[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 213 (Monday, November 4, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59381-59383]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-24005]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-20-0995; Docket No. CDC-2019-0097]


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 National Network of Sexually 
Transmitted Diseases Clinical Prevention Training Centers.'' The 
purpose of the collection is to support program management of the 
National Network of Sexually Transmitted Disease Clinical Prevention 
Training Center (NNPTC) and to evaluate the reach and impact of the 
NNPTC's training activities.

DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before January 3, 2020.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2019-
0097 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, 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, 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

    National Network of Sexually Transmitted Diseases Clinical 
Prevention Training Centers (NNPTC): Evaluation (OMB Control No. 0920-
0995, Exp. 05/31/2020)--Extension--National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral 
Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP), Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).

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Background and Brief Description

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Division of 
STD Prevention requests an extension and three-year approval of the 
currently approved information collection request that comprises the 
NNPTC Abbreviated Health Professional Application for Training (NNPTC 
Abbreviated HPAT). This extension will allow the NNPTC Abbreviated HPAT 
to continue to serve as the official training application form used for 
training activities conducted by the Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) 
Prevention Training Centers' (PTCs) grantees funded by the (CDC).
    The PTCs are funded by CDC/Division of STD Prevention (DSTDP) to 
provide training and capacity-building that includes information, 
training, technical assistance and technology transfer. PTCs offer 
classroom and experiential training, web-based training, clinical 
consultation, and capacity building assistance to maintain and enhance 
the capacity of health care professionals to control and prevent STDs 
and HIV. The NNPTC Abbreviated HPAT is used to monitor and evaluate 
performance and reach of grantees that offer STD and HIV prevention 
training, training assistance, and capacity building assistance to 
physicians, nurses, disease intervention specialists, and health 
educators. During the previously approved three-year period, data was 
collected to monitor and evaluate the performance of the NNPTC grantees 
and the NNPTC program. This data provided the NNPTC with necessary 
information to improve program processes and operations in order to 
improve the quality of STD prevention and treatment.
    The 4,500 respondents (who will engage in a total of 11,769 
respondent instances) represent an average of the number of health 
professionals trained by PTC grantees during 2015. The evaluation 
instruments collect data on the impact of the training by the NNPTC. 
This data collection is necessary to assess and evaluate the 
performance of the grantees in delivering training and to standardize 
training registration processes across the PTCs. The NNPTC Abbreviated 
HPAT allows CDC grantees to use a single instrument when collecting 
demographic data from its training and capacity building participants, 
regarding their: (1) Occupations, professions, and functional roles; 
(2) principal employment settings; (3) location of their work settings; 
and (4) programmatic and population foci of their work. The NNPTC 
Abbreviated HPAT takes approximately three minutes to complete. This 
data collection provides CDC with information to determine whether the 
training grantees are reaching their target audiences in terms of 
provider type, the types of organizations in which participants work, 
the focus of their work and the population groups and geographic areas 
served.
    The evaluation instruments are used to assess training and 
capacity-building outcomes (knowledge, confidence, intention to use 
information, actual changes made as a result of training) immediately 
after, and again 90 days after training events. The evaluation 
instruments vary based on the type of training offered and take between 
approximately 16 minutes (for intensive multi-day trainings) to two 
minutes to complete (for short didactic or webinar sessions).
    The CDC's Funding Opportunity Announcement PS 14-1407, National 
Network of Sexually Transmitted Diseases Clinical Prevention Training 
Centers (NNPTC) requires the collection of national demographic 
information on grantees' trainees and national evaluation outcomes. 
There are no costs to respondents other than their time. The estimated 
annualized burden hours for this data collection are 502 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.......................  NNPTC Abbreviated Health Professional             4,500               1            3/60             225
                                                  Application for Training (HPAT).
Healthcare Professionals.......................  Intensive Complete Post-Course                      116               1           16/60              31
                                                  Evaluation.
                                                 Intensive CompleteLong-TermEvaluation..              36               1           10/60               6
Healthcare Professionals.......................  Intensive-DidacticPost-CourseEvaluation             166               1           10/60              28
                                                 Intensive-DidacticLong-TermEvaluation..              58               1            7/60               7
Healthcare Professionals.......................  PracticumPost-CourseEvaluation.........              70               1            4/60               5
                                                 PracticumLong-TermEvaluation...........              20               1            3/60               1
Healthcare Professionals.......................  Wet MountPost-CourseEvaluation.........              40               1            3/60               2
                                                 Wet MountLong-TermEvaluation...........              15               1            2/60               1
Healthcare Professionals.......................  STD Tx Guidelines Complete Post-                    548               1            6/60              55
                                                  CourseEvaluation.
                                                 STD Tx Guidelines Complete Long-                    180               1            5/60              15
                                                  TermEvaluation.
Healthcare Professionals.......................  Short GuidelinesPost-CourseEvaluation..             500               1            3/60              25
                                                 Short GuidelinesLong-Term Evaluation...             160               1            3/60               8
Healthcare Professionals.......................  BasicPost-CourseEvaluation.............             150               1            2/60               5
                                                 BasicLong-Term Evaluation..............              50               1            2/60               2
Healthcare Professionals.......................  Immediate Post-Course email invitation.           4,500               1            1/60              75
Healthcare Professionals.......................  3 Month Long-Term email invitation.....             660               1            1/60              11
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    Total......................................  .......................................  ..............  ..............  ..............             502
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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. 2019-24005 Filed 11-1-19; 8:45 am]
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