[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 153 (Thursday, August 8, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38988-38989]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-16963]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-19-0987; Docket No. CDC-2019-0064]


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 Qualitative Information 
Collection on Emerging Diseases among the Foreign-born in the U.S. 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: CDC must receive written comments on or before October 7, 2019.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2019-
0064 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 Jeffrey M. Zirger, of 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 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:

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    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, 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

    Qualitative Information Collection on Emerging Diseases among the 
Foreign-born in the U.S. (OMB Control no. 0920-0987, Exp. 12/31/2019)--
Extension--Division of Global Migration and Quarantine (DGMQ), National 
Center for Emerging Zoonotic and Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), 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 450 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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                                                                     Number of    Average burden
      Type of respondents           Form name        Number of     responses per   per response    Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent      (in hours)      (in hours)
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Foreign-born from specific      Screeners for                300               1           10/60              50
 country of birth in the         focus groups
 United States.                  (assuming 2
                                 screenings for
                                 each recruited
                                 participant in
                                 focus groups)
                                 (150 x 2 = 300).
Foreign-born from specific      Focus Groups                 150               1               2             300
 country of birth in the         (Approximately
 United States.                  15 focus groups/
                                 year and 10
                                 participants
                                 per focus
                                 group).
Foreign-born community leaders  Key informant                100               1               1             100
 and staff from organizations    interviews
 serving those communities.      (Approximately
                                 100 interviews/
                                 year).
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    Total.....................  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............             450
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Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Lead, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Scientific 
Integrity, Office of Science, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2019-16963 Filed 8-7-19; 8:45 am]
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