[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 155 (Wednesday, August 12, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48318-48320]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-19799]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-15-0650; Docket No. CDC-2015-0064]


Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and 
Recommendations

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of 
Health and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION: Notice with comment period.

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SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part 
of its continuing efforts 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. This notice invites comment on the Prevention 
Research Centers Program National Evaluation Reporting System. The 
information collection system is designed to monitor progress on a set 
of evaluation indicators; demonstrate public health impact and 
accountability to Congress, CDC leadership, partner organizations, and 
communities; increase PRC Program visibility; generate knowledge and 
share information within and outside the PRC Program; and facilitate 
PRC Program improvement.

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before October 13, 2015.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2015-
0064 by any of the following methods: Federal eRulemaking Portal: 
Regulation.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
    Mail: Leroy A. Richardson, Information Collection Review Office, 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, NE., MS-
D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name 
and Docket Number. All relevant comments received will be posted 
without change to Regulations.gov, including any personal information 
provided. For access to the docket to read background documents or 
comments received, go to Regulations.gov.

    Please note: All public comment should be submitted through the 
Federal eRulemaking portal (Regulations.gov) or by U.S. mail to the 
address listed above.


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on the 
proposed project or to obtain a copy of the information collection plan 
and instruments, contact the Information Collection Review Office, 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE., MS-
D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; phone: 404-639-7570; Email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 
(PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), Federal agencies must obtain approval from 
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for each collection of 
information they conduct or sponsor. In addition, the PRA also requires 
Federal agencies to provide a 60-day notice in the Federal Register 
concerning each proposed collection of information, including each new 
proposed collection, each proposed extension of existing collection of 
information, and each reinstatement of previously approved information 
collection before submitting the collection to OMB for approval. To 
comply with this requirement, we are publishing this notice of a 
proposed data collection as described below.
    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.

Proposed Project

    Prevention Research Centers Program National Evaluation Reporting 
System (OMB No. 0920-0650, exp. 5/31/2016)--Revision--National Center 
for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP), Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    In 1984, Congress passed Public Law 98-551 directing the Department 
of Health and Human Services (DHHS) to establish Centers for Research 
and Development of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention. In 1986, 
the CDC received lead responsibility for this program, referred to as 
the Prevention Research Centers (PRC) Program. PRC Program awardees are 
managed as a CDC cooperative agreement with awards made for five years.
    In 2013, the CDC published program announcement DP14-001 for the 
current PRC Program funding cycle (September 30, 2014--September 29, 
2019). Twenty-six PRCs were selected through a competitive, external, 
peer-review process; the program is currently in its first year of the 
five year funding cycle.
    Each PRC is housed within an accredited school of public health or 
an accredited school of medicine or osteopathy with a preventive 
medicine residency program. The PRCs conduct outcomes-oriented, applied 
prevention research on a broad range of topics using a multi-
disciplinary and community-engaged approach. Research projects involve 
faculty from the funded school and various departments within the 
university, as well as community partners. Partners include, but are 
not limited to, state, local, and tribal health departments, 
departments of education, schools and school districts, community-based 
organizations, health providers, and other health organizations. 
Partners collaborate with the PRCs to assess community needs; identify 
research priorities; set research agendas; conduct research projects 
and related activities such as training and technical assistance; and 
disseminate research results to public health practitioners, 
researchers, and the general public.
    Each PRC receives funding from the CDC to establish its core 
infrastructure and functions and support a core research project. Core 
research foci reflect each PRC's area of expertise and

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community needs. Most PRC core research aligns with the health 
disparities and goals outlined in Healthy People 2020. In addition to 
core research projects, most PRCs are awarded funding to complete 
special interest projects (SIPs) and conduct other research projects.
    The DP14-001 program announcement included language that was used 
to develop and operationalize a set of 24 PRC Program evaluation 
indicators. The PRC Program evaluation indicators were collaboratively 
developed in 2013 and 2014 with internal and external stakeholders and 
correspond to the PRC Program conceptual framework (or logic model). 
The PRC Program logic model identifies program inputs, activities, 
outputs, and outcomes. The list of indicators was revised to better 
reflect program needs and capture center and research activities, 
outputs, and outcomes.
    The CDC is currently approved to collect information from the PRCs 
through a structured telephone interview and a web-based survey hosted 
by a third-party. The web-based survey is designed to collect 
information on the PRCs' collaborations with health departments; formal 
training programs and other training activities; and other-funded 
research projects conducted separate from their core projects or SIP 
research. Structured telephone interviews with key PRC informants allow 
PRC Program staff to collect indicator data that do not lend themselves 
to a survey-based methodology and require a qualitative approach.
    CDC requests OMB approval to revise the information collection plan 
as follows:
    (1) The content of the web-based survey will be updated to more 
closely align with revised evaluation indicators and/or to reflect the 
current needs of the PRC Program. In addition, the web-based survey 
will be migrated from a third party platform to a web-based data 
collection system hosted on CDC servers. Although the estimated burden 
per response will increase, the revised data collection system will be 
comprehensive and will reduce the need for follow-up clarification by 
PRC Program awardees.
    (2) CDC will continue to conduct annual interviews (herein key 
informant interviews) with PRC staff to capture qualitative data about 
PRC activities and outcomes; however, the content of the in-depth 
interview will vary from year to year. In the previous OMB approval 
period, the annual interview focused on implementation of environmental 
and systems-wide strategies. CDC will continue to collect this 
information on a bi-annual basis (Key Informant Interview Part I). In 
alternate years, interview content will focus on PRC partnerships (Key 
Informant Interview Part II).
    (3) CDC will bi-annually conduct focus group discussions to capture 
additional qualitative information about network formation and 
cohesion. Bi-annually, PRC Program awardees will be required to 
participate in focus group discussions about PRC Network formation and 
cohesion. In the same years, PRC Program awardees will be invited and 
encouraged, but not required, to participate in focus group discussions 
about Thematic Network formation and cohesion.
    CDC will continue to use the information reported by PRCs to 
identify training and technical assistance needs, respond to requests 
for information from Congress and other sources, monitor grantees' 
compliance with cooperative agreement requirements, evaluate progress 
made in achieving goals and objectives, and describe the impact and 
effectiveness of the PRC Program.
    The CDC currently funds 26 PRCs and each center will annually 
report the required information to the CDC. The annualized estimated 
burden is expected to increase. This increase equates to an estimated 
weekly burden of one hour per respondent and more fully accounts for 
the burden of preparing responses, as well as the burden of reporting 
responses. Web-based data collection will occur on an annual basis. The 
Key Informant Interview (Part I) will be conducted in years 2 and 4 of 
the current funding cycle, and the Key Informant Interview (Part II) 
will be conducted in year 3 of the current funding cycle. During the 
three-year OMB approval period, this equates to two Part I interviews 
and one Part II interview per PRC Program awardee. Both focus group 
discussions will take place in years 2 and 4 of the current funding 
cycle. This equates to one PRC Network focus group discussion and one 
Thematic Network focus group discussion per PRC Program awardee during 
the three year OMB approval period. Responses are annualized in the 
burden table below.
    The proposed web-based data collection system will allow data entry 
during the entire year, which will enable respondents to distribute 
burden throughout each funding year. Response burden may decrease 
significantly in years 2 through 5, since the web-based data collection 
system will replicate a number of data elements from year to year, and 
respondents will only need to enter changes.
    OMB approval is requested for 3 years. CDC plans to implement 
revised reporting requirements in December 2015. PRC Program awardees 
are required to participate in information collection. There are no 
costs to respondents other than their time.

                                                            Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                                     Number of        Average burden
             Type of respondent                          Form name                Number of        responses per    per response  (in  Total burden  (in
                                                                                 respondents         respondent           hrs.)              hrs.)
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Prevention Research Center..................  Web-based Data Collection.....                 26                  1                 48              1,248
                                              Key Informant Interview (Part                  17                  1                  3                 51
                                               I).
                                              Key Informant Interview (Part                   9                  1                  3                 27
                                               II).
                                              Focus Group Discussion: PRCs                   17                  1                  3                 51
                                               Network.
                                              Focus Group Discussion:                        17                  1                  3                 51
                                               Thematic Networks.
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    Total...................................  ..............................  .................  .................  .................              1,428
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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. 2015-19799 Filed 8-11-15; 8:45 am]
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