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[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 205 (Monday, October 23, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63255-63256]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-27118]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control And Prevention

[60Day-01-03]

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 Center for Disease Control and 
Prevention is providing 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 Reports Clearance Officer on (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 Anne O'Connor, CDC 
Assistant Reports Clearance Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D24, 
Atlanta, GA 30333. Written comments should be received within 60 days 
of this notice.

Proposed Projects

    Telephone Survey Measuring HIV/STD Risk Behavior Using Standard 
Methodology--New--National Center for HIV, STD, Tuberculosis Prevention 
(NCHSTP), CDC. The goal of the overall project is to conduct testing of 
a set of survey questions intended to obtain measures of risk behaviors 
for Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Sexually Transmitted 
Diseases (STDs). This proposed data collection is for the second phase 
of this 2-year project. During the first phase questions were developed 
and tested, and a pretest of 203 interviews was conducted. During this 
second phase a pilot survey with a larger number of respondents will be 
conducted, and a small number of additional questions will be included 
measuring HIV-related stigma.
    Knowledge about the level of HIV risk behaviors in populations is 
essential for effective HIV prevention programs. Currently, survey-
based assessment of these behaviors depends on a range of survey 
questions that differ across surveys, and that are difficult to compare 
and to reconcile. Therefore, the Behavioral Surveillance Working Group, 
coordinated by the National Center for HIV, STD and Tuberculosis 
Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has developed a 
draft set of items to be proposed as standard survey questions on the 
topics of sexual behavior, HIV testing, drug use, and other behaviors 
related to risk of contracting HIV and/or STDs. As part of this effort, 
CDC will sponsor a telephone-based pilot of 400 persons aged 18-59, 
selected randomly from within an urban area, in order to test these 
questions.
    Further, because some of the survey questions are private and 
potentially sensitive, the project will entail the testing of a survey 
administration mode: Telephone-based audio computer-assisted self-
interview (T-ACASI), in which a computer will be used to administer the 
most sensitive questions, and in which the surveyed individual enters 
responses directly onto the telephone keypad. This procedure eliminates 
the need for communication of sensitive questions from the interviewer 
to the respondent, as well as the need for respondents to answer the 
questions verbally. In order to test the effectiveness of this 
procedure, half of the interviews will be conducted using the T-ACASI 
procedure for the most sensitive questions, and half using standard, 
interviewer-based administration of all questions. Data analysis will 
rely on an assessment of the response rate under each mode, and on the 
nature of the data obtained to the sensitive questions. The larger 
sample size of the year 2 pilot survey will enable us to test 
statistical significance of the effectiveness of the T-ACASI procedure.
    Information and data obtained from this evaluation will help direct 
future surveys, by determining whether it is feasible to attempt to 
administer these standard risk questions using a telephone survey, and 
whether a T-ACASI-based procedure represents a technological innovation 
that will positively contribute to such an effort, through improvements 
in data quality. The total cost to respondents is $1355.52.

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                                                                                            Avg.
                                                                 No. of       No. of     burden per     Total
                         Respondents                          respondents   responses/    response   burden  (in
                                                                            respondent   (in hours)     hours)
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Screening...................................................         1872            1         0.02         37.4
Interview...................................................          400            1         0.33        132.0

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    Total Burden............................................                                               169.4
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    Dated: October 17, 2000.
Nancy Cheal,
Acting Associate Director for Policy, Planning, and Evaluation, Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 00-27118 Filed 10-20-00; 8:45 am]
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