[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 44 (Monday, March 7, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12359-12360]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-5092]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30Day-11-0770]


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) 395-5806. 
Written comments should be received within 30 days of this notice.

Proposed Project

    National HIV Behavioral Surveillance System (NHBS)--0920-0770 exp. 
03/31/2011)--Revision-National Center for HIV, Hepatitis, STD, and TB 
Prevention (NCHHSTP), 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 NHBS 
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.
    For the proposed data collection, CDC has revised the interview 
data collection instruments. A few questions were added (related to 
health care access and utilization, use of pre-exposure prophylaxis, 
homophobia, HIV stigma, and discrimination), some were removed, and 
others were revised from the previously approved instrument to make 
them easier for respondents to

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understand and respond appropriately. The project activities and 
methods will remain the same as those used in the previously approved 
collection.
    Data are collected through anonymous, 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 (IDUs), and heterosexuals at increased 
risk of HIV (HET). A brief screening interview will be used to 
determine eligibility for participation in the behavioral assessment. 
The data from the behavioral assessment 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 and will 
participate in a pre-test counseling session. No other federal agency 
systematically collects this type of information from persons at risk 
for HIV infection. These data 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 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.
    This request is for a revision and an approval for an additional 3 
years of data collection. Participation of respondents is voluntary and 
there is no cost to the respondents other than their time. The total 
estimated annualized burden hours are 9,931.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                                 Average burden
         Type of respondent                Form name            Number of       Responses per     per response;
                                                               respondents       respondent        (in hours)
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Year 1 (MSM):
    Persons Screened...............  Screener.............            17,500                 1              5/60
    Eligible Participants..........  Survey...............            12,500                 1             30/60
Year 2 (IDU):
    Persons Referred by Peer         Screener.............            13,750                 1              5/60
     Recruiters.
    Eligible Participants..........  Survey...............            12,500                 1             54/60
    Peer Recruiters................  Recruiter Debriefing.             6,250                 1              2/60
Year 3 (HET):
    Persons Referred by Peer         Screener.............            13,750                 1              5/60
     Recruiters.
    Eligible Participants..........  Survey...............            12,500                 1             39/60
    Peer Recruiters................  Recruiter Debriefing.             6,250                 1              2/60
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    Petunia Gissendaner,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2011-5092 Filed 3-4-11; 8:45 am]
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