[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 167 (Tuesday, August 30, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52974-52975]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-18583]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-22-22IJ; Docket No. CDC-2022-0104]


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 Evaluation of Safe Spaces in CDC-
directly funded Community-based Organizations (CBOs). This project is 
designed to collect data from persons attending safe spaces, CBO staff 
perceptions of safe spaces, and descriptions of those spaces selected 
from 10 CBOs funded through Comprehensive High-Impact HIV Prevention 
Programs for young men of Color who have sex with men and young 
transgender persons of Color.

DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before October 31, 2022.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2022-
0104 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: 404-639-7570; 
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;
    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

    Evaluation of Safe Spaces in CDC-directly funded Community-based 
Organizations (CBOs)--New--National Centers for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, 
STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP), Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    The CDC-funded HIV prevention program for young men of Color who 
have sex with men (YMSM) and young transgender persons (YTG) of Color 
employs an innovative strategy to address the social determinants of 
health (e.g., housing, employment) that contribute to health inequities 
and impact HIV outcomes: safe spaces. Safe spaces are culturally, 
linguistically, and age-appropriate physical spaces for engaging people 
who are at increased risk for HIV and providing HIV prevention and care 
activities. Under this program, funded community-based organizations 
(CBOs) must address at least two social determinants of health within 
their safe spaces. CBOs will employ a community-driven approach and 
work with people who are at increased risk for HIV to select social 
determinants of health with the most potential to reduce barriers to 
accessing HIV prevention and care services and promote health equity.
    The purpose of this data collection is to assess the implementation 
of safe spaces, participant perceptions about the role of space spaces 
in addressing social determinants of health and promoting HIV 
prevention and care, and the association between safe space 
implementation and HIV process and outcome indicators. The primary 
objectives of this data collection are to obtain data to: (a) describe 
the implementation of safe spaces; (b) to describe the impact on 
participants served; and (c) identify successful models for safe spaces 
to inform other CBOs and CDC.
    By describing safe spaces and their impact on HIV-related outcomes, 
this data collection provides an important data source for evaluating a 
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health strategy aimed at reducing new infections, increasing HIV 
testing, and prioritizing populations at high risk for acquiring HIV.
    The CDC requests approval for a two-year information collection. 
Data are collected through surveys with participants of the safe spaces 
and phone-based interviews conducted with safe space staff. Persons 
attending the safe spaces are young men who have sex with men and young 
transgender persons of Color over the age of 18. A brief eligibility 
screener will be used to determine eligibility for participation in the 
participant survey. No other federal agency systematically collects 
this type of information from persons attending safe spaces. These data 
may inform prevention program development and monitoring at both the 
local and national levels.
    CDC estimates that this data collection will involve, eligibility 
screening for 1,250 persons, and a participant survey for 1,000 
eligible respondents at 10 CBOs, annually. At each CBO, two staff 
members will be interviewed about their perceptions of safe spaces, 
totaling 20 staff interviews. CDC requests OMB approval for an 
estimated 369 annual burden hours. Participation of respondents is 
voluntary and there is no cost to the respondents other than their 
time.

                                        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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Persons Screened..............  Eligibility                1,250               1            5/60             104
                                 Screener.
Eligible Participants.........  Participant                1,000               1           15/60             250
                                 survey.
Community-based organization    Staff interview.              20               1           45/60              15
 staff.
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    Total.....................  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............             369
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Jeffery M. Zirger,
Lead, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Scientific 
Integrity, Office of Science, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2022-18583 Filed 8-29-22; 8:45 am]
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