[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 173 (Thursday, September 6, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45244-45246]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-19296]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-18-1099; Docket No. CDC-2018-0080]


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 effort to reduce public burden and maximize the 
utility of government information, invites the general public and other 
Federal agencies the opportunity to comment on a proposed and/or 
continuing information collection, as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on a proposed 
information collection project titled Capacity Building Assistance 
Program: Assessment and Quality Control. The purpose of this 
information collection is to assess how well the capacity building 
assistance (CBA) program meets the needs of health care staff from 
organizations funded directly or indirectly by the CDC, involved in HIV 
prevention service delivery. The program will assess customer 
satisfaction with CBA services and changes in capacity, knowledge, 
skills, and self-efficacy as a result of CBA service delivery.

DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before November 5, 2018.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2018-
0080 by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Regulations.gov. Follow the 
instructions for submitting comments.
     Mail: Jeffrey M. Zirger, 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. CDC will post, without change, all relevant comments 
to Regulations.gov.
    Please note: Submit all comments 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 Jeffery M. Zirger 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 the OMB for approval. To 
comply with this requirement, we are publishing this notice of a 
proposed data collection as described below.
    The OMB is particularly interested in comments that will help:
    1. Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility;
    2. Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of 
the proposed collection of information,

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including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used;
    3. Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to 
be collected; and
    4. Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those 
who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated, 
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic 
submissions of responses.
    5. Assess information collection costs.

Proposed Project

    Capacity Building Assistance Program: Assessment and Quality 
Control--Revision--National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, 
and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
(CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    The CDC is requesting the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to 
grant a one year revision to collect data that comprises the Health 
Professional Application for Training, Training Follow-up Instrument, 
and the Technical Assistance Satisfaction Instrument. For this one year 
revision we will not collect any qualitative data (interviews) since we 
have gleaned valuable information that has been used to improve our 
service delivery and processes. The purpose of this information 
collection is to assess how well the CDC's Capacity Building Assistance 
(CBA) program meets the needs of its consumers in order to enhance its 
capacity building strategy over time. The PTCs and CBA providers are 
funded by CDC/Division of STD Prevention (DSTDP) and Division of HIV/
AIDS Prevention (DHAP) over a five-year period to provide capacity 
building services that includes information, training, and technical 
assistance. CBA means the provision of free (not for fee) information, 
training, technical assistance, and technology transfer to individuals, 
organizations, and communities to improve their capacity in the 
delivery and effectiveness of evidence-based interventions and core 
public health strategies for HIV prevention. CBA is provided to support 
health departments, community-based organizations, and healthcare 
organizations in the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of 
evidence-based HIV prevention interventions and programs; building 
organizational infrastructure; and community mobilization to decrease 
stigma and increase HIV testing in high risk communities. CBA services 
are requested by health departments, community-based organizations, and 
healthcare organizations and also offered proactively. Under this 
project, there will be no duplication of information collection, 
because it builds on existing, OMB approved data collection activities. 
The PTCs and CBA providers offer classroom and experiential training, 
web-based training, clinical consultation, and capacity building 
assistance to maintain and enhance the capacity of healthcare 
professionals to control and prevent STDs and HIV. The CBA service 
recipients are healthcare professionals who work at community-based 
organizations (CBOs), health departments, and healthcare organizations, 
most of whom are funded directly or indirectly by the CDC, involved in 
HIV prevention service delivery. Their positions include HIV educator, 
clinical supervisor, HIV prevention specialist, clinician, outreach 
worker, case manager director, program coordinator, program manager, 
disease intervention specialist, partner services provider, physicians, 
nurses, and health educators, etc. CDC is requesting to use two web-
based assessments that will be administered to recipients of CBA 
services: (1) Training Follow-Up Instrument and (2) Technical 
Assistance Satisfaction Instrument. The first quantitative assessment 
will be disseminated 90 days after a training event to agency staff who 
participated in a training activity. It takes approximately 12 minutes 
to complete. The purpose of this web-based assessment is to determine 
the training participants' satisfaction with the trainers, training 
materials, and the course pace, benefits from the training, and CBA 
needs, how relevant the training was to their work, and whether they 
were able to utilize the information gained from the training. The 
second quantitative assessment will be disseminated 45 days after a 
technical assistance event to agency staff who participated in a 
technical assistance. This instrument takes approximately 12 minutes to 
complete. The purpose of the second assessment is to assess 
participants' satisfaction with the technical assistance they received, 
intended or actual use of enhanced capacity, barriers and facilitators 
to use, and benefits of the technical assistance. The 7,400 respondents 
represent an average of the number of health professionals who receive 
training and technical assistance from the CBA and PTC grantees during 
the years 2010 and 2011. The data collection is necessary (a) to assess 
CBA consumers' (community-based organizations, health departments, and 
healthcare organizations) satisfaction with and short-term outcomes 
from the overall CBA program as well as specific elements of the CBA 
program; (b) to improve CBA services and enhance the Capacity Building 
Branch's national capacity building strategy over time; (c) to assess 
the performance of the grantees in delivering training and technical 
assistance and to standardize the registration processes across the two 
CBA programs (i.e., the PTC program and the CBA program) and multiple 
grantees funded by each program. There are no costs to respondents. The 
estimated annualized burden hours for this data collection activity are 
8,633 hours.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                      Number      Average burden
      Type of respondent            Form name        Number of     responses per   per response    Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent      (in hours)         hours
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Healthcare Professionals......  Health                     7,400               2            5/60           1,233
                                 Professional
                                 Application for
                                 Training (HPAT)
                                 (att 3).
Healthcare Professionals......  Training Follow-           3,700               2           15/60           1,850
                                 up Instrument
                                 (att 5).
Healthcare Professionals......  Training                   3,700               2           15/60           1,850
                                 Telephone
                                 Script (att 13).
Healthcare Professionals......  Technical                  3,700               2           15/60           1,850
                                 Assistance (TA)
                                 Satisfaction
                                 Instrument (att
                                 7).
Healthcare Professionals......  Technical                  3,700               2           15/60           1,850
                                 Assistance
                                 Telephone
                                 Script (att 14).
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    Total.....................  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............           8,633
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Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Acting 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. 2018-19296 Filed 9-5-18; 8:45 am]
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