[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 109 (Tuesday, June 7, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36544-36546]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-13293]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-16-0770; Docket No. CDC-2016-0047]
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 National HIV
Behavioral Surveillance (NHBS) system. CDC is requesting a 3-year
approval for revision to the previously approved project to continue
collecting standardized HIV-related behavioral data from persons at
risk for HIV systematically selected from 25 Metropolitan Statistical
Areas (MSAs) throughout the United States.
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before August 8, 2016.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2016-
0047 by any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Regulations.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.
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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 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
National HIV Behavioral Surveillance System (NHBS)--(0920-0770,
Expiration 03/31/2017)--Extension--National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral
Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP), Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The purpose of this data collection is to monitor behaviors of
persons at high risk for infection that are related to Human
Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) transmission and prevention in the United
States. The primary objectives of the NHBS system are to obtain data
from samples of persons at risk to: (a) Describe the prevalence and
trends in risk behaviors; (b) describe the prevalence of and trends in
HIV testing and HIV infection; (c) describe the prevalence of and
trends in use of HIV prevention services; (d) identify met and unmet
needs for HIV prevention services in order to inform health
departments, community based organizations, community planning groups
and other stakeholders.
By describing and monitoring the HIV risk behaviors, HIV
seroprevalence and incidence, and HIV prevention experiences of persons
at highest risk for HIV infection, NHBS provides an important data
source for evaluating progress towards national public health goals,
such as reducing new infections, increasing the use of condoms, and
targeting high risk groups.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention requests approval
for a 3-year extension of this information collection. Data are
collected through anonymous, in-person interviews conducted with
persons systematically selected from 25 Metropolitan Statistical Areas
(MSAs) throughout the United States; these 25 MSAs were chosen based on
having high HIV prevalence. Persons at risk for HIV infection to be
interviewed for NHBS include men who have sex with men (MSM), injecting
drug users (IDU), and heterosexuals at increased risk of HIV (HET). A
brief screening interview will be used to determine eligibility for
participation in the behavioral assessment.
The data from the behavioral assessment will provide estimates of
(1) behavior related to the risk of HIV and other sexually transmitted
diseases, (2) prior testing for HIV, (3) and use of HIV prevention
services.
All persons interviewed will also be offered an HIV test, and will
participate in a pre-test counseling session. No other federal agency
systematically collects this type of information from persons at risk
for HIV infection. These data have substantial impact on prevention
program development and monitoring at the local, state, and national
levels.
CDC estimates that NHBS will involve, per year in each of the 25
MSAs, eligibility screening for 50 to 200 persons and eligibility
screening plus the behavioral assessment with 500 eligible respondents,
resulting in a total of 37,500 eligible survey respondents and 7,500
ineligible screened persons during a 3-year period. Data collection
will rotate such that interviews will be conducted among one group per
year: MSM in year 1, IDU in year 2, and HET in year 3. The type of data
collected for each group will vary slightly due to different sampling
methods and risk characteristics of the group.
Participation of respondents is voluntary and there is no cost to
the 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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Persons Screened.............. Eligibility 15,000 1 5/60 1,250
Screener.
Eligible Participants......... Behavioral 4,167 1 30/60 2,084
Assessment MSM.
Eligible Participants......... Behavioral 4,167 1 54/60 3,750
Assessment IDU.
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Eligible Participant.......... Behavioral 4,167 1 39/60 2,709
Assessment HET.
Peer Recruiters............... Recruiter 4,167 1 2/60 139
Debriefing.
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Total Annualized Burden... ................ .............. .............. .............. 9,932
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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.
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