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or while a program is being conducted. 

NCHHSTP formative research is 

necessary for developing new programs 

or adapting programs that deal with the 

complexity of behaviors, social context, 

cultural identities, and health care that 

underlie the epidemiology of HIV/AIDS, 

viral hepatitis, STDs, and TB in the U.S, 

as well as for school and adolescent 

health. CDC conducts formative 

research to develop public-sensitive 

communication messages and userfriendly tools prior to developing or 

recommending interventions, or care. 

Sometimes these studies are entirely 

behavioral but most often they are 

cycles of interviews and focus groups 

designed to inform the development of 

a product. 

Products from these formative 

research studies will be used for 

prevention of HIV/AIDS, Sexually 

Transmitted Infections (STI), viral 

Hepatitis, and Tuberculosis. Findings 

from these studies may also be 

presented as evidence to diseasespecific National Advisory Committees, 

to support revisions to recommended 

prevention and intervention methods, as 

well as to develop new 

recommendations. Much of CDC’s 

health communication takes place 

within campaigns that have lengthy 

planning periods—timeframes that 

accommodate the standard federal 

process for approving data collections. 

Short-term qualitative interviewing and 

cognitive research techniques have 

previously proven invaluable in the 

development of scientifically valid and 

population-appropriate methods, 

interventions, and instruments. 

This request includes studies 

investigating the utility and 

acceptability of proposed sampling and 

recruitment methods, intervention 

contents and delivery, questionnaire 

domains, individual questions, and 

interactions with project staff or 

electronic data collection equipment. 

These activities will also provide 

information about how respondents 

answer questions and ways in which 

question response bias and error can be 

reduced. This request also includes 

collection of information from public 

health programs to assess needs related 

to initiation of a new program activity 

or expansion or changes in scope or 

implementation of existing program 

activities to adapt them to current 

needs. The information collected will be 

used to advise programs and provide 

capacity-building assistance tailored to 

identified needs. 

Overall, these development activities 

are intended to provide information that 

will increase the success of the 

surveillance or research projects 

through increasing response rates and 

decreasing response error, thereby 

decreasing future data collection burden 

to the public. The studies that will be 

covered under this request will include 

one or more of the following 

investigational modalities: (1) structured 

and qualitative interviewing for 

surveillance, research, interventions and 

material development; (2) cognitive 

interviewing for development of specific 

data collection instruments; (3) 

methodological research; (4) usability 

testing of technology-based instruments 

and materials; (5) field testing of new 

methodologies and materials; (6) 

investigation of mental models for 

health decision-making, to inform 

health communication messages; and (7) 

organizational needs assessments to 

support development of capacity. 

Respondents who will participate in 

individual and group interviews 

(qualitative, cognitive, and computer 

assisted development activities) are 

selected purposively from those who 

respond to recruitment advertisements. 

In addition to utilizing advertisements 

for recruitment, respondents who will 

participate in research on survey 

methods may be selected purposively or 

systematically from within an ongoing 

surveillance or research project. 

CDC requests OMB approval for an 

estimated 46,516 annual burden hours. 

Participation by respondents is 

voluntary, and there is no cost to 

participants other than their time. 

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Type of respondent Form mame Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average hours 

per response 

General public ................................................. Screener ......................................................... 56,840 1 10/60 

Health care providers ...................................... Screener ......................................................... 24,360 1 10/60 

General public ................................................. Consent Forms ............................................... 28,420 1 5/60 

Health care providers ...................................... Consent Forms ............................................... 12,180 1 5/60 

General public ................................................. Individual Interview ......................................... 4,620 1 1 

Health care providers ...................................... Individual Interview ......................................... 1,980 1 1 

General public ................................................. Focus Group Interview ................................... 2,800 1 2 

Health care providers ...................................... Focus Group Interview ................................... 1,200 1 2 

General public ................................................. Survey of Individual ........................................ 21,000 1 30/60 

Health care providers ...................................... Survey of Individual ........................................ 9,000 1 30/60 

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. 2024–02681 Filed 2–8–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4163–18–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[30Day–24–1078] 

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 ‘‘The Division 

of Workforce Development (DWD) 

Fellowship Alumni Assessment’’ 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 October 30, 2023, to obtain 

comments from the public and affected 

agencies. CDC received one comment 

related to the previous notice. This 

notice serves to allow an additional 30 

days for public and affected agency 

comments. 


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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. 

Comments and recommendations for the 

proposed information collection should 

be sent within 30 days of publication of 

this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/ 

do/PRAMain. Find this particular 

information collection by selecting 

‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open 

for Public Comments’’ or by using the 

search function. 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 

The Division of Workforce 

Development (DWD) Fellowship 

Alumni Assessment (OMB Control No. 

0920–1078, Exp. 02/29/2024)— 

Revision—National Center for State, 

Tribal, Local, and Territorial Public 

Health Infrastructure and Workforce 

(NCSTLTPHIW), Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention (CDC). 

Background and Brief Description 

The Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC) works to protect 

America from health, safety and security 

threats, both foreign and in the U.S. 

CDC strives to fulfill this mission, in 

part, through a competent and capable 

public health workforce. One 

mechanism for developing the public 

health workforce is through fellowship 

programs like those sponsored and 

supported by the Division of Workforce 

Development (DWD). A robust public 

health workforce has sufficient 

workforce, organizational, and systems 

capacity to deliver essential public 

health services and protect the public’s 

health. In 2023, after an agency-wide 

CDC reorganization, a number of CDC 

career fellowships were consolidated 

within one new division, DWD, which 

has a lead role in public health 

workforce development. Across all of its 

branches, DWD manages or supports 

many full-time, cross-cutting career 

fellowship programs that support CDC 

and State, Tribal, local, and Territorial 

health departments, and partner 

organizations. Through these programs, 

DWD strives to provide quality training 

for current and future members of the 

public health workforce to ensure they 

have foundational and contemporary 

public health skills. Nearly all these 

programs serve as a pathway to CDC 

career communities and are an 

important source of supply for the 

public health workforce. 

In 2015, CDC obtained OMB approval 

to conduct follow-up surveys of alumni 

who had completed the Public Health 

Associate Program (PHAP) (OMB No. 

0920–1078). Findings from the PHAP 

alumni surveys have improved CDC’s 

understanding of alumni retention and 

career progression in the public health 

workforce and have informed 

management of the PHAP. In this 

Revision, CDC proposes to build on 

lessons learned in PHAP fellowship 

evaluation. CDC will broaden the scope 

of information collection to 

accommodate the full portfolio of DWD 

fellowships, which currently includes 

the Epidemiology Elective Program 

(EEP), Evaluation Fellowship 

Program(EFP), Epidemic Intelligence 

Service (EIS), Future Leaders in 

Infectious and Global Health Threats 

(FLIGHT), Laboratory Leadership 

Service (LLS), CDC Steven M. Teutsch 

Prevention Effectiveness (PE) 

Fellowship, Public Health Informatics 

Fellowship Program (PHIFP), and the 

Science Ambassador Fellowship (SAF), 

in addition to the Public Health 

Associate Program (PHAP). This ICR is 

also intentionally removing the host site 

supervisor component included in the 

original ICR. This revision will 

specifically focus on fellowship alumni 

only. A new ICR will be created for any 

host site supervisor surveys these 

fellowships may seek to conduct. 

Each year, new cohorts ranging from 

three to 200 individuals are enrolled 

across these fellowship programs. While 

each fellowship differs in focus area, 

type of fellow, and projects, they all 

have the same mission: to train and 

provide learning opportunities to earlyand mid-career professionals who 

contribute to the public health 

workforce. All share a common goal 

that, post-fellowship, alumni seek 

employment within the public health 

system (i.e., Federal, State, Tribal, local, 

or Territorial health agencies, or nongovernmental organizations). Given this 

common goal, CDC will apply a 

common approach to assessing how 

fellowship participation impacts the job 

placement, retention in the public 

health workforce, and career 

progression of alumni. DWD Fellowship 

Alumni Surveys will be administered to 

individual program alumni at three 

different time points (one year, three 

years, and five years post-program 

completion). Each fellowship program 

will invite their program’s alumni to 

participate. Fellowships will be 

deploying surveys specific to their 

programs. Assessment questions will 

remain consistent at each 

administration timepoint (i.e., one year, 

three years, or five years post-program 

completion). The language, however, 

will be updated for each survey 

administration to reflect the appropriate 

time period. There is a core set of 

assessment questions that all fellowship 

programs will use. Each program can 

also add fellowship-specific questions 

to their surveys to ensure relevance of 

the surveys to each program’s alumni. 

Surveys will be administered 

electronically; a link to the survey will 

be provided in an email invitation. CDC 

will use survey findings to document 

program outcomes, demonstrate 

evidence of impact, and inform decision 

making about future program direction. 

The results of these surveys may be 

published in peer reviewed journals 

and/or in non-scientific publications 

such as practice reports and/or fact 

sheets. 

OMB approval is requested for three 

years. The estimated burden is between 

8–25 minutes per respondent per 

survey, and the total annualized 

estimated burden is 175 hours. 

Participation is voluntary and there are 

no costs to respondents other than their 

time. 


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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) 

EEP Alumni ..................................................... EEP Alumni Survey ........................................ 135 1 20/60 

EFP Alumni ..................................................... EFP Alumni Survey ........................................ 60 1 8/60 

EIS/LLS Alumni ............................................... EIS/LLS Alumni Survey .................................. 210 1 25/60

FLIGHT Alumni ............................................... FLIGHT Alumni Survey .................................. 5 1 8/60 

PE Fellowship Alumni ..................................... PE Fellowship Alumni Survey ........................ 25 1 8/60 

PHIFP Alumni ................................................. PHIFP Alumni Survey .................................... 20 1 8/60 

PHAP Alumni .................................................. PHAP Alumni Survey ..................................... 130 1 8/60 

SAF Alumni ..................................................... SAF Alumni Survey ........................................ 60 1 10/60 

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. 2024–02682 Filed 2–8–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4163–18–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[60Day–24–0493; Docket No. CDC–2024– 

0010] 

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 continuing information collection, as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995. This notice invites 

comment on a proposed information 

collection project titled 2025 and 2027 

National Youth Risk Behavior Survey 

(YRBS). CDC is requesting a three-year 

approval to reinstate, with changes, the 

data collection for the national YRBS, a 

biennially school-based survey of high 

school students in the United States. 

This project includes a validation study 

that will inform the development of 

questions for the 2027 YRBS 

questionnaire. 

DATES: CDC must receive written 

comments on or before April 9, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by Docket No. CDC–2024– 

0010 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: 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 

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 

2025 and 2027 National Youth Risk 

Behavior Survey (OMB Control No. 

0920–0493)—Reinstatement with 

Change—National Center for Chronic 

Disease Prevention and Health 

Promotion (NCCDPHP), Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). 

Background and Brief Description 

The purpose of this request is to 

obtain OMB approval to reinstate with 

change, the data collection for the 

National Youth Risk Behavior Survey 

(YRBS) (OMB Control No. 0920–0493), 

a school-based survey that has been 

conducted biennially since 1991. OMB 

approval for the 2021 YRBS and 2023 

YRBS expired November 30, 2023. CDC 

seeks a three-year approval to conduct 

the YRBS in Spring 2025 and Spring 

2027. Changes incorporated into this 

Reinstatement request include the 

addition of a validation study of fruit 

and vegetable intake, the results of 

which will be used to inform changes to 

the 2027 YRBS questionnaire. 

Additional changes include an updated 

title for the information collection to 

accurately reflect the years in which the 

survey will be conducted and minor 


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