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Information Infrastructure and the 21st

Century Vision on Health Statistics, as well

as other activities as necessary.

Notice: This conference call is open to the

public using the participants’ dial-in

telephone number and participants’ code, but

access may be limited by the number of

available telephone lines.

Contact Person for More Information:

Substantive program information as well as

summaries of meetings and a roster of

committee members may be obtained from

Marjorie S. Greenberg, Executive Secretary,

NCVHS, National Center for Health Statistics,

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,

Room 1100, Presidential Building, 6525

Belcrest Road, Hyattsville, Maryland 20782,

telephone (301) 458–4245. Information also

is available on the NCVHS home page of the

HHS website: //www.ncvhs.hhs.gov/, where

further information will be posted when

available.

Dated: April 19, 2000.

James Scanlon,

Director, Division of Data Policy, Office of

the Assistant Secretary for Planning and

Evaluation.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control And

Prevention

[60 Day–00–34]

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, the

Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention (CDC) is providing an

opportunity for public comment on

proposed data collection projects. To

request more information on the

proposed projects or to obtain a copy of

the data collection plans and

instruments, call the CDC/ATSDR

Reports Clearance Officer at (404) 639–

7090.

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

for other forms of information

technology. Send comments to CDC/

ATSDR Reports Clearance Officer, 1600

Clifton Road, MS–D24, Atlanta, GA

30333. Written comments should be

received within 60 days of this notice.

Proposed Projects

1. Know Your Status Media Campaign

Evaluation

New—The Centers for Disease and

Prevention’s (CDC) National Center for

HIV, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHSTP)

proposes a media campaign to promote

knowledge of HIV status, using

marketing clusters to target media

messages. The purpose of this campaign

is to increase the number of HIV

positive people who are aware of their

status and are receiving appropriate

medical treatment. It is believed that

knowledge of infection will reduce risk

behavior and medical treatment will

reduce infectiousness. CDC will conduct

an evaluation of this campaign which

will examine 2 target clusters and 4

control clusters in about 4 cities

selected for intervention. Data will be

collected via 4 types of surveys: (1)

Telephone surveys; (2) street intercept

surveys; (3) Hotline surveys; and (4)

counseling and testing site surveys.

Assuming a sample size of 500 for each

cluster and 2 rounds of data collection

(baseline and post intervention) for the

telephone survey, and sample sizes of

167 for each cluster in the street

intercepts, plus the first 1,000 surveyed

callers and counseling and testing site

clients in each city, the totals are as

below.

Telephone Survey: 20,000

respondents (members of marketing

clusters in intervention cities) will be

surveyed by telephone in 2 rounds

(baseline and post intervention, 10,000

each). It will take approximately 15

minutes to complete the survey for a

total burden of 5,000 hours. Because

this survey will be conducted to home

telephone numbers, there will be no

cost burden to the respondents.

Street Survey: 4,000 respondents

(members of marketing clusters in

intervention cities) will be surveyed in

street intercepts in 2 rounds (baseline

and post intervention, 2,000 each). It

will take approximately 15 minutes to

complete the survey for a total burden

of 1,000 hours. There will be no cost

burden to the respondents.

Hotline Additional Questions: HIV

Hotlines serving intervention cities will

be asked to add questions to their

existing quality control surveys. This

will add up to 3 minutes to the existing

surveys for a total burden of 200 hours.

There will be no additional cost to the

respondents.

Counseling and Testing Site Survey:

HIV Testing and Counseling Sites in

intervention cities will be asked to add

questions to their existing data

collection on persons seeking HIV

counseling and testing. This will add up

to 5 minutes to completing the intake

data for a total burden of 333 hours.

There will be no additional cost to the

respondents.

This evaluation will determine the

success of the media elements of the

campaign, provide information for

improving the campaign when it is

spread to additional sites, and

determine the usefulness of targeting

media campaigns by market clusters.

The total cost of this evaluation to the

Federal government will be $400,000 for

the surveys. The total burden hours are

expected to be 6533 hours. Total cost to

respondents is $0.

Respondents Number of

respondents

Number of

responses

per

respondent

Average burden per

response

(in hours)

Total

response

burden

(in hours)

Telephone Survey ...................................................................................................... 20,000 1 15/60 5,000

Street Survey ............................................................................................................. 4,000 1 15/60 1,000

Hotline Additional Questions ..................................................................................... 4,000 1 3/60 200

Counseling and Testing Site Survey ......................................................................... 4,000 1 5/60 333.3

Total ................................................................................................................ 32,000 .................... ...................... 6,533

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2. Prevention of HIV Infection in Youth

at Risk: Developing Community-Level

Intervention Strategies That Work

New—The National Center for HIV,

STD and TB Prevention (NCHSTP),

Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention (CDC) proposes to amend the

previously approved OMB clearance

package no. 0920–0441, Prevention of

HIV Infection in Youth at Risk:

Developing Community-Level

Intervention Strategies that Work. This

package received a 3-year clearance for

data collection. The purpose of this

survey is to evaluate the effectiveness of

an intervention to reduce risk behaviors

associated with HIV infection or

transmission among young men of

various racial/ethnic groups. Across 12

cities, data is collected in the

intervention and comparison areas and

will be used to assess risk behaviors

associated with HIV acquisition and

transmission, determinants of those

behaviors, and to monitor awareness,

contact, and participation in the

intervention. It is hoped that this

intervention study will result in

lowering HIV risk behaviors among

young men in the target audiences, and

strengthening HIV prevention programs

in these local communities. The

population being surveyed is young

men between the ages of 15 and 25 who

report practicing behaviors that put

them at high risk for acquiring HIV.

Across the 12 cities participating in this

study, the target audiences include

African-American, Asian and Pacific

Islander, Hispanic or Latino, and white

young men. A survey will also be

administered to Community Health

Advisors who provided peer outreach to

the target communities.

At the time of the original submission,

process forms to monitor the

intervention were being developed by

the study investigators. During the

development of the process measures

for the project, it was determined that a

form would be developed to monitor the

activities and attitudes (e.g., increase in

self-efficacy, collective efficacy, and

group cohesion) of Community Health

Advisors providing peer outreach to the

intervention communities. The study

hypothesizes that these factors may

influence the relative impact of the

intervention. This submission is to

amend the currently approved package

to include a survey to monitor peer

outreach activities.

In order to evaluate the effectiveness

of the interventions, questionnaire data

will be collected in intervention and

comparison areas before the start of the

intervention, and at the end of the study

(3 years later). In addition, data will be

collected at two periods during the

intervention in order to monitor

awareness of the intervention among the

target population. Data will be collected

from Community Health Advisors every

quarter (90 days) in order to monitor the

peer outreach component of the

intervention. There are no costs to

respondents for participation in the

questionnaire or the survey other than

the time it takes them to participate.

The burden for this collection is

estimated to be approximately 30

minutes for the survey conducted before

and at the end of the intervention, 30

minutes for the survey to monitor

contact with the intervention, and 10

minutes for the survey conducted with

Community Health Advisors. These

estimates include the time needed to

determine if the respondent is eligible to

be interviewed, obtain informed

consent, and administer the interview.

Total cost to respondents is $0.

Respondents Number of

respondents

Number of

responses

per

respondent

Average

burden per

response

(in hours)

Total

response

burden

(in hours)

Young Men aged 15–25 surveyed before or at end of intervention ........................... 6,000 1 30/60 3,000

Young Men aged 15–25 surveyed during the intervention ......................................... 6,000 1 30/60 3,000

Community Health Advisors who conduct peer outreach/surveyed during the intervention ...................................................................................................................... 360 8 10/60 480

Total .................................................................................................................. 12,360 .................... .................... 6,480

3. Geo-Analysis of HIV Prevention

Services Provided by CDC Directly and

Indirectly Funded Community-Based

Organizations (CBOs)

New—The Centers for Disease Control

and Prevention’s (CDC), National Center

for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention

(NCHSTP), Division of HIV/AIDS

Prevention (DHAP) proposes an

evaluation project which will build on

the knowledge gained from the previous

studies to provide a multi-level, georeferenced review of CDC-funded,

community-based organization (CBO)-

provided HIV prevention services. The

purposes of this project are: (1) To

contribute to the construction of a

national database of HIV prevention

activities by developing a geo-coded

database that identifies, locates and

maps all CBOs directly and indirectly

funded by CDC in the US and its

territories, and (2) to evaluate the

comprehensiveness of HIV prevention

services in geographic areas across the

United States of America and territories

through the use of Geographic

Information Systems (GIS) technology as

the primary analytical tool.

This project is being tasked under the

Enhanced Program Assessments with

Laboratory Capability Task Order

Contract (200–96–0511) because of its

program evaluation component. By

using GIS to identify gaps in service

provision within a given geographic

area, program changes can be

recommended to those health

departments and CBOs participating in

the project. These recommended

changes may include adjusting services

provided or target populations in an

effort to close identified gaps.

Collaboration between government

agencies and CBOs with access to a

particular group at risk has been a

traditional approach in public health in

the United States. CDC promotes the

collaboration and coordination of HIV

prevention efforts between CBOs and of

CBOs with State health departments,

affiliates of National and Regional

Minority Organizations (NRMOs), HIV

prevention service agencies, and other

public agencies including substance

abuse programs, educational institutions

and the criminal justice system. CDC

promotes collaboration as a strategy for:

(1) Improving access to and for at risk

populations and communities; (2)

improving the direct delivery of

services; (3) improving referral of clients

to services; and (4) creating

comprehensive HIV services in

designated geographical jurisdictions.

The use of GIS will enhance the

accomplishment of these three goals by

providing information to funders and

other shareholders to enhance CBOs in

their efforts to provide interventions

and client referrals and services that are

accessible to the populations in need of

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them. This data will assist the CDC to

determine the effectiveness of federal

funding, whether the funding is

affecting the designated high risk or

infected groups such as

disproportionately affected minorities

where they live, or whether or not there

are available programs to link with for

more comprehensive services.

The project will use appropriate

technology to minimize respondent

burden. A self-report mailed

questionnaire, three pages in length,

will be mailed. Attached, will be two

maps of the geographical area (city and

surrounding metropolitan area) where

each CBO is located. The use of maps

eliminates the need to locate maps to

respond to questions concerning

location and distance. This project will

not be requesting information of a

sensitive nature. The project deals with

the types of interventions offered to

high risk or HIV positive individuals,

location and access.

The CDC anticipates one person per

CBO (total # of approximately 2000) to

complete the data collection form once

during the 2000 for approximately 30

minutes. Therefore, the total response

burden is estimated at 1,000 hours (2000

× .5 × 1). The total cost to respondents

is estimated at $17,000 assuming a

working wage for assigned CBO

personnel of $17.00 per hour. There are

no costs to respondents for participation

in the study other than the time (.5

hours) it takes to complete the

questionnaire. The total cost to

respondents $0.

Respondents Number of

respondents

Number of

responses

Average

hour burden

per

response

Total

response

burden

GIS Questionnaire for Directly and Indirectly Funded CBOs .......................................... 2000 1 30/60 1000

Total ...................................................................................................................... 2000 .................... .................... 1000

4. Supplement to HIV/AIDS

Surveillance (SHAS) Project

Revision—The Centers for Disease

Control and Prevention (CDC) is

proposing revisions to the currently

approved questionnaire for the

Supplement to HIV/AIDS Surveillance

(SHAS) project (OMB No. 0920–0262).

This questionnaire provides detailed

information about persons with HIV

infection which continues to be of

significant interest to public health,

community, minority groups and

affected groups. Since 1989, the CDC, in

collaboration with 12 State and local

health agencies, has collected data

through the national Supplemental HIV/

AIDS Surveillance project. The objective

of this project is to obtain increased

descriptive information on persons with

newly reported HIV and AIDS

infections, including sociodemographic

characteristics, risk behaviors, use of

health care services, sexual and

substance abuse behaviors, minority

issues and adherence to therapy. The

revised questionnaire will address

important emerging surveillance and

prevention issues, particularly those

related to the recent advances in therapy

for HIV infection. This information

supplements routine national HIV/AIDS

surveillance and is used to improve

CDC’s understanding of minority issues

related to the epidemic of HIV, target

educational efforts to prevent

transmission, and improve services for

persons with HIV infection.

Respondents Number of

respondents

Number of

responses

per

respondent

Average

burden per

response

(in hours)

Total burden

(hours)

Georgia ........................................................................................................................ 292 1 .75 219

California ...................................................................................................................... 301 1 .75 226

Michigan ....................................................................................................................... 82 1 .75 62

New Mexico ................................................................................................................. 81 1 .75 61

Arizona ......................................................................................................................... 165 1 .75 124

Colorado ...................................................................................................................... 139 1 .75 104

Connecticut .................................................................................................................. 229 1 .75 172

Delaware ...................................................................................................................... 43 1 .75 32

Florida .......................................................................................................................... 430 1 .75 323

South Carolina ............................................................................................................. 270 1 .75 203

New Jersey .................................................................................................................. 86 1 .75 65

Washington .................................................................................................................. 160 1 .75 120

Total .................................................................................................................. 2,278 1 .75 1,709

5. Message-Based Intervention for

Technology Transfer

New—The mission of the National

Institute for Occupational Safety and

Health (NIOSH) is to promote safety and

health at work for all people through

research and prevention. Over 6 million

American workers are at risk for

inhalation exposure of potentially

harmful metals. Workers in mining,

construction, and related industries are

potentially exposed to airborne

contaminants such as silver, lead,

nickel, manganese, chromium and zinc

which can cause health problems

ranging from metal fume fever and

asthma to cancer and parkinsonism.

NIOSH has developed analytical

methods for portable field exposure

assessment that would help reduce

metals exposure. The goal of this project

is to increase the self-reported use of

NIOSH developed analytical methods

for field portable exposure assessment

by American industrial hygienists

across the five-year period from 2000 to

2004. To achieve this technology

transfer goal, NIOSH proposes three

aims: (1) To create, (2) implement, and

(3) evaluate a message-based

intervention targeted toward American

industrial hygienists. If this project is

successful then NIOSH will also have

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developed and validated a

communication strategy that could be

adapted to other technology transfer

problems.

First, NIOSH will develop a messagebased intervention targeted toward

American industrial hygienists. To do

this, NIOSH will create and pretest the

message, channel, and receiver variables

that will compose the intervention.

Pretesting of the intervention will occur

via mailout surveys and on-site

pretesting with industrial hygienists

attending conferences sponsored by

AIHA (the American Industrial Hygiene

Association), ABIH (the American Board

of Industrial Hygiene), and ACGIH.

Pretesting will occur during the first two

years of the project (2000–1), with a

total of 1,000 industrial hygienists.

Second, NIOSH will implement the

multi-channel, multi-exposure,

message-based intervention that was

created through pretesting. NIOSH

intends to employ the following four

channels of: (1) Trade print sources

(journal and magazine); (2) web site; (3)

direct personalized mailings; and (4)

face-to-face interaction through trade

show demonstrations. The entire

population of American industrial

hygienists (approximately 13,000) will

be targeted by this intervention. The

intervention will occur across four

years, applying modifications as needed

during the time period.

Finally, NIOSH will conduct annual

surveys of randomly selected samples of

American industrial hygienists on their

self reported use of NIOSH developed

analytical methods for field portable

exposure assessment through mail-in

surveys based on standard HCRB

communication and outcome protocols.

During Year 1 (2000), a survey of 700

randomly selected industrial hygienists

will be conducted to assess baseline

levels of attitudes, knowledge and

behaviors with regard to the use of the

NIOSH developed analytical methods

prior to receiving the intervention.

During the next four years (2001–2004),

an annual survey of 700 randomly

selected industrial hygienists will be

conducted to evaluate the impact of the

message-based intervention on the use

of NIOSH analytical methods (total

across all years=2800 respondents).

The total cost to respondents is

$64,770.

Respondents Number of respondents Number of

responses

Average hour

burden per

response

Total

response

burden

Industrial Hygienist .............................................. 1000 pretesting .................................................. 1 .33 330

700 Baseline Survey .......................................... 1 .25 175

2800 Annual Survey .......................................... 1 .5 1,400

Total .......................................................... ............................................................................ .................... ...................... 1,905

Dated: April 18, 2000.

Nancy Cheal,

Acting Associate Director for Policy,

Planning, and Evaluation Centers for Disease

Control and Prevention (CDC).

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Healthcare Infection Control Practices

Advisory Committee (HICPAC):

Meeting

In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of

the Federal Advisory Committee Act

(Pub. L. 92–463), the Centers for Disease

Control and Prevention (CDC)

announces the following meeting.

Name: Healthcare Infection Control

Practices Advisory Committee (Formerly

Hospital Infection Control Practices Advisory

Committee).

Times and Dates: 8:30 a.m.–5 p.m., May

22, 2000. 8:30 a.m.–4 p.m., May 23, 2000.

Place: Atlanta Marriott Century Center,

2000 Century Boulevard, NE, Atlanta,

Georgia 30345.

Status: Open to the public, limited only by

the space available.

Purpose: The Committee is charged with

providing advice and guidance to the

Secretary, the Assistant Secretary for Health,

the Director, CDC, and the Director, National

Center for Infectious Diseases (NCID),

regarding (1) the practice of hospital

infection control; (2) strategies for

surveillance, prevention, and control of

infections (e.g., nosocomial infections),

antimicrobial resistance, and related events

in settings where healthcare is provided; and

(3) periodic updating guidelines and other

policy statements regarding prevention of

healthcare associated infections and

healthcare-related conditions.

Matters to be Discussed: Agenda items will

include a review proposed revisions to the

Guideline for Prevention of Intravascular

Device-related Infections, the Guideline for

Hand Hygiene, and the Recommendations for

Preventing the Spread of Vancomycin

Resistance in Hospitals; a discussion of

strategies for evaluation of HICPAC

guidelines; a review of the fourth draft of the

Guideline for Environmental Controls in

Healthcare Settings, 2001, and the first draft

of the Guideline for Prevention of

Nosocomial Pneumonia, 2001; and a review

of CDC activities of interest to the Committee,

including the Institute of Medicine Report on

Medical Errors.

Agenda items are subject to change as

priorities dictate.

Contact Person for More Information:

Michele L. Pearson, M.D., Medical

Epidemiologist, Investigation and Prevention

Branch, Hospital Infections Program, NCID,

CDC, 1600 Clifton Road, NE, M/S E–69,

Atlanta, Georgia 30333, telephone 404/639–

6413.

The Director, Management Analysis and

Services office has been delegated the

authority to sign FEDERAL REGISTER notices

pertaining to announcements of meetings and

other committee management activities, for

both the Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention and the Agency for Toxic

Substances and Disease Registry.

Dated: April 18, 2000.

John Burckhardt,

Acting Director, Management Analysis and

Services Office, Centers for Disease Control

and Prevention (CDC).

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Families

Proposed Information Collection

Activity; Comment Request

Proposed Projects

Title: Information Collection Items in

the Head Start Performance Standards

(current rule).

OMB No.: 0970–0148.

Description: The Head Start

Performance Standards are regulations

which establish standards for Head Start

grantee and delegate agencies to follow

to administer quality programs as

required by law. Local programs are

monitored for compliance with these

standards. The information collection

aspects of the Performance Standards

are one part of the many actions that

local agencies must take to ensure they

administer quality programs. Almost all

these information collections items are