[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 214 (Wednesday, November 4, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70164-70166]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-24475]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30Day-21-20OG]


Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review

    In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has submitted the information 
collection request titled ``Assessments of adults' professional 
experiences for improving programs to decrease sexual risk and related 
behaviors and adverse health outcomes among youth,'' to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. CDC previously 
published a ``Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and 
Recommendations'' notice on June 2, 2020 to obtain comments from the 
public and affected agencies. CDC did not receive comments related to 
the previous notice. This notice serves to allow an additional 30 days 
for public and affected agency comments.
    CDC will accept all comments for this proposed information 
collection project. The Office of Management and Budget is particularly 
interested in comments that:
    (a) 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;
    (b) Evaluate the accuracy of the agencies estimate of the burden of 
the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used;
    (c) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to 
be collected;
    (d) 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 submission of responses; and
    (e) Assess information collection costs.
    To request additional information on the proposed project or to 
obtain a copy of the information collection plan and instruments, call 
(404) 639-7570. Comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function. Direct 
written comments and/or suggestions regarding the items contained in 
this notice to the Attention: CDC Desk Officer, Office of Management 
and Budget, 725 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20503 or by fax to (202) 
395-5806. Provide written comments within 30 days of notice 
publication.

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, 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

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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 
work 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 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 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 10 individual data collections per year under this generic 
clearance. 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
                                                                    respondents     respondent      (in hours)
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Adults helping with program             Questionnaire...........          15,000               1               1
 implementation (e.g., school or
 district staff, community partners,
 NGO staff).
Adults helping with program             Pre/Post Questionnaire..          15,000               2               1
 implementation.
Adults helping with program             Interview/focus group              4,000               1             1.5
 implementation.                         guide.
Adults helping with program             Pre/Post Interview/focus           3,000               2             1.5
 implementation.                         group guide.
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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. 2020-24475 Filed 11-3-20; 8:45 am]
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