[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 64 (Thursday, April 3, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18691-18692]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-07395]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary

[Document Identifier: HHS-OS-0990-New-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, 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 the ICR to OMB, the Office of the 
Secretary 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 June 2, 2014.

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-0990-New-60D 
for reference.
    Information Collection Request Title: Education and Training of 
Healthcare Providers as a Coordinated Public Health Response to 
Violence Against Women.
    Abstract: The Office on Women's Health (OWH) is seeking a new 
clearance to a conduct a one year data collection associated with the 
pilot and evaluation of an eLearning course developed as part of the 
``Education and Training of Healthcare Providers as a Coordinated 
Public Health Response to Violence Against Women Project''. The purpose 
of this data collection is to gather data from healthcare providers who 
have volunteered to participate in the pilot and evaluation of an e-
learning course designed to educate and train healthcare providers on 
how to respond to intimate partner violence (IPV) against women. 
Information obtained from this data collection will be used to identify 
areas of improvement and measure the effectiveness of the e-learning 
course in educating healthcare providers about IPV, addressing 
attitudinal barriers to IPV screening, and increasing IPV screening in 
clinical practice. This data will also help identify any problems in 
the navigation and functioning of the e-learning course. The results of 
this evaluation will assist OWH in making revisions to the course and 
subsequently coordinating a national launch, making the e-learning 
course available to healthcare providers across the U.S. All data 
collection forms and activities will be used within a year time frame.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: The piloting and 
evaluation of this eLearning course supports the DHHS and OWH's overall 
mission and strategic plan. It supports the DHHS objective of 
implementing ``prevention policies, programming, and interventions to 
prevent and respond to individuals, families, and communities impacted 
by domestic violence''. It also enhances OWH's capacity to provide 
healthcare providers with accurate, evidence-based information and 
identify innovative educational strategies. Furthermore, the results 
will also aid in the planning and development of future OWH and other 
public and private sector initiatives to promote IPV awareness and 
screening in the healthcare setting. Knowledge gained from the 
evaluation will inform federal, public, and private sector on how IPV 
knowledge, attitude, and practices may differ between healthcare 
providers and healthcare settings.
    Likely Respondents: The respondents for this pilot and evaluation 
are healthcare providers (physicians, nurses, and social workers) who 
are members of professional associations and who provide services in 
Nevada, Oklahoma, and South Carolina.
    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 burden
                    Form name                        Number of     responses per   per response    Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent      (in hours)         hours
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Pre-Assessment..................................            1600               1           25/60             667
Post-Assessment.................................            1600               1           25/60             667
Follow-up Assessment............................            1600               1           25/60             667
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    Total.......................................  ..............  ..............  ..............            2001
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    Office of the Secretary 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.

Darius Taylor,
Deputy, Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014-07395 Filed 4-2-14; 8:45 am]
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