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

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 150 (Thursday, August 5, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 42703]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-20091]


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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: 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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