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.

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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: Increasing Donor Awareness on College Campuses;

New

Despite apparent widespread public support for organ donation and

transplantation, few individuals in the United States declare intent to

be organ and tissue donors. Innovative interventions are necessary to

help individuals move from positive attitudes about organ donation to

the behaviors of declaring intent and informing family of that intent.

The goal of the current project is to develop, implement and evaluate a

donor awareness program on college and university campuses. The

specific aim of the study is to evaluate the effect of a 6-month

college-wide intervention program on organ donation intentions. An

experimental design will be used consisting of two pairs of colleges

matched on variables including freshman class size, geographic region,

and cultural diversity of the student body. The design is a 2

(Intervention x Control) by 2 (School pair 1 x School pair 2). To

increase donor awareness, intervention schools will receive a ``how-to-

kit'' to aid them in implementing a campus-wide donor campaign. This

kit will provide materials and activities, and serve as a guide for

initiating an organ and tissue donor awareness campaign. The kits will

be standardized across schools. Donation intentions and other variables

of interest will be assessed by means of self-administered

questionnaires completed by a sample of students at each university at

two time periods, prior to and following the 6-month intervention

period. The frequency of students declaring intent to donate organs and

documenting that intent via college student identification cards or

donor cards is the primary outcome measure. The frequency of students

reporting that they have informed family members of their donation

intent also will be evaluated. In addition, secondary and process

outcomes (e.g., levels of readiness to become an organ donor) will be

assessed.

The estimated respondent burden is as follows:

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Responses

Survey phase Number of per Hours per Total hour

respondents respondent response burden

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Baseline................................................ 4,000 1 0.3 1,200

Follow-up............................................... 4,000 1 0.3 1,200

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Total............................................... 4,000 2 0.3 2,400

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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 within 60 days of this notice.

Dated: March 10, 1998.

Jane Harrison,

Acting Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.

[FR Doc. 98-6778 Filed 3-16-98; 8:45 am]

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