[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 246 (Tuesday, December 23, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77006-77007]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-29925]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-15-15IG]
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 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
Public Health Associate Program (PHAP) Alumni Assessment--New--
Office for State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial Support (OSTLTS),
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) works to
protect America from health, safety and security threats, both foreign
and in the U.S. CDC strives to fulfill this mission, in part, through a
competent and capable public health workforce. One mechanism to
developing the public health workforce is through training programs
like the Public Health Associate Program (PHAP).
The mission of the PHAP is to train and provide experiential
learning to early career professionals who contribute to the public
health workforce. PHAP targets recent graduates with bachelors or
masters degrees that are beginning a career in public health.
Each year, a new cohort of up to 200 associates is enrolled in the
program. Associates are CDC employees who complete two year assignments
in a host site (i.e., a state, tribal, local, or territorial health
department or non-profit organization). Host sites design their
associates' assignments to meet their agency's unique needs while also
providing on-the-job experience that prepare associates for future
careers in public health. Associates also receive CDC-based training in
core public health concepts and topics to provide the knowledge,
skills, and abilities necessary to succeed in their assignments and
provide a foundation for a career in public health.
PHAP hosts an initial in-person orientation and annual public
health training at CDC and offers long-distance learning opportunities
throughout the program. It is the goal of PHAP that following
participation in the two-year program, alumni will seek employment
within the public health system (i.e.,
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federal, state, tribal, local, or territorial health agencies, or non-
governmental organizations), focusing on public health, population
health, or health/healthcare.
When PHAP originated in 2007, the program focused on increasing
recruitment and enrollment; to date, there has been no systematic
assessment of the program. As a result, one current program priority is
focused on documenting program outcomes to inform refinements to
program processes and activities, demonstrate program impact, and
inform decision making about future program direction. The purpose of
this information collection request is to gain approval to follow
alumni career progression following participation in PHAP.
The collection will enable the program to demonstrate evidence of
program outcomes, specifically to document how many alumni are retained
as members of the public health workforce, where alumni are employed,
what topical and functional public health areas alumni support (e.g.,
chronic disease, infectious disease, assessment, communications, etc.),
to what extent alumni support the capabilities of public health
agencies at the federal, state, territorial, local, tribal, and non-
governmental organizational levels, and to what extent PHAP has
influenced alumni career paths (if at all).
Information will be used to answer key program assessment
questions, specifically: ``Is PHAP a quality program?'', ``Is PHAP an
effective program?'', and ``What is the impact of PHAP?''
CDC will administer the PHAP Alumni Assessment at three different
time points (1 year post-graduation, 3 years post-graduation, and 5
years post-graduation) to PHAP alumni. Assessment questions will remain
consistent at each administration (i.e., 1 year, 3 years, or 5 years
post-PHAP graduation). The language, however, will be updated for each
assessment administration to reflect the appropriate time period. It is
estimated that there will be no more than 500 respondents annually. The
estimated time for data collection is eight minutes per assessment
administration. Assessments will be administered electronically; a link
to the assessment Web site will be provided in the email invitation.
The total annualized estimated burden is 67 hours.
There are no costs to respondents except their time.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of Average burden
Type of respondent Form name Number of responses per per response Total burden
respondents respondent (in hours) (in hours)
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PHAP Alumni..................................... PHAP Alumni Assessment............ 500 1 8/60 67
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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. 2014-29925 Filed 12-22-14; 8:45 am]
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