[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 165 (Monday, August 26, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52771-52772]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-20643]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30Day-13-13RE]
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
Public Health Systems, Mental Health and Community Recovery
Project--New--Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
This project stems from, and aligns with, publication of the Office
of Public Health Preparedness and Response's (OPHPR) ``National
Strategic Plan for Public Health Preparedness and Response'' which
provides overall direction for Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention's (CDC) preparedness and response portfolio, including
programmatic direction across OPHPR's four divisions. The focus of this
project is to generate findings useful for future preparedness planning
and response in order to develop strategies and interventions aimed at
mitigating the impact of adverse events. In April 2011, one of the
largest tornado outbreaks ever recorded, a ``Super Outbreak,'' occurred
in the southeastern United States, resulting in more than 300 deaths
and an estimated $10 billion in damages. This large-scale multistate
tragedy offers a unique opportunity to study how communities with
similar cultural and geographic features yet different public health
and mental health emergency response systems could provide access to
care around the same crisis. The outcomes of these efforts can inform
the field of what effect these differences had on the recovery patterns
of each of these communities. By doing so, we can begin to elucidate
best practices for robust community preparedness and recovery with
attention to types of services that most effectively promote the
natural resilience of survivors. Two primary research questions will
guide the proposed study:
1. How did the Alabama and Mississippi State and local public
health and mental health (PH/MH) systems prepare for, respond to, and
support recovery after the April 2011 tornados?
2. To what extent have these communities recovered and what is the
overall health and quality of life of individuals affected by these
events?
CDC requests OMB approval to collect information for two years.
To address these questions, CDC, in collaboration with ICF
International, will conduct a mixed method evaluation utilizing key
informant interviews of public health and mental health agency staff
and other leaders from the community and household survey data in each
of the four regions in Mississippi and Alabama to assess community
recovery. Specifically, the study design includes two main components
(qualitative and quantitative) designed to comprehensively examine the
PH/MH system response to and community recovery and resilience from
disasters.
The total estimated burden for the 98 one-time qualitative
interviews for public health/mental health professionals and community
leaders is 98 hours (98 respondents x 1 hour/response). Interviews will
be conducted during an in-person site-visit to the region to reduce
travel and time burdens on the respondents. Respondents unable to
participate during the site visit may participate via telephone. In
addition, the total estimated burden for the quantitative computer-
assisted interviews are based on 1,313 screener respondents and 860
survey respondents in each of the four tornado effected regions; the
screener will take approximately 2 minutes to complete and the survey
will take approximately 25 minutes to complete.(Study Screener: 4
counties x 1,313 study screeners = 5,252 participants screened; 5,252
participants x 2/60 minutes = 175 hours; Household Survey for General
Public: 4 counties x 860 respondents = 3,440 respondents; 3,440
respondents x 25/60 minutes = 1,433 hours).
There are no costs to respondents other than their time.
The total estimated annual burden hours are 1,706.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of Average burden
Type of respondents Form name Number of responses per per response
respondents respondent (in hrs.)
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Mental Health/Public Health Agency Key Informant Interview 53 1 1
Staff. Guide--PH/MH Agency
Staff & Key Informant
Interview Guide--
Consent Form.
Community Organization Leaders........ Key Informant Interview 45 1 1
Guide--Community
Organization
Respondents & Key
Informant Interview
Guide--Consent Form.
General public from disaster affected Household Survey for 3,440 1 25/60
communities. General Public and
Consent.
General public from disaster affected Household Survey for 5,252 1 2/60
communities. General Public--Study
Screener.
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LeRoy Richardson,
Chief, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Scientific
Integrity, Office of the Associate Director for Science, Office of the
Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2013-20643 Filed 8-23-13; 8:45 am]
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