[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 248 (Thursday, December 26, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 78809]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-32517]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30DAY-13-03]


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) 498-1210. 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

    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. The annual 
burden for this data collection is 192 hours.

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                                                                                      No. of      Average burden/
                           Respondents                                No. of        responses/        response
                                                                    respondents     respondent      (in hours)
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Federal Public Health Professionals.............................             144               1           20/60
State and Local Public Health Professionals.....................             144               1           20/60
Supervisors of Participants.....................................             144               1           20/60
Survey of Non-participant Supervisors...........................             144               1           20/60
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    Dated: December 19, 2002.
Nancy E. Cheal,
Acting Associate Director for Policy, Planning and Evaluation, Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 02-32517 Filed 12-24-02; 8:45 am]
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