[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 169 (Thursday, August 30, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45857-45858]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-21741]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60 Day-01-58]


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 or other 
forms of information technology. Send comments to Anne O'Connor, 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

    Evaluation of the Graduate Certificate Program--New--National 
Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHSTP), the Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The National Center for HIV, STD 
and TB, CDC proposes to collect data to evaluate the Graduate 
Certificate Program (GCP). From July 1997 through January 2001, NCHSTP 
Prevention Support Office administered the GCP which funded 130 CDC 
public health professionals and 130 state and local public health 
professionals to attend a distance learning program that consisted of 
approximately one-half of the requirements of a graduate-level degree. 
The purpose of the proposed project is to evaluate the process, impact, 
and outcome measures of the GCP that were described in the original 
Request for Proposal (RFP). CDC is looking to establish perceived or 
measurable benefits of the program, as well as to evaluate the 
effectiveness of the distance-based education approach.
    The data collected will be used to determine the effectiveness of 
the distance-based training approach, and to provide recommendations 
for developing similar training strategies in the future.
    Data will be collected through an attitudinal survey that will be 
available in both paper and electronic copies. The survey will be 
administered to 520 respondents (approximately 260 state and local 
public health professionals (130 participants and 130 nonparticipants) 
and 260 supervisors (130 supervisors of participants and 130 
supervisors of nonparticipants). It is estimated that it will take 
respondents approximately 20 minutes to complete the survey. There are 
no costs to respondents.

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                                                                               Average burden/
               Respondents                     No. of       No. of responses    response (in    Total burden (in
                                             respondents     per respondent        hours)            hours)
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State and Local Public Health                          520                 1             20/60               173
 Professionals..........................
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      Total.............................  ................  ................  ................               173
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    Dated: August 21, 2001.
Nancy Cheal,
Acting Associate Director for Policy, Planning and Evaluation, Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 01-21741 Filed 8-29-01; 8:45am]
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