[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 165 (Thursday, August 25, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53135-53136]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-21739]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30Day-11-0794]


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

    Transgender HIV Behavioral Survey (THBS)--Reinstatement with 
changes (expired December 31, 2010)--National Center for HIV/AIDS, 
Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP), Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention requests approval of 
a Reinstatement with change of a previously approved collection, 0920-
0794 Transgender HIV Behavioral Survey (THBS)--(expired December 31, 
2010), for a period of 3 years. The previously approved project was a 
pilot. The purpose of this request is to conduct a behavioral survey 
among male-to-female transgender persons to assess prevalence of and 
trends in: (1) Risk behaviors for HIV infection, (2) HIV testing 
behaviors, and (3) exposure to, use of, and impact of HIV prevention 
services. The results of this data collection will be used to assess 
progress toward CDC's goals to increase the proportion of people who 
consistently engage in behaviors that reduce risk of HIV transmission 
or acquisition; and to monitor behaviors that increase the risk of HIV 
infection (among those who are not infected).
    For the proposed data collection, the eligibility screener and the 
behavioral assessment instruments used for the previously approved 
pilot was shortened and a recruiter debriefing instrument added. The 
project activities and methods will remain the same as those used in 
the previously approved pilot.
    Data will be collected through in-person, computer-assisted 
interviews conducted by trained interviewers in 5 Metropolitan 
Statistical Areas (MSA) or MSA Divisions in the United States. The MSAs 
chosen will be among those currently participating in the National HIV 
Behavioral Surveillance system (see Federal Register dated January 19, 
2007: Vol. 72, No. 12, pages 2529-2530).
    Respondent Driven Sampling (RDS) will be used to recruit 
participants. Except for a few initial recruits, persons will be 
recruited by peers for participation in THBS. A screener questionnaire 
will be used to determine eligibility for participation. In one year, 
approximately 1,100 individuals will be approached and screened 
(through a 5-minute interview) for eligibility to participate. 
Approximately 1,000 individuals are expected to be eligible and 
participate in the 40-minute behavioral assessment interview each year. 
At the end of the interview, the interviewer will train the respondent 
to recruit up to five peers. Each respondent who agrees to be a peer 
recruiter and who returns to the field site will be debriefed using a 
computer-assisted, interviewer-administered recruiter debriefing 
instrument. The debriefing instrument will collect information about 
the number of coupons the recruiter has distributed, whether anyone had 
refused the coupons, the race and ethnicity of those refusing coupons 
and the reason for refusal. This information is collected to improve 
response rates. Approximately 600 respondents are expected to 
participate as peer recruiters, about 500 of whom will return to be 
debriefed through a 2-minute interview. The total annualized burden is 
776 hours. Participation of respondents is voluntary and there is no 
cost to the respondents other than their time.

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                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                     Number of    Average burden
          Type of respondent                    Form name            Number of     responses per   per response
                                                                    respondents     respondent      (in hours)
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Persons Referred by Peer Recruiters...  Screener................           1,100               1            5/60
Eligible Transgender Persons..........  Behavioral assessment...           1,000               1           40/60
Peer Recruiters.......................  Recruiter Debriefing....             500               1            2/60
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    Dated: August 19, 2011.
Daniel Holcomb,
Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2011-21739 Filed 8-24-11; 8:45 am]
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