[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 159 (Thursday, August 18, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48550-48551]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-16369]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-05-05CS]


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 404-371-5983 
and send comments to Seleda Perryman, 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

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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

    Nurse-Delivered Risk Reduction Intervention for HIV-Infected Women-
New-National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHSTP), Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
    Background and Brief Description: CDC is requesting a 3-year 
approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to administer a 
questionnaire and a one-on-one qualitative interview to HIV-infected 
women in the southern United States who are at risk for further 
transmission of the disease. This study is designed to adapt and 
evaluate an HIV transmission prevention intervention for the growing 
population of HIV-infected women in the South and to study factors 
associated with risk among women. The primary outcome will be a 
reduction in sexual risk behavior as a result of a brief, nurse-
delivered prevention intervention adapted for use with HIV-infected 
women in the South. The project will also conduct in-depth qualitative 
interviews of young, recently HIV-infected women to assess social and 
environmental factors that contribute to behavioral risk for HIV 
infection. The project addresses goals of the CDC HIV Prevention 
Strategic Plan, specifically the goal of increasing the number of HIV-
infected persons who are linked to appropriate prevention, care, and 
treatment services. In addition, information from this research will 
inform future prevention interventions that encompass individual and 
contextual factors.
    Approximately 550 women will be screened for eligibility to 
participate in the study, and a minimum of 330 women from one or two 
sites will be recruited and administered baseline and follow-up 
behavioral risk assessments in a randomized wait-list comparison design 
with a 6-month follow-up period. That is, the intervention and 
comparison group will complete an assessment at the baseline and in 6 
months a follow-up assessment will be conducted to compare behavior 
change. Six months after the intervention group has been provided the 
intervention and follow-up, women in the comparison group will receive 
the intervention. The assessments will capture information on 
demographics, risk behaviors, attitudes, and knowledge related to HIV/
STD transmission and prevention. Semi-structured qualitative interviews 
will be conducted with a subgroup of 25-30 young, recently-diagnosed 
participants following their participation in the intervention study. 
These interviews will explore behavioral, social, and contextual 
conditions that may have contributed to the women's risk for HIV 
infection and ideas about preventing other women from becoming 
infected. The two behavioral assessments will take about 1 hour each to 
complete, the nurse-delivered intervention will take about 1 hour to 
complete, and the qualitative interviews will take about 2 hours to 
complete. The screening interview will take about 10 minutes to 
complete. There is no cost to respondents other than the time it takes 
them to participate.

                                       Estimate of Annualized Burden Table
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                                                                     Number of      Burden per
                   Respondents                       Number of     responses per   response  (in   Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent        hours)        (in hours)
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Women--screening interview......................             550               1           10/60              92
Women--assessment interviews....................             330               2               1             660
Women--intervention.............................             330               1               1             330
Women--qualitative interviews...................              30               1               2              60
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    Total.......................................  ..............  ..............  ..............            1142
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    Dated: August 11, 2005.
Joan F. Karr,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 05-16369 Filed 8-17-05; 8:45 am]
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