[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 88 (Thursday, May 6, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 25394]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-10290]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30Day-53-04]


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

    A Community-based Intervention Model to Promote Neighborhood 
Participation in the Reduction of Aedes aegypti Indices in Puerto 
Rico--Reinstatement with change--National Center for Infectious 
Diseases (NCID), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The 
Aedes aegypti mosquito transmits dengue, a mosquito-borne viral disease 
of the tropics. The symptoms of dengue disease include fever, headache, 
rash, retro-orbital pain, myalgias, arthralgias, nausea or vomiting, 
abdominal pain, and hemorrhagic manifestations.
    Since there is no vaccine available to prevent dengue, prevention 
efforts are directed to control the vector mosquito. The limited 
efficacy of insecticides in preventing disease transmission has 
prompted the search for new approaches involving community 
participation.
    Research in Puerto Rico, where dengue is endemic and intermittently 
epidemic, has shown that levels of awareness about dengue are very high 
in the population and that the next step should be the translation of 
this knowledge into practice (behavior change). To achieve this goal, a 
model of community participation to prevent and control dengue should 
be developed. This model of community participation must be an 
effectively implemented prevention project.
    The objective of the dengue prevention project is to develop and 
evaluate a community-based participation intervention model that will 
reduce Aedes aegypti infestation in a community in Puerto Rico. To 
accomplish this, two comparable communities in the San Juan, Puerto 
Rico area will be selected for this study. One community will be a 
``control community'' and the second community will be an ``intervened 
community.'' Entomologic surveys and person-to-person interviews to 
assess knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) will be conducted 
during the project in both communities. The entomologic surveys and 
person-to-person interviews will be conducted three times during the 
project: the beginning of the project, the end of the first year of the 
project, and 18 months after the beginning of the project.
    An additional interview will also be conducted in the intervened 
community to assess the function and significance of artificial 
containers that hold water. An ethnographic assessment will be 
performed to determine the resources and needs of the intervened 
community. The specific dengue prevention activities that the 
intervened community will perform will be based on results of the 
initial entomologic survey, KAP, function and significance of 
artificial containers, and the ethnographic assessment of the 
community. The total estimated annualized burden is 755 hours.

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                                                                                     Number of    Average burden/
                              Forms                                  Number of      responses/     response (in
                                                                    respondents     respondent         hrs)
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KAP Depression scale/Larval survey..............................             400               2           45/60
Informal Interview..............................................               3               1           30/60
In-depth Interview..............................................               7               1           30/60
Focus Groups....................................................              10               2             1.5
Larval Survey (sub-sample)......................................              80               3           30/60
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    Dated: April 28, 2004.
Alvin Hall,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 04-10290 Filed 5-5-04; 8:45 am]
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