[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 138 (Thursday, July 18, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42948-42949]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-17214]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary

[Document Identifier: HHS-OS-19158-30-D]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Public Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Secretary (OS), Department of 
Health and Human Services, has submitted an Information Collection 
Request (ICR), described below, to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for review and approval. The ICR is for a new collection. 
Comments submitted during the first public review of this ICR will be 
provided to OMB. OMB will accept further comments from the public on 
this ICR during the review and approval period.

DATES: Comments on the ICR must be received on or before August 19, 
2013.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to [email protected] or via 
facsimile to (202) 395-5806.

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 Information Collection Request Title 
and the document identifier HHS-OS-19158-30D 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.
    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.

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                                    Total Estimated Annualized Burden--Hours
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                                                                     Number of        Average
                      Forms                          Number of     responses per   burden hours    Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent     per response        hours
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Screening Tool..................................             180               1            5/60              15
Baseline Survey.................................             168               1           30/60              84
Follow-Up Survey................................             224               1           30/60             112
End-of-Program Focus Group......................             112               1               1             112
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    Total.......................................  ..............  ..............  ..............             323
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Keith A. Tucker,
Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2013-17214 Filed 7-17-13; 8:45 am]
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