[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 37 (Thursday, February 25, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8721-8722]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-3873]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection:
Comment Request
In compliance with the requirement for opportunity for public
comment on proposed data collection projects (section 3506(c)(2)(A) of
Title 44, United States Code, as amended by the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995, Pub. L. 104-13), the Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA)
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publishes periodic summaries of proposed projects being developed for
submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). To request
more information on the proposed project or to obtain a copy of the
data collection plans and draft instruments, call the HRSA Reports
Clearance Officer on (301) 443-0371.
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.
Proposed Project: HRSA AIDS Education and Training Centers Evaluation
Activities (OMB No. 0915-0281)--Revision
The AIDS Education and Training Centers (AETC) Program, under the
Title XXVI of the Public Health Service Act, as amended, Ryan White
HIV/AIDS Program legislation supports a network of regional and
national centers that conduct targeted, multi-disciplinary education
and training programs for health care providers treating persons with
HIV/AIDS. The AETCs' purpose is to increase the number of health care
providers who are effectively educated and motivated to counsel,
diagnose, treat, and medically manage individuals with HIV infection,
and to help prevent high risk behaviors that lead to HIV transmission.
As part of an ongoing effort to evaluate AETC activities,
information is needed on AETC training sessions, consultations, and
technical assistance activities. Each regional center collects forms on
AETC training events, and the centers are required to report aggregate
data on their activities to HRSA and the HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB). This
data collection provides information on the number of training events,
including clinical trainings and consultations, as well as technical
assistance activities conducted by each regional center, the number of
health care providers receiving professional training or consultation,
and the time and effort expended on different levels of training and
consultation activities. In addition, information is obtained on the
populations served by the AETC trainees, and the increase in capacity
achieved through training events. Collection of this information allows
HRSA and HAB to provide information on training activities and types of
education and training provided to Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program
Grantees, resource allocation, and capacity expansion.
Trainees are asked to complete the Participant Information Form
(PIF) for each activity they complete, and trainers, are asked to
complete the Event Record (ER). The estimated annual response burden to
trainers as well as attendees of training programs is as follows:
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Number of Responses per Total Hours per Total burden
Form respondents respondent responses response hours
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PIF............................. 116,624 1 116,624 0.167 19,476.2
ER.............................. 18,070 1 18,070 0.2 3,614
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Total....................... 134,694 .............. 134,694 .............. 23,090.2
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The estimated annual burden to AETCs is as follows:
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Number of Responses per Hours per Total burden
respondents respondent Total responses response hours
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Aggregate Data Set................................................. 12 2 24 32 768
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The total burden hours are 23,858.2.
E-mail comments to [email protected] or mail to HRSA Reports
Clearance Officer, Room 10-33, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane,
Rockville, MD 20857. Written comments should be received within 60 days
of this Notice.
Dated: February 19, 2010.
Sahira Rafiullah,
Acting Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 2010-3873 Filed 2-24-10; 8:45 am]
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