[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 229 (Tuesday, November 30, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 74066-74067]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-30177]


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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) publishes periodic summaries of proposed projects 
being developed for submission to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. To request more 
information on the proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data 
collection plans and draft instruments, e-mail <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#126273627760657d6079527a6061733c757d64"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="730312031601041c0118331b0100125d141c05">[email protected]</span></a> or 
call the HRSA Reports Clearance Officer at (301) 443-1129.
    Comments are invited on: (a) The proposed collection of information 
for the proper performance of the functions of the agency; (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: Healthy Weight Collaborative (OMB No. 0915-NEW)-- 
[NEW].
    Background: The mission of the Healthy Weight Collaborative (HWC) 
is to discover, identify, develop, and disseminate both evidence-based 
and promising clinical and community-based interventions to prevent and 
treat obesity. The HWC was funded by the Health Resources and Services 
Administration under Title V, Section 501(a)(2) of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 701(a)(2)) and Section 4002 of the Patient Protection 
and Affordable Care Act (Pub. L. 111-148).
    The goal of the HWC is to value and leverage each community team's 
strengths, networks, grantees, and expertise towards the common goal of 
promoting healthy weight for all populations, especially those at high 
risk for overweight and obesity.
    The HWC is modeled after the Institute for Healthcare Improvement 
Collaborative Model for achieving breakthrough improvement. Also known 
as the Breakthrough Series, this model was developed in 1996 to help 
healthcare organizations make breakthrough improvements in quality 
while reducing costs. This model is designed to close the gap between 
science and practice by creating a structure in which organizations can 
easily learn from each other and from recognized experts in topic areas 
in which they want to make quality improvements.
    Approximately 50 community teams will be recruited to participate 
in the HWC. The intended beneficiaries of this program are children and 
their families, and teams in the HWC can include health departments, 
community-based organizations, HRSA and the Department of Health and 
Human Services (HHS) grantees; especially safety net providers and 
other stakeholders in the HRSA and HHS program network. Teams will be 
asked to report on non-personally identifiable aggregate information 
from clinical and public health or community interventions related to 
four domains, including clinical and public health:
    <bullet> Body Mass Index (BMI), collected from an electronic health 
record.
    <bullet> Nutrition, which includes measures related to change in 
knowledge, attitudes, behavior, and consumption.
    <bullet> Physical Activity, which includes measures related to 
change in knowledge, attitudes, behavior, and levels of activity.
    <bullet> Partnerships and Process Improvement, which includes 
measures related to linkages made between clinical and community-based 
or public health programs, increased efficiencies related to these 
linkages, and the number of people served by these linkages.
    The annual estimate of burden is as follows:

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                                     Number of     Responses per       Total         Hours per     Total burden
           Instrument               respondents     respondent       responses       response          hours
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BMI.............................              50              30           1,500             .10             150
Nutrition.......................              50              30           1,500             .20             300
Physical Activity...............              50              30           1,500             .20             300
Partnerships and Process                      50              50           2,500             .20             500
 Improvement....................
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    Total.......................              50  ..............           7,000  ..............           1,250
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    E-mail comments to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#7d0d1c0d180f0a120f163d150f0e1c531a120b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c4b4a5b4a1b6b3abb6af84acb6b7a5eaa3abb2">[email protected]</span></a> or mail the 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.


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    Dated: November 24, 2010.
Robert Hendricks,
Director, Division of Policy and Information Coordination.
[FR Doc. 2010-30177 Filed 11-29-10; 8:45 am]
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