[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 12 (Thursday, January 18, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3409-3410]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-00819]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: 
Public Comment Request; Information Collection Request Title: National 
Survey of Organ Donation Attitudes and Practices, OMB No. 0915-0290--
Revision

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

ACTION: Notice.

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    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 March 18, 
2024.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to [email protected] or mail the HRSA 
Information Collection Clearance Officer, Room 14N39, 5600 Fishers 
Lane, Rockville, Maryland, 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 Joella Roland, the 
HRSA Information Collection Clearance Officer, at (301) 443-3983.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When submitting comments or requesting 
information, please include the ICR title for reference.
    Information Collection Request Title: National Survey of Organ 
Donation Attitudes and Practices (NSODAP) OMB No. 0915-0290--Revision 
with changes.
    Abstract: The overall purpose of this study is to conduct an 
independent multi-mode (web and telephone) survey of public opinion 
regarding various issues related to organ donation. The survey will 
measure public opinion on issues such as willingness to become an organ 
donor, financial incentives for donation, living donation, impediments 
to donation, and level of public knowledge about donation. Previous 
NSODAPs were conducted during 1993, 2005, 2012, and 2019. Similar to 
the 2019 survey, the goal is to complete 10,000 interviews with adults 
(18 years of age or older) nationwide. Specifically, this will include 
1,000 equal-probability of selection method computer-assisted telephone 
interviewing (CATI) interviews, 1,000 ethnic oversamples CATI 
interviews, and a supplemental web panel of 8,000 respondents. The 
final sample will include 1,000 interviews each with Black/African 
Americans, Asians, Hispanics, and Native Americans, and a statistically 
sufficient sample for meaningful comparisons across demographic levels 
of age group, education, and income groups. A total sample of 10,000 is 
necessary to achieve sufficiently large subgroups for statistical 
analysis across demographic groups.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: The Division of 
Transplantation, within the Health Systems Bureau of HRSA at the 
Department of Health and Human Services, is the primary federal entity 
responsible for oversight of the solid organ and blood stem cell 
transplant systems in the United States and for initiatives to increase 
organ donor registration and donation. Sponsorship of a national survey 
on the American public's donation attitudes and practices is one of the 
services that the Division of Transplantation provides for the larger 
donation community, consistent with its legal authority to establish a 
public education and awareness program (section 377A of the Public 
Health Service Act, 42 U.S.C. 274f-1).
    Patients in need of organ transplantation in the United States face 
a longstanding critical shortage of organs. Approximately 103,000 
Americans were on the waiting list for transplantation by the end of 
2022, but only 42,000 transplants were performed, only meeting two-
fifths of the national need. While this represents an increase in the 
number of transplants performed in 2021, the organ shortage remains in 
the United States. Understanding public attitudes about organ donation 
and how the attitudes change over time is critical to addressing organ 
shortage through public awareness and education efforts.
    The information from this survey will facilitate appropriate 
tailoring and targeting of donation outreach messages and strategies 
and provide an overall assessment of the impact of previous outreach 
messages and strategies. The data will also inform the development of 
policies related to organ donation and transplantation.
    Likely Respondents: A nationally representative sample of adults 
over the age of 18 with a higher number of responses from populations 
of interest such as racial-ethnic minorities, including African 
American, Asian, Native American, and Hispanic respondents, as well as 
respondents of all age groups and education levels.
    Burden Statement: The modes of data collection are web surveys and 
CATI interviews and include both landline and cell phones. Respondent 
burden is minimized by having automatic data entry either 
electronically by the respondent answering the online survey or by a 
trained CATI interviewer for a telephone survey that includes no 
additional requirements for respondents. The survey will capture only 
the minimum necessary information for analysis and will take only about 
22 minutes of the respondent's time for the CATI survey and 16 minutes 
for the web survey. The questions are the same in both the CATI and web 
surveys, but prior research experience by the contractor has found web 
surveys take 25 percent less time to complete than the same survey 
conducted via phone, because

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respondents can read and click faster than a phone interviewer can read 
survey questions.
    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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The National Survey of Organ Donation                2,000               1        2,000         0.37         740
 Attitudes and Practices (NSODAP)--Telephone
 (English and Spanish versions)..............
The National Survey of Organ Donation                8,000               1        8,000         0.27       2,160
 Attitudes and Practices (NSODAP)--Web
 (English and Spanish versions)..............
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    Total....................................       10,000  ..............       10,000  ...........       2,900
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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. 2024-00819 Filed 1-17-24; 8:45 am]
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