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[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 150 (Wednesday, August 5, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41860-41861]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-20877]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration

Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request

    Periodically, the Health Resources and Services Administration 
(HRSA) publishes abstracts of information collection requests under 
review by the Office of Management and Budget, in compliance with the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a 
copy of the clearance requests submitted to OMB for review, call the 
HRSA Reports Clearance Office on (301) 443-1129.
    The following request has been submitted to the Office of 
Management and Budget for review under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995:

Proposed Project: The Knowledge of Ryan White Providers About 
ACTG076

    NEW--The HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB) intends to conduct a survey of 
approximately 305 health care providers who work in Ryan White IIIb 
funded programs and who treat women of childbearing age. The specific 
topic area of this study relates to perinatal transmission of HIV.
    The purpose of this survey is to determine:

--The specific training and learning needs of providers in Ryan White 
funded programs with regard to HIV/AIDS issues (especially perinatal 
transmission of HIV) and women of childbearing age.
--The preferred modes of training.
--The level of knowledge of, and adherence to, Government protocols for 
treating women of childbearing age and reducing the risk of perinatal 
transmission of HIV.
--The familiarity of practitioners with recent advances in HIV/AIDS 
treatments such as protease inhibitors and combined therapies.

    Results from this research will be used to develop specific 
training curricula for these providers and to enhance educational and 
service delivery-related support for Bureau-funded providers and 
clinics.
    The study will be a self-administered mail survey, with phone 
follow-up if necessary to improve response rates.
    The estimated respondent burden is as follows:

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                                                 Number of      Responses per      Hours per       Total burden 
             Type of respondent                 respondents       respondent        response          hours     
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Health care providers.......................             305                1              .25               76 
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    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to: 
Laura Oliven, Human Resources and Housing Branch, Office of Management 
and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 
20503.

    Dated: July 31, 1998.
Jane Harrison,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 98-20877 Filed 8-4-98; 8:45 am]
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