[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 20 (Monday, February 1, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4875-4876]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-2266]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[INFO-99-08]


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 Seleda Perryman, CDC 
Assistant Reports Clearance Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D24, 
Atlanta, GA 30333. Written comments should be received within 60 days 
of this notice.

Proposed Project

    1. An Evaluation Study Of An HIV/STD Prevention Curriculum For 
Youth Attending Alternative Schools To Be Conducted From 1999 To 2002--
New--National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health 
Promotion (NCCDPHP) Division of Adolescent and School Health. The 
purpose of this request is to obtain OMB clearance to conduct a 
randomized trial of a curriculum to reduce behaviors related to HIV/STD 
transmission among 14 to 18 year old students in 30 court and community 
schools in Northern California. Participants will respond to surveys of 
attitudes, knowledge, and behavior related to HIV/STD transmission and 
prevention at baseline and at 6, 12, and 18 month post-tests. Reduction 
of behaviors among adolescents related to HIV and STD transmission, and 
reduction of the prevalence of STDs is the focus of at least seven 
objectives in Healthy People 2000: Midcourse Review and 1995 Revisions. 
There have been few studies assessing the effectiveness of curricula to 
reduce HIV/STD related risk behaviors in this high-risk adolescent 
population. Data gathered from this study will provide information 
about how HIV/STD risk behavior may be effectively reduced among 
alternative school students.
    The total cost to respondents is estimated at $50,400 assuming a 
minimum wage for students of $5.25 in the study period.

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                                                                     Number of
                   Respondents                       Number of     responses per    Burden per     Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent       response          hours
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Alternative school students.....................            2400               4             1.0            9600
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    Total.......................................  ..............  ..............  ..............            9600
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    2. Use of Laboratory Information Systems (LIS) to Transmit 
Infectious Diseases Test Results (HL7 Messages) to Public Health 
Agencies-- New--Public Health Program Office (PHPPO), Division of 
Laboratory Systems. CDC proposes to gather data through the use of a 
mail/telephone survey of all United States vendors of LIS used for 
recording and processing microbiology data. The use of a mail/
telephone-assisted survey instrument will be an efficient, cost-
effective approach for performing the data collection. No computerized 
data collection systems have been developed for this survey because the 
number of respondents is small. Instead, trained telephone interviewers 
knowledgeable about LIS and about the specific messages that CDC is 
interested in transmitting will gather data. The interviewers will have 
the flexibility to answer technical questions, probe for further 
information and provide explanations of coding vocabularies, security 
needs and other issues that may not be readily understood by the LIS 
vendors.
    The data will provide the government, LIS vendors, laboratory 
practitioners, committees that make recommendations regarding messaging 
and other stakeholders with information about the projected costs to 
vendors and laboratories and about the time frames required for and the 
barriers to implementation.
    CDC will use the survey to gauge the technological readiness and 
the cost factors affecting secure electronic transmission of infectious 
disease data to government agencies. These transmissions will act as 
part of an early warning system leading to more timely response to 
infectious disease outbreaks. This survey responds to President 
Clinton's request for the increased use of modern technology to 
identify and

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prevent outbreaks of food-borne illness. The total cost to respondents 
is estimated at $0.

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                                                                  Average number  Average burden/  Average total
                   Respondents                       Number of     of responses/   response (in     burden (in
                                                    respondents     respondent         hrs.)           hrs.)
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Mail survey (including initial contact).........              56               2            0.50               1
Telephone follow-up.............................              56               2            0.50               1
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    Total.......................................  ..............  ..............  ..............             112
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Nancy Cheal,
Acting Associate Director for Policy, Planning and Evaluation, Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 99-2266 Filed 1-29-99; 8:45 am]
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