[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 44 (Monday, March 7, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11798-11800]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-04933]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60-Day-16-0987; Docket No. CDC-2016-0023]
Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and
Recommendations
AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice with comment period.
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SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part
of its continuing efforts 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. This notice invites comment on the information
collection request Qualitative Information Collection on Emerging
Diseases among the Foreign-born in the US that enables CDC improve the
planning and implementation of disease prevention and control
strategies targeting communicable diseases and other emerging health
issues among high-risk foreign-born communities in specific and limited
geographic areas in the United States where high numbers of those
populations live.
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before May 6, 2016.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2016-
0023 by any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Regulation.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
Mail: Leroy A. Richardson, Information Collection Review
Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road
NE., MS-D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name
and Docket Number. All relevant comments received will be posted
without change to Regulations.gov, including any personal information
provided. For access to the docket to read background documents or
comments received, go to Regulations.gov.
Please note: All public comment should be submitted through the
Federal eRulemaking portal (Regulations.gov) or by U.S. mail to the
address listed above.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on the
proposed project or to obtain a copy of the information collection plan
and instruments, contact the Information Collection Review Office,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE., MS-
D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; phone: 404-639-7570; Email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), Federal agencies must obtain approval from
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for each
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collection of information they conduct or sponsor. In addition, the PRA
also requires Federal agencies to provide a 60-day notice in the
Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information,
including each new proposed collection, each proposed extension of
existing collection of information, and each reinstatement of
previously approved information collection before submitting the
collection to OMB for approval. To comply with this requirement, we are
publishing this notice of a proposed data collection as described
below. 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.
Proposed Project
Qualitative Information Collection on Emerging Diseases among the
Foreign-born in the U.S. (0920-0987 expires 09/30/2016)--Extension--
Division of Global Migration and Quarantine, National Center for
Emerging Zoonotic and Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National
Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), Division
of Global Migration and Quarantine (DGMQ), requests approval for an
extension of the current generic information collection Qualitative
Information Collection on Emerging Diseases among the Foreign-born in
the U.S.
This qualitative data collection is needed by DGMQ because foreign-
born individuals are considered hard-to-reach populations and are often
missed by routine information collection systems in the United States.
As a consequence, limited information is available about the health
status, knowledge, attitudes, health beliefs and practices related to
communicable diseases and other emerging health issues (e.g.,
tuberculosis, parasitic diseases, lead poisoning, and mental health
issues) among foreign-born populations in the United States. Foreign-
born populations are very diverse in terms of countries of origin,
socio-demographic, cultural and linguistic characteristics and
geographic destinations in the U.S. Data is especially limited at the
local level.
The purpose of the extension is to continue efforts to improve the
agency's understanding of the health status, risk factors for disease,
and other health outcomes among foreign-born individuals in the United
States. Numerous types of data will be collected under the auspices of
this generic information collection. These include, but are not limited
to, knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, behavioral intentions, practices,
behaviors, skills, self-efficacy, and health information needs and
sources.
Under the terms of this generic, CDC will employ focus groups and
key informant interviews to collect information. Depending on the
specific purpose, the information collection may be conducted either
in-person, by telephone, on paper, or online. For each generic
information collection, CDC will submit to OMB the project summary and
information collection tools.
CDC requests a total of 1,025 respondents and 825 burden hours
annually. The respondents to these information collections are foreign
born individuals in the United States. There is no cost to respondents
other than the time required to provide the information requested.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Average
Number of Number of burden per Total burden
Type of respondent Form name respondents responses per response (in hours
respondent hours)
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Foreign-born from specific Screeners for 600 1 10/60 100
country of birth in the focus groups
United States. (assuming 2
screenings for
each recruited
participant in
focus groups)
(300 x 2 = 600).
Foreign-born from specific Focus Groups 300 1 2 600
country of birth in the (Approximately
United States. 30 focus groups/
year and 10
participants
per focus
group).
Foreign-born community leaders Key informant 125 1 1 125
and staff from organizations interviews
serving those communities. (Approximately
125 interviews/
year).
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Total..................... ................ .............. .............. .............. 825
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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. 2016-04933 Filed 3-4-16; 8:45 am]
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