Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 211 / Tuesday, November 2, 2010 / Notices 67375 

Home Supportive Services (IHSS) 

Program in Alameda County, California. 

NIOSH has obtained input on the 

content and operational aspects of the 

survey through local stakeholder 

meetings. The survey instrument has 

been reviewed by subject matter experts 

and cognitive interviews have been 

conducted using the survey instrument. 

Input received was used to guide 

development of the survey instrument 

and plans for survey implementation. 

Rather than inviting all 15,000 home 

care workers to participate through a 

mailing, as was stated in the 60 day 

notice, instead we will recruit 

participants through a mailing to a 

stratified random sample of 5000 

current home care workers extracted 

from the regularly updated Alameda 

County IHSS program employee 

database. The sample will be stratified 

to reflect approximately equal numbers 

of English, Spanish and Chinese 

speaking home care workers using the 

preferred language variable included in 

the employee database. The mailing will 

include a letter explaining the study and 

an interest response form. Interested 

workers who would like to volunteer to 

participate in the study will complete 

the interest response form and return it 

in a self addressed envelope to the study 

contractor. The first 107 home care 

worker volunteers from each of the three 

language groups (320 total home care 

workers) who return their interest 

response forms will be randomized in 

equal groups into either an intervention 

or a control group and will be called 

and enrolled in the study by the survey 

contractor. The change from sending 

recruitment letters to all 15,000 workers 

to a more targeted recruitment pool of 

5,000 English, Spanish, and Chinese 

speakers was made following additional 

input from our community partners. 

They considered the 5,000 to be 

sufficient to recruit the necessary 320 

volunteers. 

The primary client for each home care 

worker participant will also be called by 

the contractor and invited to participate 

in the study but the clients’ willingness 

to participate will not affect whether a 

home care workers can remain as a 

study participant. Both the home care 

worker and their primary client will 

complete a pre- and a post-intervention 

telephone survey with a two-month 

interval between the two surveys. Data 

from the telephone surveys will be 

captured directly into an electronic 

database. Home care workers in the 

intervention group will receive the 

intervention materials and training 

during the interval between the pre and 

the post surveys. Home care workers in 

the control group will receive the 

intervention materials and training after 

the completion of the post survey. Each 

telephone survey will last 

approximately 30 minutes for home care 

workers and 15 minutes for clients. 

Because of the demographics of the 

population intervention materials as 

well as the evaluation surveys are in 

three languages: English, Spanish and 

Chinese. 

Information will be collected on 

demographic variables including age, 

sex, race, education, income, primary 

language, and marital status. 

Information will be collected on the 

number of years a worker has been 

employed as a home care worker and 

the number of years a client has 

received home care services. 

Information will also be collected on 

working conditions and occupational 

exposures, work related injuries, 

knowledge of work-related health risks 

and workers’ perception of the ease of 

controlling hazards. Finally, 

information will be collected from 

workers on their job satisfaction and 

clients on their satisfaction with 

caregiver services, on the quality of the 

caregiver and client relationships, and 

specific questions regarding use of the 

intervention materials. 

The purpose of this information 

collection is to evaluate whether or not 

the educational materials (the Home 

Care Worker Handbook and training 

session) are effective in (1) conveying 

the intended message and (2) 

encouraging home care workers and 

their clients to make changes to reduce 

hazards. Without benefit of the 

evaluation, CDC will be unable to 

determine the effectiveness of the 

materials or formulate recommendations 

on their appropriate use and broader 

dissemination. 

Once the study is completed, results 

will be made available via various 

means including the NIOSH internet 

site. NIOSH expects to complete data 

collection no later than spring of 2011. 

There is no cost to respondents other 

than their time. 

The total estimated annual burden 

hours are 842. 

Type of respondent Form name Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses 

per 

respondent 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hours) 

Home care workers ......................................... Home care worker interest response form .... 500 1 5/60 

Home care worker pre survey ....................... 320 1 30/60 

Home care worker training program .............. 320 1 1 

Home care worker post survey ...................... 320 1 30/60 

Home care clients ........................................... Client pre survey ............................................ 320 1 15/60 

Client post survey (post) ................................ 320 1 15/60 

Dated: October 27, 2010. 

Carol Walker, 

Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention. 

[FR Doc. 2010–27605 Filed 11–1–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[60-Day–11–0794] 

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 for 

opportunity for public comment on 

proposed data collection projects, the 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic 

summaries of proposed projects. To 

request more information on the 

proposed projects or to obtain a copy of 

the data collection plans and 

instruments, call 404–639–5960 and 

send comments to Carol E. Walker, CDC 

Acting Reports Clearance Officer, 1600 

Clifton Road, MS–D74, Atlanta, GA 

30333 or send an e-mail to 

omb@cdc.gov. 


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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 

or other forms of information 

technology. Written comments should 

be received within 60 days of this 

notice. 

Proposed Project 

Transgender HIV Behavioral Survey 

(THBS) (0920–0794 exp. 12/31/2010)— 

Reinstatement with change—National 

Center for HIV, Hepatitis, STD, and TB 

Prevention (NCHHSTP), Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). 

Background and Brief Description 

Transgender persons, who were born 

male (male-to-female) are considered to 

be a high risk group for acquiring 

Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) 

infection. The National HIV/AIDS 

Strategy for the United States calls for 

reducing new infections, in part, by 

intensifying HIV prevention efforts in 

communities where HIV is most heavily 

concentrated. The strategy also calls for 

state and local health departments as 

well as federal agencies to monitor 

progress towards the strategy’s goal. 

This project addresses national goals by 

providing a mechanism for describing 

and monitoring the HIV risk behaviors 

and HIV prevention experiences of 

transgender persons. 

The Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention request approval for a 3-year 

reinstatement with change of the 

previously approved Transgender HIV 

Behavioral Survey (THBS)—(OMB No. 

0920–0794, expires December 31, 2010). 

The previously approved project was a 

pilot. The purpose of this request is to 

conduct a behavioral survey among 

male-to-female transgender persons to 

assess prevalence of and trends in: (1) 

Risk behaviors for HIV infection, (2) HIV 

testing behaviors, and (3) exposure to, 

use of, and impact of HIV prevention 

services. The results of this data 

collection will be used to assess 

progress toward CDC’s goals to increase 

the proportion of people who 

consistently engage in behaviors that 

reduce risk of HIV transmission or 

acquisition; and to monitor behaviors 

that increase the risk of HIV infection 

(among those who are not infected). 

For the proposed data collection, the 

questionnaire used for the previously 

approved pilot has been shortened and 

a recruiter debriefing instrument has 

been added. The project activities and 

methods will remain the same as those 

used in the previously approved pilot. 

Data will be collected through inperson, computer-assisted interviews 

conducted by trained interviewers in 5 

Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSA) or 

MSA Divisions in the United States. The 

MSAs chosen will be among those 

currently participating in the National 

HIV Behavioral Surveillance system (see 

Federal Register dated January 19, 2007: 

Vol. 72, No. 12, pages 2529–2530). 

Respondent Driven Sampling (RDS) 

will be used to recruit participants. 

Except for a few initial (‘‘seed’’) recruits, 

persons will be recruited by peers for 

participation in THBS. A screener 

questionnaire will be used to determine 

eligibility for participation. In one year, 

approximately 1,100 individuals will be 

approached and screened (through a 5- 

minute interview) for eligibility to 

participate. Approximately 1,000 

individuals are expected to be eligible 

and participate in the 40-minute 

behavioral assessment interview each 

year. After the interview, the 

interviewer will train the respondent to 

recruit up to five of her peers. When she 

returns to the field site, she will be 

debriefed using a computer-assisted, 

interviewer-administered recruiter 

debriefing instrument. Approximately 

600 peer recruiters are expected to 

participate as peer recruiters, about 500 

of whom will return to be debriefed 

through a 2-minute interview. 

Participation of respondents is 

voluntary and there is no cost to the 

respondents other than their time. 

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Type of respondent Form name Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average burden 

per response 

(in hours) 

Total burden 

hours 

Persons Referred by Peer Recruiters.Screener ................................... 1,100 1 5/60 92 

Eligible Transgender Persons .. Behavioral assessment ............ 1,000 1 40/60 667 

Peer Recruiters ......................... Recruiter Debriefing .................. 500 1 2/60 17 

Total ................................... ................................................... ............................ ............................ ............................ 776 

Dated: October 27, 2010. 

Carol E. Walker, 

Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention. 

[FR Doc. 2010–27603 Filed 11–1–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

Proposed Information Collection 

Activity; Comment Request 

Proposed Projects: 

Title: Tracking of Participants in the 

Early Head Start Research and 

Evaluation Project. 

OMB No.: New Collection. 

Description: The Administration for 

Children and Families (ACF) within the 

Department of Health and Human 

Services (HHS) will conduct tracking of 

children/families who participated in 

the Early Head Start Research and 

Evaluation Project (EHSREP). The 

purpose of tracking these participants is 

to maintain up-to-date contact 

information for the children/families in 

the event that the Administration for 

Children and Families (ACF) determines 

that a future follow-up to the EHSREP 

will take place. 

The EHSREP is a longitudinal study 

designed to meet the requirement in the 

1994 reauthorization (continued in the 

1998 reauthorization) for a national 

evaluation of the new infant-toddler 


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