[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 165 (Monday, August 26, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52771-52772]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-20643]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30Day-13-13RE]


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 
(404) 639-7570 or send an email to [email protected]. Send written comments 
to CDC Desk Officer, Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC 
20503 or by fax to (202) 395-5806. Written comments should be received 
within 30 days of this notice.

Proposed Project

    Public Health Systems, Mental Health and Community Recovery 
Project--New--Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response, 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    This project stems from, and aligns with, publication of the Office 
of Public Health Preparedness and Response's (OPHPR) ``National 
Strategic Plan for Public Health Preparedness and Response'' which 
provides overall direction for Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention's (CDC) preparedness and response portfolio, including 
programmatic direction across OPHPR's four divisions. The focus of this 
project is to generate findings useful for future preparedness planning 
and response in order to develop strategies and interventions aimed at 
mitigating the impact of adverse events. In April 2011, one of the 
largest tornado outbreaks ever recorded, a ``Super Outbreak,'' occurred 
in the southeastern United States, resulting in more than 300 deaths 
and an estimated $10 billion in damages. This large-scale multistate 
tragedy offers a unique opportunity to study how communities with 
similar cultural and geographic features yet different public health 
and mental health emergency response systems could provide access to 
care around the same crisis. The outcomes of these efforts can inform 
the field of what effect these differences had on the recovery patterns 
of each of these communities. By doing so, we can begin to elucidate 
best practices for robust community preparedness and recovery with 
attention to types of services that most effectively promote the 
natural resilience of survivors. Two primary research questions will 
guide the proposed study:
    1. How did the Alabama and Mississippi State and local public 
health and mental health (PH/MH) systems prepare for, respond to, and 
support recovery after the April 2011 tornados?
    2. To what extent have these communities recovered and what is the 
overall health and quality of life of individuals affected by these 
events?
    CDC requests OMB approval to collect information for two years.
    To address these questions, CDC, in collaboration with ICF 
International, will conduct a mixed method evaluation utilizing key 
informant interviews of public health and mental health agency staff 
and other leaders from the community and household survey data in each 
of the four regions in Mississippi and Alabama to assess community 
recovery. Specifically, the study design includes two main components 
(qualitative and quantitative) designed to comprehensively examine the 
PH/MH system response to and community recovery and resilience from 
disasters.
    The total estimated burden for the 98 one-time qualitative 
interviews for public health/mental health professionals and community 
leaders is 98 hours (98 respondents x 1 hour/response). Interviews will 
be conducted during an in-person site-visit to the region to reduce 
travel and time burdens on the respondents. Respondents unable to 
participate during the site visit may participate via telephone. In 
addition, the total estimated burden for the quantitative computer-
assisted interviews are based on 1,313 screener respondents and 860 
survey respondents in each of the four tornado effected regions; the 
screener will take approximately 2 minutes to complete and the survey 
will take approximately 25 minutes to complete.(Study Screener: 4 
counties x 1,313 study screeners = 5,252 participants screened; 5,252 
participants x 2/60 minutes = 175 hours; Household Survey for General 
Public: 4 counties x 860 respondents = 3,440 respondents; 3,440 
respondents x 25/60 minutes = 1,433 hours).
    There are no costs to respondents other than their time.
    The total estimated annual burden hours are 1,706.

                                        Estimated 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 hrs.)
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Mental Health/Public Health Agency      Key Informant Interview               53               1               1
 Staff.                                  Guide--PH/MH Agency
                                         Staff & Key Informant
                                         Interview Guide--
                                         Consent Form.
Community Organization Leaders........  Key Informant Interview               45               1               1
                                         Guide--Community
                                         Organization
                                         Respondents & Key
                                         Informant Interview
                                         Guide--Consent Form.
General public from disaster affected   Household Survey for               3,440               1           25/60
 communities.                            General Public and
                                         Consent.
General public from disaster affected   Household Survey for               5,252               1            2/60
 communities.                            General Public--Study
                                         Screener.
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LeRoy Richardson,
Chief, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Scientific 
Integrity, Office of the Associate Director for Science, Office of the 
Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2013-20643 Filed 8-23-13; 8:45 am]
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