[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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