[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 110 (Friday, June 8, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31837-31838]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-11088]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30Day-07-05CP]


Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review

    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) 639-5960 or send an e-mail 
to [email protected]. Send written comments to CDC Desk Officer, Office of 
Management and Budget, Washington, DC or by fax to (202) 395-6974. 
Written comments should be received within 30 days of this notice.

Proposed Project

    Micro-Finance Project for HIV Prevention--New--National Center for 
HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP), Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    CDC is requesting a one-year approval from the Office of Management 
and Budget to conduct focus groups and administer a one-on-one 
qualitative interview to women who are at risk for HIV infection, and 
community leaders in four communities, in the southeastern United 
States. The purpose of this project is to conduct formative research to 
determine the most realistic and efficacious approach for developing a 
micro-finance project to reduce HIV/STD-related risk behavior among 
unemployed or underemployed high-risk African-American women in the 
southeastern United States, who are among those most at risk for HIV 
infection in the country. The project addresses goals of the CDC HIV 
Prevention Strategic Plan, specifically the goal of decreasing the 
number of persons at high risk of acquiring or transmitting HIV 
infection. Information from this project will inform the development of 
economic empowerment interventions to reduce risk for HIV infection. A 
focus group will be conducted with eight women (who are screened for 
eligibility) in each of the four communities (a total of 32 women) in 
the southeast United State with high prevalence of HIV and other 
sexually transmitted diseases. Up to eight women from each focus group 
(up to 32 women) will participate in individual interviews. Another 
focus group will include community leaders in each of the four 
communities (a total of 32 individuals). The focus groups will capture 
demographic information, attitudes, and knowledge regarding income-
generating activities that are feasible (can be done with small 
capitalization and by these women with some training and other 
preparation), attractive (women will do this work), and useful (likely 
to produce income to address a reasonable proportion of economic need; 
the community will use the service or purchase the product of the 
activity). The focus group participants who also participate in

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individual interviews will respond to more personal questions. The 
semistructured individual interviews will explore behavioral, social, 
and economic conditions that might contribute to risk for HIV 
infection. The focus groups and interviews will each take about two 
hours each to complete. A screening interview for women participants 
will take about 11 minutes to complete. A demographic information form 
will take all participants an additional five minutes to complete. The 
total estimated annual burden to the public is 202 hours.

                                       Estimate of Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                     Number of    Average burden
          Type of respondents                   Form name            Number of     responses per   per response
                                                                    respondents     respondent      (in hours)
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African American Women Ages 18-29
 Years.
                                        Screening Form..........              55               1            8/60
                                        Contact Form............              55               1            3/60
                                        Demographic Information               32               1            5/60
                                         Form.
                                        Focus Group Guide.......              32               1          115/60
                                        Individual Interview....              32               1               2
Community Leaders.....................  Focus Group Guide (CL)..              32               1          115/60
                                        Demographic Information               32               1            5/60
                                         Form (CL).
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    Dated: May 30, 2007.
Maryam I. Daneshvar,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
 [FR Doc. E7-11088 Filed 6-7-07; 8:45 am]
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