[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 242 (Wednesday, December 17, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75155-75157]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-29503]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-15-0932]


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 and maximize the utility 
of government information, 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 A. 
Richardson, 1600

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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

    Data Collection for Evaluation of Education, Communication, and 
Training Activities--Revision--National Center for Emerging and 
Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Division of 
Global Migration and Quarantine (DGMQ) is requesting a revision of a 
currently approved generic clearance to conduct evaluation research. 
This will help CDC plan and implement health communication, education, 
and training activities to improve health and prevent the spread of 
disease. These activities include communicating with international 
travelers and other mobile populations, training healthcare providers, 
and educating public health departments and other federal partners.
    The information collection for which the revision is sought is in 
accordance with DGMQ's mission to reduce morbidity and mortality among 
immigrants, refugees, travelers, expatriates, and other globally mobile 
populations, and to prevent the introduction, transmission, or spread 
of communicable diseases from foreign countries into the United States. 
This mission is supported by delegated legal authorities outlined in 
the Public Health Service (PHS) Act (42 U.S.C. 264) and in regulations 
that are codified in 42 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) parts 70 and 
71, and 34.
    Since receiving initial approval for this generic, CDC has 
conducted three information collections. These information collections 
were in support of an Evaluation of Adapted Health Education Materials 
for LEP Spanish Speakers and Indigenous Migrants; Evaluation of the 
TravAlert Electronic Messaging System; and, a project entitled Scan 
This: Effectiveness of Quick Response Codes for Engaging International 
Panel Physicians. In order, these projects evaluated materials designed 
for specific audiences to determine if CDC's methods for communicating 
key public health messages were translated appropriately for low-
English proficiency residents in the United States, were effective in 
reaching travelers in airports, and were useful in making CDC's 
immigration medical exam technical instructions more accessible.
    Approval of this revision of the generic information collection 
will allow DGMQ continue to collect in an expedited manner information 
about the knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors of key audiences (such as 
refugees, immigrants, migrants, international travelers, travel 
industry partners, healthcare providers, non-profit agencies, customs 
brokers and forwarders, schools, state and local health departments) to 
help improve and inform these activities during both routine and 
emergency public health events. This generic OMB clearance will help 
DGMQ continue to refine these efforts in a timely manner, and will be 
especially valuable for communication activities that must occur 
quickly in response to public health emergencies.
    DGMQ staff will use a variety of data collection methods for this 
proposed project: Interviews, focus groups, surveys, and pre/post-
tests. Depending on the research questions and audiences involved, data 
may be gathered in-person, by telephone, online, or using some 
combination of these formats. Data may be collected in quantitative 
and/or qualitative forms. Numerous audience variables will be assessed 
under the auspices of this generic OMB clearance. These include, but 
are not limited to, knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, behavioral 
intentions, practices, behaviors, skills, self-efficacy, and 
information needs and sources. Insights gained from evaluation research 
will assist in the development, refinement, implementation, and 
demonstration of outcomes and impact of communication, education, and 
training activities.
    DGMQ estimates that 17,500 respondents and 7,982 hours of burden 
will be involved in evaluation research activities each year. The 
information being collected will not impose a cost burden on the 
respondents beyond that associated with their time to provide the 
required data.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                      Average
                                                     Number of       Number of      burden per     Total burden
      Type of respondents           Form name       respondents    responses per   response  (in    (in hours)
                                                                    respondent        hours)
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General Public................  Focus Groups               1,050               1           10/60             175
                                 Screening form.
Healthcare Professionals......  Focus Groups                 450               1           10/60              75
                                 Screening form.
General Public................  Focus Groups....             525               1           90/60             788
Healthcare Professionals......  Focus Groups....             225               1           90/60             338
General Public................  Interview                    700               1           10/60             117
                                 Screening Form.
Healthcare Professionals......  Interview                    300               1           10/60              50
                                 Screening Form.
General Public................  Interviews......             350               1               1             350
Healthcare Professionals        Interviews......             150               1               1             150
 Interviews.
General Public................  Survey Screening           5,250               1           10/60             875
                                 Forms.

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Healthcare Professionals......  Survey Screening           2,250               1           10/60             375
                                 Forms.
General Public................  Surveys.........           2,625               1           45/60           1,969
Healthcare Professionals......  Surveys.........           1,125               1           45/60             844
General Public................  Pre/Post Tests..           1,750               1           45/60           1,313
Healthcare Professionals......  Pre/Post Tests..             750               1           45/60             563
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    TOTAL.....................  ................          17,500  ..............  ..............           7,982
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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. 2014-29503 Filed 12-16-14; 8:45 am]
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