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ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Type of respondents Form name Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hours) 

Patients aged 18 years or older ..................... Online surveys (18-month follow-up) ............. 960 1 7/60 

Patients aged 18 years or older who completed 18 mo survey.Online surveys (30-month follow-up) ............. 660 1 10/60 

Patients aged 18 years or older who did not 

complete 18 mo survey.

Online surveys (30-month follow-up) ............. 220 1 10/60 

Jeffrey M. Zirger, 

Acting Chief, Information Collection Review 

Office, Office of Scientific Integrity, Office 

of the Associate Director for Science, Office 

of the Director, Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[30Day–18–1091] 

Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork 

Reduction Act Review 

In accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, the Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 

has submitted the information 

collection request titled ‘‘Using 

Qualitative Methods to Understand 

Issues in HIV Prevention, Care and 

Treatment in the United States’’ to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and approval. CDC 

previously published a ‘‘Proposed Data 

Collection Submitted for Public 

Comment and Recommendations’’ 

notice on March 13, 2018 to obtain 

comments from the public and affected 

agencies. CDC received four comments 

related to the previous notice. This 

notice serves to allow an additional 30 

days for public and affected agency 

comments. 

CDC will accept all comments for this 

proposed information collection project. 

The Office of Management and Budget 

is particularly interested in comments 

that: 

(a) 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; 

(b) Evaluate the accuracy of the 

agencies estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; 

(c) Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; 

(d) 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 submission of 

responses; and 

(e) Assess information collection 

costs. 

To request additional information on 

the proposed project or to obtain a copy 

of the information collection plan and 

instruments, call (404) 639–7570 or 

send an email to omb@cdc.gov. Direct 

written comments and/or suggestions 

regarding the items contained in this 

notice to the Attention: CDC Desk 

Officer, Office of Management and 

Budget, 725 17th Street NW, 

Washington, DC 20503 or by fax to (202) 

395–5806. Provide written comments 

within 30 days of notice publication. 

Proposed Project 

Using Qualitative Methods to 

Understand Issues in HIV Prevention, 

Care and Treatment in the United States 

(OMB No. 0920–1091; expires December 

31, 2018)—Extension—National Center 

for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and 

TB Prevention, Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention (CDC). 

Background and Brief Description 

The CDC’s National Center on HIV/ 

AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB 

Prevention (NCHHSTP), Division of 

HIV/AIDS Prevention (DHAP) seeks a 

three year extension for an existing 

Generic information collection request 

(Generic ICR) entitled, ‘‘Using 

Qualitative Methods to Understand 

Issues in HIV Prevention, Care and 

Treatment in the United States’’ (OMB 

Number: 0920–1091). Specific studies 

conducted under this extended Generic 

ICR will be consistent with the national 

HIV prevention goals, the CDC Division 

of HIV/AIDS Prevention (DHAP) 

Strategic Plan, and DHAP’s High-impact 

HIV Prevention approach. 

The purposes for each data collection 

study supported under this extended 

Generic ICR will be to understand 

specific barriers and facilitators to local 

HIV prevention, care and treatment in 

the United States and territories. For 

example, each study will seek to 

identify ways to improve programmatic 

activities along the continuum of HIV 

prevention, treatment and care for 

different populations residing in 

different geographic settings with 

greatest burden of HIV. 

The target populations for studies 

included in this extended Generic ICR 

include, but are not limited to: Persons 

living with HIV who are in treatment; 

persons living with HIV who are out of 

treatment and who may or may not be 

seeking treatment at healthcare 

facilities; persons at high risk for HIV 

acquisition (HIV negative) and HIV 

transmission (HIV positive); persons 

from groups at high risk for HIV 

including gay, bisexual and other MSM, 

transgender persons, and injection and 

non-injection drug users; persons from 

racial and ethnic minorities; and 

healthcare providers or other 

professionals who provide HIV 

prevention, care and treatment services. 

Other populations may include 

individuals who provide non-HIV 

services or otherwise interact with 

persons living with HIV or persons at 

risk for HIV acquisition. 

Studies will only provide local 

contextual information about the 

barriers and facilitators to HIV 

prevention, care, and treatment 

experienced by specific communities at 

risk for acquiring HIV infection, by HIVpositive persons across the HIV care 

continuum, and by organizations or 

individuals providing HIV prevention, 

care, treatment, and related support 

services. 

Data collection methods used in any 

of the specific studies primarily will 

consist of rapid qualitative assessment 

methodologies, such as semi-structured 

and in-depth qualitative interviews, 

focus groups; direct observations; 

document reviews; and short structured 

surveys. Data will be analyzed using 


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well-established qualitative analysis 

methods, such as coding interviews for 

themes about barriers and successes to 

HIV prevention, care, and treatment. 

Structured response surveys will be 

analyzed using descriptive statistics and 

other appropriate statistical methods. 

CDC will use the results from each 

specific data collection study to help to 

identify ways to improve local 

programmatic activities for specific 

communities along the continuum of 

HIV prevention, treatment and care for 

populations and areas with the greatest 

HIV burden. CDC will communicate 

study outcomes to local stakeholders 

and organizations in positions to 

consider and implement site-specific 

improvements in HIV prevention, care, 

and treatment for each of the study sites 

examined. For stakeholders, 

organizations, or agencies outside the 

local affected communities, all 

communications will include clear 

discussion of the limitations of the 

region-specific, qualitative methods and 

the non-generalizability of the study 

outcomes. 

For a given year, each separate data 

collection will range from 30 

(minimum) to 200 (maximum) 

respondents based on the nature and 

scope of the research purposes. For 

example, if there are three data 

collections, the maximum combined 

number of expected respondents is 600. 

In a given year, CDC anticipates that the 

need to screen 1600 persons to identify 

800 eligible persons, of which 600 

persons will agree to participate. 

CDC anticipates that screener forms 

will take five minutes to complete each, 

contact information forms will take one 

minute to complete each, and consent 

forms will take five minutes to complete 

each. CDC anticipates 50% of the 

targeted populations screened will be 

eligible for the study. Of eligible 

persons, 75% will agree to participate. 

Brief structured surveys will take 15 

minutes to complete. In-depth 

interviews or focus groups with 

respondents are expected to take 60 

minutes (one hour) to complete. Indepth interviews or focus groups with 

healthcare providers are expected to 

take 45 minutes to complete. 

The total annual response burden 

based on an average of 600 study 

respondents per year (assuming three 

large data collections involving 200 

participants each) is estimated at 918 

hours. There is no cost to respondents 

other than their time. 

Type of respondents Form name Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hours) 

General Public—Adults ................................... Study Screener .............................................. 1600 1 5/60

General Public—Adults ................................... Contact Information Form .............................. 600 1 1/60 

General Public—Adults ................................... Consent Form ................................................ 600 1 5/60 

General Public—Adults ................................... Demographic Survey ...................................... 500 1 15/60 

General Public—Adults ................................... Interview Guide .............................................. 500 1 1 

General Public—Adults ................................... Provider Demographic Survey ....................... 100 1 15/60 

General Public—Adults ................................... Provider Interview Guide ................................ 100 1 45/60 

Jeffrey M. Zirger, 

Acting Chief, Information Collection Review 

Office, Office of Scientific Integrity, Office 

of the Associate Director for Science, Office 

of the Director, Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[60Day–2018–18APJ; Docket No. CDC– 

2018–0062] 

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. 

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 ‘‘Surveillance of Nonfatal Injuries 

Among On-Duty Law Enforcement 

Officers.’’ The purpose of this project is 

to collect follow-back telephone 

interview data from injured and 

exposed law enforcement officers 

treated in emergency departments (EDs) 

and produce a descriptive summary of 

these injuries and exposures. 

DATES: CDC must receive written 

comments on or before September 18, 

2018. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by Docket No. CDC–2018– 

0062 by any of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

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–D74, Atlanta, 

Georgia 30329. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name and 

Docket Number. CDC will post, without 

change, all relevant comments to 

Regulations.gov. 

Please note: Submit all Federal 

comments through the Federal 

eRulemaking portal (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– 

D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; phone: 

404–639–7570; Email: omb@cdc.gov. 

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 


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