[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 57 (Wednesday, March 25, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15791-15792]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-06801]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) publishes a
list of information collection requests under review by the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction
Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a copy of these requests, call
(404) 639-7570 or send an email to [email protected]. Send written comments
to CDC Desk Officer, Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC or
by fax to (202) 395-5806. Written comments should be received within 30
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 Public Health Associate Program (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 who 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
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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 to have alumni seek
employment within the public health system (i.e., federal, state,
tribal, local, or territorial health agencies, or non-governmental
organizations), focusing on public health or health/healthcare.
When PHAP originated in 2007, the program focused on increasing
recruitment and enrollment; to date, there has been limited 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 movement and progression following participation in PHAP.
The information 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 two different
time points (1 year post-graduation, and 3 years post-graduation) to
PHAP alumni. Assessment questions will remain consistent at each
administration (i.e., 1 year, or 3 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 480 respondents (160 respondents annually) over the
course of the three year approval period. The estimated time for data
collection is 8 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 21 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
respondents respondent (in hours)
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PHAP Alumni......................... PHAP Alumni Assessment. 160 1 8/60
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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. 2015-06801 Filed 3-24-15; 8:45 am]
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