[Federal Register: July 8, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 130)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-03-89]
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry; Proposed Data
Collections Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations
In compliance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for opportunity for public comment on
proposed data collection projects, the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic summaries of proposed projects.
To request more information on the proposed projects or to obtain a
copy of the data collection plans and instruments, call the CDC Reports
Clearance Officer at (404) 498-1210.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways
to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents,
including through the use of automated collection techniques or other
forms of information technology. Send comments to Seleda Perryman, CDC
Assistant Reports Clearance Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D24,
Atlanta, GA 30333. Written comments should be received within 60 days
of this notice.
Proposed Project: Support for State Oral Disease Prevention Program
Infrastructure Development Evaluation Reporting--New--National Center
for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP), Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
In 2000, the Surgeon General published the first ever report on
oral health in America to alert Americans to the full meaning of oral
health and its importance to general health and well-being. Included in
the framework for action was the charge to build an effective oral
health infrastructure that meets the oral health needs of all Americans
and integrates oral health effectively into overall health planning. In
response, the CDC will award funds for cooperative agreements to an
estimated total of 13 demonstration sites in two phases, for the
planning and implementation of oral health capacity infrastructure
building and demonstration delivery programs. Building infrastructure
enables the demonstration states to develop the capacity to achieve
Healthy People 2010 objectives and reach many more Americans than a
single local program could reach and to potentially sustain health
gains beyond the funding cycle.
Infrastructure development encompasses many activities, each of
which can be accomplished in a myriad of methods by the grantees. To
summarize and track vital development information across grantee sites,
a uniform reporting system must be established for the demonstration
sites. Obtaining uniform data will allow the construction of summary
reports to assist future sites and not-yet-funded oral health
infrastructure development programs.
Evaluation tracking reporting for this project would describe the
implementation of each site's infrastructure model in relation to
environmental context and state characteristics. The results would
provide evidence for the essential
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implementation strategies for effective infrastructure development as
defined by the consensus-based Association of State and Territorial
Dental Directors (ASTDD) model. The results would be used to structure
flexible guidelines for infrastructure development and identify high-
priority activities enabling additional sites to efficiently plan and
implement cost-effective oral health improvement activities.
Additionally, this project will assist in the development of objectives
and indicators of sustainability--the ability of these demonstration
programs to meet the needs of their constituents beyond the seed-
funding period.
The objectives of the uniform evaluation tracking reporting system
are to:
1. Evaluate infrastructure development activity characteristics
among the funded sites.
2. Synthesize progress and promote cross-collaboration among
grantees.
3. Make progress indicators available to nonfunded sites.
4. Promote positive infrastructure growth among funded and
nonfunded sites.
The above objectives will be attained through a family of uniform
evaluation reporting documents designed to evaluate demographic,
extent, and culture climate of infrastructure development activities.
One respondent from each site will be required to submit the activity-
tracking document annually. Participation is mandatory for funded
sites. Nonfunded sites actively involved in infrastructure development
are welcome to submit tracking information to further provide
information for all sites. Participation is not mandatory for nonfunded
sites.
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Number of Number of Avg. burden per Total annual
Respondents respondents per responses per response (in burden (in
year respondent hrs.) hrs.)
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Demonstration site grantees................. 13 1 45/60 9.75
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Dated: July 1, 2003.
Thomas A. Bartenfeld,
Acting Associate Director for Policy, Planning and Evaluation, Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention.
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