[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 244 (Wednesday, December 19, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75167-75168]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-30563]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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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 
20503 or by fax to (202) 395-5806. Written comments should be received 
within 30 days of this notice.

Proposed Project

    Evaluation of the Get Yourself Tested (GYT) Campaign--New--National 
Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP), 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    The purpose of this data collection is to evaluate the reach and 
impact of the GYT: Get Yourself Tested campaign. Evaluation of GYT will 
be based on data collected from 4000 young adults. The data will be 
collected through a 30-minute, web-based survey. Data from the survey 
will then be quantitatively evaluated to determine the reach and impact 
of the GYT: Get Yourself Tested campaign.
    This information needs to be collected in order to evaluate whether 
the GYT: Get Yourself Tested campaign is reaching the appropriate 
target audience, identify messages the audience is taking away from 
GYT; determine whether individuals who saw the GYT campaign are more 
likely to engage in target behaviors and their mediators; and determine 
whether perceived norms around testing, treatment, and sexual health 
vary between people who have seen the campaign and those who have not. 
The information obtained from the proposed data collection will be used 
by CDC to improve, update and decide whether to continue the GYT 
campaign and to determine whether GYT is able or unable to impact norms 
and behaviors related to STD testing. It will also be used to inform 
future efforts to communicate with the public about STD/HIV testing.
    Because the GYT campaign targets young adults and minority youth, 
populations with higher rates of STD/HIV than the general population, 
it is essential to examine the effectiveness of this communication to 
determine whether this campaign is addressing these high STD/HIV rates. 
If the campaign is not evaluated, there will be no evidence-based 
criteria which can be used to guide the future of the campaign. 
Additionally, future efforts to communicate with the public and 
providers about STD/HIV issues will be hampered by the lack of evidence 
of this campaign's effectiveness.
    CDC, National Association of City and County Health Officials 
(NACCHO) and Knowledge Networks will disseminate the study results to 
the public through reports prepared for/by CDC, NACCHO and Knowledge 
Networks and through peer-reviewed journal articles and related 
presentations. All releases of information will be reviewed and 
approved by CDC and partner organizations involved with GYT.
    This evaluation study will rely on a Web-based survey to be self-
administered at home or at work on personal computers. Using the 
existing research panel as a population from which to draw a sample of 
participants has many advantages. First, because the panel is already 
recruited, consented, and familiar with the technology, there is no 
burden of recruitment and introduction to the survey method. This saves 
a great deal of burden on the public and on CDC, as we need not engage 
in random-digit dialing (RDD) or other sampling procedures to accrue 
participants, and we need not spend time explaining how to complete the 
survey. Second, Knowledge Networks has conducted the research to 
validate the sample and ensure its representativeness. This enhances 
the generalizability of the study, and thus the value of the results is 
greater than if we relied on a sample of phone-recruited volunteers. 
Third, Knowledge Networks has conducted surveys of sensitive and 
stigmatized topics in the past, including an in-depth and explicit 
sexual behavior survey. These surveys have been extremely successful. 
This allows us to proceed with confidence in the method, the 
contractor, and the survey design. The total annualized

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response burden is estimated at 2000 hours for 4000 web-based surveys.
    There are no costs to respondents other than their time.

                                             Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                   Number of      Average burden
             Respondents                     Form name            Number of      responses per     per response
                                                                 respondents       respondent         (hrs.)
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Young adults........................  Web-based survey.......            4000                1            30/60
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    Dated: December 13, 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. 2012-30563 Filed 12-18-12; 8:45 am]
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