[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 86 (Friday, May 4, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25316-25317]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-8641]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30Day-07-06BL]


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    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) publishes a 
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Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a copy of these requests, call 
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Written comments should be received within 30 days of this notice.

Proposed Project

    Examining the Efficacy of the HIV Testing Social Marketing Campaign 
for African American Women (HTSMC)--New--National Center for HIV/AIDS, 
Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP), Coordinating Center 
for Infectious Diseases (CCID), Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    This project involves evaluation of the HIV Testing Social 
Marketing Campaign for African American Women (HTSMC), a CDC-sponsored 
social marketing campaign aimed at increasing HIV testing rates among 
young, single, African American women. The CDC has designed an efficacy 
study to evaluate the HTSMC and its messages under controlled 
conditions. The study entails selecting a sample of single African 
American females, ages 18 to 34, with less than 4 years of college 
education and collecting baseline data on their knowledge, attitudes, 
beliefs, intentions, and behaviors related to HIV testing. The study 
represents an ``efficacy'' methodology in that participants will be 
divided into treatment and control conditions. Participants in the 
treatment condition, will be exposed to campaign materials including 
radio advertisements, a billboard, and an informational booklet that 
will be distributed over the Internet. Thus the study participants' 
exposure will occur under controlled conditions, without the 
distractions and variability of potential exposure in the real world. 
As part of the advertisement stimuli package, the billboard 
advertisement will appear as part of the online log-in for each stimuli 
session in order to simulate the appearance of a sign. Therefore, we do 
not estimate any additional burden for exposure to the billboard 
advertisement.
    Key outcomes related to the HTSMC will be measured in two follow-up 
surveys. The first follow-up survey will occur 2 weeks after the 
baseline survey. The second follow-up survey will occur 6 weeks after 
the baseline survey. Comparisons of changes in these outcomes would 
then be made between participants in the treatment and control 
conditions. Findings from this study will be used by CDC and its 
partners to inform current and future program activities.
    We expect a total of 1630 participants to complete the baseline 
survey. The 1630 participants who complete the baseline survey will be 
randomly assigned to the treatment or control condition. Eight hundred 
fifteen participants (the treatment condition) will be exposed to the 
radio ad and booklet. Of the 1630 participants who completed the 
baseline survey, we expect 1140 to complete the first follow-up survey. 
Of the 1140 who complete the first follow-up survey, we expect 800 to 
complete the second follow-up survey, which will have fewer questions 
than the first follow-up survey because it will only pertain to 
questions about behavior change and selected behavioral intentions.
    There are no costs to the respondents other than their time. The 
total estimated annual burden hours are 1,127.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                                      Average
                                                                     Number of     Responses per    burden per
                           Respondents                              respondents     respondent     response  (in
                                                                                                      hours)
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Study Screener..................................................            1630               1           2/60.
Baseline survey.................................................            1630               1          13/60.
Radio ad stimuli viewing........................................             815               1          12/60.

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Booklet reading.................................................             815               1          15/60.
Follow-Up survey 1..............................................            1140               1          15/60.
Follow-Up survey 2..............................................             800               1           5/60.
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    Dated: April 29, 2007.
Joan F. Karr,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. E7-8641 Filed 5-3-07; 8:45 am]
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