[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 171 (Tuesday, September 4, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53887-53888]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-21720]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60-Day-12-12RI]
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
and send comments to Ron Otten, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D74, Atlanta, GA
30333 or send an email to [email protected].
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
Information Collection on foreign-born, migrant, refugee and other
mobile populations with current or future ties to the United States--
New--National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases
(NCEZID), Division of Global Migration and Quarantine (DGMQ), Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National
Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), Division
of Global Migration and Quarantine (DGMQ), requests approval of a new
``generic clearance'' to better understand the health status, risk
factors for disease and other health outcomes among foreign-born,
migrant, refugee and other mobile populations with current or future
ties to the United States. Insights gained from information collections
will assist in the planning, implementation and improvement of disease
prevention and control activities.
The information collection for which approval is sought is in
accordance with DGMQ's mission to reduce morbidity and mortality among
immigrants, refugees, travelers, expatriates, and other globally mobile
populations, and to prevent the introduction, transmission, or spread
of communicable diseases from foreign countries into the United States.
This
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mission is supported by delegated legal authorities.
Section 361 of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act (42 USC 264)
authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to make and
enforce regulations necessary to prevent the introduction,
transmission, or spread of communicable diseases from foreign countries
or possessions into the United States and from one state or possession
into any other state or possession. These regulations are codified in
42 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Parts 70 and 71.
The Secretary of Health and Human Services also has the legal
authority to establish regulations outlining the requirements for the
medical examination of aliens before they may be admitted into the
United States. This authority is provided under Section 212(a)(1)(A) of
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(1)(A)) and
Section 325 of the Public Health Service Act. These regulations are
codified in 42 CFR part 34, which establish requirements that determine
whether aliens can be admitted into the United States.
Successful implementation of DGMQ's regulatory authority and public
health mission requires a variety of information collections with
foreign-born, migrant and other mobile populations with current or
future ties to the United States. These include but are not limited to:
Immigrants, international travelers, asylees and refugees, expatriates,
border region residents, temporary migrants, and permanent alien
residents.
Numerous types of information will be collected under the auspices
of this generic OMB clearance. These include, but are not limited to,
knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, behavioral intentions, practices,
behaviors, skills, self-efficacy, and health information needs and
sources.
The proposed generic clearance is needed for DGMQ to fulfill its
regulatory authority and public health mission, and will allow DGMQ to
quickly collect important health-related information from the
aforementioned hard-to-reach populations in order to improve routine
and emergency public health programs and activities.
DGMQ staff proposes that data collection methods for this package
will include but are not limited to: interviews, focus groups, and
surveys. Depending on the specific purpose, data collection methods may
be conducted either in-person, by telephone, on paper, or online. Data
may be collected in quantitative and/or qualitative forms. Each
proposed information collection will submit the tools used for data
collection, including screenshots of web-based surveys, in the
statement provided to OMB.
DGMQ estimates that 59,550 respondents will be screened in order
for 19,850 to be involved in information collection activities each
year. It is estimated that information collection activities will total
21,992 burden hours per year.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Average
Number of Number of burden per Total burden
Type of respondent Form name respondents responses per response (in hours
respondent hours)
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Foreign-born, migrant, refugee Screeners for 39,700 1 10/60 6,617
and other mobile populations. Surveys, Focus
Groups,
Interviews.
Foreign-born, migrant, refugee Surveys......... 19,200 1 45/60 14,400
and other mobile populations.
Foreign-born, migrant, refugee Focus Groups, 650 1 1.5 975
and other mobile populations. Interviews.
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Total..................... ................ .............. .............. .............. 21,992
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Dated: August 28, 2012.
Ron A, Otten,
Director, Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of the Associate
Director for Science, Office of the Director, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2012-21720 Filed 8-31-12; 8:45 am]
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