[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 106 (Tuesday, June 2, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33674-33676]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-11799]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-20-20OG; Docket No. CDC-2020-0057]
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 ``Assessments of adults'
professional experiences for improving programs to decrease sexual risk
and related behaviors and adverse health outcomes among youth,'' a
generic information collection package that supports qualitative and
quantitative data collection from adults who help implement programs
and services designed to prevent HIV, other sexually transmitted
diseases (STDs), and pregnancy or influence related risk and protective
factors; data will be collected for needs assessment and program
refinement.
DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before August 3, 2020.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2020-
0057 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.
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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 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
Assessments of adults' professional experiences for improving
programs to decrease sexual risk and related behaviors and adverse
health outcomes among youth--New--Division of Adolescent and School
Health (DASH), National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and
TB Prevention (NCHHSTP), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) requests
approval for a new generic information collection package that supports
collection of quantitative and qualitative information from adults who
help implement programs and services designed to prevent HIV, other
sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), and pregnancy or influence
related risk and protective factors; data will be collected for needs
assessment and program refinement. The National Center for HIV/AIDS,
Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP) conducts the
assessment of program practices and health services to reduce sexual
risk behaviors among adolescents and reduce adverse health outcomes of
those risk behaviors.
NCHHSTP conducts behavioral and health service assessments and
research projects as part of its response to the domestic HIV/AIDS
epidemic, STD prevention, TB elimination and viral hepatitis control
with national, state, and local partners. Adolescents are a population
with specific developmental, health and social, and resource needs.
Their health risk factors and access to health care is addressed as a
primary mission by the Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH),
and adolescents are a population of interest for several other NCHHSTP
divisions. The assessment and research conducted by NCHHSTP is one
pillar upon which recommendations and guidelines are revised and
updated. Recommendations and guidelines for adolescent sexual risk
reduction require a foundation of scientific evidence. Assessment of
programmatic practices for adolescents helps improve programs through
better identification of strategies relevant to adolescents as a
population as well as specific sub-groups of adolescents at highest
risk for HIV and other STDs so that programs can be better tailored
specifically for them.
Participants in data collection include adults (over 18 years old)
who help implement or oversee programs to prevent HIV, other sexually
transmitted diseases (STDs), and pregnancy among youth or influence
related risk and protective factors. These participants may include
adults in roles such as:
School staff and administrators
Staff in state and local education agencies
Staff in state and local health agencies
Staff in youth-serving community and national non-governmental
organizations
Community-based health care providers for adolescents
School-based health care providers for students
The types of information collection activities included in this
generic package are:
(1) Quantitative data collection conducted in-person on remotely
through electronic (via computers, tablets, other mobile devices,
etc.), telephone, or paper questionnaires to gather information about
programmatic and service activities related to sexual risk reduction or
related adverse health outcomes among youth. Questions relate to work-
related experiences, training, context, duties, activities, and youths'
health and service needs. Information may also be gathered on program
implementers' demographic and social characteristics, program-related
knowledge, attitudes, skills, and implementation practices.
(2) Qualitative data collection in-person or remotely through
electronic, telephone, or paper means to gather information about
program and service activities related to sexual risk reduction or
prevention of related adverse health outcomes among youth. Qualitative
data collection may involve focus groups and/or in-depth individual or
group interviews. Interview and focus group guides may include
questions about work-related experiences, training, context, duties,
activities, and youths' health and service needs. Information may also
be gathered on program implementers' demographic and social
characteristics, program-related knowledge, attitudes, skills, and
implementation practices. For adolescents, data collection instruments
will include questions on demographic characteristics; experiences with
programs and services to reduce the risk of HIV and other STD
transmission; and knowledge, attitudes, behaviors, and skills related
to sexual risk and protective factors on the individual, interpersonal,
and community levels.
The participants for this data collection are considered to be the
``implementers'' of the types of programs that are funded by CDC/DASH.
Typically, CDC/DASH programs are intended to have direct impact on
proximal indicators such as sexual health-related knowledge, attitudes,
perceptions, and behaviors among youth, and although CDC/DASH programs
are typically set in schools, they can be implemented by adults who
working in a variety of school, community, and health-care roles.
Any data collection request put forward under this generic
clearance will identify the programs and/or services to be informed or
refined with the information from the collection and will include a
cross-walk of data elements to the aspects of the program
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the project team seeks to inform or refine. Because this request
includes a wide range of possible data collection instruments, specific
requests will include items of information to be collected and copies
of data collection instruments. It is expected that all data collection
instruments will be pilot-tested, and will be culturally appropriate
for the intended populations. All data collection procedures will
receive review and approval by an Institutional Review Board (IRB) for
the Protection of Human Subjects and follow appropriate consent and
assent procedures as outlined in the IRB-approved protocols and these
will be described in the individual information collection requests put
forward under this generic package. Participation of respondents is
voluntary. There is no cost to the participants other than their time.
The table below provides the estimated annualized response burden
for up to 20 individual data collections per year under this generic
clearance at 58,500 hours annually. Average burden per response is
based on pilot testing and timing of quantitative and qualitative
instrument administration during previous studies. Response times
include the time to read and respond to consent forms and to read or
listen to instructions. The proposed information collections combine
for a total estimated annualized burden of up to 60,000 hours for
respondents.
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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Adults helping with program implementation Questionnaire..................... 15,000 1 1 15,000
(e.g., school or district staff, community
partners, NGO staff).
Adults helping with program implementation...... Pre/Post questionnaire............ 15,000 2 1 30,000
Adults helping with program implementation...... Interview/focus group guide....... 4,000 1 1.5 6,000
Adults helping with program implementation...... Pre/Post Interview/focus group 3,000 2 1.5 9,000
guide.
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Total....................................... .................................. ............... ............... ............... 60,000
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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. 2020-11799 Filed 6-1-20; 8:45 am]
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