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ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN TABLE—Continued 

Type of respondent Form name Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hours) 

Total burden 

hours 

Healthcare Providers (Physicians, 

Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants, Nurses).

Form D: Experience Survey ............ 40 4 1/60 3 

Healthcare Providers (Physicians, 

Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants, Nurses).

Discussion Group ............................ 32 2 2 128 

Individual/patients .............................. Discussion Group ............................ 48 2 2 192 

Total ........................................... .......................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ 1016 

Seleda Perryman, 

Office of the Secretary, Paperwork Reduction 

Act Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2011–4113 Filed 2–23–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

[Document Identifier: OS–0990–New; 60-day 

Notice] 

Agency Information Collection 

Request; 60-Day Public Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS. 

In compliance with the requirement 

of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Office of the Secretary (OS), Department 

of Health and Human Services, is 

publishing the following summary of a 

proposed information collection request 

for public comment. Interested persons 

are invited to send comments regarding 

this burden estimate or any other aspect 

of this collection of information, 

including any of the following subjects: 

(1) The necessity and utility of the 

proposed information collection for the 

proper performance of the agency’s 

functions; (2) the accuracy of the 

estimated burden; (3) ways to enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (4) the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology to minimize the information 

collection burden. 

To obtain copies of the supporting 

statement and any related forms for the 

proposed paperwork collections 

referenced above, e-mail your request, 

including your address, phone number, 

OMB number, and OS document 

identifier, to 

Sherette.funncoleman@hhs.gov, or call 

the Reports Clearance Office on (202) 

690–6162. Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collections must be directed 

to the OS Paperwork Clearance Officer 

at the above e-mail address within 60 

days. 

Proposed Project: Research Evaluation 

and Impact Assessment of ARRA 

Comparative Effectiveness Research 

Portfolio (New)—OMB No. 0990–NEW– 

Assistant Secretary Planning and 

Evaluation (ASPE). 

Abstract: Researchers and 

policymakers have emphasized the need 

for research on effectiveness of health 

care interventions under real-world 

conditions in diverse populations and 

clinical practice settings, that is, 

comparative effectiveness research 

(CER). The American Reinvestment and 

Recovery Act of 2009 (ARRA) expanded 

Federal resources devoted to CER by 

directing $1.1 billion to the U.S. 

Department of Health and Human 

Services (HHS) for such research. 

ARRA also called for a report to 

Congress and the Secretary of HHS on 

priority CER topics by the Institute of 

Medicine (IOM). The report presented 

priority CER topics and 

recommendations to support a robust 

and sustainable CER enterprise. In 

addition, ARRA established the Federal 

Coordinating Council on Comparative 

Effectiveness Research (FCCCER) to 

help coordinate and minimize 

duplicative efforts of Federally 

sponsored CER across multiple agencies 

and to advise the President and 

Congress on how to allocate Federal 

CER expenditures. 

This project seeks to evaluate and 

assess the products and outcomes of 

ARRA-funded CER investments and the 

impacts of those investments on the 

priority topics recommended by IOM 

and on the categories and themes of the 

FCCCER framework. The primary goals 

of this evaluation are to (1) conduct an 

initial assessment of the ARRA CER 

portfolio, cataloguing how CER funding 

was invested to achieve the vision of the 

FCCCER and assessing initial impact 

from the perspective of various 

stakeholders; and (2) lay the 

groundwork for future CER investments 

by identifying investment opportunities, 

evidence gaps and lessons learned. 

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN TABLE

Instrument Type of respondent Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden 

(in hours) 

per response 

Total burden 

hours 

PSLA Web-based PI/PD survey ....... Principal investigators and project 

directors.

730 1 20/60 243 

PSLA in-depth interviews .................. Principal investigators and project 

directors.

50 1 1 50 

SSLA Web-based key stakeholder 

survey.

Key stakeholders: health care providers, health care organization 

administrators, and patients/consumers.

3,600 1 15/60 900 

SSLA focus groups ........................... Members of the general public ........ 120 1 2 240 


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10368 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 37 / Thursday, February 24, 2011 / Notices 

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN TABLE—Continued 

Instrument Type of respondent Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden 

(in hours) 

per response 

Total burden 

hours 

SSLA in-depth interviews .................. Stakeholders: health care providers, 

health care organization administrators, patients/consumers, employers and payers, researchers, 

and developers of health innovations.

60 1 1 60 

Total ........................................... ........................................................... 4,560 ........................ ........................ 1,493 

Seleda Perryman, 

Office of the Secretary, Paperwork Reduction 

Act Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2011–4115 Filed 2–23–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4150–05–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[60-Day–11–0445] 

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 404–639–5960 or send 

comments to Carol E. Walker, CDC 

Acting Reports Clearance Officer, 1600 

Clifton Road, MS D–74, 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 

School Health Policies and Practices 

Study 2012 (formerly titled School 

Health Policies and Programs Study, 

OMB No. 0920–0445, exp. 11/30/ 

2008)—Reinstatement with Changes— 

National Center for Chronic Disease 

Prevention and Health Promotion 

(NCCDPHP), Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention (CDC). 

Background and Brief Description 

A limited number of preventable 

behaviors, usually established during 

youth and often extended into 

adulthood, contribute substantially to 

the leading causes of mortality and 

morbidity during youth and adulthood. 

These risk behaviors include those that 

result in unintentional injuries and 

violence; tobacco use; alcohol and other 

drug use; sexual behaviors that 

contribute to HIV infection, other STDs, 

and unintended pregnancies; unhealthy 

dietary behaviors; and physical 

inactivity. 

School-based instruction on health 

topics offers the most systematic and 

efficient means of enabling young 

people to avoid the health risk 

behaviors that lead to such problems. 

CDC has previously examined the role 

that schools play in addressing health 

risk behaviors through the School 

Health Policies and Programs Study 

(SHPPS, OMB No. 0920–0445), a series 

of data collections conducted at the 

state, district, school, and classroom 

levels in 1994 (OMB No. 0920–0340, 

exp. 1/31/1995), 2000 (OMB No. 0920– 

0445, exp. 10/31/2002), and 2006 (OMB 

No. 0920–0445, exp. 11/30/2008). 

CDC plans to reinstate data collection 

in 2012 with changes. SHPPS 2012 will 

collect information to assess the 

characteristics of eight components of 

school health programs at the 

elementary, middle, and high school 

levels: health education, physical 

education, health services, mental 

health and social services, nutrition 

services, healthy and safe school 

environment, faculty and staff health 

promotion, and family and community 

involvement. Twenty-two 

questionnaires will be used: six at the 

state level, seven at the district level, 

seven at the school level, and two at the 

classroom level. Minor modifications, 

such as question wording, will be made 

to the SHPPS 2006 questionnaires to 

improve clarity and to reflect a change 

in the mode of administration. Stateand district-level data collection in 2006 

was conducted via computer-assisted 

telephone interviewing; in 2012 this 

data collection will be self-administered 

via the Internet. A new component to 

the SHPPS 2012 study is the inclusion 

of vending machine observation, which 

will yield the only nationally 

representative dataset of snack and 

beverage offerings available to students 

through school vending machines. 

Finally, state-level questionnaires will 

be revised to reduce redundancy in 

CDC-sponsored data collections. 

The 2012 SHPPS data collection will 

have significant implications for policy 

and program development for school 

health programs nationwide. The results 

will be used by Federal agencies, state 

and local education and health agencies, 

the private sector, and others to support 

school health programs; monitor 

progress toward achieving health and 

education goals and objectives; develop 

educational programs, demonstration 

efforts, and professional education/ 

training; and initiate other relevant 

research initiatives to contribute to the 

reduction of health risk behaviors 

among our nation’s youth. SHPPS 2012 

data will also be used to provide 

measures for 14 Healthy People 2020 

national health objectives. No other 

national source of data exists for these 

objectives. 

There are no costs to respondents 

other than their time. 


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