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Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System, May 18, 2012.
Robert deV. Frierson,
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In compliance with the requirement
of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for
opportunity for public comment on
proposed data collection projects, the
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic
summaries of proposed projects. To
request more information on the
proposed projects or to obtain a copy of
the data collection plans and
instruments, call 404–639–7570 or send
comments to Kimberly S. Lane, at CDC,
1600 Clifton Road, MS D–74, Atlanta,
GA 30333 or send an email to
omb@cdc.gov.
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. Written comments should
be received within 60 days of this
notice.
Proposed Project
Evaluation of the Communities
Putting Prevention to Work National
Media Initiative—New—National Center
for Chronic Disease Prevention and
Health Promotion (NCCDPHP), Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)
allotted $650 million to the Department
of Health and Human Services (HHS) to
support evidence-based prevention and
wellness strategies. The cornerstone of
the initiative is the Communities
Putting Prevention to Work (CPPW)
Community Program, administered by
the CDC. In March 2010, HHS made 44
CPPW awards for community-based
obesity and tobacco preventions efforts,
followed in September 2010 by
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additional awards made possible by
Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding.
Between the two funding sources, there
are 50 communities that are part of
CPPW: 28 are obesity only-funded
communities; 11 are dual-funded for
both obesity and tobacco initiatives; and
11 are tobacco only-funded.
CPPW awardees are implementing
interventions that they have selected
from a preselected group of evidencebased strategies that have been defined
for physical activity, nutrition, and
tobacco use. CPPW program efforts are
supported by a 30-month National
Prevention Media Initiative. Although
originally planned as a national
campaign, CDC determined that the best
support for the CPPW communities
would be to shift to a localized
approach. Thus, rather than a national
campaign, CDC and an evaluation
contractor worked with the
communities to develop media buy
plans and to place local media buys
from an approved pool of creative
materials. The media plans are being
tailored to best support each awardee’s
local efforts, including tailored media
mix, creative and timing. Each
community has a different schedule for
when the ads are running, but overall,
ads placed by the CPPW National Media
Initiative will run between February
2012 and December 2012.
CDC plans to conduct two cycles of
information collection to evaluate the
local media campaigns in 39 CPPW
communities that are addressing
obesity. Although we placed ads in all
50 communities, the Office on Smoking
and Health is already evaluating the
impact of tobacco media throughout the
United States, including in CPPW
communities. Therefore, the evaluation
study described in this information
collection request will concentrate on
the 39 CPPW communities addressing
obesity. Communities were initially
provided the opportunity to select from
twelve obesity prevention ads.
Additionally, some communities
requested CDC support in placing their
own ads to strengthen their locallybranded marketing efforts. The topics
addressed in all the ads that CDC placed
are childhood obesity, nutrition,
physical activity, and physical activity
and physical education in schools. The
intended audiences for these ads are the
general public, with many communities
focusing on parents, and specifically on
mothers.
CDC plans to conduct two cycles of
information collection: in Fall 2012 and
Winter/Spring 2013. Information will be
collected through brief telephone
interviews with adults in the 39 CPPW
communities that are focusing on
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obesity, after a brief screening process to
obtain the respondent’s consent and to
determine eligibility. A separate sample
will be drawn for each community. CDC
plans to obtain a total of 6,000 complete
responses for each cycle of data
collection. Interview questions will
assess: (1) Awareness (aided and
unaided) of the local community media
efforts/campaigns about obesity; (2)
beliefs about and attitudes toward the
issue of obesity in their communities;
and (3) behaviors and behavioral
insights to be gained from this
information collection will be valuable
to assessing the impact that CPPW has
achieved in taking on the obesity
epidemic and may be used to inform the
design and delivery of future media
campaigns.
OMB approval is requested for one
year. Participation in the telephone
interviews is voluntary and there are no
costs to respondents other than their
time.
intentions that encourage active living
and healthy eating. The evaluation plan
specifically seeks to identify and
describe changes in beliefs and
behaviors as a function of exposure to
the media campaign.
The long-term goals of CPPW are to
modify the environmental determinants
of risk factors for chronic diseases;
prevent or delay chronic diseases;
promote wellness in children and
adults; and provide positive, sustainable
health change in communities. The
ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Average
burden per
response
(in hr)
Number of
responses per
respondent
Number of
respondents
Total burden
(in hr)
Type of respondent
Form name
Adult General Public .........................
Screener for the Community Telephone Interview.
Community Telephone Interview (incomplete).
Community Telephone Interview
(complete).
22,400
1
5/60
187
400
1
5/60
33
12,000
1
10/60
2,000
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........................
........................
........................
2,220
Total ...........................................
Kimberly S. Lane,
Deputy Director, Office of Scientific Integrity,
Office of the Associate Director for Science,
Office of the Director, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention.
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HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services
Administration
Final Notice Regarding Updates and
Clarifications of the Implementation of
the Scholarships for Disadvantaged
Students Program
Health Resources and Services
Administration, Department of Health
and Human Services.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Health Resources and
Services Administration (HRSA)
announces updates and clarifications for
the implementation of the Scholarships
for Disadvantaged Students (SDS)
program under authority of Section 737
of the Public Health Service Act (PHS
Act). This notice supersedes all
previous notices regarding the SDS
program.
A notice which proposed updates and
clarified implementation of the SDS
program was published in the Federal
Register on March 20, 2012 (77 FR
16244). A period of 30 days was
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established to allow public comment
concerning the proposed updates and
implementation. Twenty-two letters
were received, each with multiple
comments. This notice discusses the
comments and sets forth the final
updates and implementation to the SDS
program.
DATES: Effective Date: The program
clarifications described in this notice
will be implemented in fiscal year (FY)
2012 and beyond and will become
effective for SDS funds awarded to
schools in FY 2012 and beyond.
Purpose: HRSA is updating the SDS
program to increase the impact of the
program in the areas addressed in the
program’s authorizing statute.
Specifically, the authorizing statute
allows the Secretary to make grants to
eligible entities that are carrying out a
program for recruiting and retaining
students from disadvantaged
backgrounds, including students who
are members of racial and ethnic
minority groups (PHS Act, Sec.
737(d)(1)(B)). In addition, grantees
provide scholarships to individuals who
meet the following requirements: (1) Are
from disadvantaged backgrounds; (2)
have a financial need for a scholarship;
and (3) are enrolled (or accepted for
enrollment) at an eligible health
professions or nursing school as a fulltime student in a program leading to a
degree in nursing or a health profession
(PHS Act, Sec. 737(d)(2)(A–C)). Under
the statute, priority is given to eligible
entities based on the proportion of
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graduating students going into primary
care, the proportion of underrepresented
minority students, and the proportion of
graduates working in medically
underserved communities (PHS Act,
Sec. 737(c)). There is also a requirement
to award at least 16 percent of the
available funds to schools of nursing
(PHS Act, Sec. 740(a)).
The SDS Program required updating,
because the program grantee population
had grown from 401 schools in FY 2000
to almost 700 health profession schools
in FY 2011. Since all SDS eligible
schools received grant awards, the
funding had been divided into ever
decreasing amounts per school over the
years. Many of the schools, in an effort
to provide funding to each of their
disadvantaged students, spread the
award equally among the disadvantaged
students and the smaller school award
amounts resulted in smaller student
scholarship amounts. While the student
scholarship amounts decreased, the
tuition rates increased. For many
students with insufficient financial
resources, the small award size was
unlikely to provide enough funding to
continue in school. Also, the primary
care and underrepresented minority
student priority weights used were too
small to adequately incentivize and
reward schools that were successful in
graduating primary care
underrepresented minority students or
who had excellent plans to improve
their programs to recruit and retain
students from disadvantaged
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60 Day-12-12LA]
Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and
Recommendations
In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for opportunity for public comment on
proposed data collection projects, the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic summaries of proposed projects.
To request more information on the proposed projects or to obtain a
copy of the data collection plans and instruments, call 404-639-7570 or
send comments to Kimberly S. Lane, at CDC, 1600 Clifton Road, MS D-74,
Atlanta, GA 30333 or send an email to omb@cdc.gov.
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. Written comments should be received
within 60 days of this notice.
Proposed Project
Evaluation of the Communities Putting Prevention to Work National
Media Initiative--New--National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention
and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP), Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) allotted
$650 million to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to
support evidence-based prevention and wellness strategies. The
cornerstone of the initiative is the Communities Putting Prevention to
Work (CPPW) Community Program, administered by the CDC. In March 2010,
HHS made 44 CPPW awards for community-based obesity and tobacco
preventions efforts, followed in September 2010 by additional awards
made possible by Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding. Between the two
funding sources, there are 50 communities that are part of CPPW: 28 are
obesity only-funded communities; 11 are dual-funded for both obesity
and tobacco initiatives; and 11 are tobacco only-funded.
CPPW awardees are implementing interventions that they have
selected from a preselected group of evidence-based strategies that
have been defined for physical activity, nutrition, and tobacco use.
CPPW program efforts are supported by a 30-month National Prevention
Media Initiative. Although originally planned as a national campaign,
CDC determined that the best support for the CPPW communities would be
to shift to a localized approach. Thus, rather than a national
campaign, CDC and an evaluation contractor worked with the communities
to develop media buy plans and to place local media buys from an
approved pool of creative materials. The media plans are being tailored
to best support each awardee's local efforts, including tailored media
mix, creative and timing. Each community has a different schedule for
when the ads are running, but overall, ads placed by the CPPW National
Media Initiative will run between February 2012 and December 2012.
CDC plans to conduct two cycles of information collection to
evaluate the local media campaigns in 39 CPPW communities that are
addressing obesity. Although we placed ads in all 50 communities, the
Office on Smoking and Health is already evaluating the impact of
tobacco media throughout the United States, including in CPPW
communities. Therefore, the evaluation study described in this
information collection request will concentrate on the 39 CPPW
communities addressing obesity. Communities were initially provided the
opportunity to select from twelve obesity prevention ads. Additionally,
some communities requested CDC support in placing their own ads to
strengthen their locally-branded marketing efforts. The topics
addressed in all the ads that CDC placed are childhood obesity,
nutrition, physical activity, and physical activity and physical
education in schools. The intended audiences for these ads are the
general public, with many communities focusing on parents, and
specifically on mothers.
CDC plans to conduct two cycles of information collection: in Fall
2012 and Winter/Spring 2013. Information will be collected through
brief telephone interviews with adults in the 39 CPPW communities that
are focusing on
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obesity, after a brief screening process to obtain the respondent's
consent and to determine eligibility. A separate sample will be drawn
for each community. CDC plans to obtain a total of 6,000 complete
responses for each cycle of data collection. Interview questions will
assess: (1) Awareness (aided and unaided) of the local community media
efforts/campaigns about obesity; (2) beliefs about and attitudes toward
the issue of obesity in their communities; and (3) behaviors and
behavioral intentions that encourage active living and healthy eating.
The evaluation plan specifically seeks to identify and describe changes
in beliefs and behaviors as a function of exposure to the media
campaign.
The long-term goals of CPPW are to modify the environmental
determinants of risk factors for chronic diseases; prevent or delay
chronic diseases; promote wellness in children and adults; and provide
positive, sustainable health change in communities. The insights to be
gained from this information collection will be valuable to assessing
the impact that CPPW has achieved in taking on the obesity epidemic and
may be used to inform the design and delivery of future media
campaigns.
OMB approval is requested for one year. Participation in the
telephone interviews is voluntary and there are no costs to respondents
other than their time.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of Average burden
Type of respondent Form name Number of responses per per response Total burden
respondents respondent (in hr) (in hr)
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Adult General Public.......... Screener for the 22,400 1 5/60 187
Community
Telephone
Interview.
Community 400 1 5/60 33
Telephone
Interview
(incomplete).
Community 12,000 1 10/60 2,000
Telephone
Interview
(complete).
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Total..................... ................ .............. .............. .............. 2,220
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Kimberly S. Lane,
Deputy Director, Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of the
Associate Director for Science, Office of the Director, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
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