[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 58 (Monday, March 25, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12074-12075]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-7137]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[INFO-96-13]


Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and 
Recommendations

    In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for opportunity for public comment on 
proposed data collection projects, the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic summaries of proposed projects. 
To request more information on the proposed projects or to obtain a 
copy of the data collection plans and instruments, call the CDC Reports 
Clearance Officer on (404) 639-7090.
    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; and (d) ways 
to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, 
including through the use of automated collection techniques for other 
forms of information technology. Send comments to Wilma Johnson, CDC 
Reports Clearance Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D24, Atlanta, GA 
30333. Written comments should be received within 60 days of this 
notice.

Proposed Projects

    1. The HIV Epidemic in Small Cities and Rural Areas of the South--
New--The HIV epidemic is increasingly spreading to small cities and 
rural areas of the South where little is known about the epidemic. 
Unlike other regions in the U.S., AIDS in the future is likely to be 
particularly severe in the South because STDs remain at epidemic levels 
in women and minorities in southern rural areas. Because funding is 
based on place of residence at diagnosis and because many patients with 
AIDS live in large metroplitan areas at diagnosis and then move to 
smaller cities and rural areas, resources may not be adequate for these 
patients after moving.
    HIV-infected persons living in small cities and rural areas of the 
South will be interviewed to learn more about the circumstances of how 
they became infected and to determine what HIV-related health care 
services and prevention messages have been available to them before and 
after they became infected. Specific objectives include to: (1) 
Describe the demographics and modes of HIV transmission, (2) describe 
and compare high risk behaviors before and after being aware of their 
HIV infection, (3) determine in HIV-infected persons with a history of 
a sexually transmitted disease, the HIV/STD prevention services and 
messages that were offered when they were diagnosed with an STD at the 
visited health care sites, (4) determine the reasons for being HIV 
tested and the site and location of the HIV counseling and testing when 
the person first became HIV-positive and to describe the content of the 
counseling, (5) describe and compare HIV-related barriers to health 
care that HIV-infected persons have experienced in small MSAs and rural 
areas, (6) describe and compare characteristics of persons who acquired 
HIV infection in the area of current residence versus those who

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acquired HIV before moving to their current residence, and (7) describe 
and compare the extent of and reasons for this migration in HIV-
infected persons currently living in small cities and rural areas of 
the South. The total cost to respondents is estimated at $7,000.

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                                                                                          Average               
                                                                 No. of       No. of      burden/       Total   
                         Respondents                          respondents   responses/    response    burden (in
                                                                            respondent   (in hrs.)      hrs.)   
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HIV-infected adults receiving HIV care......................          700  ...........            1          700
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      Total.................................................  ...........  ...........  ...........          700
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    Dated: March 19, 1996.
Wilma G. Johnson,
Acting Associate Director for Policy Planning and Evaluation, Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 96-7137 Filed 3-22-96; 8:45 am]
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