[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 36 (Tuesday, February 24, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9724-9725]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-03618]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-15-15NR]


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 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

    Capacity Building Assistance Program: Assessment and Quality 
Control--New -- National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and 
TB Prevention (NCHHSTP), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
(CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    The CDC is requesting the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to 
grant a three year approval to collect data that comprises the Training 
Follow-up Instrument, the Technical Assistance Satisfaction Instrument, 
and the Capacity Building Assistance (CBA) Key Informant Interview. The 
purpose of this information collection is to assess how well the CDC's 
CBA program meets the needs of its consumers in order to enhance its 
capacity building strategy over time.
    The PTCs and CBA providers are funded by CDC/Division of STD 
Prevention (DSTDP) and Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention (DHAP) over the 
five-year period to provide capacity-building services that includes 
information, training, and technical assistance. CBA means the 
provision of free (not for fee) information, training, technical 
assistance, and technology transfer to individuals, organizations, and 
communities to improve their capacity in the delivery and effectiveness 
of evidence-based

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interventions and core public health strategies for HIV prevention. CBA 
is provided to support health departments, community-based 
organizations, and healthcare organizations in the implementation, 
monitoring and evaluation of evidence-based HIV prevention 
interventions and programs; building organizational infrastructure; and 
community mobilization to decrease stigma and increase HIV testing in 
high risk communities. CBA services are requested by health 
departments, community-based organizations, and healthcare 
organizations and also offered proactively. Under this project, there 
will be no duplication of information collection, because it builds on 
existing, OMB approved data collection activities.
    The PTCs and CBA providers offer classroom and experiential 
training, web-based training, clinical consultation, and capacity 
building assistance to maintain and enhance the capacity of healthcare 
professionals to control and prevent STDs and HIV. The CBA service 
recipients are healthcare professionals who work at community-based 
organizations (CBOs), health departments, and healthcare organizations, 
most of whom are funded directly or indirectly by the CDC, involved in 
HIV prevention service delivery. Their positions include HIV educator, 
clinical supervisor, HIV prevention specialist, clinician, outreach 
worker, case manager director, program coordinator, program manager, 
disease intervention specialist, partner services provider, physicians, 
nurses, and health educators, etc.
    CDC is requesting to use two web-based assessments that will be 
administered to recipients of CBA services: (1) Training Follow-Up 
Instrument and (2) Technical Assistance Satisfaction Instrument. The 
first quantitative assessment will be disseminated 90 days after a 
training event to agency staff who participated in a training activity. 
It takes approximately 12 minutes to complete. The purpose of this web-
based assessment is to determine the training participants' 
satisfaction with the trainers, training materials, and the course 
pace, benefits from the training, and CBA needs, how relevant the 
training was to their work, and whether they were able to utilize the 
information gained from the training. The second quantitative 
assessment will be disseminated 45 days after a technical assistance 
event to agency staff who participated in a technical assistance. This 
instrument takes approximately 12 minutes to complete. The purpose of 
the second assessment is to assess participants' satisfaction with the 
technical assistance they received, intended or actual use of enhanced 
capacity, barriers and facilitators to use, and benefits of the 
technical assistance.
    The purpose of the CBA Key Informant Interview is to collect 
qualitative information to assess the impact of CBA services on 
organizational capacity (e.g., application of knowledge and skills, 
potential organization changes as a result of CBA services) and to 
solicit information about how the CBA program can be improved. 
Administered by the project contractor, the CBA key informant 
interviews will be conducted via telephone with a subset of up to 40 
recipients of CBA services. The interview takes approximately 15 
minutes to complete.
    The 7,400 respondents represent an average of the number of health 
professionals who receive training and technical assistance from the 
CBA and PTC grantees during the years 2010 and 2011. The data 
collection is necessary (a) to assess CBA consumers' (community-based 
organizations, health departments, and healthcare organizations) 
satisfaction with and short-term outcomes from the overall CBA program 
as well as specific elements of the CBA program; (b) to improve CBA 
services and enhance the Capacity Building Branch's national capacity 
building strategy over time; (c) to assess the performance of the 
grantees in delivering training and technical assistance and to 
standardize the registration processes across the two CBA programs 
(i.e., the PTC program and the CBA program) and multiple grantees 
funded by each program.
    There are no costs to respondents other than their time. The 
estimated annualized burden hours for this data collection activity are 
3,710 hours.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                     Number of    Average burden
      Type of respondent            Form name        Number of     responses per   per response    Total  burden
                                                    respondents     respondent      (in hours)         hours
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Healthcare professionals......  Training Follow-           3,700               2           15/60           1,850
                                 up Instrument.
                                Technical                  3,700               2           15/60           1,850
                                 Assistance
                                 Satisfaction
                                 Instrument.
                                CBA Key                       40               1           15/60              10
                                 Informant
                                 Interview.
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    Total.....................  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............           3,710
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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. 2015-03618 Filed 2-23-15; 8:45 am]
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