[Federal Register: October 29, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 209)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30Day-78-03]
Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and
Recommendations
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) publishes a
list of information collection requests under review by the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction
Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35). To request a copy of these requests, call
the CDC Reports Clearance Officer at (404) 498-1210. Send written
comments to CDC, Desk Officer, Human Resources and Housing Branch, New
Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503, or by fax
to (202) 395-6974. Written comments should be received within 30 days
of this notice.
Proposed Project: National Public Health Performance Standards
Program Local Public Health Governance Performance Assessment
Instrument--Revision--Public Health Practice Program Office (PHPPO),
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
CDC received approval for this data collection February 19, 2002.
This request seeks approval for a revised evaluation document. The
previous instrument included 23 open-ended questions. The revised
instrument includes 13 questions, the majority of which are close-
ended. This revised instrument will provide us better data for the
purposes of analysis and elicit more valuable information for improving
the instruments in the future. Additionally, the revised evaluation is
similar to the evaluations included in the State Public Health System
and Local Public Health System Performance Assessment Instruments
(0920-0557 and 0920-0555), thus offering more opportunities for cross-
analysis.
Background
Since 1998, the CDC National Public Health Performance Standards
Program has convened workgroups with the National Association of County
and City Health Officials (NACCHO), the Association of State and
Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO), the National Association of Local
Boards of Health (NALBOH), the American Public Health Association
(APHA), and the Public Health Foundation (PHF) to develop performance
standards for public health systems based on the ten Essential
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Services of Public Health. In the Spring of 2001, CDC conducted field
tests with the local public health governance instruments in the State
of Massachusetts.
CDC received approval to implement a voluntary data collection to
assess the capacity of local boards of health to deliver the Essential
Public Health Services. This data collection will provide a framework
for local boards of health to evaluate their effectiveness. Electronic
data submission will be the method of choice. If computer technology in
local jurisdictions does not support electronic submission, hard copy
survey instruments will be available. Local jurisdictions using hard
copy survey instruments will receive assistance from State or local
level field coordinators for web-based data entry.
Local boards of health will respond to the survey. An estimated 33%
of approximately 3,200 United States local boards are expected to
participate in the National Performance Standards Program per year. The
burden hours are estimated to be 19,200.
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Average
Number of Number of burden/
Respondents respondents responses/ response (in
respondent hrs.)
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Local Boards of Health Year 1................................... 1,066 1 6
Local Boards of Health Year 2................................... 1,067 1 6
Local Boards of Health Year 3................................... 1,067 1 6
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Dated: Friday, October 14, 2003.
Gaylon D. Morris,
Acting Director, Executive Secretariat, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 03-26987 Filed 10-28-03; 8:45 am]
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