[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 158 (Tuesday, August 16, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54578-54580]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-19460]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-16-16AR; Docket No. CDC-2016-0073]
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 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. This notice invites comment on the CDC
Undergraduate Scholars Program (CUPS), James A. Ferguson Infectious
Diseases Graduate Fellowship (Ferguson) and Student Coordinating Center
(SCC) Program Evaluation. Data will be collected for the purpose of
evaluating the progress of programmatic activities.
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before October 17, 2016.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2016-
0073 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.
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
CDC CUPS, Ferguson Fellowship, and Student Coordinating Center
Program Evaluation--Existing Collection in Use Without OMB Control
Number--Office of Minority Health and Health Equity
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(OMHHE), 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 United States. As America continues to evolve into a more
diverse society, and as CDC strives to fulfill this mission, it
contends with the reality that racial and ethnic minority populations
assume a much higher burden of morbidity and mortality than the
majority of Americans. Particularly challenging for public health is
that as the growth of these underrepresented racial-ethnic groups in
the United States population increases, the percentage of
underrepresented groups working in public health remains stagnant or
continues to decline. Research has shown that physicians of
underrepresented populations are more likely to provide services in
underserved communities; often providing care at much greater frequency
than their white counterparts. Therefore, a major part of achieving
CDC's mission is to encourage greater numbers of underrepresented
students to pursue a career in public health.
The CDC's Undergraduate Scholars Program (CUPS) and the Dr. James
A. Ferguson Emerging Infectious Diseases Fellowship (Ferguson) are
educational pipeline programs that seek to increase the pool of
qualified, underrepresented professionals in the public health
workforce by providing students with experiential knowledge and
academic learning. The Student Coordinating Center is the operational
support arm of CUPS and Ferguson, providing technical support to the
grantees and student follow up efforts. The common mission of CUPS and
Ferguson is to encourage students, early in their college and graduate
educations, to choose a career in public health (federal, state, local,
territorial health agencies or non-governmental agencies), public
health research, and to contribute to the public health workforce.
Through a highly competitive selection process, each year a new
cohort of up to 150 students is chosen. So far, over 900 participants
have been recruited and completed the CUPS program. Each year six to
eight students are selected to participate in the Ferguson Program. To
date, more than 460 students have participated in the Ferguson
Fellowship Program. Racial/Ethnic minorities and other underrepresented
students comprise the majority (>90%) of those recruited to both
programs. All selected participants receive a full day orientation at
CDC, where they are introduced to the Centers' leadership, attend
symposia; participate in a series of group discussions; and take part
in information exchanges. During the CDC orientation, students are also
introduced to CDC's priorities, current public health initiatives, and
emerging public health issues at the federal level.
After the initial CDC orientation, students are assigned to a
variety of public health practice and research settings across the
nation, where they are paired with public health mentors who provide
the interns a guided experience of public health through instruction
that emphasizes skill areas identified as Core Competencies for public
health professionals. In addition to mentorship and didactic learning,
students also receive real world work experience that provides
foundational knowledge for a career in public health.
There are nine data collection instruments administered by the four
grantees: Summer Public Health Scholars Program; James A. Ferguson
Program; Maternal and Child Health Careers/Research Initiatives for
Student Enhancement; Public Health Leadership and Learning
Undergraduate Student Success (PLUSS); Project Imhotep; SCC Follow-up
Survey (6 months); SCC Follow-up Survey (12 months); SCC Follow-up
Survey (24 months); Future Public Health Leaders Program.
The maximum estimated, annualized time burden is 6,081 hours. There
is no cost 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 hrs.) hours
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Student Participants, Summer Public 1,600 1 90/60 2,400
Columbia University. Health
Scholars
Program
(SPHSP).
Student Participants, Kennedy James A. 310 1 90/60 465
Krieger Institute, Ferguson Ferguson
Infectious Disease Program.
Fellowship Program.
Student Participants, MCH.... Maternal and 900 1 90/60 1,350
Child Health
Careers/
Research
Initiatives
for Student
Enhancement.
Student Participants, PPLUSS. Public Health 224 1 90/60 336
Leadership and
Learning
Undergraduate
Student
Success
(PPLUSS).
Student Participants, IMHOTEP Project IMHOTEP 330 1 90/60 495
Former CUPS students......... SCC Follow-up 150 1 30/60 75
Survey (6
months).
Former CUPS students......... SCC Follow-up 150 1 30/60 75
Survey (12
months).
Former CUPS students......... SCC Follow-up 150 1 30/60 75
Survey (24
months).
Student Participants, Future Public 540 1 90/60 810
University of Michigan. Health Leaders
Program.
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Total........................ ............... .............. .............. ................ 6,081
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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. 2016-19460 Filed 8-15-16; 8:45 am]
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