[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 201 (Thursday, October 19, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72085-72086]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-23108]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Public Comment Request; Rapid Uptake of 
Disseminated Interventions Evaluation, OMB No. 0906-xxxx

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, HRSA 
submitted an Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. Comments submitted 
during the first public review of this ICR will be provided to OMB. OMB 
will accept further comments from the public during the review and 
approval period. OMB may act on HRSA's ICR only after the 30-day 
comment period for this notice has closed.

DATES: Comments on this ICR should be received no later than November 
20, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under Review--Open for 
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request a copy of the clearance 
requests submitted to OMB for review, email Joella Roland, the HRSA 
Information Collection Clearance Officer, at [email protected] or call 
(301) 443-3983.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Information Collection Request Title: Rapid Uptake of Disseminated 
Interventions (RUDI) Evaluation, OMB No. 0906-xxxx--New.
    Abstract: HRSA dedicated significant resources and effort to 
developing novel intervention strategies aimed at eliminating 
disparities and improving HIV-related health outcomes for people with 
HIV. HRSA encourages and supports Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP) 
providers to implement interventions developed through its RWHAP Part F 
Special Projects of National Significance program and technical 
assistance initiatives that have been found to be effective, with 
adaptations for priority populations served as applicable. HRSA 
disseminates its RWHAP Part F Special Projects of National Significance 
and technical assistance initiative resources and products across a 
variety of dissemination channels, hoping to reach a maximum number of 
RWHAP recipients and subrecipients for whom these resources may meet an 
important need. This mixed-methods RUDI evaluation will use a web-based 
survey and virtual site visits to collect information from RWHAP 
recipients and subrecipients on the uptake, utility, and efficacy of 
the resources and products HRSA disseminates; the effectiveness of its 
dissemination processes; and the reach of its dissemination channels. 
HRSA will use

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the information to identify opportunities for strengthening its 
dissemination channels and resources to improve care and health 
outcomes for program participants. A 60-day notice was published in the 
Federal Register on July 12, 2023, Vol. 88, No. 132, pp. 44371-44373 
(88 FR 44371). HRSA received no comments.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: Currently, HRSA does not 
systematically gather information about the resources accessed by RWHAP 
providers, RWHAP recipients, or AIDS Education and Training Center 
(AETC) staff and the extent to which they use those resources to inform 
implementation of interventions.
    The mixed-methods RUDI evaluation will help HRSA systematically 
assess and understand (1) how, where, and why recipients of RWHAP 
funding access and use its disseminated resources and products; and (2) 
the utility and effectiveness of the disseminated resources and 
products in caring for and treating people with HIV. HRSA will use the 
findings from the RUDI evaluation to develop strategies to maximize the 
uptake and impact of its disseminated resources and products, 
contributing to ending the HIV epidemic in the United States.
    Likely Respondents: The mixed-methods RUDI evaluation includes a 
web-based survey of all RWHAP recipients and subrecipients nationally, 
individual and small group interviews with a sample of RWHAP 
recipients, virtual site visits with a sample of RWHAP providers, and 
individual interviews with all AETCs. The RUDI web-based survey design 
includes two versions of the survey that will be administered to non-
overlapping respondents--the RUDI Recipients Survey for RWHAP Part A 
and B recipient administrative entities--and the RUDI Providers Survey 
for Part A and B subrecipients and Part C, D, and F recipients who 
provide direct care. Both versions ask about respondents' use of HRSA-
disseminated resources, how they were helpful, what could be improved, 
and reasons for non-use where applicable. In addition, the RUDI 
Recipients Survey asks about the recipients' role in guiding their 
subrecipients to needed resources, and the RUDI Providers Survey asks 
about the providers' experience implementing interventions for which 
they used the resources. Both surveys are designed to be followed up 
with additional sets of interviews with a sample of the survey 
respondents to provide deeper understanding of their experience to 
support development of actionable recommendations pertaining to 
dissemination. Virtual site visits to RWHAP providers include 
interviews with an average of three staff within each provider 
organization that were part of an intervention implementation with 
assistance from HRSA resources. Individual interviews for Part A and B 
recipient administrative entities and AETCs will generate a complete 
picture of how those organizations use HRSA resources and how the 
resources or their dissemination could be improved for the future, 
especially when considered together with the survey responses and 
virtual site visit data from the RWHAP providers.
    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 burden
                Respondent                         Data collection          respondents    responses per     responses     response  (in       hours
                                                                           (RWHAP sites)    respondent                        hours)
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RWHAP recipients..........................  RUDI--Recipient Survey......              56               1              56            0.33           18.48
RWHAP provider............................  RUDI--Provider Survey.......           1,066               1           1,066            0.33          351.78
RWHAP recipients..........................  Interviews..................              20               3              60            0.75           45.00
RWHAP provider............................  Virtual site visit                        40               3             120            1.00          120.00
                                             interviews.
AETC providers............................  Interviews..................               8               1               8            1.00            8.00
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                                                                                   1,190                           1,310                          543.26
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Maria G. Button,
Director, Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2023-23108 Filed 10-18-23; 8:45 am]
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