[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 239 (Thursday, December 12, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75568-75569]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-29695]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
[30Day-14-13AIM]
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
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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
Chemical Emergencies Audience Analysis--New--Agency for Toxic
Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR).
Background and Brief Description
The National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH) and the Agency
for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) play a vital role in
mitigating chemical-related risks to public health. As part of that
role, both agencies are responsible for assessing, minimizing, and
monitoring risks to public health, and are tasked with providing
trusted, accurate health information to the public. Given that both
agencies are under the same leadership, information collected to inform
health communications will be of value to both agencies.
The Office of Communications is seeking a one-year OMB-approval for
an initiative to increase the effectiveness of the agencies'
communications related to both unintentional and intentional chemical
releases. In order to inform the development of messages and materials,
the Office of Communications would like to understand the knowledge,
attitudes, and behaviors (KAB) of key professional audiences who are
involved in the immediate aftermath of chemical emergencies. In
consultation with Subject Matter Experts, the Office of Communications
prioritized the following professional audiences for this research:
First responders, including police, fire fighters and
emergency medical service workers
Emergency department personnel, both clinical and non-clinical
Environmental and public health professionals at the city,
county and state levels
Poison Control Center directors and staff
This information collection seeks to characterize what these key
professionals know and believe about chemical emergency events, what
related activities and behaviors they engage in or would engage in,
what information these audiences want, and what their challenges and
concerns are.
This information collection seeks approval to obtain data using two
qualitative data collection methods. The first method includes focus
groups to explore the KAB of members of these key professions in a
group setting, allowing for dialogue between participants to provide
the Office of Communications with in-depth information about this
complex topic. Focus groups will take place remotely using Webinar
technology, and participants will join the discussion by telephone.
Although the Recruitment Screeners vary by respondent type, the same
Moderator's Guide will be used for all focus groups. The second part of
this information collection will include individual interviews with
state-level environmental health professionals and Poison Control
Center directors. Individual interviews will allow the agencies to
gather in-depth information about state-level response structures and
Poison Control Centers. Interviews will take place by telephone. To
help ensure that participants have some experience responding to
chemical emergencies, participants will be recruited from five states
with the highest number of chemical emergencies, and within those
states, from the areas where the highest number of incidents have
occurred.
There are no costs to respondents other than their time. The total
estimated annual burden hours are 138 hours.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Average
Number of Number of burden per
Type of respondents Form name respondents responses per response (in
respondent hrs.)
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First responders...................... Focus Group Recruitment 72 1 5/60
Screener.
Focus Group Moderator 36 1 1
Guide.
Emergency department personnel........ Focus Group Recruitment 72 1 5/60
Screener.
Focus Group Moderator 36 1 1
Guide.
County or city environmental health Focus Group Recruitment 36 1 5/60
professionals. Screener.
Focus Group Moderator 18 1 1
Guide.
Poison Control Center staff........... Focus Group Recruitment 36 1 5/60
Screener.
Focus Group Moderator 18 1 1
Guide.
State environmental health Interview Recruitment 7 1 5/60
professionals. Screener.
Interview Guide......... 5 1 1
Poison Control Center directors....... Interview Recruitment 7 1 5/60
Screener.
Interview Guide......... 5 1 1
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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. 2013-29695 Filed 12-11-13; 8:45 am]
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