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use of information technology. Written 

comments should be received within 60 

days of this notice. 

Proposed Project 

State/Territorial Healthcare 

Situational Awareness and Rapid 

Survey Capability Data Call—New— 

National Center for Preparedness, 

Detection, and Control of Infectious 

Diseases (NCPDCID), Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention (CDC). 

Background and Brief Description 

During public health emergencies, the 

ability of the nation’s healthcare system 

to deliver care needs to be rapidly 

assessed to inform response decisions. 

Currently, there is no automated system 

to collect and analyze information at the 

federal level, and the capability to 

achieve situational awareness at the 

state and regional levels varies across 

the nation—some states have robust 

systems while others have none. The 

gap in the ability to collect and analyze 

information during a public health 

emergency across existing systems and 

from jurisdictions without situational 

awareness capabilities limits the 

response capabilities at all levels; the 

essential decision-making information is 

not available at the federal level, and the 

state and local response agencies will be 

bombarded with multiple inquiries in 

the midst of a public health emergency. 

Work over the past two years has 

identified significant requirements for 

the development of this capability; 

through collaboration with stakeholder 

representatives, the foundation has been 

laid to rapidly progress into the areas of 

content and system development. In 

order for the development to continue, 

the technical characteristics of state and 

territory-based systems need to be 

identified so that situational awareness 

capabilities at the federal level can be 

designed to work in coordination with 

those existing systems. It is essential 

that specific and standard information is 

collected from all states and territories. 

This data collection will consist of 

two phases. In the first phase, CDC will 

verify the contact information of the 

state/territorial public health 

preparedness contact. In the second 

phase, the state/ territory situational 

awareness data call will be distributed 

to these individuals; the responses 

provided will be analyzed to develop 

the most effective and efficient federal 

situational awareness capability. 

This proposed project supports CDC’s 

Preparedness Goal of ‘‘People Prepared 

for Emerging Health Threats,’’ 

specifically the objective to ‘‘Integrate 

and enhance existing surveillance 

systems at the local, state, national, and 

international levels to detect, monitor, 

report, and evaluate public health 

threats.’’ 

There are no costs to respondents 

other than their time to complete the 

data collection. 

ESTIMATE OF ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Respondents Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hours) 

Total burden 

(in hours) 

State/Territorial Public Health Preparedness Contact—Contact Verification .. 62 1 5/60 5 

State/Territorial Public Health Preparedness Contact—Data Call .................. 62 1 30/60 31 

Total .......................................................................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ 36 

Dated: January 29, 2009. 

Maryam I. Daneshvar, 

Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[60Day–09–08AA] 

Proposed Data Collections Submitted 

for Public Comment and 

Recommendations 

In compliance with the requirement 

of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for 

opportunity for public comment on 

proposed data collection projects, the 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic 

summaries of proposed projects. To 

request more information on the 

proposed projects or to obtain a copy of 

the data collection plans and 

instruments, call 404–639–5960 or send 

comments to Maryam Daneshvar, CDC 

Acting Reports Clearance Officer, 1600 

Clifton Road, MS–D74, Atlanta, GA 

30333 or send an e-mail to 

omb@cdc.gov. 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including through the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. Written comments should 

be received within 60 days of this 

notice. 

Proposed Project 

Evaluation of health communication 

messages for Infertility Prevention 

Campaign—New—National Center for 

HIV, Hepatitis, Sexually Transmitted 

Disease Prevention, and Tuberculosis 

Prevention (NCHHSTP), Division of 

Sexually Transmitted Disease 

Prevention (DSTDP), Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention (CDC). 

Background and Brief Description 

Chlamydia (CT) is among the leading 

causes of pelvic inflammatory disease 

(PID), which can lead to infertility, 

ectopic pregnancy, and chronic pelvic 

pain. Most cases of CT are 

asymptomatic so infected girls and 

women are unaware of their infections. 

CDC estimates that in 2006, young 

women aged 15 to 19 years had the 

highest CT rate (2,862 cases per 100,000 

females), followed by women aged 20 to 

24 (2,797 cases per 100,000 females). 

These rates are likely to be 

underestimates, because many infected 

persons do not seek medical care and 

testing. Data at CDC suggests that CT 

develops into PID in up to 40% of 

untreated women and that 12% of 

women are infertile after their first 

experience with PID. 

CDC plans to obtain public 

preferences that will guide the 

development of health communication 

messages/materials about CT with 


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females in the following age groups: 15– 

17 years who attend school; 15–17 years 

who do not attend school; 18–25 years 

who are employed; and 18–25 years 

who attend school full-time. Focus 

groups will be conducted at local predetermined focus group facilities, and 

surveys will be conducted online and in 

malls. Women ages 18–25 years, both 

employed and working full-time, will be 

recruited by phone through professional 

recruitment vendors for focus groups; 

and in malls and on social networking 

sites for surveys. Girls ages 15–17 years, 

who do and do not attend school fulltime, will be recruited by phone through 

professional recruitment vendors for 

focus groups, once parental consent is 

obtained; and in malls and through 

social networking sites (without 

parental consent) for surveys. The 

Academy for Educational Development 

(contractor to which this task order, 

#200–2006–F–19070, was awarded) will 

be conducting the research. 

There are no costs to the respondents 

other than their time. 

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Respondents Number of 

respondents 

Responses 

per 

respondent 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hours) 

Total burden 

hours 

Screener (15–17 yr old) ................................................................................... 54 1 5/60 5 

Screener (18–25 yr old) ................................................................................... 126 1 5/60 11 

Screener (parent of 15–17 yr old) ................................................................... 54 1 5/60 5 

Focus groups ................................................................................................... 180 1 2 360 

Mall intercept screener & moderators guide ................................................... 200 1 10/60 33 

Online screener & surveys .............................................................................. 500 1 8/60 67 

Total .......................................................................................................... 1,114 ........................ ........................ 481 

Dated: January 29, 2009. 

Maryam I. Daneshvar, 

Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention. 

[FR Doc. E9–2440 Filed 2–4–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4163–18–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[30Day–08–08AP] 

Proposed Data Collections Submitted 

for Public Comment and 

Recommendations 

In compliance with the requirement 

of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for 

opportunity for public comment on 

proposed data collection projects, the 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic 

summaries of proposed projects. To 

request more information on the 

proposed projects or to obtain a copy of 

the data collection plans and 

instruments, call 404–639–5960 and 

send comments to Maryam I. Daneshvar, 

CDC Acting Reports Clearance Officer, 

1600 Clifton Road, MS–D74, Atlanta, 

GA 30333 or send an e-mail to 

omb@cdc.gov. 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including through the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. Written comments should 

be received within 60 days of this 

notice. 

Proposed Project 

Youth Advice & Feedback to Inform 

Choose Respect Implementation 

(New)—National Center for Injury 

Prevention and Control (NCIPC), 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC). 

Background and Brief Description 

NCIPC seeks to obtain, over a five year 

period, advice and feedback from 

tweens/teens (aged 11–14) regarding 

message development/placement, 

creative executions, appropriate 

partners, and other similar issues, to 

inform ongoing implementation and 

evaluation of the Choose Respect 

campaign (OMB#0920–0687), an 

initiative intended to promote youth 

awareness of and participation in 

healthy peer relationships. 

Communication research indicates that 

campaign planning implementation 

must employ a consumer-oriented 

approach to ensure that program 

messages/materials, and their 

placement, can successfully gain the 

attention of and resonate with the 

intended audience. To that end, the 

NCIPC proposes conducting further 

planning, implementation, and 

evaluation research that enlists the 

involvement and support of youth, 

parents and other influencers and 

measures the effect of the campaign on 

the target audiences. The evaluation 

will provide interim and ongoing 

feedback to campaign planners 

regarding the implementation and 

progress of the campaign. 

The proposed data collection will 

enlist geographically, culturally/ 

racially/ethnically, and socioeconomically diverse groups of young 

people to complete: (1) Ten-minute 

online surveys, with 200 respondents, 

four times per year; and (2) 12 in-person 

focus groups, with 12 participants each, 

twice per year. Online surveys will 

reduce the potential burden for young 

people as web-based formats are 

convenient and consistent with the way 

they communicate and spend their 

leisure time. Online surveys—Each webbased survey will involve a different 

group of 200 tweens/teens. In-person 

focus groups—First and second focus 

groups will involve different groups of 

young people. The following focus 

groups will be segmented by age and 

gender, as indicated. The total 

annualized estimated burden hours are 

1,354. 

There are no costs to respondents 

other than their time. 


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