The Division of Transplantation (DoT), Healthcare Systems Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is planning to conduct a telephone survey of public knowledge, perceptions, opinion, and behaviors related to organ donation. The proposed study will identify current organ donation views and practices of the American public and various population subgroups using a survey instrument measuring issues such as public knowledge about and attitudes toward organ donation, public commitment to or willingness to donate, impediments to public willingness to donate, and attitudes toward living donation, donation practices, policy issues, allocation policy, presumed consent, and financial incentives for donation. Two national surveys using nearly identical survey instruments to identify public views and behaviors related to organ donation were conducted in 1993 and 2005, and results from this study will be utilized to track changes over time.
The burden per respondent (.3 hours) will be the same as it was in the prior rounds (1993 and 2005) of this survey. However, there is an increase in the number of overall respondents selected for the current survey.
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;
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