80 FR 15791 - Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 57 (March 25, 2015)

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 57 (Wednesday, March 25, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15791-15792]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-06801]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30Day-15-15IG]


Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) publishes a 
list of information collection requests under review by the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction 
Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a copy of these requests, call 
(404) 639-7570 or send an email to [email protected]. Send written comments 
to CDC Desk Officer, Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC or 
by fax to (202) 395-5806. Written comments should be received within 30 
days of this notice.

Proposed Project

    Public Health Associate Program (PHAP) Alumni Assessment--New -- 
Office for State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial Support (OSTLTS), 
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 to 
developing the public health workforce is through training programs 
like the Public Health Associate Program (PHAP).
    The mission of the Public Health Associate Program (PHAP) is to 
train and provide experiential learning to early career professionals 
who contribute to the public health workforce. PHAP targets recent 
graduates with bachelors or masters degrees who are beginning a career 
in public health. Each year, a new cohort of up to 200 associates is 
enrolled in the program.
    Associates are CDC employees who complete two-year assignments in a 
host site (i.e., a state, tribal, local, or

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territorial health department or non-profit organization). Host sites 
design their associates' assignments to meet their agency's unique 
needs while also providing on-the-job experience that prepare 
associates for future careers in public health. Associates also receive 
CDC-based training in core public health concepts and topics to provide 
the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to succeed in their 
assignments and provide a foundation for a career in public health.
    PHAP hosts an initial in-person orientation and annual public 
health training at CDC and offers long-distance learning opportunities 
throughout the program. It is the goal of PHAP to have alumni seek 
employment within the public health system (i.e., federal, state, 
tribal, local, or territorial health agencies, or non-governmental 
organizations), focusing on public health or health/healthcare.
    When PHAP originated in 2007, the program focused on increasing 
recruitment and enrollment; to date, there has been limited systematic 
assessment of the program. As a result, one current program priority is 
focused on documenting program outcomes to inform refinements to 
program processes and activities, demonstrate program impact, and 
inform decision making about future program direction. The purpose of 
this information collection request is to gain approval to follow 
alumni career movement and progression following participation in PHAP. 
The information collection will enable the program to demonstrate 
evidence of program outcomes, specifically to document how many alumni 
are retained as members of the public health workforce, where alumni 
are employed, what topical and functional public health areas alumni 
support (e.g., chronic disease, infectious disease, assessment, 
communications, etc.), to what extent alumni support the capabilities 
of public health agencies at the federal, state, territorial, local, 
tribal, and non-governmental organizational levels, and to what extent 
PHAP has influenced alumni career paths (if at all).
    Information will be used to answer key program assessment 
questions, specifically: ``Is PHAP a quality program?'', ``Is PHAP an 
effective program?'', and ``What is the impact of PHAP?''
    CDC will administer the PHAP Alumni Assessment at two different 
time points (1 year post-graduation, and 3 years post-graduation) to 
PHAP alumni. Assessment questions will remain consistent at each 
administration (i.e., 1 year, or 3 years post-PHAP graduation). The 
language, however, will be updated for each assessment administration 
to reflect the appropriate time period. It is estimated that there will 
be no more than 480 respondents (160 respondents annually) over the 
course of the three year approval period. The estimated time for data 
collection is 8 minutes per assessment administration. Assessments will 
be administered electronically; a link to the assessment Web site will 
be provided in the email invitation. The total annualized estimated 
burden is 21 hours. There are no costs to respondents except their 
time.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                   Number of      Average burden
         Type of respondent                  Form name            Number of      responses per     per response
                                                                 respondents       respondent       (in hours)
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PHAP Alumni.........................  PHAP Alumni Assessment.             160                1             8/60
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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. 2015-06801 Filed 3-24-15; 8:45 am]
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