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basic education and increase awareness 

of HIV/AIDS among the general public, 

and others will be targeted to specific 

subgroups or communities at greatest 

risk of infection. The current study 

addresses the need to assess the 

effectiveness of these social marketing 

messages aimed at increasing HIV 

awareness and delivering HIV 

prevention and testing messages among 

at-risk populations. 

This extension of an ongoing study 

will evaluate the Act Against AIDS 

(AAA) social marketing campaign aimed 

at increasing HIV/AIDS awareness, 

increasing prevention behaviors, and 

improving HIV testing rates among 

consumers. A total of 36,000 

respondents were originally approved 

for this 3-year data collection. Since the 

original approval date, 4,250 

respondents have participated in the 

surveys. The number of remaining 

respondents for the 3-year period is 

31,750. We anticipate screening 

approximately 52,915 individuals 

annually to achieve 10,583 respondents 

annually. The information collected 

from each of the data collections were 

used to evaluate specific AAA campaign 

phases. We are requesting additional 

time to continue to survey other AAA 

target audiences and campaign phases 

and measuring exposure to each phase 

of the campaign and interventions 

implemented under AAA. 

Depending on the target audience for 

the campaign phase, the study screener 

will vary. The study screener may 

address one or more of the following 

items: race/ethnicity, sexual behavior, 

and sexual orientation. Each survey will 

have a core set of items asked in all 

rounds, as well as a module of questions 

relating to specific AAA activities and 

communication initiatives. 

Survey respondents will be selected 

from a combination of sources, 

including a national opt-in email list 

sample and respondent lists generated 

by partnership organizations (e.g., the 

National Urban League, the National 

Medical Association). Participants will 

self-administer the survey at home on 

personal computers. There is no cost to 

the respondents other than their time. 

The total number of estimated annual 

burden hours is 7,056. 

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Respondents Form name Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hours) 

Individuals (male and female) aged 18 years 

and older/Study Screener.

Study Screener .............................................. 52,915 1 2/60 

Individuals (male and female) aged 18 years 

and older.

Survey ............................................................ 10,583 1 30/60 

Leroy A. Richardson, 

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–15–0010] 

Proposed Data Collections Submitted 

for Public Comment and 

Recommendations 

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 to take this opportunity to 

comment on proposed and/or 

continuing information collections, as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995. To request more 

information on the below proposed 

project or to obtain a copy of the 

information collection plan and 

instruments, call 404–639–7570 or send 

comments to Leroy A. Richardson, 1600 

Clifton Road, MS–D74, Atlanta, GA 

30333 or send an email to omb@cdc.gov. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

approval. 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; (d) ways to 

minimize the burden of the collection of 

information on respondents, including 

through the use of automated collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology; and (e) estimates of capital 

or start-up costs and costs of operation, 

maintenance, and purchase of services 

to provide information. Burden means 

the total time, effort, or financial 

resources expended by persons to 

generate, maintain, retain, disclose or 

provide information to or for a Federal 

agency. This includes the time needed 

to review instructions; to develop, 

acquire, install and utilize technology 

and systems for the purpose of 

collecting, validating and verifying 

information, processing and 

maintaining information, and disclosing 

and providing information; to train 

personnel and to be able to respond to 

a collection of information, to search 

data sources, to complete and review 

the collection of information; and to 

transmit or otherwise disclose the 

information. Written comments should 

be received within 60 days of this 

notice. 

Proposed Project 

Birth Defects Study To Evaluate 

Pregnancy exposures (BD–STEPS) 

(formerly titled The National Birth 

Defects Prevention Study (NBDPS)), 

(OMB 0920–0010, Expiration 01/31/

2017)—Revision—National Center on 

Birth Defects and Developmental 

Disabilities (NCBDDD), Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). 

Background and Brief Description 

CDC has been monitoring the 

occurrence of serious birth defects and 

genetic diseases in Atlanta since 1967 

through the Metropolitan Atlanta 

Congenital Defects Program (MACDP). 

The MACDP is a population-based 

surveillance system for birth defects 

currently covering three counties in 

Metropolitan Atlanta. 

Since 1997, CDC has funded casecontrol studies of major birth defects 

that utilize existing birth defect 

surveillance registries (including 


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MACDP) to identify cases and study 

birth defects causes in participating 

states/municipalities across the United 

States. 

The current study, BD–STEPS, is a 

case-control study that is similar to the 

previous CDC-funded birth defects casecontrol study, NBDPS, which stopped 

interviewing participants in 2013. As 

with NBDPS, BD–STEPS control infants 

are randomly selected from birth 

certificates or birth hospital records; 

mothers of case and control infants are 

interviewed using a computer-assisted 

telephone interview. 

The results from NBDPS have 

improved understanding of the causes 

of birth defects. Over 200 articles have 

been written in professional journals 

using the data from NBDPS, and BD– 

STEPS data will soon be added to 

NBDPS data for analysis. The current 

BD–STEPS revision is a change in 

proposed data collection. Specifically, 

the study will not ask BD–STEPS 

participants to participate in saliva 

collection as originally planned, but we 

will add an opportunity for some 

participants to respond to an online 

questionnaire, and we will also ask 

some participants for permission to 

retrieve newborn bloodspots. 

The BD–STEPS interview takes 

approximately forty-five minutes to 

complete. A maximum of 275 

interviews are planned per year per 

center, 200 cases and 75 controls. With 

seven centers planned, the maximum 

interview burden for all centers 

combined would be approximately 

1,444 hours. Mothers in five of the 

seven BD–STEPS Centers will also be 

asked to provide consent for the study 

to access previously collected infant 

bloodspots. It takes approximately 15 

minutes to read, sign and return the 

informed consent for retrieval of 

bloodspots. Finally, the newly planned 

online questionnaire will be offered to 

approximately one third of participants 

who report certain occupations during 

the telephone interview; these 

participants will be asked to complete 

additional occupational questions via a 

Web site which will take approximately 

15 minutes to answer. 

Information gathered from both the 

interviews and the Deoxyribonucleic 

acid specimens has been and will 

continue to be used to study 

independent genetic and environmental 

factors as well as gene-environment 

interactions for a broad range of 

carefully classified birth defects. 

This request is submitted to revise the 

previously estimated burden details and 

to request OMB clearance for three 

additional years. The total estimated 

annual burden hours are 1,949. 

There are no costs to the respondents 

other than their time. 

ESTIMATES OF ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Respondents Activity Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden 

per response 

(In hours) 

Total burden 

hours 

Mothers (interview) ........................... Telephone consent and BD–STEPS 

questionnaire.

1,925 1 45/60 1,444 

Mothers (consent for bloodspot retrieval).Written consent for bloodspot retrieval.1,375 1 15/60 344 

Mothers (online occupational questionnaire).Online Occupational Questionnaire 642 1 15/60 161 

TOTAL ....................................... ........................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ 1,949 

Leroy A. Richardson, 

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. 

[FR Doc. 2015–03245 Filed 2–17–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4163–18–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[60Day–15–15NS] 

Proposed Data Collections Submitted 

for Public Comment and 

Recommendations 

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 to take this opportunity to 

comment on proposed and/or 

continuing information collections, as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995. To request more 

information on the below proposed 

project or to obtain a copy of the 

information collection plan and 

instruments, call 404–639–7570 or send 

comments to Leroy A. Richardson, 1600 

Clifton Road, MS–D74, Atlanta, GA 

30333 or send an email to omb@cdc.gov. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

approval. 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; (d) ways to 

minimize the burden of the collection of 

information on respondents, including 

through the use of automated collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology; and (e) estimates of capital 

or start-up costs and costs of operation, 

maintenance, and purchase of services 

to provide information. Burden means 

the total time, effort, or financial 

resources expended by persons to 

generate, maintain, retain, disclose or 

provide information to or for a Federal 

agency. This includes the time needed 

to review instructions; to develop, 

acquire, install and utilize technology 

and systems for the purpose of 

collecting, validating and verifying 

information, processing and 

maintaining information, and disclosing 

and providing information; to train 

personnel and to be able to respond to 

a collection of information, to search 

data sources, to complete and review 

the collection of information; and to 

transmit or otherwise disclose the 

information. Written comments should 

be received within 60 days of this 

notice. 


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