[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 44 (Monday, March 7, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11798-11800]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-04933]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60-Day-16-0987; Docket No. CDC-2016-0023]


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 information 
collection request Qualitative Information Collection on Emerging 
Diseases among the Foreign-born in the US that enables CDC improve the 
planning and implementation of disease prevention and control 
strategies targeting communicable diseases and other emerging health 
issues among high-risk foreign-born communities in specific and limited 
geographic areas in the United States where high numbers of those 
populations live.

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before May 6, 2016.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2016-
0023 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

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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

    Qualitative Information Collection on Emerging Diseases among the 
Foreign-born in the U.S. (0920-0987 expires 09/30/2016)--Extension--
Division of Global Migration and Quarantine, National Center for 
Emerging Zoonotic and Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National 
Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), Division 
of Global Migration and Quarantine (DGMQ), requests approval for an 
extension of the current generic information collection Qualitative 
Information Collection on Emerging Diseases among the Foreign-born in 
the U.S.
    This qualitative data collection is needed by DGMQ because foreign-
born individuals are considered hard-to-reach populations and are often 
missed by routine information collection systems in the United States. 
As a consequence, limited information is available about the health 
status, knowledge, attitudes, health beliefs and practices related to 
communicable diseases and other emerging health issues (e.g., 
tuberculosis, parasitic diseases, lead poisoning, and mental health 
issues) among foreign-born populations in the United States. Foreign-
born populations are very diverse in terms of countries of origin, 
socio-demographic, cultural and linguistic characteristics and 
geographic destinations in the U.S. Data is especially limited at the 
local level.
    The purpose of the extension is to continue efforts to improve the 
agency's understanding of the health status, risk factors for disease, 
and other health outcomes among foreign-born individuals in the United 
States. Numerous types of data will be collected under the auspices of 
this generic information collection. These include, but are not limited 
to, knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, behavioral intentions, practices, 
behaviors, skills, self-efficacy, and health information needs and 
sources.
    Under the terms of this generic, CDC will employ focus groups and 
key informant interviews to collect information. Depending on the 
specific purpose, the information collection may be conducted either 
in-person, by telephone, on paper, or online. For each generic 
information collection, CDC will submit to OMB the project summary and 
information collection tools.
    CDC requests a total of 1,025 respondents and 825 burden hours 
annually. The respondents to these information collections are foreign 
born individuals in the United States. There is no cost to respondents 
other than the time required to provide the information requested.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                      Average
                                                     Number of       Number of      burden per     Total burden
      Type of respondent            Form name       respondents    responses per   response  (in       hours
                                                                    respondent        hours)
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Foreign-born from specific      Screeners for                600               1           10/60             100
 country of birth in the         focus groups
 United States.                  (assuming 2
                                 screenings for
                                 each recruited
                                 participant in
                                 focus groups)
                                 (300 x 2 = 600).
Foreign-born from specific      Focus Groups                 300               1               2             600
 country of birth in the         (Approximately
 United States.                  30 focus groups/
                                 year and 10
                                 participants
                                 per focus
                                 group).
Foreign-born community leaders  Key informant                125               1               1             125
 and staff from organizations    interviews
 serving those communities.      (Approximately
                                 125 interviews/
                                 year).
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    Total.....................  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............             825
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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. 2016-04933 Filed 3-4-16; 8:45 am]
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