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

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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