[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 164 (Monday, August 25, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50652-50653]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-20103]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-14-0942]
Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and
Recommendations
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of
its continuing effort to reduce public burden, invites the general
public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment
on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. To request more information on the
below proposed project or to obtain a copy of the information
collection plan and instruments, call 404-639-7570 or send comments to
Leroy Richardson, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D74, Atlanta, GA 30333 or send
an email to [email protected].
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized
and/or included in the request for Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) approval. 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; (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; and (e)
estimates of capital or start-up costs and costs of operation,
maintenance, and purchase of services to provide information. Burden
means the total time, effort, or financial resources expended by
persons to generate, maintain, retain, disclose or provide information
to or for a Federal agency. This includes the time needed to review
instructions; to develop, acquire, install and utilize technology and
systems for the purpose of collecting, validating and verifying
information, processing and maintaining information, and disclosing and
providing information; to train personnel and to be able to respond to
a collection of information, to search data sources, to complete and
review the collection of information; and to transmit or otherwise
disclose the information. Written comments should be received within 60
days of this notice.
Proposed Project
HIV Prevention among Latino MSM: Evaluation of a Locally Developed
Intervention (OMB No. 0920-0942, expires 06/30/2015)--Extension--
National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention
(NCHHSTP), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
Latinos are the largest and fastest growing ethnic minority group
in the U.S. and have the second highest rate of HIV/AIDS diagnoses of
all racial/ethnic groups in the country. From the beginning of the
epidemic through 2007, Latinos accounted for 17% of all AIDS cases
reported to the CDC. Among Latino males, male-to-male sexual contact is
the single most important source of HIV infection, accounting for 46%
of HIV infections in U.S.-born Latino men from 2001 to 2005, and for
more than one-half of HIV infections among South American, Cuban, and
Mexican-born Latino men in the U.S. (CDC, 2007a; 2007b). In 2006, male-
to-male sex accounted for 72% of new HIV infections among Latino males.
Relative to other men who have sex with men (MSM), the rate of HIV
infection among Latino MSM is twice the rate recorded among whites
(43.1 vs. 19.6 per 100,000).
Despite the high levels of infection risk that affect Latino MSM,
no efficacious behavioral interventions to prevent infection by HIV and
other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are available for this
vulnerable population. CDC's Prevention Research Synthesis group, whose
role is to identify HIV prevention interventions that have met rigorous
criteria for demonstrating evidence of efficacy, has not identified any
behavioral interventions for Latino MSM that meet current efficacy
criteria, and no such interventions are listed in CDC's 2011 update of
its Compendium of Evidence-Based HIV Behavioral Interventions (http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/research/prs/compendium-evidence-based-interventions.htm). There is an urgent need for efficacious, culturally
congruent HIV/STD prevention interventions for Latino MSM.
The purpose of this project is to test the efficacy of an HIV
prevention intervention for reducing sexual risk among Latino men who
have sex with men in North Carolina. The HOLA en Grupos intervention is
a Spanish-language, small-group, 4-session intervention that is
designed to increase consistent and correct condom use and HIV testing
among Latino MSM and to affect other behavioral and psychosocial
factors that can increase their vulnerability of HIV/STD infection.
This study is using a randomized controlled trial design to assess the
efficacy of the HOLA en Grupos intervention compared to a general
health comparison intervention.
CDC is requesting a one-year extension to the existing Information
Collection Request in order to collect information from 50 study
participants. This will terminate data collection for the study. During
the requested extension period, a six-month follow-up
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assessment will be administered to a total 50 study participants.
Information collection during the extension period will make it
possible to measure intervention and comparison participants' socio-
demographic characteristics, health seeking actions, HIV/STD and
substance use-related risk behaviors, and psychosocial factors 6 months
after they receive the HOLA en Grupos and comparison interventions,
respectively, and to test the efficacy of the HOLA en Grupos
intervention. Collection of the six-month follow-up assessment
information will require about one hour per study participant.
There is no cost to participants other than their time.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number Average burden Total annual
Type of respondent Form name Number of responses per per respondent burden in
respondents respondent (in hours) hours
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Enrolled Study Participant.... 6-month follow- 50 1 1 50
up assessment
(att 3).
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Total..................... ................ .............. .............. .............. 50
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Leroy A. 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. 2014-20103 Filed 8-22-14; 8:45 am]
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