[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 34 (Tuesday, February 22, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8591-8593]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-3272]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60 Day-05BI]


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

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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 404-371-5976 or send comments to Sandi Gambescia, CDC 
Assistant Reports Clearance Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D74, 
Atlanta, GA 30333 or send an e-mail to [email protected].
    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. 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).
    The purpose of these surveys is to study the effectiveness of 
providing HIV prevention agencies with packaged intervention, training, 
and technical assistance to ensure the agencies' maintenance of the 
intervention. The project's results will be used by CDC as they develop 
a national program for dissemination and support of packaged 
interventions that will increase the likelihood that agencies will 
conduct them with fidelity for several years. The population being 
surveyed will be staff members of 16 prevention agencies that 
implemented one of five unique, packaged interventions between 1997 and 
2000 as part of CDC's ongoing Replicating Effective Programs (REP) 
project.
    A 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 agencies that are continuing to implement 
the REP-packaged intervention. The objectives of the surveys include, 
but are not limited to (a) identification of factors associated with 
maintenance and termination of REP-packaged interventions; (b) 
determination of why and how agencies adapted the packaged 
interventions; (c) examination of the impact of elapsed time on 
maintenance of the intervention and fidelity to intervention protocols; 
(d) identification of any differences between the type of agency (i.e., 
community-based organization, health department) on maintenance and 
fidelity; (e) identification of any difference between the type of 
original researcher (i.e., academic, non-profit) on maintenance and 
fidelity; and (f) 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 fidelity to 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 other than the time it takes them to 
participate. Respondents will receive an honorarium valued at no more 
than $25 in appreciation for their time. It is not known how many 
agencies are continuing to implement a REP-packaged intervention (at 
least one agency is known to have terminated implementation); 
therefore, the calculations below reflect the maximum number of 
Intervention Supervisors and Intervention Facilitators that could be 
surveyed. This submission is requesting approval for a 1-year clearance 
for data collection. There are no costs to respondents except for their 
time.

                                                Annualized Burden
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                                                                 Number of      Average burden
                Respondents                     Number of      responses per     per response      Total burden
                                               respondents       respondent        (in hrs)           hours
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Agency Administrators from all agencies                   16                1          20/60                   5
 that implemented a REP-packaged
 intervention (content review).............
Agency Administrators from all agencies                   16                1              1.5                24
 that implemented a REP-packaged
 intervention (questionnaire)..............
Intervention Supervisors from the agencies                15                1              1.5                23
 that are maintaining a REP-packaged
 intervention..............................
Intervention Facilitators from the agencies               30                1              1.75               53
 that are maintaining a REP-packaged
 intervention..............................
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    Total..................................  ...............  ...............  ................              105
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    Dated: February 15, 2005.
Betsey Dunaway,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Science Officer, 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 05-3272 Filed 2-18-05; 8:45 am]
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