[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 57 (Monday, March 27, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15222-15224]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-05933]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-17-17WE; Docket No. CDC-2017-0025]


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 titled ``Knowledge, Attitudes, and 
Practices related to a Domestic Readiness Initiative on Zika Virus 
Disease.'' This project consists of telephone interviews with 
participants in Puerto Rico and the domestic U.S.

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before May 26, 2017.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2017-
0025 by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Regulations.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.

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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

    Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices related to a Domestic Readiness 
Initiative on Zika Virus Disease--New--Office of the Associate Director 
for Communication (OADC), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
(CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    Since late 2015, Zika has rapidly spread through Puerto Rico. As of 
November 2016, there have been 35,136 confirmed cases of Zika in Puerto 
Rico, with 2,797 cases among pregnant women and 67 cases of Guillain-
Barr[eacute] caused by Zika. In the continental United States, there 
have been 4,432 travel-associated cases of Zika and 185 locally-
acquired Zika cases in Florida and Texas. Due to the urgent nature of 
this public health emergency, CDC is implementing a Zika prevention 
communication and education initiative in the continental United States 
and Puerto Rico.
    CDC intends to request approval from the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) to conduct an assessment of a domestic U.S. and Puerto 
Rico-based communication and education initiative aimed at encouraging 
at-risk populations to prepare and protect themselves and their 
families from Zika virus infection. As part of the mission of CDC's 
Domestic Readiness Initiative on the Zika Virus Disease, CDC will 
assess the following communication and education objectives: (1) 
Determine the reach and saturation of the initiative's messages in 
Puerto Rico and the domestic U.S.; (2) measure the extent to which 
messages were communicated clearly across multiple channels to advance 
knowledge and counter misinformation; and (3) monitor individual and 
community-level awareness, attitudes and likelihood to follow 
recommended behaviors.
    This data collection is related to Zika prevention efforts that 
have been and will be implemented in Puerto Rico and the domestic U.S. 
Specifically, CDC needs this assessment to ensure that Zika prevention 
campaigns effectively reach target audiences to educate individuals 
regarding Zika prevention behaviors. Ongoing evaluation is an important 
part of this program because it can inform awareness of campaign 
activities, how people perceive Zika as a health risk, and assess their 
uptake of recommended health behaviors after the campaign has been 
implemented.
    These interviews can help articulate motivations for and against 
engaging in Zika prevention behaviors that are critical for preventing 
Zika-associated birth defects and morbidities. Implementing changes 
based on results from this assessment is expected to facilitate program 
improvement and ensure the most efficient allocation of resources for 
this public health emergency.
    CDC will launch a new Zika Virus Disease Domestic Readiness 
Initiative in the continental U.S. and Puerto Rico. The goal of this 
project is to determine knowledge, attitudes, and practices related to 
this initiative. CDC will use the findings to improve planning, 
implementation, refinements, and demonstrate outcomes of a Zika 
Domestic Readiness Initiative communication and education effort. CDC 
will also use the information to make recommendations for improving 
communication and education regarding the prevention and spread of the 
Zika virus. CDC will develop presentations, reports, and manuscripts to 
document the communication effort and provide the lessons learned to 
inform future and similar communication efforts.
    The plan is to conduct 2,400 interviews 12 months post-launch of 
the campaign to assess long term outcomes of the initiative. CDC will 
conduct telephone interviews with a mix of closed-ended and open-ended 
questions with individuals domestically in the U.S. and in Puerto Rico. 
The purpose of this assessment is to assess core components of CDC's 
Zika response in communicating prevention behaviors and risk messages 
to the public about vector control services.
    The following factors will be assessed:

     Knowledge about Zika virus and related prevention 
behaviors
     Self-efficacy in engaging in Zika prevention behaviors
     Engagement in Zika prevention behaviors (e.g., protective 
clothing use, condom use, and standing water removal)
     Risk perceptions of Zika

    Researchers will analyze the data, and generate a report for 
leaders of the response to offer insights on the delivery of the 
communication campaign.
    Results of this project will have limited generalizability. 
However, results of this evaluation should provide information that can 
be used to enhance and revise the existing program as well as offer 
lessons learned to inform infectious disease control programs that use 
education materials.
    Authorizing legislation comes from Section 301 of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 241). There is no cost to respondents other than 
their time to participate.

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                                        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        hours
                                                                    respondent        hours)
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U.S. Domestic Adults..........  Zika Readiness             1,800               1           14/60             420
                                 Initiative
                                 Survey.
Puerto Rico Adults............  Zika Readiness               600               1           14/60             140
                                 Initiative
                                 Survey.
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    Total.....................  ................           2,400  ..............  ..............             560
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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. 2017-05933 Filed 3-24-17; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4163-18-P