[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 197 (Friday, October 10, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53009-53011]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-26984]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30DAY-01-98]


Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) publishes a 
list of information collection requests under review by the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction 
Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a copy of these requests, call 
the CDC Reports Clearance Office on (404) 639-7090. Send written 
comments to CDC, Desk Officer; Human Resources and Housing Branch, New 
Executive Office Building, Room 10235; Washington, DC 20503. Written 
comments should be received within 30 days of this notice.

Proposed Projects

    1. Prenatal HIV Prevention Survey: Knowledge, Attitudes And 
Practices of Health Care Providers Serving Pregnant Women Regarding HIV 
Counseling and Testing and the Use Of Zidovudine (ZDV) During 
Pregnancy--New--This is a new data collection. The purpose of this 
survey is to assess the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of health 
care providers serving pregnant women regarding HIV counseling and 
testing and use of ZDV during pregnancy. Data will be collected and 
reported to CDC to describe:
    (1) providers' current practices in providing prenatal care to HIV-
infected women, offering HIV counseling and testing to pregnant women, 
and offering ZDV to HIV-infected pregnant women; (2) providers' 
knowledge of the ACTG 076 results and PHS perinatal transmission 
guidelines; (3) providers' attitudes regarding HIV counseling and 
testing of pregnant women; and, (4) providers' knowledge and experience 
in the use of ZDV in treating HIV-infected pregnant women.
    The intended population to be studied is physicians and nurse-
midwives providing prenatal care in four areas (State of Connecticut, 
potential population approximately 685; State of North Carolina, 
potential population approximately 1,500; Dade County, FL, potential 
population approximately 500; Brooklyn, NY, potential population 
approximately 260) where institutions are currently conducting a CDC-
funded study related to implementation of the PHS guidelines to prevent 
perinatal transmission of HIV. The total annual burden hours are 685.

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                                                Number of   Avg. burd en/
           Respondents             Number of    responses/  response (in
                                  respondents   respondent      hrs.)   
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Census..........................        2,659            1        0.05  
Questionnaire (Pilot Study).....          462            1        0.233 
Questionnaire (Survey)..........        1,902            1        0.2333
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    2. Workshop Evaluation Component of the CDC's Prevention Marketing 
Initiative Local Demonstration Site Project--New--The Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for HIV, STD, and TB 
Prevention, Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Behavioral Intervention 
Research Branch is planning to conduct a series of studies as part of 
the evaluation of a five-city HIV prevention demonstration program. The 
program involves the integration of social marketing strategies and 
community participation in an effort to develop and implement HIV 
prevention activities.
    Charged with developing programs for those 25 years of age and 
younger, community groups in the local demonstration sites chose to 
segment the target audience even further, and to mount a variety of 
types of interventions. Decisions about segmentation and the nature of 
local interventions were based on formative research conducted in each 
community. It is hoped that this demonstration project will result in 
reductions in HIV risk behavior among members of the target audiences, 
as well as in enhanced collaboration among individuals and 
organizations in the participating communities.
    To evaluate the effectiveness of two components of the 
intervention, questionnaire data will be collected from people under 25 
years old and from some parents in the demonstration communities. These 
data will be collected immediately before and after the Skills-Building 
Workshops, one month later, and six months later. In addition, 
questionnaire data will be collected once from individuals contacted 
through Outreach programs. These data will supplement a survey 
(announced in the Federal Register on 8/27/96) designed to assess the 
full program's coverage of the target population. Total annual burden 
hours are 2,798.

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                                                Number of   Avg. burden/
           Respondents             Number of    responses/    response  
                                  respondents  respondents    (in hrs.) 
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Parental consent................       \1\845            1        0.083 
Teen consent/assent.............     \2\3,168            1        0.0833
Pre/post questionnaire                                                  
 (intervention group)...........     \3\1,584            2        0.3333
Post questionnaire (control                                             
 group).........................     \3\1,584            1        0.3333
Follow-up questionnaire.........     \4\2,640            1        0.3333 
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\1\ 528 (ultimately needed per site)  x  2 sites (whose target audiences
  are underage) plus 317 (\3/5\  x  528 for the one site that has not   
  received IRB permission to waive parental consent and will train      
  underage youth and some 18 and 19 year olds).                         
\2\ 528  x  5 sites  x  1.2 (to allow for 20% loss to follow-up).       
\3\ \1/2\  x  3,168.                                                    
\4\ 529  x  5.                                                          

    3. Preventive Health and Health Services Block, Annual applications 
and reports--(0920-0106)--Extension--In 1994, OMB approved the 
collection of information provided in the grant applications and annual 
reports for the Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grant 
(0920-0106). This approval expires on September 30, 1997. CDC is 
requesting extension of OMB clearance for this legislatively mandated 
information collection.
    The information collected through the applications from the 
official State health agencies is required from section 1905 of the 
Public Health Service Act. This is no change in the proposed 
information collection from previous years. The information collected 
from the annual reports is required by section 1906, specifically the 
requirement for uniform data sets matching the uses of funds. Minor 
modifications to some individual uniform data sets for chronic 
diseases, as well as some other program areas, have been made to 
maintain consistency with performance measures developed as a result of 
the Government Performance and Results Act. Overall, this request 
reflects a 25% reduction in the collection burden to the grantees 
(States). The total burden hours are 5490.

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                                                                 Avg.   
                                    Number of    Number of     burden/  
           Respondents             respondents   responses/    response 
                                                respondents   (in hrs.) 
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Annual Applications..............           61            1           30
Annual Reports...................           61            1           60
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    Dated: October 3, 1997.
Wilma G. Johnson,
Acting Associate Director for Policy Planning and Evaluation, Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 97-26984 Filed 10-9-97; 8:45 am]
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