[Federal Register: December 9, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 236)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-04-11]
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 on (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
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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 Anne O'Connor, 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: Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System
(PRAMS) Program Evaluation--New--National Center for Chronic Disease
Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP), Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC).
Background
The Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) is a
surveillance project of the CDC, National Center for Chronic Disease
Prevention and Health Promotion and state health departments. PRAMS
collects state-specific, population-based data on maternal attitudes
and experiences prior to, during, and immediately following pregnancy.
The goal of the PRAMS project is to improve the health of mothers
and infants by reducing adverse outcomes such as low birth weight,
infant mortality and morbidity, and maternal morbidity. PRAMS provides
state-specific data for planning and assessing health programs and for
describing maternal experiences that may contribute to maternal and
infant health. PRAMS collects data that are unavailable through other
surveillance systems and has become a critical mechanism for
identifying and monitoring trends, informing program evaluations and
policy decisions, and tracking progress toward Healthy People 2010
objectives that are related to maternal and child health. Currently 31
states and New York City administer PRAMS, representing 62% of all U.S.
births. The objectives of the program evaluation are threefold:
1. To inform the operational, analytic, translation, and capacity
building functions of the current PRAMS system and make them more
efficient, effective and capable of meeting future needs.
2. To provide information that will guide the expansion and support
of additional state PRAMS programs.
3. To provide information that will enable the PRAMS system to be
more responsive to changes in public health priorities and policies,
including the needs of the state programs and the wider MCH community.
A key component of the PRAMS evaluation is a semi-structured mail
survey of all 32 PRAMS program directors. The focus of the mail-in
survey will be to examine ways to make PRAMS data accessible for
analysis, factors promoting capacity and utilization, costs, indicators
of success, and additional resources needed to improve quality and
responsiveness.
Prior to fielding the survey, a research contractor will conduct
one to two hour interviews with 3 to 4 program representatives. These
interviews will help to reduce overall respondent burden by assessing
whether the survey is comprehensible and relevant, whether the terms
and phrases are understood as intended, and whether it is easy to read.
The information obtained from this data collection will help the
CDC meet its evaluation objectives as described above, responses are
voluntary. No proprietary items or sensitive information will be
collected. There is no cost to respondents.
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Number of Average burden Total
Form Number of responses per per response burden (in
respondents respondent (in hours) hours)
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Mail-in Survey..................................... 32 1 60/60 32
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Dated: December 1, 2003.
Laura Yerdon Martin,
Acting Director, Executive Secretariat, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
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