[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 157 (Wednesday, August 15, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45818-45819]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-15983]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30Day-07-07AG]


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

    National HIV Behavioral Surveillance System (NHBS)--New-- National 
Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHSTP), Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    The purpose of this data collection is to monitor behaviors related 
to Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection among persons at high 
risk for infection in the United States. The primary objectives of the 
system are to obtain data from samples of persons at risk to: (a) 
Describe the prevalence and trends in risk behaviors; (b) describe the 
prevalence of and trends in HIV testing and HIV infection; (c) describe 
the prevalence of and trends in use of HIV prevention services; (d) 
identify met and unmet needs for HIV prevention services in order to 
inform health departments, community based organizations, community 
planning groups and other stakeholders. This project addresses the 
goals of CDC's HIV prevention strategic plan, specifically the goal of 
strengthening the national capacity to monitor the HIV epidemic to 
better direct and evaluate prevention efforts.
    Data are collected through in-person interviews conducted with 
persons systematically selected from 25 Metropolitan Statistical Areas 
(MSAs) throughout the United States; these 25 MSAs were chosen based on 
having high AIDS prevalence. Persons at risk for HIV infection to be 
interviewed for NHBS include men who have sex with men (MSM), injecting 
drug users (IDU), and heterosexual persons living in census tracts that 
have high HIV/AIDS prevalence (HET). A brief screening interview will 
be used to determine eligibility for participation in the full survey. 
The data from the full survey will provide estimates of behavior 
related to the risk of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases, 
prior testing for HIV, and use of HIV prevention services. All persons 
interviewed will also be offered an HIV test. No other federal agency 
systematically collects this type of information from persons at risk 
for HIV infection. This data will have substantial impact on prevention 
program development and monitoring at the local, state, and national 
levels.
    CDC estimates that NHBS will involve, per year in each of the 25 
MSAs, eligibility screening for 50 to 200 persons and eligibility 
screening plus the survey with 500 eligible respondents, resulting in a 
total of 37,500 eligible survey respondents and

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7,500 ineligible screened persons during a 3-year period. Data 
collection will rotate such that interviews will be conducted among one 
group per year: MSM in year 1, IDU in year 2, and HET in year 3. The 
type of data collected for each group will vary slightly due to 
different sampling methods and risk characteristics of the group. 
Participation of respondents is voluntary and there is no cost to the 
respondents other than their time. The total estimated annualized 
burden hours is 9,931.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                                      Average
                                                                     Number of       Number of      burden per
                           Respondents                              respondents    responses per   response (in
                                                                                    respondent        hours)
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NHBS-MSM........................................................................................................
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Screener........................................................          17,500               1            5/60
Survey..........................................................          12,500               1           30/60
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NHBS-IDU........................................................................................................
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Screener........................................................          13,750               1            5/60
Survey..........................................................          12,500               1           55/60
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NHBS-HET........................................................................................................
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Screener........................................................          13,750               1            5/60
Survey..........................................................          12,500               1           40/60
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    Dated: August 9, 2007.
Maryam I. Daneshvar,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. E7-15983 Filed 8-14-07; 8:45 am]
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