Notice2023-09599
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: Public Comment Request; Information Collection Request Title: Evaluation of Programs Supporting the Mental Health of the Health Professions Workforce, OMB No. 0915-xxxx-New
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May 5, 2023
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Health and Human Services DepartmentHealth Resources and Services Administration
Abstract
In compliance with the requirement for opportunity for public comment on proposed data collection projects of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, HRSA announces plans to submit an Information Collection Request (ICR), described below, to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Prior to submitting the ICR to OMB, HRSA seeks comments from the public regarding the burden estimate, below, or any other aspect of the ICR.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 87 (Friday, May 5, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29137-29138]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-09599]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection:
Public Comment Request; Information Collection Request Title:
Evaluation of Programs Supporting the Mental Health of the Health
Professions Workforce, OMB No. 0915-xxxx--New
AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department
of Health and Human Services.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirement for opportunity for public
comment on proposed data collection projects of the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995, HRSA announces plans to submit an Information Collection
Request (ICR), described below, to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB). Prior to submitting the ICR to OMB, HRSA seeks comments from the
public regarding the burden estimate, below, or any other aspect of the
ICR.
DATES: Comments on this ICR should be received no later than July 5,
2023.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#285849584d5a5f475a4368405a5b49064f475e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="483829382d3a3f273a2308203a3b29662f273e">[email protected]</span></a> or mail the HRSA
Information Collection Clearance Officer, Room 14N136B, 5600 Fishers
Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on the
proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and
draft instruments, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#027263726770756d7069426a7071632c656d74"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d1a1b0a1b4a3a6bea3ba91b9a3a2b0ffb6bea7">[email protected]</span></a> or call Samantha Miller,
the acting HRSA Information Collection Clearance Officer, at 301-594-
4394.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When submitting comments or requesting
information, please include the ICR title for reference.
Information Collection Request Title: Evaluation of Programs
Supporting the Mental Health of the Health Professions Workforce, OMB
No. 0915-xxxx--New.
Abstract: The Public Health Service Act and the American Rescue
Plan Act of 2021 authorized three programs administered by HRSA: (1)
the Health and Public Safety Workforce Resiliency Training Program (the
Training Program); (2) the Promoting Resilience and Mental Health among
Health Professional Workforce Program (the Workforce Program); and (3)
the Health and Public Safety Workforce Resiliency Technical Assistance
Center (the Technical Assistance Center). The Training Program funds
resilience training activities for the health workforce in rural and
underserved communities. The Workforce Program supports organizations'
programs or protocols that foster resilience and wellness among the
health workforce in these communities. The Technical Assistance Center
provides tailored training and technical assistance to Training Program
and Workforce Program awardees. The purpose of the planned evaluation
is to assess the three programs with respect to their goals of
promoting resiliency and mental health in the health workforce. Data
collection efforts will inform HRSA leadership about the progress,
costs and benefits, and impact of these efforts to support the delivery
of health care in the United States.
Methods of Collection
Quantitative and qualitative de-identified data will be collected
from awardees and their health care workforce. Each instrument will be
administered twice over the 4-year evaluation period; once mid-way
through the project period and once after the project period has ended.
There will also be a one-time comparison group survey. To achieve the
evaluation, the study will use the following quantitative data
collection instruments:
The Healthcare Workforce Survey is a web-based survey intended to
collect data on the impact and implementation of the Training Program
and the Workforce Program from individuals in both programs' target
populations. Respondents will only be asked questions that are relevant
to their experience. The Healthcare Workforce Survey includes questions
about before and after program participation to assess self-reported
change.
The Fielding Tracker is an Excel-based tool that Workforce Program
and Training Program awardees will help populate with information on
how they distributed the Healthcare Workforce Survey (e.g., type and
frequency of email communications sent to the target populations of
grant-funded activities, number of individuals emailed, number of
undeliverable emails received, and demographic information). It will
also gather aggregated demographic information on the target population
required for a non-response bias analysis (this information is not
reported to HRSA elsewhere).
The Awardee Training and Services Report is an Excel-based tool
that will be used to clarify how evaluators can refer to each activity
Training Program and the Workforce Program grantees implemented on the
Healthcare Workforce Survey so that respondents will recognize the
activities. The Awardee Training and Services Report will also request
key descriptive information for each activity. Each report will include
pre-populated activities or training programs that have been reported
to HRSA to reduce burden on the Training Program and Workforce Program
awardees, while confirming, revising, or adding details, as needed.
The Health and Public Safety Workforce Resiliency Training Program
Comparison Group Survey is a web-based survey intended to assess key
outcomes among those in the health workforce who did not have access to
Training Program-funded activities. A third-party vendor will provide
the health workforce sample. Eligibility for this survey will be
assessed using a brief web-based Screener. The purpose of the screener
is to identify respondents with similar characteristics as the Training
Program participants.
The Awardee Survey about the Technical Assistance Center is a web-
based survey intended to assess the Training Program and the Workforce
Program awardees' experiences with and perceptions of the impact from
technical assistance provided by the Technical Assistance Center. In
addition, the Awardee Survey is designed to gather details about
program implementation to inform future programming.
The Awardee Cost Workbook is an Excel-based tool that will be used
to conduct a cost-benefit analysis. It will be pre-populated with
existing data for the Training Program and the Workforce Program
awardees to verify and update as needed. Workforce Program awardees are
expected to have lower response burden because they are required to
report staff turnover rates through annual reporting; the Training
Program awardees are not.
The Awardee Interview Guide and Organizational Assessment Interview
Protocol are qualitative data collection instruments the evaluation
team will use as semi-structured interview guides to understand the
awardees' perspectives on challenges, lessons learned, and
organizational change. The Organizational Assessment interviews will be
conducted with the Workforce Program awardees, given the grant
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program's unique focus on organizational change. Questions will be
tailored depending on the role of the interviewee, which could include
the awardee project director, the manager, an external partner, and up
to three workforce team members.
Need and Proposed Use of the Information: The information collected
for this evaluation will enable a comprehensive evaluation of these
important HRSA-funded programs to promote resiliency and improve mental
health in the health workforce. The proposed data collection efforts
are critical to understanding program outcomes and will inform
leadership on program progress and inform future programming. Data
collection will assist in the development of actionable strategies and
methodologies to inform future programs, investment strategies, and
ongoing workforce resiliency policy development. Data collection will
align with parallel efforts across HRSA, providing previously un-
collected or un-verified information critical to understanding factors
related to the success of current HRSA programs. All instruments have
been designed to leverage and not duplicate annual performance
reporting requirements and data collected by the Technical Assistance
Center.
Likely Respondents: For the Healthcare Workforce Survey, all
individuals in the target population of the Training Program and
Workforce Programs will be invited to complete the survey. For the
Training Program Comparison Group Survey, the following types of
professionals across the four census regions will be targeted: nurses,
physicians, physician assistants, behavioral health providers, nursing
students, medical school students and residents, and clinical social
work or psychology students. For the Awardee Interviews and Awardee
Training and Services Reports Form, the Training Program, Workforce
Program, and Technical Assistance Center awardees will be invited to
participate. For the Awardee Survey about the Technical Assistance
Center and the Fielding Tracker, the Training Program and Workforce
Program awardees will be asked to participate. For the Organizational
Assessment Interviews, multiple types of staff at each Workforce
Program awardee organization will be targeted.
Burden Statement: Burden in this context means the time expended by
persons to generate, maintain, retain, disclose, or provide the
information requested. This includes the time needed to review
instructions; to develop, acquire, install, and utilize technology and
systems for the purpose of collecting, validating, and verifying
information, processing and maintaining information, and disclosing and
providing information; to train personnel and to be able to respond to
a collection of information; to search data sources; to complete and
review the collection of information; and to transmit or otherwise
disclose the information. The total annual burden hours estimated for
this ICR are summarized in the table below.
Total Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of Average burden
Form name Number of responses per Total per response Total burden
respondents respondent responses (in hours) hours
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Healthcare Workforce Survey..... 29,359 1 29,359 0.25 7,340
The Training Program Comparison 180,000 1 180,000 0.05 9,000
Group Screener.................
The Training Program Comparison 2,600 1 2,600 0.17 442
Group Survey...................
The Training Program Awardee 34 1 34 5.00 170
Cost Workbook..................
Awardee Interview Guide......... 44 1 44 1.50 66
Awardee Training and Services 44 1 44 1.00 44
Report.........................
Fielding Tracker................ 44 1 44 4.00 176
The Workforce Program Awardee 10 1 10 3.50 35
Cost Workbook..................
The Workforce Program 50 1 50 1.00 50
Organizational Assessment
Interview Protocol.............
Awardee Survey about the 44 1 44 1.00 44
Technical Assistance Center....
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Total....................... 212,229 10 212,229 17.47 17,367
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HRSA specifically requests comments on (1) the necessity and
utility of the proposed information collection for the proper
performance of the agency's functions, (2) the accuracy of the
estimated burden, (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
of the information to be collected, and (4) the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of information technology to
minimize the information collection burden.
Maria G. Button,
Director, Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2023-09599 Filed 5-4-23; 8:45 am]
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