[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 208 (Tuesday, October 28, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64200-64201]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-25562]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-15-15CI]


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, 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 <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4926242b092a2d2a672e263f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="87e8eae5c7e4e3e4a9e0e8f1">[email protected]</span></a>.
    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

    Mental Health Profile of Congolese Refugees--New--National Center 
for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    The central objective of this collection is to compile a mental 
health profile of Congolese refugees departing from Uganda, and to 
describe some of the mental health conditions most often experienced by 
this population. The specific objectives are (1) through a survey and 
focus groups, collect more detailed and systematic data on exposure to 
trauma and symptoms of PTSD, anxiety, and depression among a sample of 
Congolese refugees from Uganda prior to their resettlement in the 
United States; and, (2) to better inform state and local healthcare 
providers in the United States and in Uganda about the mental health 
needs of the Congolese refugee populations come to their states. As CDC 
have seen in previous surveys, although there may be similarities in 
the mental health problems that refugee populations may experience over 
all, there are also very specific differences in terms of cultural 
background, coping styles, severity, and risk factors. Without doing a 
survey, it would not be possible to provide specific recommendations 
for Congolese refugees who are coming to the U.S.
    The respondents in this study will be Congolese refugees 15 years 
of age or older who have been referred for U.S. resettlement in 
settlement and urban sites in Uganda and who consent to a supplemental 
mental health assessment after their required overseas medical exam or 
security screening interview.
    Individual level data will not be collected. Aggregated data will 
collected during focus groups and surveys to form a `profile' of 
Congolese refugee regarding their levels of anxiety, depression, PTSD, 
ability to cope, physical functioning, bodily pain, role limitations 
due to physical health problems, role limitations due to personal or 
emotional problems, emotional well-being, and social function.
    The focus group discussion tool poses eight open-ended questions 
and will be moderated by a professional in the appropriate language for 
the specific Congolese refugee group.
    For the survey tool, CDC proposes to the use a compilation of the 
Hopkins Symptom Checklist, Harvard Trauma Questionnaire, the Medical 
Outcomes Assessment 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36), a limited 
number of questions from The Coping Strategy Indicator, and questions 
concerning history of mental illness or substance abuse. Each of these 
tools has been used in similar populations that have experienced trauma 
or in conflict environments.
    The sample population will be a convenience sample of the Congolese 
refugee population ages 15 or older in Uganda and will be selected from 
the available population being examined during the International 
Organization for Migration (IOM) medical or Resettlement Support Center 
(RSC) screening interviews. As refugees are waiting for their IOM exam 
or RSC interview, staff will introduce the assessment with the help of 
an interpreter, and make arrangements for obtaining consent from 
refugees who meet the inclusion and exclusion criteria prior to the 
assessment.
    There is no cost to respondents other than their time. The total 
estimated annualized burden hours are 386.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                     Number of    Average burden
      Type of respondents           Form name        Number of     responses per   per  response   Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent      (in hours)         hours
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Refugee.......................  Focus Group                   16               1               1              16
                                 Discussion Tool.
Refugee.......................  Survey Tool.....             370               1               1             370
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    Total.....................  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............             386
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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. 2014-25562 Filed 10-27-14; 8:45 am]
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