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: National Fetal and Infant Mortality Review (FIMR)

Program Evaluation--New

The Johns Hopkins Women's and Children's Health Policy Center,

under a cooperative agreement with the Maternal and Child Health Bureau

(MCHB) of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is

conducting a national evaluation of the Fetal and Infant Mortality

Review Program. FIMR is community based, aimed at guiding communities

to identify and solve problems contributing to poor reproductive

outcomes and infant health by using the sentinel event of an infant

death to systematically examine a wide array of factors that are

related to infant mortality. FIMR findings are used to stimulate policy

development and quality improvement efforts. The purpose of this

evaluation is to look at the effect of FIMRs and other community-level

perinatal systems initiatives on health systems, with an eye toward

characterizing the unique contributions of the FIMR model and process.

The main objectives of the FIMR evaluation are: (1) to compare the

impact of FIMR on the health and related service systems for women,

infants, and families with infants with that of other perinatal systems

related initiatives, and (2) to compare the implementation of public

health functions related to policies, programs, and practices for

women, infants, and families with infants across a number of community

systems initiatives. The study will utilize three survey instruments

for data collection.

The estimated response burden is as follows:

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Number of Responses per Total Hours per Total burden

Survey respondents respondent respondents response hours

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FIMR............................ 80 1 80 1.75 140

Local Health Dept............... 80 1 80 1.5 120

Perinatal Initiatives........... 160 1 160 1.25 200

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Total....................... .............. .............. 320 .............. 460

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Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed

information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to:

Wendy A. Taylor, Human Resources and Housing Branch, Office of

Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235,

Washington, DC 20503.

Dated: July 29, 1999.

Jane Harrison,

Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.

[FR Doc. 99-20091 Filed 8-4-99; 8:45 am]

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