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assistance, such as sign language 

interpretation or other reasonable 

accommodations, should notify the 

designated contact person at least 

fourteen (14) business days prior to the 

meeting. Members of the public will 

have an opportunity to provide 

comments at the meeting. Public 

comments will be limited to three 

minutes per speaker. Individuals who 

would like to submit written statements 

should mail or fax their comments to 

the Office of Minority Health at least 

seven (7) business days prior to the 

meeting. Any members of the public 

who wish to have printed material 

distributed to ACMH committee 

members should submit their materials 

to the Designated Federal Officer, 

ACMH, Tower Building, 1101 Wootton 

Parkway, Suite 600, Rockville, 

Maryland 20852, prior to close of 

business Tuesday, July 1, 2014. 

Dated: June 11, 2014. 

J. Nadine Gracia, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Minority 

Health, Office of Minority Health, U.S. 

Department of Health and Human Services. 

[FR Doc. 2014–14066 Filed 6–16–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4150–29–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Preparedness and Response 

Science Board (previously known as 

the ‘‘National Biodefense Science 

Board’’) Call for Nominees 

AGENCY: Department of Health and 

Human Services, Office of the Secretary. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The deadline for all 

application submissions to the National 

Preparedness and Response Science 

Board (NPRSB), previously known as 

the National Biodefense Science Board, 

is extended from June 15, 2014, to June 

29, 2014, at 11:59 p.m.. The Office of 

the Secretary is accepting application 

submissions from qualified individuals 

who wish to be considered for 

membership on the NPRSB; seven 

members have membership expiration 

dates of December 31, 2014; therefore, 

seven new voting members will be 

selected for the Board. Nominees are 

being accepted in the following 

categories: Industry, academia, 

practicing health care, pediatrics, and 

organizations representing other 

appropriate stakeholders. Please visit 

the NPRSB Web site at www.phe.gov/

nprsb for all application submission 

information and instructions. All 

members of the public are encouraged to 

apply. 

DATES: The deadline for all application 

submissions is June 29, 2014, at 11:59 

p.m. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Please submit any inquiries to CAPT 

Charlotte Spires, DVM, MPH, DACVPM, 

Executive Director and Designated 

Federal Official, National Preparedness 

and Response Science Board, Office of 

the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness 

and Response, U.S. Department of 

Health and Human Services, Thomas P. 

O’Neill Federal Building, Room Number 

14F18, 200 C St. SW., Washington, DC 

20024; Office: 202–260–0627, Email 

address: charlotte.spires@hhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

NPRSB is authorized under Section 

319M of the Public Health Service (PHS) 

Act (42 U.S.C. 247d–7f) as added by 

Section 402 of the Pandemic and AllHazards Preparedness Act of 2006 and 

amended by Section 404 of the 

Pandemic and All Hazards Preparedness 

Reauthorization Act and Section 222 of 

the PHS Act (42 U.S.C. § 217a). The 

Board provides expert advice and 

guidance to the Secretary on scientific, 

technical, and other matters of special 

interest to the Department of Health and 

Human Services regarding current and 

future chemical, biological, nuclear, and 

radiological agents, whether naturally 

occurring, accidental, or deliberate. The 

Board also provides advice and 

guidance to the Secretary and/or the 

Assistant Secretary for Preparedness 

and Response (ASPR) on other matters 

related to public health emergency 

preparedness and response. 

Description of Duties: The Board shall 

advise the Secretary and/or ASPR on 

current and future trends, challenges, 

and opportunities presented by 

advances in biological and life sciences, 

biotechnology, and genetic engineering 

with respect to threats posed by 

naturally occurring infectious diseases 

and chemical, biological, radiological, 

and nuclear agents. At the request of the 

Secretary and/or ASPR, the Board shall 

review and consider any information 

and findings received from the working 

groups established under 42 U.S.C. 

247d–7f(b). At the request of the 

Secretary and/or ASPR, the Board shall 

provide recommendations and findings 

for expanded, intensified, and 

coordinated biodefense research and 

development activities. The Board shall 

also provide any recommendation, 

finding, or report provided to the 

Secretary on these matters to the 

appropriate committees of Congress. 

Additional advisory duties concerning 

public health emergency preparedness 

and response may be assigned at the 

discretion of the Secretary and/or ASPR. 

Structure: The Board shall consist of 

13 voting members, including the 

Chairperson; additionally, there may be 

non-voting ex officio members. Pursuant 

to 42 U.S.C. 247d–7f(a), members and 

the Chairperson shall be appointed by 

the Secretary from among the nation’s 

preeminent scientific, public health, 

and medical experts as follows: (a) Such 

federal officials as the Secretary 

determines are necessary to support the 

functions of the Board; (b) four 

individuals from the pharmaceutical, 

biotechnology, and device industries; (c) 

four individuals representing academia; 

and (d) five other members as 

determined appropriate by the 

Secretary, one of whom must be a 

practicing health care professional; one 

of whom shall be an individual from an 

organization representing health care 

consumers; one of whom shall be an 

individual with pediatric subject matter 

expertise; and one of whom shall be a 

state, tribal, territorial, or local public 

health official. Nothing in the 

membership requirements shall 

preclude a member of the Board from 

satisfying two or more of these 

requirements described in item (d). A 

member of the Board described in (b), 

(c), and (d) shall serve for a term of three 

years, and may serve not more than two 

consecutive terms. 

Members who are not full-time or 

permanent part-time federal employees 

shall be appointed by the Secretary as 

Special Government Employees. 

Dated: June 11, 2014. 

Nicole Lurie, 

Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and 

Response. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Agency for Healthcare Research and 

Quality Agency Information Collection 

Activities: 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Agency for Healthcare Research 

and Quality, HHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

intention of the Agency for Healthcare 

Research and Quality (AHRQ) to request 

that the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) approve the proposed 

information collection project: 

‘‘Evaluation of the Educating the 

Educator (EtE) Workshop.’’ In 

accordance with the Paperwork 


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Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104– 

13 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)), AHRQ 

invites the public to comment on this 

proposed information collection. 

This proposed information collection 

was previously published in the Federal 

Register on March 28th, 2014 and 

allowed 60 days for public comment. No 

comments were received. The purpose 

of this notice is to allow an additional 

30 days for public comment. 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received by July 17, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be submitted to: Doris Letkowitz, 

Reports Clearance Officer, AHRQ, by 

email at doris.lefkowitz@ahrq.hhs.gov. 

Copies of the proposed collection 

plans, data collection instruments, and 

specific details on the estimated burden 

can be obtained from the AHRQ Reports 

Clearance Officer. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Doris Lefkowitz, AHRQ Reports 

Clearance Officer, (301) 427–1477, or by 

email at doris.lefkowitz@ahrq.hhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Proposed Project 

Evaluation of the Educating the 

Educator (EtE) Workshop 

AHRQ’s Educating the Educator (EtE) 

workshop training project is an Agency 

knowledge translation and 

dissemination project that aims to 

increase knowledge about and use of 

AHRQ’s EHC Program products among 

health care professionals. For the EtE 

project, AHRQ is sponsoring the 

development of an accredited, inperson, train-the-trainer workshop 

program for health care professionals to 

educate them on how to use AHRQ’s 

EHC Program materials and resources in 

shared decision making (SDM) with 

patients/caregivers. As a train-thetrainer program, the workshop also 

provides education on effectively 

training other health care professionals 

to facilitate the dissemination of the key 

competencies taught by the program. 

Additionally, as part of the EtE project, 

a collection of new stand-alone tools are 

being developed to facilitate the 

implementation and use of AHRQ EHC 

Program materials. The new tools will 

be integrated into the EtE workshop 

training program and made available to 

workshop participants. These new tools 

also will be publicly-accessible through 

the AHRQ Web site for easy referral, 

access, and use by both workshop 

participants and other health care 

professionals. Ten EtE workshops, with 

25–50 participants each, will be held 

each year for four years around the 

United States. Primary trainees will 

then be able to go back to their home 

institutions or organizations to train 

other secondary trainees. 

AHRQ recognizes the importance of 

ensuring that its dissemination activities 

are useful, well implemented, and 

effective in achieving their intended 

goals. Therefore, an evaluation is 

associated with the EtE project. The EtE 

evaluation is comprised of two key 

components. One component has been 

designed to support both a processoriented formative evaluation and a 

summative (impact) evaluation of the 

EtE train-the-trainer workshop program. 

The other component is designed to 

assess the impact of new tools 

developed through this project in 

supporting the implementation of 

AHRQ EHC Program materials. 

The specific goals of the EtE train-thetrainer workshop evaluation 

(component 1) are to examine the 

following: 

• Who is participating in both the 

primary train-the-trainer sessions, and 

in subsequent, secondary trainings 

offered by primary trainees? 

• The uptake of and confidence 

among primary trainees in training 

others on the key competencies of the 

curriculum 

• How the workshop implementation 

or course content should be modified to 

improve the quality of the training (e.g., 

instructor, materials, modules, etc.)? 

• The extent to which workshop 

participants have been able to conduct 

additional trainings, start new PCOR 

education programs based on the 

workshop curriculum, or integrate the 

workshop curriculum into existing 

training programs in their local settings. 

• What the results of subsequent 

trainings by workshop participants were 

among secondary participants (i.e., 

individuals who received training from 

a workshop participant) in terms of their 

use of PCOR information and the 

practice of SDM with patients? 

• Whether workshop participants 

have participated in other project 

activities, such as ongoing webinars or 

the learning network that are planned as 

part of the EtE project. 

• How workshop participants are 

using what they have learned from the 

training program in their own practice? 

The specific goals of the EtE new tools 

evaluation (component 2) are to 

examine the following: 

• If and how workshop trainees and 

other health care professionals are using 

the new tools developed during this 

project to support their implementation 

of AHRQ EHC Program resources? 

• How useful clinicians find AHRQ 

EHC Program resources to be in their 

practice? 

• How frequently new tools are being 

accessed and used by workshop trainees 

and other health care professionals? 

• Suggestions for improving tools to 

meet health care professionals’ needs 

when serving their patients? 

This study is being conducted by 

AHRQ through its contractor, AFYA, 

Inc., and The Lewin Group, pursuant to 

AHRQ’s statutory authority to support 

the agency’s dissemination of 

comparative clinical effectiveness 

research findings. 42 U.S.C. 299b–37(a)– 

(c). 

Method of Collection 

To achieve the goals of this project the 

following data collections will be 

implemented: 

(1) Pre-Training Survey of Primary 

Participants. This pen and paper survey 

will be administered to train-the-trainer 

workshop participants (also referred to 

as Primary Workshop Participants) 

immediately prior to the start of the inperson train-the-trainer workshop 

sessions. Information collected includes 

(1) non-identifying demographic 

information about respondents (e.g., 

type of clinician; practice setting); (2) 

participants knowledge of core concepts 

and objectives of the workshop; and (3) 

their confidence in training others. This 

instrument will also collect information 

about participants’ use of and exposure 

to AHRQ EHC Program products for 

comparison at later time points. 

(2) Post-Training Survey of Primary 

Participants. This pen and paper survey 

will be administered to train-the-trainer 

workshop participants immediately 

following the conclusion of the inperson train-the-trainer workshop 

sessions. Information collected includes 

(1) post-training knowledge of core 

concepts presented in workshop; and (2) 

post-training confidence in training 

others. The post-training instrument 

will also collect information about 

participants’ reaction to the training 

(e.g., instructor, the content, the 

presentation style, the schedule, etc.), a 

requirement for accreditation purposes. 

(3) Six-Month Post-Training Survey of 

Primary Participants. This survey will 

be administered to primary workshop 

participants six months following their 

participation in the train-the-trainer 

workshop. The survey will be Webenabled, and a link to the survey will be 

emailed to participants. Information to 

be collected includes (1) behaviors and 

experiences of primary workshop 

participants in training others (i.e., 

secondary participants); (2) the numbers 

of individuals they have trained; and (3) 

barriers they have encountered in 

training others. This instrument will 

also collect (4) data on primary 


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participants’ early experiences in 

applying what they learned in the 

workshop training in their own clinical 

practice with patients; and (5) their use 

of AHRQ EHC resources and tools 

which will be compared to baseline 

measures. 

(4) One-Year Post-Training Survey of 

Primary Participants. This survey will 

be administered to primary workshop 

participants one year following their 

participation in the train-the-trainer 

workshop. The survey will be Webenabled, and a link to the survey will be 

emailed to participants. This survey will 

collect the same information as 

collected in the 6-month survey. This 

instrument will also collect new 

information from participants about 

their use/participation in continued 

training that will be offered (e.g., 

participating in training and technical 

assistance webinars and the learning 

network that will be created). 

(5) One-Year Post Survey of 

Secondary Workshop Participants. This 

survey will be administered to 

secondary workshop participants one 

year following their receipt of 

continuing education (CE) credits for 

participating in locally-delivered 

workshops by primary workshop 

participants. The questions of interest 

include (1) non-identifying 

demographic information about 

respondents (e.g., type of clinician; 

practice setting); (2) their use of AHRQ 

EHC program products; (3) how useful 

they thought the training they received 

was in developing their patient 

engagement and SDM skills; (4) barriers 

they have encountered when 

implementing what they learned in 

practice; (5) the types of changes they or 

their organization have made related to 

involving patients in health care 

decision making and their use of 

decision support tools, since 

participating in the workshop; and (6) 

any changes that they have observed in 

their patients since they participated in 

the training. 

(6) New Tool Users. This survey will 

be deployed on the AHRQ Web site on 

a quarterly basis. More specifically, it 

will be made available on the new tools 

Web landing page on the AHRQ Web 

site so that it targets users of the new 

tools from this project. Information to be 

collected includes (1) non-identifying 

demographic information about 

respondents (e.g., type of clinician; 

practice setting); (2) whether or not they 

have participated in the workshop 

training associated with this project; (3) 

how often respondents use tools on the 

AHRQ tools landing page; and (4) how 

useful respondents find the tools to be 

and new tools that they would like to 

see added. 

AHRQ and the EHC Program staff will 

use the information collected through 

this Information Collection Request to 

assess the short- and long-term progress 

in achieving the dissemination and 

implementation aims of the EtE project. 

The information collected will facilitate 

real-time adjustments in the strategies 

and tactics that are used to promote and 

deliver the new tools and workshop 

training. The summative evaluation will 

assess the impact of this EtE workshop 

training program and new tools on 

increased awareness, understanding, 

and use of AHRQ’s EHC Program 

products in clinical practice with 

patients. The specific purpose and use 

of each of the data collection 

instruments is described below. 

(1) Pre- and Post-Training Surveys of 

Primary Workshop Participants—These 

data collections will be used to assess 

the effectiveness of the training in 

transferring course concepts to train-thetrainer participants. They will be used 

to measure what participants learned 

during the training relative to their 

knowledge of core concepts and 

objectives of the workshop, and their 

confidence in training others as assessed 

prior to the training (pre-training 

survey). The pre-training survey also 

will establish a baseline level regarding 

workshop participants’ use and 

exposure to AHRQ EHC Program 

products for comparison at later time 

points. The post-training assessment 

also will be used to assess workshop 

participants’ reaction to the training. 

This is important for the process 

evaluation component of this project as 

it will provide information on 

participants’ reactions to specific 

components of the program (e.g., 

instructor, the content, the presentation 

style, the schedule, etc.), a requirement 

for accreditation purposes, and help to 

identify where minor tweaking of the 

program may be needed to better meet 

participants’ needs. 

(2) Six-Month Post-Training Survey, 

of Primary Participants—This data 

collection will be used to assess the 

behaviors and experiences of workshop 

participants in training others (i.e., 

secondary participants), and whether 

the training has promoted changes to 

participants’ use of PCOR resources in 

SDM with their patients. This survey 

will also be used to assess whether the 

use of AHRQ EHC Program products has 

increased since participating in the 

survey. 

(3) One-Year Post-Training Survey of 

Primary Participants—This data 

collection will be used to assess the 

long-term impact of the train-the-trainer 

workshop on participants’ use of PCOR 

resources in SDM with patients in 

clinical practice. The assessment will 

determine if the training results in or 

contributes to changes in participants’ 

continued use of key training concepts 

relative to baseline and 6-month 

assessments. This assessment also will 

provide information on the numbers of 

other individuals (i.e., secondary 

participants) who have received training 

at subsequent time points by the trainthe-trainer workshop participants and 

the impact of training those secondary 

participants on their organizational 

practices regarding using AHRQ EHC 

Program products in SDM with their 

patients. 

(4) One-Year Post Training Survey of 

Secondary Workshop Participants—This 

data collection will be used to assess the 

effectiveness of the train-the-trainer 

format on disseminating knowledge 

among the health care community. The 

questions of interest include the 

following: 

Æ Are participants from the train-thetrainer workshop able to effectively 

transfer or share key competencies from 

their training to other locally-based 

health care professionals (i.e., secondary 

participants)? 

Æ Do secondary participants taught by 

AHRQ-sponsored train-the-trainer 

workshop participants increase their use 

of AHRQ EEC Program products in SDM 

with their patients? 

(5) New Tool Survey—This data 

collection will be used to gather 

information on AHRQ Web site users 

experiences with the available new tools 

including who uses these tools and if 

they are useful. 

Estimated Annual Respondent Burden 

Exhibit 1 shows the estimated 

annualized burden hours for the 

respondents’ time to participate in this 

evaluation. For the longitudinal 

evaluation, four questionnaires will be 

completed by approximately 1,500 

primary trainees who participate in the 

AHRQ-sponsored EtE train-the-trainer 

workshop, at the specified intervals, and 

each will require 10 or 15 minutes to 

complete. The annual survey of 

secondary participants will be 

completed by 3,000 secondary trainees 

(individuals who receive training from 

primary trainees) over the 3 years. Based 

on previous experience with 

convenience-based Web-based surveys, 

we estimate that the quarterly Webbased survey of new tool users will be 

completed by approximately 1,200 

respondents over the 3-year period. 

Exhibit 2 shows the estimated 

annualized cost burden based on the 

respondents’ time to participate in this 


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project. The total cost burden is 

estimated to be $91,668. 

EXHIBIT 1—ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Form name Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Hours per 

response 

Total burden 

hours 

Pre-training survey (primary trainees) (time point #1) ..................................... * 1500 1 15/60 375 

Post-training survey (time point #2) ................................................................. * 1500 1 15/60 375 

6-month post training survey (time point #3) ................................................... * 1500 1 10/60 250 

12-month post training survey (time point #4) ................................................. * 1500 1 10/60 250 

Annual survey (one-time survey of secondary trainees) ................................. 3000 1 10/60 500 

Quarterly survey of new tool users .................................................................. 1200 1 5/60 100 

Total .......................................................................................................... ** 5,700 NA NA 1850 

* These individuals are the same 1500 individuals (primary trainees) and will be assessed at four different time points. 

** Estimated total number of unique respondents. 

EXHIBIT 2—ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED COST BURDEN

Form name Number of 

respondents 

Total burden 

hours 

Average 

hourly wage 

rate * 

($) 

Total cost 

burden 

($) 

Pre-training survey (primary trainees) (time point #1) ..................................... 1500 375 * 49.55 18,581 

Post-training survey (time point #2) ................................................................. 1500 375 * 49.55 18,581 

6-month post training survey (time point #3) ................................................... 1500 250 * 49.55 12,388 

12-month post training survey (time point #4) ................................................. 1500 250 * 49.55 12,388 

Annual survey (one-time survey of secondary trainees) ................................. 3000 500 * 49.55 24,775 

Quarterly survey of new tool users .................................................................. 1200 100 * 49.55 4,955 

Total .......................................................................................................... ** 5,700 1,850 NA 91,668 

* Average hourly wage based on the weighted average of wages for 1 Family and General Practitioner (29–1062, $81.78), 1 Internist (29– 

1063, $86.20), 1 Physician Assistant (29–1071, $44.96), 1 Psychiatrist (29–1066, $95.33), 1 Nurse Practitioner (29–1171, $44.48), 3 Registered 

Nurses (29–1141, $34.23), 1 Pharmacist (29–1051, $59.87), 1 Licensed Practical or Licensed Vocational Nurse (29–2061, $21.17), 1 Health Educator (21–1091, $20.52), and 1 Administrative Services Manager (11–3011, $37.61). Data Source: National Occupational Employment and 

Wage Estimates in the United States, May 2012, ‘‘U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics’’ (available at http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/naics4 621400.htm). 

** Estimated total number of unique respondents. 

Request for Comments 

In accordance with the above-cited 

Paperwork Reduction Act legislation, 

comments on AHRQ’s information 

collection are requested with regard to 

any of the following: (a) Whether the 

proposed collection of information is 

necessary for the proper performance of 

AHRQ health care research and 

information dissemination functions, 

including whether the information will 

have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of 

AHRQ’s estimate of burden (including 

hours and costs) of the proposed 

collection(s) 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 upon the 

respondents, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and 

included in the Agency’s subsequent 

request for OMB approval of the 

proposed information collection. All 

comments will become a matter of 

public record. 

Dated: June 6, 2014. 

Richard Kronick, 

AHRQ Director. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Agency for Healthcare Research and 

Quality Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Agency for Healthcare Research 

and Quality, HHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

intention of the Agency for Healthcare 

Research and Quality (AHRQ) to request 

that the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) approve the proposed 

information collection project: ‘‘The 

Agency for Healthcare Research and 

Quality (AHRQ) Health Care 

Innovations Exchange Innovator 

Interview and Innovator Email 

Submission Guidelines.’’ In accordance 

with the Paperwork Reduction Act, 44 

U.S.C. 3501–3521, AHRQ invites the 

public to comment on this proposed 

information collection. 

This proposed information collection 

was previously published in the Federal 

Register on March 28th, 2014 and 

allowed 60 days for public comment. No 

comments were received. The purpose 

of this notice is to allow an additional 

30 days for public comment. 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received by July 17, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be submitted to: Doris Lefkowitz, 

Reports Clearance Officer, AHRQ, by 

email at doris.lefkowitz@AHRQ.hhs.gov. 

Copies of the proposed collection 

plans, data collection instruments, and 

specific details on the estimated burden 

can be obtained from the AHRQ Reports 

Clearance Officer. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Doris Lefkowitz, AHRQ Reports 


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