[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 188 (Monday, September 29, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58363-58364]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-23081]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Submission for OMB Review; 30-day Comment Request; A Generic 
Submission for Formative Research, Pre-Testing, Stakeholder Measures 
and Advocate Forms at NCI

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of Section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has 
submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for 
review and approval of the information collection listed below. This 
proposed information collection was previously published in the Federal 
Register on July 18, 2014 (Volume 79, P. 42023) and allowed 60-days for 
public comment. There were no comments received.
    Direct comments to OMB: Written comments and/or suggestions 
regarding the item(s) contained in this notice, especially regarding 
the estimated public burden and associated response time, should be 
directed to the: Office of Management and Budget, Office of Regulatory 
Affairs, [email protected] or by fax to 202-395-6974, 
Attention: NIH Desk Officer.
    Comment Due Date: Comments regarding this information collection 
are best assured of having their full effect if received within 30-days 
of the date of this publication.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To obtain a copy of the data 
collection plans and instruments or request more information on the 
proposed project contact: Kelley Landy, Acting Director of the Office 
of Advocacy Relations (OAR), NCI, NIH, 31 Center Drive, Bldg. 31, Room 
10A28, MSC 2580, Bethesda, MD 20892, call non-toll-free number 301-594-
3194, or email your request, including your address, to 
[email protected]. Formal requests for additional plans and 
instruments must be requested in writing.
    Proposed Collection: A Generic Submission for Formative Research, 
Pre-testing, Stakeholder Measures and Advocate Forms at NCI, 0925-0641, 
Revision, National Cancer Institute (NCI), National Institutes of 
Health (NIH).
    Need and Use of Information Collection: The Office of Advocacy 
Relations (OAR) disseminates cancer-related information to a variety of 
stakeholders, seeks input and feedback, and facilitates collaboration 
to advance NCI's authorized programs. It is beneficial for NCI, through 
the OAR, to pretest strategies, concepts, activities and materials 
while they are under development. Additionally, administrative forms 
are a necessary part of collecting demographic information and areas of 
interest for advocates. Pre-testing, or formative evaluation, helps 
ensure that the products and services developed by NCI have the 
greatest capacity of being received, understood, and accepted by their 
target audiences. Since OAR is responsible for matching advocates to 
NCI programs and initiatives across the cancer continuum, it is 
necessary to measure the satisfaction of both internal and external 
stakeholders with this collaboration. This customer satisfaction 
research helps ensure the relevance, utility, and appropriateness of 
the many initiatives and products that OAR and NCI produce. The OAR 
will use a variety of qualitative (focus groups, interviews) and 
quantitative (paper, phone, in-person, and web surveys) methodologies 
to conduct this research, allowing NCI to: 1) Understand 
characteristics (attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors) of the intended 
target audience and use this information in the development of 
effective strategies, concepts, activities; 2) use a feedback loop to 
help refine, revise, and enhance OAR's efforts--ensuring that they have 
the greatest relevance, utility, appropriateness, and impact for/to 
target audiences; and 3) expend limited program resource dollars wisely 
and effectively. The anticipated individual respondents will consist 
of: Adult cancer research advocates, members of the public, health care 
professionals, and organizational representatives.
    OMB approval is requested for 3 years. There are no costs to 
respondents other than their time. The total estimated annualized 
burden hours are 1,025.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                   Average time
        Respondent type             Form name        Number of     Frequency of    per response    Annual burden
                                                    respondents      response     (minutes/hour)       hours
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Individuals...................  Self-                        800               1               1             800
                                 Administered
                                 Questionnaires.
                                Individual In-                75               1               1              75
                                 Depth
                                 Interviews.
                                Focus Group                  100               1           90/60             150
                                 Interviews.
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    Dated: September 23, 2014
Karla Bailey,
NCI Project Clearance Liaison, National Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. 2014-23081 Filed 9-26-14; 8:45 am]
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