[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 208 (Tuesday, October 28, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64200-64201]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-25562]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-15-15CI]
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 A. 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
Mental Health Profile of Congolese Refugees--New--National Center
for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The central objective of this collection is to compile a mental
health profile of Congolese refugees departing from Uganda, and to
describe some of the mental health conditions most often experienced by
this population. The specific objectives are (1) through a survey and
focus groups, collect more detailed and systematic data on exposure to
trauma and symptoms of PTSD, anxiety, and depression among a sample of
Congolese refugees from Uganda prior to their resettlement in the
United States; and, (2) to better inform state and local healthcare
providers in the United States and in Uganda about the mental health
needs of the Congolese refugee populations come to their states. As CDC
have seen in previous surveys, although there may be similarities in
the mental health problems that refugee populations may experience over
all, there are also very specific differences in terms of cultural
background, coping styles, severity, and risk factors. Without doing a
survey, it would not be possible to provide specific recommendations
for Congolese refugees who are coming to the U.S.
The respondents in this study will be Congolese refugees 15 years
of age or older who have been referred for U.S. resettlement in
settlement and urban sites in Uganda and who consent to a supplemental
mental health assessment after their required overseas medical exam or
security screening interview.
Individual level data will not be collected. Aggregated data will
collected during focus groups and surveys to form a `profile' of
Congolese refugee regarding their levels of anxiety, depression, PTSD,
ability to cope, physical functioning, bodily pain, role limitations
due to physical health problems, role limitations due to personal or
emotional problems, emotional well-being, and social function.
The focus group discussion tool poses eight open-ended questions
and will be moderated by a professional in the appropriate language for
the specific Congolese refugee group.
For the survey tool, CDC proposes to the use a compilation of the
Hopkins Symptom Checklist, Harvard Trauma Questionnaire, the Medical
Outcomes Assessment 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36), a limited
number of questions from The Coping Strategy Indicator, and questions
concerning history of mental illness or substance abuse. Each of these
tools has been used in similar populations that have experienced trauma
or in conflict environments.
The sample population will be a convenience sample of the Congolese
refugee population ages 15 or older in Uganda and will be selected from
the available population being examined during the International
Organization for Migration (IOM) medical or Resettlement Support Center
(RSC) screening interviews. As refugees are waiting for their IOM exam
or RSC interview, staff will introduce the assessment with the help of
an interpreter, and make arrangements for obtaining consent from
refugees who meet the inclusion and exclusion criteria prior to the
assessment.
There is no cost to respondents other than their time. The total
estimated annualized burden hours are 386.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of Average burden
Type of respondents Form name Number of responses per per response Total burden
respondents respondent (in hours) hours
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Refugee....................... Focus Group 16 1 1 16
Discussion Tool.
Refugee....................... Survey Tool..... 370 1 1 370
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Total..................... ................ .............. .............. .............. 386
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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. 2014-25562 Filed 10-27-14; 8:45 am]
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