[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 80 (Thursday, April 27, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19370-19371]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-08493]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-17-17ABU; Docket No. CDC-2017-0037]


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 data 
collection project titled ``Emergency Zika Package: Zika Reproductive 
Health Call-Back Survey ZRHCS), 2017.''

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

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2017-
0037 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.

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 Leroy A. Richardson, 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

    Zika Reproductive Health Call-Back Survey (ZRHCS), 2017--New--
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion 
(NCCDPHP), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    In May 2015, the World Health Organization reported the first local 
mosquito born transmission of Zika virus in the Western Hemisphere, 
with autochthonous cases identified in Brazil. In response to the Zika 
virus outbreak, and evidence that Zika virus infection during pregnancy 
is a cause

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microcephaly and other adverse pregnancy and infant outcomes, CDC's 
Emergency Operations Center has continued to work at the highest level 
of activation since February 8, 2016. To date, local transmission has 
been identified in at least 50 countries or territories in the 
Americas; within the United States, widespread mosquito born 
transmission has been documented in the territories of Puerto Rico and 
the US Virgin Islands, and more localized transmission has been 
observed in Florida and Texas. In addition in the continental United 
States, there has been a large number of travel-related cases with 
infection occurring through mosquito born and sexual transmission.
    Given the adverse pregnancy and birth outcomes associated with Zika 
virus infection during pregnancy, increasing access to effective 
contraception is a key countermeasure for preventing unintended 
pregnancies that might otherwise be affected by Zika. In addition, even 
in the absence of disease outbreaks that can lead to negative pregnancy 
and birth outcomes, access to contraception is needed to help prevent 
the 45% of pregnancies in the United States that are unintended. Given 
that the proportion of pregnancies that are unintended varies widely 
across states, it is important to identify populations with high unmet 
need for contraception to implement targeted strategies for increasing 
access to and availability of effective contraception. Additionally, it 
is important for women who are at risk of becoming pregnant 
unintentionally, or who are planning a pregnancy, to be knowledgeable 
of behaviors for preventing mosquito born and sexual transmission of 
Zika and recommendations for waiting to get pregnant after they or 
their partner have returned from an area with Zika.
    The objective of this assessment is to collect scientifically 
valid, current information on various aspects of Zika knowledge and 
prevention behaviors from a representative sample of adult women of 
reproductive age (aged 18-49 years) in 14 states/territories, including 
information: (1) The use of contraception among women wishing to avoid 
or delay pregnancies that might otherwise be affected by Zika; (2) 
barriers to access and use of contraception; (3) knowledge of and 
adherence to mosquito prevention strategies and use of condoms to 
minimize the risk of sexual transmission; and (4) frequency of travel 
to Zika areas and knowledge of and adherence to travel recommendations. 
The 14 jurisdictions included have had widespread local transmission, 
are at high risk for local transmission, and/or have a 
disproportionately high number of travel-related cases.
    The information collected will be provided to state and territory 
health departments to provide a basis on which to develop emergency 
response plans for potential outbreaks and make decisions regarding the 
distribution of finite resources to prevent Zika virus infection during 
pregnancy. Given the potential for new outbreaks and increases in cases 
in areas with Zika as the summer travel and mosquito season approaches, 
an interim data set and report would be made available to states no 
later than June, 2017. Additionally, in the event that a jurisdiction 
has an increase in Zika cases or newly reported local transmission, 
interim data will be analyzed and provided within 10 business days to 
aid in emergency response planning.
    Participation is voluntary and there are no costs to respondents 
other than their time.

                                                            Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                                             Number of    Average burden
              Type of respondents                               Form name                    Number of     responses per    per response   Total burden
                                                                                            respondents     respondent       (in hrs.)         hours
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Women aged 18-49 years who completed the main    Recruitment text.......................          14,508               1            1/60             242
 BRFSS survey.
Women aged 18-49 years from areas with local     Call-back Survey and Consent, Version A           2,000               1           10/60             333
 Zika transmission.
Women aged 18-49 years from areas where travel   Call-back Survey and Consent, Version B          12,000               1           12/60           2,400
 related Zika predominates.
State BRFSS Coordinators.......................  Data Submission Layout.................              14               8               3             336
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    Total......................................  .......................................  ..............  ..............  ..............           3,311
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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. 2017-08493 Filed 4-26-17; 8:45 am]
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