[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 77 (Wednesday, April 22, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19922-19923]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-10640]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30DAY-13-98]
Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) publishes a
list of information collection requests under review by the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction
Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a copy of these requests, call
the CDC Reports Clearance Officer at (404) 639-7090. Send written
comments to CDC, Desk Officer; Human Resources and Housing Branch, New
Executive Office Building, Room 10235; Washington, DC 20503. Written
comments should be received within 30 days of this notice.
Proposed Projects
1. Provider Survey of Partner Notification and Partner Management
Practices following Diagnosis of a Sexually-Transmitted Disease--New--
The National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, Division of STD
Prevention. CDC is proposing to conduct a national survey of
physician's partner management practices following the diagnosis of a
sexually-transmitted disease. Partner notification, a technique for
controlling the spread of sexually-transmitted diseases, is one of the
five key elements of a long-standing public health strategy to control
sexually-transmitted infections in the U.S. At present, there is very
little knowledge about partner notification practices outside public
health settings despite the fact that most STD cases are seen in
private health care settings. No descriptive data currently exists that
allows the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to characterize
partner notification practices among the broad range of clinical
practice settings where STDs are diagnosed, including acute or urgent
care, emergency room, or primary and ambulatory care clinics. The
existing literature contains descriptive studies of partner
notification in public health clinics, but no baseline data exists as
to the practices of different physician specialties across different
practice settings.
The CDC proposes to fill that gap through a national sample survey
of 7300 office managers and physicians who treat patients with STDs in
a wide variety of clinical settings; a 70% completion rate is
anticipated (n=5110 surveys). This survey will provide the baseline
data necessary to characterize infection control practices, especially
partner notification practices, for syphilis, gonorrhea, HIV, and
chlamydia, and the contextual factors that influence those practices.
Findings from the proposed national survey of office managers and
physicians will assist CDC to better focus STD control and partner
notification program efforts and to allocate program resources
appropriately. Without this information, CDC will have little
information about STD treatment, reporting, and partner management
services provided by physicians practicing in the U.S. With changes
underway in the manner in which medical care is delivered and the move
toward managed care, clinical functions typically provided in the
public health sector will now be required of private medical providers.
At present, CDC does not have sufficient information to guide future
STD control efforts in the private medical sector.
Data collection will involve a mail survey of practicing
physicians. The questionnaire mailing will be followed by a reminder
postcard after one week, a second mailing to non-respondents at three
weeks, telephone follow-up with non-respondents at five weeks, and a
final certified mailing of the survey to non-respondents at eight
weeks. A study specific computerized tracking and reporting system will
monitor all phases of the study. Receipt of the completed questionnaire
or a refusal will be logged into this computerized control system to
ensure that respondents who return the survey are not contacted with
reminders. Total annual burden hours are 2,555.
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Number of Average burden/
Respondents Sections Number of responses/ response (in Total burden
respondents respondent hrs.) (in hrs.)
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Physicians...................... 2-4 5110 1 .083 426
Physicians...................... 5-10 5110 1 .417 2,129
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Dated: April 16, 1998.
Kathy Cahill,
Associate Director for Policy Planning and Evaluation, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 98-10640 Filed 4-21-98; 8:45 am]
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