[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 164 (Monday, August 25, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50652-50653]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-20103]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-14-0942]


Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and 
Recommendations

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of 
its continuing effort to reduce public burden, invites the general 
public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment 
on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. To request more information on the 
below proposed project or to obtain a copy of the information 
collection plan and instruments, call 404-639-7570 or send comments to 
Leroy Richardson, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D74, Atlanta, GA 30333 or send 
an email to [email protected].
    Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized 
and/or included in the request for Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) approval. Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed 
collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of 
the functions of the agency, including whether the information shall 
have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of 
the burden of the proposed collection of information; (c) ways to 
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be 
collected; (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of 
information on respondents, including through the use of automated 
collection techniques or other forms of information technology; and (e) 
estimates of capital or start-up costs and costs of operation, 
maintenance, and purchase of services to provide information. Burden 
means the total time, effort, or financial resources expended by 
persons to generate, maintain, retain, disclose or provide information 
to or for a Federal agency. This includes the time needed to review 
instructions; to develop, acquire, install and utilize technology and 
systems for the purpose of collecting, validating and verifying 
information, processing and maintaining information, and disclosing and 
providing information; to train personnel and to be able to respond to 
a collection of information, to search data sources, to complete and 
review the collection of information; and to transmit or otherwise 
disclose the information. Written comments should be received within 60 
days of this notice.

Proposed Project

    HIV Prevention among Latino MSM: Evaluation of a Locally Developed 
Intervention (OMB No. 0920-0942, expires 06/30/2015)--Extension--
National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention 
(NCHHSTP), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    Latinos are the largest and fastest growing ethnic minority group 
in the U.S. and have the second highest rate of HIV/AIDS diagnoses of 
all racial/ethnic groups in the country. From the beginning of the 
epidemic through 2007, Latinos accounted for 17% of all AIDS cases 
reported to the CDC. Among Latino males, male-to-male sexual contact is 
the single most important source of HIV infection, accounting for 46% 
of HIV infections in U.S.-born Latino men from 2001 to 2005, and for 
more than one-half of HIV infections among South American, Cuban, and 
Mexican-born Latino men in the U.S. (CDC, 2007a; 2007b). In 2006, male-
to-male sex accounted for 72% of new HIV infections among Latino males. 
Relative to other men who have sex with men (MSM), the rate of HIV 
infection among Latino MSM is twice the rate recorded among whites 
(43.1 vs. 19.6 per 100,000).
    Despite the high levels of infection risk that affect Latino MSM, 
no efficacious behavioral interventions to prevent infection by HIV and 
other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are available for this 
vulnerable population. CDC's Prevention Research Synthesis group, whose 
role is to identify HIV prevention interventions that have met rigorous 
criteria for demonstrating evidence of efficacy, has not identified any 
behavioral interventions for Latino MSM that meet current efficacy 
criteria, and no such interventions are listed in CDC's 2011 update of 
its Compendium of Evidence-Based HIV Behavioral Interventions (http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/research/prs/compendium-evidence-based-interventions.htm). There is an urgent need for efficacious, culturally 
congruent HIV/STD prevention interventions for Latino MSM.
    The purpose of this project is to test the efficacy of an HIV 
prevention intervention for reducing sexual risk among Latino men who 
have sex with men in North Carolina. The HOLA en Grupos intervention is 
a Spanish-language, small-group, 4-session intervention that is 
designed to increase consistent and correct condom use and HIV testing 
among Latino MSM and to affect other behavioral and psychosocial 
factors that can increase their vulnerability of HIV/STD infection. 
This study is using a randomized controlled trial design to assess the 
efficacy of the HOLA en Grupos intervention compared to a general 
health comparison intervention.
    CDC is requesting a one-year extension to the existing Information 
Collection Request in order to collect information from 50 study 
participants. This will terminate data collection for the study. During 
the requested extension period, a six-month follow-up

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assessment will be administered to a total 50 study participants. 
Information collection during the extension period will make it 
possible to measure intervention and comparison participants' socio-
demographic characteristics, health seeking actions, HIV/STD and 
substance use-related risk behaviors, and psychosocial factors 6 months 
after they receive the HOLA en Grupos and comparison interventions, 
respectively, and to test the efficacy of the HOLA en Grupos 
intervention. Collection of the six-month follow-up assessment 
information will require about one hour per study participant.
    There is no cost to participants other than their time.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                      Number      Average burden   Total annual
      Type of respondent            Form name        Number of     responses per  per respondent     burden in
                                                    respondents     respondent      (in hours)         hours
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Enrolled Study Participant....  6-month follow-               50               1               1              50
                                 up assessment
                                 (att 3).
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    Total.....................  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............              50
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Leroy A. 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. 2014-20103 Filed 8-22-14; 8:45 am]
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