[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 165 (Thursday, August 25, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58511-58512]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-20333]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30Day-16-0997]
Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has submitted
the following information collection request to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The notice for the proposed
information collection is published to obtain comments from the public
and affected agencies.
Written comments and suggestions from the public and affected
agencies concerning the proposed collection of information are
encouraged. Your comments should address any of the following: (a)
Evaluate whether the
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proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility; (b) Evaluate the accuracy of
the agencies estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of
information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions
used; (c) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information
to be collected; (d) Minimize the burden of the collection of
information on those who are to respond, including through the use of
appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g.,
permitting electronic submission of responses; and (e) Assess
information collection costs.
To request additional information on the proposed project or to
obtain a copy of the information collection plan and instruments, call
(404) 639-7570 or send an email to [email protected]. Written comments and/or
suggestions regarding the items contained in this notice should be
directed to the Attention: CDC Desk Officer, Office of Management and
Budget, Washington, DC 20503 or by fax to (202) 395-5806. Written
comments should be received within 30 days of this notice.
Proposed Project
Standardized National Hypothesis Generating Questionnaire (OMB
Control No. 0920-0997, expires 10/31/2016)--Revision--National Center
for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
It is estimated that each year roughly 1 in 6 Americans gets sick,
128,000 are hospitalized, and 3,000 die of foodborne diseases. CDC and
partners ensure rapid and coordinated surveillance, detection, and
response to multistate outbreaks, to limit the number of illnesses, and
to learn how to prevent similar outbreaks from happening in the future.
Conducting interviews during the initial hypothesis-generating
phase of multistate foodborne disease outbreaks presents numerous
challenges. In the U.S. there is not a standard, national form or data
collection system for illnesses caused by many enteric pathogens. Data
elements for hypothesis generation must be developed and agreed upon
for each investigation. This process can take several days to weeks and
may cause interviews to occur long after a person becomes ill.
Using the Standardized National Hypothesis-Generating Questionnaire
(SNHGQ), CDC requests OMB approval to collect standardized information
from individuals who have become ill during a multistate foodborne
disease event. Since the questionnaire is designed to be administered
by public health officials as part of multistate hypothesis-generating
interview activities, this questionnaire is not expected to entail
significant burden to respondents.
The Standardized National Hypothesis-Generating Core Elements
Project was established with the goal to define a core set of data
elements to be used for hypothesis generation during multistate
foodborne investigations. These elements represent the minimum set of
information that should be available for all outbreak-associated cases
identified during hypothesis generation. The core elements would ensure
that similar exposures would be ascertained across many jurisdictions,
allowing for rapid pooling of data to improve the timeliness of
hypothesis-generating analyses and shorten the time to pinpoint how and
where contamination events occur.
The SNHGQ was designed as a data collection tool for the core
elements, to be used when a multistate cluster of enteric disease
infections is identified. The questionnaire is designed to be
administered over the phone by public health officials to collect core
elements data from case-patients or their proxies. Both the content of
the questionnaire (the core elements) and the format were developed
through a series of working groups comprised of local, state, and
federal public health partners.
Many of the updates to the SNHGQ were made to better align with the
questions from other existing questionnaires. Changes include: Exposure
sections rearranged to improve interview flow, addition of antibiotic
exposures and descriptive clinical questions, aligning demographic
questions to conform with other OMB-approved questionnaires, addition
of new exposure questions of interest, deletion of exposure questions
that do not need to be assessed, and re-wording of existing questions
to better align with other OMB-approved questionnaires and to improve
question comprehension.
The total estimated annualized burden for the Standardized National
Generating Questionnaire is 3,000 hours (approximately 4,000
individuals identified during the hypothesis-generating phase of
outbreak investigations x 45 minutes/response). There are no costs to
respondents other than their time.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of Average burden
Type of respondents Form name Number of responses per per response
respondents respondent (in hours)
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Individuals......................... Standardized National 4,000 1 45/60
Hypothesis Generating
Questionnaire (Core
Elements).
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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. 2016-20333 Filed 8-24-16; 8:45 am]
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