[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 25 (Wednesday, February 8, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9745-9746]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-02557]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30Day-17-0995]
Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has submitted
the following request for reinstatement with change 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 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
National Network of Sexually Transmitted Diseases Clinical
Prevention Training Centers (NNPTC): Evaluation (OMB Control No. 0920-
0995, Expiration 10/31/2016)--Reinstatement with Change--National
Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP),
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Division of
STD Prevention (DSTDP) requests a three-year approval for this
reinstatement with change to the previously OMB approved information
collection project entitled, ``Health Professional Application for
Training (HPAT) OMB #0920-0995 exp. 10/31/2016''. The revision request
consists of changing the title to ``National Network of Sexually
Transmitted Disease Clinical Prevention Training Centers (NNPTC):
Evaluation'', abbreviating the Health Professional Application for
Training HPAT form; now called the ``NNPTC HPAT''. This request also
contains the following changes: Elimination of 18 demographic items
from the HPAT, addition of 5 demographic items to the HPAT, and
addition of 98 evaluation questions to be used in 14 post-course and
90-day follow-up evaluation instruments to monitor and evaluate program
outcomes.
The Prevention Training Centers (PTCs) offer classroom, web-based,
and experiential training, clinical consultation, and capacity building
assistance to maintain and enhance the capacity of health care
professionals to screen for, diagnose, treat, manage, and prevent STDs.
Previously, there has not been a systematic evaluation of the outcomes
of the NNPTC program. The CDC's Funding Opportunity Announcement PS 14-
1407, National Network of Sexually Transmitted Diseases Clinical
Prevention Training Centers (NNPTC) requires the collection of
demographic information on trainees and the collection of national
evaluation outcomes. Therefore, the 14 new evaluation forms were needed
and the previously approved HPAT registration form was shortened to
decrease the burden on respondents. This evaluation will provide the
CDC with information to assess the performance of their grantees, and
will provide the NNPTC with information to improve program processes
and operations in order to improve the quality of STD prevention and
treatment, a key public health and evaluation activity promoted by the
CDC and DSTDP.
The NNPTC HPAT will serve as the standard application and
registration form for all NNPTC trainings collecting demographic
information such as race, gender, work contact information, profession,
functional role, work setting, programmatic focus, and at-risk
populations served. NNPTC HPAT data will be used to plan and organize
trainings, and determine whether NNPTC trainings are reaching the
designated priority audiences: STD experts and primary care providers
who serve adolescents, young adults, pregnant women, and men who have
sex with men. Evaluation instruments will be used to assess
satisfaction with the training, and measure participant changes in
knowledge, skills, intentions to change clinical practices, and actual
changes in clinical practices.
Data will be collected up to three times annually from 4,500
healthcare professionals who provide STD screening, diagnosis, and
treatment or provide services to populations at risk of STD and receive
NNPTC training or technical assistance. This is a decrease from the
origionally approved 7,400 due to a decrease in the number of PTCs and
therefore number of healthcare professionals trained. All 4,500
healthcare professionals will complete the NNPTC HPAT registration and
all will be asked via two emails to voluntarily complete one evaluation
within several days after training (Post-Course Evaluation) and a
second
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evaluation (Long-Term Evaluation) three months after training. A subset
of 1,590 is expected to volunteer to complete the Post-Course
Evaluation, and a smaller subset of 519 is expected to volunteer to
complete the Long-Term Evaluation. The total burden hours for this
request is 416 hours compared to the originally approved 617 burden
hours.
The 3-minute NNPTC HPAT provides an efficient online registration
process for all PTCs and takes two minutes less to complete than the
previously approved version. The 14 evaluation instruments vary in
number of questions based on the intensity of the training. Time to
complete the different evaluation instruments ranges from 2 minutes for
a one-hour training to 16 minutes for a multi-day training. Burden is
calculated for each instrument separately based on number of
respondents and number of questions in each instrument.
There are no costs to respondents other than their time. The
estimated annualized burden hours for this data collection are 416
hours as compared to 617 for the previous approval. This reduction in
burden is due to the shorter time needed to complete the HPAT (3
minutes versus the previously approved 5 minutes) and the smaller
number of estimated respondents (4,500 versus 7,400) since there are
now fewer PTCs conducting training. This savings for the HPAT burden is
greater than the additional burden created by adding 14 new evaluation
instruments since only a subset of the 4,500 respondents will complete
the post-course evaluation and 90-day long-term evaluation.
Estimated Annual Burden Hours
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Number Average burden
Type of respondent Form name Number of responses per per response Total burden
respondents respondent (in hours) hours
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Data Collection 1
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Healthcare Professionals....................... NNPTC Abbreviated Health Professional 4,500 1 3/60 225
Application for Training (NNPTC HPAT).
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Data Collection 2 (POST) and Data Collection 3 (Long-Term)
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Healthcare Professionals....................... Intensive Complete POST-Course 116 1 16/60 31
Evaluation.
Intensive Complete Long-Term Evaluation 36 1 10/60 6
Healthcare Professionals....................... Intensive-Didactic POST-Course 166 1 10/60 28
Evaluation.
Intensive-Didactic Long-Term Evaluation 58 1 7/60 7
Healthcare Professionals....................... Practicum POST-Course Evaluation....... 70 1 4/60 5
Practicum Long-Term Evaluation......... 20 1 3/60 1
Healthcare Professionals....................... Wet Mount POST-Course Evaluation....... 40 1 3/60 2
Wet Mount Long-Term Evaluation......... 15 1 2/60 1
Healthcare Professionals....................... STD Tx Guidelines Complete POST-Course 548 1 6/60 55
Evaluation.
STD Tx Guidelines Complete Long-Term 180 1 5/60 15
Evaluation.
Healthcare Professionals....................... STD Tx Guidelines Short POST-Course 500 1 3/60 25
Evaluation.
STD Tx Guidelines Short Long-Term 160 1 3/60 8
Evaluation.
Healthcare Professionals....................... Basic POST-Course Evaluation........... 150 1 2/60 5
Basic Long-Term Evaluation............. 50 1 2/60 2
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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. 2017-02557 Filed 2-7-17; 8:45 am]
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