[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 54 (Monday, March 21, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15111-15113]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-06248]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-16-16TZ; Docket No. CDC-2016-0028]


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 a proposed 
information collection project entitled ``Formative Research to Develop 
HIV Social Marketing Campaigns for Healthcare Providers.'' CDC seeks a 
three-year approval to collect data from health care providers in order 
to develop timely, relevant, clear, and engaging materials that will 
support patient-provider communications related to HIV prevention.

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before May 20, 2016.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2016-
0028 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

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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

    Formative Research to Develop HIV Social Marketing Campaigns for 
Healthcare Providers--New--National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral 
Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP), Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    According to recent estimates, approximately 1.2 million people are 
living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in the United States, 
and for the past several years, approximately 50,000 people have been 
diagnosed annually. It is well-established that certain populations are 
disproportionately affected by HIV, including men who have sex with men 
(MSM), African Americans, Hispanics/Latinos, and transgender 
communities.
    In part, to address these health disparities, CDC first published 
guidelines for HIV testing in health care settings in 2003. CDC updated 
this guidance to reflect changes in the evidence base in 2006. As the 
prevention landscape has evolved, so too has CDC's guidance for health 
care providers. Most recently, CDC published guidelines for health care 
providers on pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and recommendations for 
HIV prevention with adults and adolescents with HIV. Despite clear and 
compelling guidance from CDC, past studies have shown that patient-
provider communication about HIV testing and prevention is uncommon and 
conversations that do take place tend to be brief.
    CDC has developed four social marketing campaigns to support 
patient-provider communication about HIV. These campaigns have made 
great strides in addressing health care providers' information needs, 
thereby building their capacity to discuss HIV prevention with their 
patients. At this juncture, particularly with the evolving HIV 
prevention landscape, more data are needed to deepen our understanding 
of providers' interpretation and understanding of existing and emergent 
HIV prevention science; how providers use guidance or evidence-based 
approaches in their practices generally as well with populations that 
have been largely overlooked (e.g., transgender individuals); and how 
to develop new or enrich existing provider materials to make them more 
informative, appealing, and usable.
    The three-year study proposes a series of in-depth interviews with 
600 healthcare providers (i.e., physicians, physician assistants, and 
nurses) identified by contractor staff and professional recruiting 
firms. Data will be collected through one-time, hour-long, individual, 
in-depth interviews accompanied by a computer-assisted personal 
interview (total of 1 hour and 15 minutes per person). We anticipate 
screening 1,200 individuals to obtain 600 individuals who will 
participate in a 1-hour, in-depth interview and complete a 15-minute 
computer-assisted personal interview (web-based) survey. All data 
collections will be conducted only one time. Respondents who will 
participate in these interviews will be selected purposively to inform 
the development of appropriate messaging and materials for healthcare 
providers. Topic areas addressed within the interviews may include HIV 
prevention, HIV treatment, and linkage and referral to services. Data 
will be securely stored on password-protected computers and in locked 
file cabinets.
    The information gathered through this data collection will allow 
CDC to develop timely, relevant, clear, and engaging materials that 
continue to support patient-provider communications related to HIV 
prevention. Participation of respondents is voluntary, and there is no 
cost to respondents other than their time. The total estimated 
annualized burden hours are 950.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                          Number of      Average
                                                            Number of     responses    burden per   Total burden
        Type of respondent                Form name        respondents       per      response (in      hours
                                                                         respondent      hours)
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Health care providers.............  Screener............         1,200             1         10/60           200
                                    Web-based survey....           600             1         15/60           150
                                    Exploratory guide--             50             1             1            50
                                     Prevention with
                                     positives and
                                     retention in care.
                                    Exploratory guide--             50             1             1            50
                                     Transgender health.

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                                    Exploratory guide--             50             1             1            50
                                     HIV prevention.
                                    Message testing                150             1             1           150
                                     guide.
                                    Concept testing                150             1             1           150
                                     guide.
                                    Materials testing              150             1             1           150
                                     guide.
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    Total.........................  ....................  ............  ............  ............           950
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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. 2016-06248 Filed 3-18-16; 8:45 am]
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