[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 36 (Tuesday, February 24, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9727-9728]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-03617]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
[60Day-15-14APJ]
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
Using Rapid Assessment Methods to Understand Issues in HIV
Prevention, Care and Treatment in the United States--New--National
Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP),
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention requests approval
for a 3-year clearance to collect data using rapid qualitative
inquiries to understand issues related to HIV prevention, care, and
treatment in the United States. Rapid inquiries are concentrated data
collection and iterative data analytic efforts focused on timely and
relevant responses to urgent issues and research questions. Although we
will collect the majority of data using qualitative methods, many
studies covered under this generic information collection, will involve
a mixed methods approach for data collection.
The rapid inquiries will include multiple well-established
qualitative methodologies, which may include but not be limited to in-
depth individual interviews, focus groups, direct observations, case
studies, document reviews, or brief quantitative surveys assessing
demographics, behaviors, attitudes, intentions, beliefs, or other
attributes of the respondents. In some assessments, additional
contextual information may be collected, such as information about the
respondents' community, workplaces, or organizations and places where
they interact. CDC expects to qualitative data from approximately 1,800
respondents, assuming three research studies per year with each
research study collecting data from 200 respondents.
For all proposed studies under this generic information collection,
our
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efforts are expected to provide insight regarding a wide array of HIV-
related programs designed for various populations throughout the United
States, including but not limited to: Persons living with HIV/AIDS
(PLWH); persons at elevated risk for acquiring new HIV infection or
transmitting existing HIV infection to others; clinicians or other HIV
care providers; men who have sex with men (MSM); transgender persons;
injection and non-injection drug users; incarcerated populations or ex-
prisoners; commercial sex workers; male and female heterosexual groups
at high risk for HIV infection; and other providers and organizations
(e.g., health departments, community-based organizations, public and
private health clinics, advocacy groups, community groups, or other
governmental and nongovernmental organizations) serving or otherwise
interacting with persons at greatest need for HIV prevention, care, and
treatment.
Recruitment procedures will vary slightly based on the target
population and research design of each information collection submitted
under this generic information collection. Partner organizations such
as public and private health clinics and community-based organizations
that serve the target populations in the respective geographic
locations may be contacted for their assistance in recruitment of
potential respondents. Respondents may be identified and selected as
key informants and invited to participate by contractor staff members.
Sampling recruitment methods may include, but not be limited to:
Use of social networking sites, the Internet, print marketing
materials, and other methods to find and enroll respondents into the
research study.
All data collection tools will be pre-tested and interviews
conducted by trained personnel. The data collection will take place at
a time and place that is convenient to the respondent. Locations will
be private. Data collection may be audio-recorded and transcribed with
the consent of the respondent.
We anticipate that each screener form will take 5 minutes to
complete, contact information forms will take 1 minute to complete, and
consent forms will take 5 minutes to complete. We anticipate 75 percent
of those eligible to participate will enroll into study. Demographic
surveys will take 15 minutes to complete. In-depth interviews, focus
groups or other data collections are expected to take an average 45
minutes for healthcare providers and 60 minutes (1 hour) for general
respondents to complete.
The data collections supported under this generic information
collection will be used to provide insight regarding barriers and
facilitators to HIV prevention, care, and treatment in the United
States and territories, and thus suggest ways CDC might improve
programmatic activities along the continuum of HIV prevention,
treatment and care.
The total estimated annualized burden hours are 918. There are no
costs to respondents other than 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) hours
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General Public--Adults........ Study Screener.. 1,600 1 5/60 133
General Public--Adults........ Contact 600 1 1/60 10
Information
Form.
General Public--Adults........ Consent Form.... 600 1 5/60 50
General Public--Adults........ Demographic 500 1 15/60 125
Survey.
General Public--Adults........ Interview Guide. 500 1 1 500
General Public--Adults........ Provider 100 1 15/60 25
Demographic
Survey.
General Public--Adults........ Provider 100 1 45/60 75
Interview Guide.
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Total..................... ................ .............. .............. .............. 918
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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. 2015-03617 Filed 2-23-15; 8:45 am]
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