[Federal Register: May 13, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 92)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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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 404-371-5983
and send comments to Seleda Perryman, CDC Assistant Reports Clearance
Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D74, Atlanta, GA 30333 or send an e-mail
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
Web-based Reporting Systems for Tobacco Control: A Nationwide
Assessment--New--The Office on Smoking and Health (OSH), National
Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP),
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
Implementation of a Web-based reporting system assessment for the
state health departments' tobacco control programs.
As state health departments strive to standardize data collections
to better evaluate progress toward strategic goals and objectives, a
movement to develop web-based reporting systems is sweeping the field
of public health. In October of 2002, through a Prevention Research
Center (PRC) grant, researchers from the University of Minnesota
conducted a national assessment of tobacco control program monitoring
practices among state health departments. Results indicated that all
states monitor tobacco control program activities through either paper
or computer-based systems. In 1998, three states had computerized
systems operating, whereas in 2002, thirteen states had launched
systems and twenty-two more were in the planning/development stage
(Blaine & Petersen, presented at National Conference on Tobacco or
Health, San Francisco, November 20, 2002). Clearly, there is a trend
toward developing database systems to assess and to monitor state
tobacco prevention and control programs.
However, recent loss of resources available to state tobacco
control programs begs several questions: (1) How have tightened public
health budgets affected the development of proposed and in-progress
web-based monitoring systems? (2) What can we learn from states that
have already implemented and upgraded their systems that can save time
and money for states still in the development process? (3) How can we
institute knowledge management systems that can facilitate horizontal
information sharing? (4) Is there utility in creating a guidance
document to better promote best practices in monitoring system
development? (5) How can this information be used by the CDC to
highlight the benefits to public health of state level computerized
program reporting and monitoring systems?
Roundtable discussions facilitated by the Office on Smoking and
Health with state tobacco control program staff have focused on
standardized data collection for contract management and process
evaluation purposes. Participants expressed frustration that states are
often ``recreating the wheel,'' with each state developing a unique
system without the benefit of learning from states with web-based
systems already in production. These discussions motivated the CDC to
explore more efficient means of sharing lessons learned about
computerized reporting systems.
The proposed research will build on the findings of the previous
study. Enhanced understanding of the proliferation, costs and benefits
of these web-based reporting systems can (1) improve the capacity of
the CDC to service state health departments' cooperative agreement
technical assistance needs, (2) provide a template for the CDC as it
considers how electronic monitoring systems could be expanded to other
public health arenas besides tobacco control, and (3) save state health
departments time and money by using the information gleaned from this
research to create an accessible forum for knowledge sharing.
The proposed study has three separate methodological components:
(1) A nationwide baseline survey, (2) a follow-up phone interview with
early adopters, and (3) select case studies. This is a one time only
research study. This tiered research approach will provide a systematic
overview of web-based reporting systems ranging from the macro-level to
the micro-level. Aside from the minimal time needed to participate in
the interviews, there will be no cost to participants.
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Estimate of Annualized Burden Table
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Average
Number of Number of burden per Total burden
Respondents respondents responses per response (in (in hours)
respondent hours)
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States and DC baseline survey via phone interview. 51 1 30/60 25.5
Early Adopters focused responses via phone 15 1 1.0 15.0
interview........................................
Case Studies 3 per state X 3 states via site visit 9 1 1.5 13.5
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Totals........................................ .............. .............. .............. 54
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Dated: May 6, 2005.
Joan F. Karr,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
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