[Federal Register: December 13, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 238)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-05AQ]
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 (404) 371-5978
or send comments to Sandi Gambescia, CDC Assistant Reports Clearance
Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D74, Atlanta, GA 30333 or send an email
to omb@cdc.gov.
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. Written comments should be received
within 60 days of this notice.
Proposed Project
Performance Measurement Tracking Project for Grantee Sites in
Cooperative Agreement with the Division of Oral Health--New--National
Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP),
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and brief description: 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 wellbeing. 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
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effectively into overall health planning. In response, CDC awarded
funds for cooperative agreements to 13 demonstration sites for the
planning and implementation of oral health capacity infrastructure
building and demonstration delivery programs.
Building infrastructure enables the demonstration sites to develop
the capacity to achieve Healthy People 2010 objectives and reach many
more Americans than a single local program could reach by sustaining
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 performance measurement
tracking project must be established for the demonstration sites.
Obtaining uniform data on performance will allow the construction of
summary reports to assist future sites and not-yet-funded oral health
infrastructure development programs. Performance measurement and
tracking 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 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 resulting in the ability of
these demonstration programs to meet the needs of their constituents
beyond the seed-funding period. The objectives of the Performance
Measurement Tracking project 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 non-funded sites.
4. Promote positive infrastructure growth among funded and non-
funded sites.
These 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 submit the activity-tracking
document semiannually. Non-funded sites actively involved in
infrastructure development are welcome to submit tracking information
to further provide information for all sites.
Annualized Burden Table:
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Number of Number of Avg. burden Total annual
Respondents respondents responses per per response burden (in
per year respondent (in hours) hours)
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Demonstration Site Grantees..................... 13 2 45/60 20
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Total..................................... .............. .............. .............. 20
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Dated: December 3, 2004.
Alvin Hall,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention.
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