the effects of this healthy weight intervention 
and to inform the applicability of the intervention to other sites 
across the United States. The project is scheduled for one year.

                                     Total Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                      Average
                                                     Number of       Number of      burden per     Total burden
                    Form name                       respondents    responses per   response (in        hours
                                                                    respondent        hours)
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Baseline Survey.................................              40               1           15/60              10
Study Completion Survey.........................              40               1           15/60              10
Pedometer Profile...............................              40               1            2/60               1
Health Screen (physical measurement)............              40               3           10/60              20
Health History Questionnaire....................              40               1           12/60               8
Intervention Experience Study Mid-Point)........              40               1               1        40 hours
Intervention Experience ( Study Completion).....              40               1               1        40 hours
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    Total.......................................  ..............  ..............  ..............       129 hours
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    OS specifically requests comments on (1) The necessity and utility 
of the proposed information collection for the proper performance of 
the agency's functions, (2) the accuracy of the estimated burden, (3) 
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to 
be collected, and (4) the use of automated collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology to minimize the information 
collection burden.

Keith A. Tucker,
Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2013-05609 Filed 3-11-13; 8:45 am]
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