[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 60 (Thursday, March 28, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18982-18983]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-07144]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary

[Document Identifier HHS-OS-19158-60D]


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 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 28, 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-19158-60D 
for reference.
    Information Collection Request Title: Doing It For Ourselves (DIFO) 
Program.
    Abstract: The Office of Women's Health (OWH) and the Department of 
Health and Human Services (HHS) Coordinating Committee on Lesbian, Gay, 
Bi-sexual and Transgender (LGBT) Issues have 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. The DIFO intervention 
has been developed in San Francisco to address what is known about 
local LB women's community norms, common barriers to health, patterns 
of physical and mental health access, and preferences for health 
services and health outcomes. The evaluation of the DIFO program will 
address the following research question: Does an intervention based on 
an ecological model of LB women's health result in improved health, as 
defined by: quality of life, decreased weight, improved nutrition, and 
increased physical activity? The project is scheduled for one year.

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    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: Addresses barriers to 
health for the LB community, and promotes overall health and wellbeing. 
The intervention will incorporate community-identified weight loss/risk 
reduction needs of this population. Following the completion of the 
surveys and interventions, collected data will be used to develop 
increased health-related services and activities for LB women, web-
based tools and materials for LB women, increased community recreation 
resources inclusive of sexual minority women.
    Likely Respondents: Lesbian and bi-sexual women forty years of age 
and older.
    Burden Statement: Burden in this context means the time expended by 
persons to generate, maintain, retain, disclose or provide the 
information requested. This includes the time needed to review 
instructions, to develop, acquire, install and utilize technology and 
systems for the purpose of collecting, validating and verifying 
information, processing and maintaining information, and disclosing and 
providing information, to train personnel and to be able to respond to 
a collection of information, to search data sources, to complete and 
review the collection of information, and to transmit or otherwise 
disclose the information. The total annual burden hours estimated for 
this ICR are summarized in the table below.

                                    Total Estimated Annualized Burden--Hours
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                                                                     Number of    Average burden
                      Forms                          Number of     responses per     hours per     Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent       response          hours
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Screening Tool..................................             300               1            5/60              25
Informed Consent Form...........................             256               1            5/60              21
Baseline Survey.................................             128               1            5/60              11
Baseline Comparison Survey......................             128               1            5/60              11
9 Month Follow-up Survey........................             128               1            5/60              11
9- Month Follow-Up Comparison Survey............             128               1            5/60              11
End-of-Program Focus Group......................             128               1               1             128
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    Total.......................................  ..............  ..............  ..............             218
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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. 2013-07144 Filed 3-27-13; 8:45 am]
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