[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 233 (Tuesday, December 4, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71794-71795]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-29183]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30Day-13-0840]
Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) publishes a
list of information collection requests under review by the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction
Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a copy of these requests, call
(404) 639-7570 or send an email to [email protected]. Send written comments
to CDC Desk Officer, Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC or
by fax to (202) 395-5806. Written comments should be received within 30
days of this notice.
Proposed Project
Formative Research and Tool Development--(OMB 0920-0840,
Exp. 1/31/2013)--Revision--National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral
Hepatitis, STD, TB Prevention (NCHHSTP), Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention request approval for
a revision and a 3 year approval for the previously approved Formative
Research and Tool Development. This information collection request has
been revised to include one additional type of formative research
information collection activity, additional detail regarding the
previously approved categories of formative research, and instrument
testing for data collection activities used to inform many aspects of
surveillance, communications, health promotion, and research project
development for NCHHSTP's 4 priority diseases (HIV/AIDS, sexually
transmitted diseases/infections (STD/STI), viral hepatitis, and
tuberculosis elimination. Formative research is the basis for
developing effective strategies including communication channels, for
influencing behavior change. It helps researchers identify and
understand the characteristics--interests, behaviors and needs--of
target populations that influence their decisions and actions.
Formative research is integral in developing programs as well as
improving existing and ongoing programs. Formative research also looks
at the community in which a public health intervention is being or will
be implemented and helps the project staff understand the interests,
attributes and needs of different populations and persons in that
community. Formative research is research that occurs before a program
is designed and implemented, or while a program is being conducted.
Formative research is an integral part of developing programs or
adapting programs that deal with the complexity of behaviors, social
context, cultural identities, and health care that underlie the
epidemiology of HIV/AIDS, viral hepatitis, STDs, and TB in the U.S.
CDC conducts formative research to develop public-sensitive
communication messages and user friendly tools prior to developing or
recommending interventions, or care. Sometimes these studies are
entirely behavioral but most often they are cycles of interviews and
focus groups designed to inform the development of a product.
Products from these formative research studies will be used for
prevention of HIV/AIDS, Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI), viral
Hepatitis, and Tuberculosis. Findings from these studies may also be
presented as evidence to disease-specific National Advisory Committees,
to support revisions to recommended prevention and intervention
methods, as well as new recommendations.
Much of CDC's health communication takes place within campaigns
that have fairly lengthy planning periods--timeframes that accommodate
the standard Federal process for approving data collections. Short term
qualitative interviewing and cognitive research techniques have
previously proven invaluable in the development of scientifically valid
and population-appropriate methods, interventions, and instruments.
This request includes studies investigating the utility and
acceptability of proposed sampling and recruitment methods,
intervention contents and delivery, questionnaire domains, individual
questions, and interactions with project staff or electronic data
collection equipment. These activities will also provide information
about how respondents answer questions and ways in which question
response bias and error can be reduced.
This request also includes collection of information from public
health programs to assess needs related to initiation of a new program
activity or expansion or changes in scope or implementation of existing
program activities to adapt them to current needs. The information
collected will be used to advise programs and provide capacity-building
assistance tailored to identified needs.
Overall, these development activities are intended to provide
information that will increase the success of the surveillance or
research projects through increasing response rates and decreasing
response error, thereby decreasing future data collection burden to the
public. The studies that will be covered under this request will
include one or more of the following investigational modalities: (1)
structured and qualitative interviewing for surveillance, research,
interventions and material development, (2) cognitive interviewing for
development of specific data collection instruments, (3) methodological
research (4) usability testing of technology-based instruments and
materials, (5) field testing of new methodologies and materials, (6)
investigation of mental models for health decision-making, to inform
health communication messages, and (7) organizational needs assessment
to support development of capacity. Respondents who will participate in
individual and group interviews (qualitative, cognitive, and computer
assisted development activities) are selected purposively from those
who respond to recruitment advertisements.
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In addition to utilizing advertisements for recruitment,
respondents who will participate in research on survey methods may be
selected purposively or systematically from within an ongoing
surveillance or research project. Participation of respondents is
voluntary. The total estimated burden is 55820 hours.
There is no cost to participants other than their time.
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Number of
Type of respondent Form name No. of responses per Average hours
respondents respondent per response
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General public and health care Screener................ 97440 1 10/60
providers.
General public and health care Consent Forms........... 48720 1 5/60
providers.
General public and health care Individual interview.... 7920 1 1
providers.
General public and health care Group interview......... 4800 1 2
providers.
General public and health care Survey of Individual.... 36000 1 30/60
providers.
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Dated: November 26, 2012.
Ron A. Otten,
Director, Office of Scientific Integrity (OSI), Office of the Associate
Director for Science (OADS), Office of the Director, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2012-29183 Filed 12-3-12; 8:45 am]
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