Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: Comment Request

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) will publish periodic summaries of proposed

projects being developed for submission to 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, call the HRSA Reports Clearance Officer on (301) 443-1129.

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: Assessment of Bureau of Primary Health Care

(BPHC)-Funded Providers' Level of Knowledge and Training Needs for

Reducing Perinatal Transmission of HIV--NEW

The HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB) intends to conduct a survey of 300 health

care providers who work in BPHC-funded programs and who treat women of

childbearing age. The specific topic area for 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 BPHC-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 done by mail, with phone follow-up if necessary

to improve response rates. The estimate of burden is as follows:

Type of Respondent............................................... (\1\)

Number of Respondents............................................ 300

Responses Per Respondent......................................... 1

Hours Per Response............................................... .25

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Total Burden Hours........................................... 75

\1\ Physicians.

Send comments to Patricia Royston, HRSA Reports Clearance Officer,

Room 14-36, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857.

Written comments should be received on or before January 27, 1998.

Dated: November 21, 1997.

Jane Harrison,

Acting Director,

Division of Policy Review and Coordination.

[FR Doc. 97-31207 Filed 11-26-97; 8:45 am]

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