[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 242 (Wednesday, December 17, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75155-75157]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-29503]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-15-0932]
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 and maximize the utility
of government information, 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
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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
Data Collection for Evaluation of Education, Communication, and
Training Activities--Revision--National Center for Emerging and
Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Division of
Global Migration and Quarantine (DGMQ) is requesting a revision of a
currently approved generic clearance to conduct evaluation research.
This will help CDC plan and implement health communication, education,
and training activities to improve health and prevent the spread of
disease. These activities include communicating with international
travelers and other mobile populations, training healthcare providers,
and educating public health departments and other federal partners.
The information collection for which the revision is sought is in
accordance with DGMQ's mission to reduce morbidity and mortality among
immigrants, refugees, travelers, expatriates, and other globally mobile
populations, and to prevent the introduction, transmission, or spread
of communicable diseases from foreign countries into the United States.
This mission is supported by delegated legal authorities outlined in
the Public Health Service (PHS) Act (42 U.S.C. 264) and in regulations
that are codified in 42 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) parts 70 and
71, and 34.
Since receiving initial approval for this generic, CDC has
conducted three information collections. These information collections
were in support of an Evaluation of Adapted Health Education Materials
for LEP Spanish Speakers and Indigenous Migrants; Evaluation of the
TravAlert Electronic Messaging System; and, a project entitled Scan
This: Effectiveness of Quick Response Codes for Engaging International
Panel Physicians. In order, these projects evaluated materials designed
for specific audiences to determine if CDC's methods for communicating
key public health messages were translated appropriately for low-
English proficiency residents in the United States, were effective in
reaching travelers in airports, and were useful in making CDC's
immigration medical exam technical instructions more accessible.
Approval of this revision of the generic information collection
will allow DGMQ continue to collect in an expedited manner information
about the knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors of key audiences (such as
refugees, immigrants, migrants, international travelers, travel
industry partners, healthcare providers, non-profit agencies, customs
brokers and forwarders, schools, state and local health departments) to
help improve and inform these activities during both routine and
emergency public health events. This generic OMB clearance will help
DGMQ continue to refine these efforts in a timely manner, and will be
especially valuable for communication activities that must occur
quickly in response to public health emergencies.
DGMQ staff will use a variety of data collection methods for this
proposed project: Interviews, focus groups, surveys, and pre/post-
tests. Depending on the research questions and audiences involved, data
may be gathered in-person, by telephone, online, or using some
combination of these formats. Data may be collected in quantitative
and/or qualitative forms. Numerous audience variables will be assessed
under the auspices of this generic OMB clearance. These include, but
are not limited to, knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, behavioral
intentions, practices, behaviors, skills, self-efficacy, and
information needs and sources. Insights gained from evaluation research
will assist in the development, refinement, implementation, and
demonstration of outcomes and impact of communication, education, and
training activities.
DGMQ estimates that 17,500 respondents and 7,982 hours of burden
will be involved in evaluation research activities each year. The
information being collected will not impose a cost burden on the
respondents beyond that associated with their time to provide the
required data.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Average
Number of Number of burden per Total burden
Type of respondents Form name respondents responses per response (in (in hours)
respondent hours)
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General Public................ Focus Groups 1,050 1 10/60 175
Screening form.
Healthcare Professionals...... Focus Groups 450 1 10/60 75
Screening form.
General Public................ Focus Groups.... 525 1 90/60 788
Healthcare Professionals...... Focus Groups.... 225 1 90/60 338
General Public................ Interview 700 1 10/60 117
Screening Form.
Healthcare Professionals...... Interview 300 1 10/60 50
Screening Form.
General Public................ Interviews...... 350 1 1 350
Healthcare Professionals Interviews...... 150 1 1 150
Interviews.
General Public................ Survey Screening 5,250 1 10/60 875
Forms.
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Healthcare Professionals...... Survey Screening 2,250 1 10/60 375
Forms.
General Public................ Surveys......... 2,625 1 45/60 1,969
Healthcare Professionals...... Surveys......... 1,125 1 45/60 844
General Public................ Pre/Post Tests.. 1,750 1 45/60 1,313
Healthcare Professionals...... Pre/Post Tests.. 750 1 45/60 563
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TOTAL..................... ................ 17,500 .............. .............. 7,982
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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. 2014-29503 Filed 12-16-14; 8:45 am]
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