[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 130 (Thursday, July 8, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36883-36884]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-17273]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30DAY-15-99]


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 Project

    1. Young People in Alternative Education Settings: Preventing HIV 
and Other STDs--New--The 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 annual 
burden hours are 7,680.

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                                                                                     Number of    Average burden/
                           Respondents                               Number of      responses/     response  (in
                                                                    respondents     respondent         hrs.)
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Alternative school students.....................................           1,920               4             1.0
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    2. Evaluation of Customer Satisfaction of the Agency for Toxic 
Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) Internet Home Page and Links--
New--ATSDR proposes to conduct consumer satisfaction research around 
its Internet site. Information on the site focuses on prevention of 
exposure and adverse human health effects and diminished quality of 
life associated with exposure to hazardous substances from waste sites, 
unplanned releases, and other sources of pollution present in the 
environment. The site is designed to serve the general public, persons 
at risk for exposure to hazardous substances, and health professionals. 
This research will ensure that these audiences find the information 
easy to access, clear, informative, and useful. Specifically, the 
research will examine whether the information is presented in an 
appropriate technological format and whether it meets the needs, wants, 
and preferences of visitors or ``customers'' to the Internet site.
    The initial 60 day Federal Register Notice was solely for the 
evaluation of the National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention 
(NCHSTP) web-site, but after an internal meeting the instrument has 
been modified for use on the ATSDR web-site. The total annual burden 
hours are 2,000.

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                                                                                     Number of    Average burden
                           Respondents                               Number of     responses per   per response
                                                                    respondents     respondent       (in hrs.)
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Visitors to ATSDR Internet Site.................................          12,000               1          0.1667
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    3. 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,

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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 prevent outbreaks of food-borne illness. The total annual 
burden hours are 121.

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                                                                                     Number of    Average burden/
                           Respondents                               Number of      responses/     response  (in
                                                                    respondents     respondent         hrs.)
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Contact Information Form........................................              56               1          0.1667
Mail Survey.....................................................              56               2          0.50
Telephone Follow-up.............................................              56               2          0.50
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Nancy Cheal,
Acting Associate Director for Policy, Planning and Evaluation, Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 99-17273 Filed 7-7-99; 8:45 am]
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