[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 24 (Monday, February 5, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7718-7720]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-02175]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-24-1322; Docket No. CDC-2024-0007]


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 Capacity Building Assistance Program: Data Management, 
Monitoring, and Evaluation. The goal of the study is to allow CDC to 
evaluate the CDC cooperative agreement program entitled CDC-RFA-PS19-
1904 in order to improve the evaluation design and methods used to 
capture PS19-1904 outcomes, and to increase access and use of PS19-1904 
data for continuous quality improvement and performance reporting.

DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before April 5, 2024.

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ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2024-
0007 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

    Capacity Building Assistance Program: Data Management, Monitoring, 
and Evaluation (OMB Control No. 0920-1322, Exp. 02/29/2024)--
Extension--National Center for HIV, 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) partners with 
the national HIV prevention workforce to: (1) ensure that persons with 
HIV (PWH) are aware of their infection and successfully linked to 
medical care and treatment to achieve viral suppression; and (2) expand 
access to pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), condoms, and other proven 
strategies for communities over-represented in the HIV epidemic. CDC 
funds state and local health departments and community-based 
organizations (CBOs) to optimally plan, integrate, implement, and 
sustain comprehensive HIV prevention programs and services for 
communities in the HIV epidemic, including blacks/African Americans; 
Hispanics/Latinos; all races/ethnicities of gay, bisexual, and other 
men who have sex with men (collectively referred to as MSM); people who 
inject drugs (PWID); and transgender persons.
    Through the CDC cooperative agreement program entitled CDC-RFA-
PS19-1904: Capacity Building Assistance (CBA) for High Impact HIV 
Prevention Program Integration, the CDC Division of HIV Prevention 
(DHP) funds the CBA Provider Network (CPN) to deliver CBA to CDC funded 
health departments and CBOs. CBA provided by the CPN include trainings 
and technical assistance (TA) that enable the HIV prevention workforce 
to optimally plan, implement, integrate, and sustain high-impact 
prevention interventions and strategies to reduce HIV infections and 
HIV related morbidity, mortality, and health disparities across the 
United States and its territories. This information collection 
evaluates CDC-RFA-PS19-1904. Specifically, the CDC is requesting the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to grant a three-year extension 
to collect data through the use of four web based instruments that will 
be administered to recipients of CBA services and their program 
managers: (1) Learning Group Registration; (2) Post-Training Evaluation 
(PTE); (3) Post-Technical Assistance Evaluation (PTAE); and (4) 
Training and Technical Assistance Follow-up Survey (TTAFS).
    CBA training participants will complete the Learning Group 
Registration Form as part of the process for enrolling in a CBA 
training. The Learning Group Registration Form collects demographic 
information about training participants including: (1) business contact 
information (e.g., email and telephone number); (2) primary 
[employment] functional role; (3) employment setting; and (4) 
programmatic and population areas of focus.
    After an online or in-person training event is completed, training 
participants are invited to complete the PTE. The PTE is designed to 
elicit information from training participants about their satisfaction 
with the training delivery method and course content. Similar to the 
PTE, the PTAE consists of questions designed to elicit information from 
TA participants about their satisfaction with aspects of TA such as the 
relevance of the materials provided or created, responsiveness of the 
TA provider, TA participants' changes in knowledge or skills as a 
result of the TA, and barriers and facilitators to implementation of 
interventions/public health strategies. The TTAFS collects 
organizational-level data every six months from the program managers 
within CDC-funded programs. Program managers provide information about 
the implementation status of the intervention/public health strategy 
for which their staff received training and/or TA. Program managers are 
also asked to describe how their organization applied the training and 
TA (e.g., planning or adapting an intervention/public health strategy).
    The Learning Group Registration Form, PTE, and PTAE will be 
administered to CDC-funded program staff who participate in a training 
or TA event offered by a CBA provider funded under PS19-1904. The TTAFS 
will be administered to the program managers of state and local health 
department staff and CBO staff who participate in a CBA training or TA 
event. Respondents will provide information electronically through an 
online survey. The option to complete surveys via a telephone interview 
will be offered to respondents who do not complete the online survey 
within seven days. The number of respondents is calculated based on an 
average of the number of health professionals, including doctors, 
nurses, health educators, and disease intervention specialists, trained 
by CBA providers during the years 2016-2022.

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We estimate 3,800 health professionals will provide one response for 
the Learning Group Registration; 3,800 health professionals will 
provide a response for the PTE for each training episode; 3,650 health 
professionals will provide a response for the PTAE for each TA episode; 
and 189 program managers will provide two responses to the TTAFS in the 
web-based or telephone survey per year. The total annualized burden is 
1,671 hours. There are no other costs to respondents other than their 
time.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                        Average
                                                       Number of       Number of      burden per    Total burden
       Type of respondent            Form name        respondents    responses per   response  (in     (in hr)
                                                                      respondent          hr)
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Healthcare Professionals.......  Learning Group              3,800               1            5/60           317
                                  Registration.
Healthcare Professionals.......  Post-Training               3,800               2            5/60           633
                                  Evaluation.
Healthcare Professionals.......  Post-Technical              3,650               2            5/60           608
                                  Assistance
                                  Evaluation.
Program Managers...............  Training and TA               139               2           18/60            83
                                  Follow-up Survey.
Program Managers...............  Training and TA                50               2           18/60            30
                                  Telephone Script.
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    Total......................  .................  ..............  ..............  ..............         1,671
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Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Lead, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Public Health 
Ethics and Regulations, Office of Science, Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2024-02175 Filed 2-2-24; 8:45 am]
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