[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 161 (Monday, August 22, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51426-51427]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-17987]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-22-0995; Docket No. CDC-2022-0094]


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 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 October 21, 2022.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2022-
0094 by either of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: www.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 H21-8, Atlanta, Georgia 30329.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name 
and Docket Number. CDC will post, without change, all relevant comments 
to www.regulations.gov.
    Please note: Submit all comments through the Federal eRulemaking 
portal (www.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 H21-8, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; Telephone: 404-639-7118; 
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;
    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; and
    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. 06/30/2023) -- 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 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,

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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 NNTPC grantees and the NNPTC program. This data 
provided the NNPTC with necessary information to improve program 
processes and operations to improve the quality of STD prevention and 
treatment.
    The 4,500 respondents represent an average of the number of health 
professionals trained by PTC grantees during 2015. 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 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 CDC's Funding Opportunity Announcement PS 20-2024, 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. 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 
three minutes to complete (for short didactic or webinar sessions) to 
10 minutes to complete (for intensive multi-day trainings).
    There are no costs to respondents other than their time to 
participate. The estimated annualized burden hours for this data 
collection are 447 hours.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                     Number of    Average burden
      Type of respondent            Form name        Number of     responses per   per response    Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent        (in hr)         (in hr)
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Healthcare Professionals......  NNPTC                      4,500               1            3/60             225
                                 Abbreviated
                                 Health
                                 Professional
                                 Application for
                                 Training (NNPTC
                                 HPAT).
Healthcare Professionals......  Immediate Post-            4,500               1            1/60              75
                                 Course email
                                 invitation.
Healthcare Professionals......  3-month Long-                660               1            1/60              11
                                 Term email
                                 invitation.
Healthcare Professionals......  Basic Post-                 1200               1            3/60              60
                                 Course
                                 Evaluation.
Healthcare Professionals......  Basic Long-Term              400               1            3/60              14
                                 Evaluation.
Healthcare Professionals......  Intensive                    300               1           10/60              50
                                 Complete Post-
                                 Course
                                 Evaluation.
Healthcare Professionals......  Intensive                    120               1            6/60              12
                                 Complete Long-
                                 Term Evaluation.
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    Total.....................  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............             447
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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. 2022-17987 Filed 8-19-22; 8:45 am]
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