[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 250 (Wednesday, December 31, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75569-75570]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-32165]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30 Day-13-04]


Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and 
Recommendations

    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 or by fax 
to (202) 395-6974. Written comments should be received within 30 days 
of this notice.
    Proposed Project: Housing and Health Study--New--National Center 
for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHSTP), Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention (CDC). CDC is requesting OMB approval to conduct a study 
to examine the impact of providing housing for homeless or unstably 
housed people (people who are in temporary housing programs or doubled 
up with others) while living with HIV.
    This project includes a unique collaboration with the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development (HUD). HUD is providing funding for 
housing vouchers for study participants. CDC will use the results of 
the data collection to inform policy makers about the types of housing 
and other affiliated services most likely to reduce HIV transmission 
and disease progression in the homeless population.
    The population to be studied will be drawn from persons living with 
HIV/AIDS who are seeking housing services from three communities with 
unmet housing needs. These needs are evidenced by a waiting list for 
services, or other evidence of unmet housing need through the Housing 
Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) program. The project will 
be a longitudinal cohort study, following participants for 18 months. 
Participants will be randomized into two groups. One group will receive 
vouchers for housing subsidies plus a 2-session behavioral 
intervention; the other group will receive referral to housing 
resources through participating agencies and other agencies plus the 2-
session behavioral intervention. No study participants will be denied 
access to other housing services that are available through 
participating agencies or other community resources.
    Since, all participants receive the behavioral intervention, the 
study technically assesses the effects of housing over and above the 
behavioral intervention. A cost study will also be conducted to 
determine the resources needed for this approach and the cost benefits 
of providing housing for homeless and unstably housed people living 
with HIV. The purpose of the cost study is to evaluate the effects of 
housing affordability and the cost-effectiveness (i.e. cost-utility 
ratio) of this strategy relative to other interventions in other public 
health and other HIV prevention interventions.
    Study participants will be surveyed at the beginning of the project 
(baseline) and at 6, 12, and 18 months after baseline. HUD site service 
providers will also be surveyed. Blood samples for CD4 and viral load 
counts will also be collected for all participants. The annualized 
burden for this data collection is 6,030 hours.

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                                                                                                  Average burden
                           Respondents                               Number of     Responses per   per response
                                                                    respondents     respondent      (in hours)
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HOPWA Program Participants......................................           1,000               4             1.5
HUD Site Service Providers......................................              15               1               2
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    Dated: December 22, 2003.
Ron Ergle,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 03-32165 Filed 12-30-03; 8:45 am]
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