This ICR is
approved on the following conditions: 1) no further process studies
will be conducted for this project without conducting an outcomes
study; 2) given the study limitations identified, limitations will
be reported along with results; and 3) results will be interpreted
cautiously, particularly when reporting any theorized causal
pathways.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
12/31/2009
36 Months From Approved
228
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0
171
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Findings from respondents, including
state tobacco control officers and quitline administrators and
partners, will be used to monitor implementation of the model of
the NNTCQ initiative, and effects on stakeholders and quitline
capacity.
US Code:
42
USC 285a Name of Law: National Cancer Program
The National Cancer Institute,
Cancer Information Service, is requesting clearance of the proposed
data collection for the following reasons: 1. NCI has extended the
end date of the contract under which the process evaluation is
being performed from September 28, 2006, to March 28, 2007, in
order to allow sufficient time for the OMB approval process, data
collection, and analysis and reporting to be carried out pursuant
to the design developed in the first six months of the contract. If
Emergency Clearance is granted by October 31, 2007, this will allow
the necessary minimum period of two to three months to collect the
survey data and two months to produce the draft and final reports.
Allowing less than this minimum time could jeopardize the
completeness of the data and reduce the level of detail and
comprehensiveness of the report. 2. NCI is planning to launch the
first federal-level promotional campaign related to the National
Network of Tobacco Cessation Quitlines in the fourth calendar
quarter of 2006. While the process evaluation data collection is
independent of this campaign, and is concerned with situations and
events that have already occurred, there is some potential for the
ongoing activities and effects of the year-long campaign to obscure
or distort the focus of the various stakeholder respondents who
will be responding about historical events. It is desirable to
minimize as much as possible any overlap between the campaign and
the process data collection. 3. In May of 2006, NCI and CDC
conducted a set of regional meetings with state tobacco control
managers and quitline administrators from all 51 states, meetings
attended also by representatives of quitline service providers and
the North American Quitline Consortium. These attendees constituted
a high percentage of the actual respondents for the proposed data
collection or were representatives of the respondents'
organizations. NCI and CDC presented to this audience the plans for
the process evaluation and its survey component; the agencies
specifically utilized the opportunity to promote the value of the
evaluation to these stakeholders, to explain the importance of
their role in it, and to encourage them individually and
organizationally to cooperate with the data collection. The
agencies also informed the attendees that the surveys would occur
in the end of 2006. It is desirable to adhere to this commitment
and also to maintain the momentum generated by these meetings by
conducting the surveys as soon as possible.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.