[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 91 (Friday, May 10, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31807-31808]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-11664]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-02-50]


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) 498-1210.
    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: Surveys of Past HIV Prevention Technology 
Transfer Efforts--New--National Center for HIV, STD and TB Prevention 
(NCHSTP), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
    CDC proposes to study the effectiveness of providing a packaged 
intervention, training, and technical assistance to HIV prevention 
agencies to ensure the agencies' maintenance of the intervention and 
adherence to the essential components of the intervention's defined 
protocol. Results from the survey will be used by CDC to develop a 
national program for disseminating packaged interventions

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that will increase the likelihood of continued use by agencies. This 
project supports CDC's Replicating Effective Programs (REP) project. 
The REP converts the intervention protocols from effective HIV 
prevention studies into packages (kits) containing manuals, videos, 
posters, penile models, and other materials needed by HIV prevention 
providers to implement the particular intervention on their own.
    The surveys will be disseminated to staff members of 16 prevention 
agencies that implemented one of five unique, packaged interventions 
between 1997 and 2000 as part of CDC's ongoing REP project. One survey 
will be administered over the telephone to Agency Administrators from 
the 16 prevention agencies that implemented an intervention packaged by 
the REP project. Additional surveys will be administered in-person to 
one Intervention Supervisor and two Intervention Facilitators at 15 
prevention agencies that are continuing to implement the REP-packaged 
intervention.
    The objectives of the surveys include, but are not limited to, (1) 
Identification of factors associated with maintenance and 
discontinuation of REP-packaged interventions; (2) determination of why 
and how agencies adapted the packaged interventions; (3) examination of 
the impact of elapsed time on maintenance of the intervention and 
adherence to defined intervention protocols; (4) identification of any 
differences between the type of agency (i.e., community-based 
organization, health department) on maintenance and adherence; (5) 
identification of any difference between the type of original 
researcher (i.e., academic, non-profit) on maintenance and adherence; 
and (6) identification of perceived and actual benefits, as well as 
``instrumental'' and ``conceptual'' utility, of REP-packaged 
interventions that can be used in marketing the intervention packages 
to other HIV prevention providers. Researchers administering the in-
person surveys also will assess adherence to defined intervention 
protocols by observing facilitators delivering the intervention and by 
recording their observations on a checklist designed for the particular 
intervention being observed.
    Survey questionnaire data will be collected once from each 
respondent (e.g., Agency Administrator, Intervention Supervisor, 
Intervention Facilitator). There are no costs to respondents for 
participation in the survey.

 
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                                                                     Number of     Avg. burden/
                   Respondents                       Number of      responses/     response  (in   Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent        hours)           hours
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Agency Administrators...........................              16               1          108/60              29
Intervention Supervisors........................              15               1           90/60              23
Intervention Facilitators.......................              30               1          105/60              53
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    Total.......................................  ..............  ..............  ..............             105
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    Dated: May 2, 2002.
Nancy E. Cheal,
Acting Associate Director for Policy, Planning and Evaluation, Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 02-11664 Filed 5-9-02; 8:45 am]
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