[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 38 (Monday, February 27, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12386-12387]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-03911]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: 
Public Comment Request

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department 
of Health and Human Services.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirement for opportunity for public 
comment on proposed data collection projects of the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995, HRSA announces plans to submit an Information Collection 
Request (ICR), described below, to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB). Prior to submitting the ICR to OMB, HRSA seeks comments from the 
public regarding the burden estimate, below, or any other aspect of the 
ICR.

DATES: Comments on this ICR should be received no later than April 28, 
2023.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to [email protected] or by mail to the 
HRSA Information Collection Clearance Officer, Room 14N136B, 5600 
Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on the 
proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and 
draft instruments, email [email protected] or call Samantha Miller, 
the HRSA Information Collection Clearance Officer, at (301) 594-4394.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When submitting comments or requesting 
information, please include the information collection request title 
for reference.
    Information Collection Request Title: Enhancing HIV Care of Women, 
Infants, Children and Youth Building Capacity through Communities of 
Practice OMB No. 0915-xxxx-New.
    Abstract: HRSA aims to increase delivery of evidence-based 
interventions that enhance client outcomes, increase the skill level of 
the HIV workforce providing care and treatment to Women, Infants, 
Children and Youth, and involve partnerships for dissemination of best 
practices to Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP) Part D participants. 
To that end, HRSA seeks to implement a Communities of Practice (CoP) 
platform for RWHAP Part D recipients. A CoP engages recipient teams in 
improvement learning sessions using subject matter experts along with 
application experts who help recipient teams select, test, and 
implement changes on the front line of care. Through organizational 
self-assessments, didactic learning on specific care topics, goals 
setting, and work plan development, each team can strategically benefit 
their organization. CoPs afford participants the opportunity to work in 
a group to solve a recognized challenge related to a CoP domain and 
support dialogue among participants and the consultant/subject matter 
experts. Recipient teams commit to

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working over a period of 12 months, alternating between Learning 
Sessions in which teams come together to learn about the chosen topic 
and to plan changes, and Action Periods in which the teams return to 
their respective organizations and test those changes in their clinic 
settings. The domains for the proposed CoPs are trauma informed care, 
pre-conception counseling, and youth transitioning into adult HIV care 
services.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: Process and outcome 
evaluations are a critical part of ensuring that CoP initiatives were 
implemented as planned and met their intended outcome. Evaluation of 
technical assistance (TA) depends on establishing clear goals and plans 
from the beginning of the process. This includes specifying the 
intended impact of the TA with concrete, measurable objectives. To 
judge performance against goals, HRSA will administer TA evaluation 
surveys following TA and training, webinars, teleconferences, and 
meetings. Findings will drive quality improvement activities and 
reports.
    The evaluation plan focuses on process and impact evaluation of all 
CoP Teams (Pre-Conception Counseling and Sexual Health, Trauma-Informed 
Care, and Transitioning Adolescents to Adult Care) over the duration of 
the 4-year period of performance. The evaluation plan components will 
be operationalized to include TA satisfaction measures (reaction), 
change in knowledge after the TA (learning), and change in behavior or 
practice after the introduction of evidence-based interventions 
(behavior). More specifically, the evaluation plan includes (1) post TA 
satisfaction measures, (2) pre-post measures of CoP staff knowledge 
about effective practices, (3) retrospective measures to gather 
measures of CoP staff knowledge for the first community of practice 
only, and (4) measures of TA usefulness and impact on CoP performance.
    Likely Respondents: Up to 90 RWHAP Part D Women, Infant, Children, 
Youth recipients will participate in the CoPs. Each recipient may have 
up to six staff members who may complete the survey.
    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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                                                                                             Average
                                                 Number of       Number of       Total      burden per    Total
                  Form name                     respondents    responses per   responses     response    burden
                                                                respondent                  (in hours)    hours
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Pre-conception Counseling Community of                    90               1           90        .4733      42.6
 Practice Retrospective Pretest-Post
 Assessment.................................
Community of Practice Pre-Assessment........             180               1          180        .2900      52.2
Community of Practice Post-Assessment.......             180               1          180        .3767      67.8
Community of Practice Session Assessment....             270               6        1,620        .0767     124.3
Targeted and Intensive TA Assessment........             120               1          120        .0833      10.0
Foundational TA Assessment..................             150               1          150        .0616       9.2
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                                                         990  ..............        2,340  ...........     306.1
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    HRSA 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.

Maria G. Button,
Director, Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2023-03911 Filed 2-24-23; 8:45 am]
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