81 FR 5124 - Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations

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

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 20 (February 1, 2016)

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of its continuing efforts 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. This notice invites comment on a proposed information collect project entitled ``Evaluation of Enhancing HIV Prevention Communication and Mobilization Efforts through Strategic Partnerships''.

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 20 (Monday, February 1, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5124-5126]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-01721]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-16-16LL; Docket No. CDC-2016-0012]


Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and 
Recommendations

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of 
Health and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION: Notice with comment period.

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SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part 
of its continuing efforts 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. This notice invites comment on a proposed 
information collect project entitled ``Evaluation of Enhancing HIV 
Prevention Communication and Mobilization Efforts through Strategic 
Partnerships''.

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DATES: Written comments must be received on or before April 1, 2016.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2016-
0012 by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Regulation.gov. Follow the 
instructions for submitting comments.
     Mail: Leroy A. Richardson, Information Collection Review 
Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road 
NE., MS-D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name 
and Docket Number. All relevant comments received will be posted 
without change to Regulations.gov, including any personal information 
provided. For access to the docket to read background documents or 
comments received, go to Regulations.gov.

    Please note: All public comment should be submitted through the 
Federal eRulemaking portal (Regulations.gov) or by U.S. mail to the 
address listed above.


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on the 
proposed project or to obtain a copy of the information collection plan 
and instruments, contact the Information Collection Review Office, 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE., MS-
D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; phone: 404-639-7570; Email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 
(PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), Federal agencies must obtain approval from 
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for each collection of 
information they conduct or sponsor. In addition, the PRA also requires 
Federal agencies to provide a 60-day notice in the Federal Register 
concerning each proposed collection of information, including each new 
proposed collection, each proposed extension of existing collection of 
information, and each reinstatement of previously approved information 
collection before submitting the collection to OMB for approval. To 
comply with this requirement, we are publishing this notice of a 
proposed data collection as described below.
    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.

Proposed Project

    Evaluation of Enhancing HIV Prevention Communication and 
Mobilization Efforts through Strategic Partnerships--New--National 
Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP), 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    In an effort to refocus attention on domestic HIV and AIDS, CDC 
launched the Act Against AIDS (AAA) initiative in 2009 with the White 
House and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. AAA is a 
multifaceted national communication initiative that supports reduction 
of HIV incidence in the U.S. through multiple, concurrent communication 
and education campaigns for a variety of audiences including, the 
general public, populations most affected by HIV and health care 
providers. All campaigns support the comprehensive HIV prevention 
efforts of CDC and the National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS).
    Within this context, the CDC's Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention 
(DHAP) is implementing various partnership activities to increase HIV 
awareness among the general public, reduce new HIV infections among 
disproportionately impacted populations, and improve health outcomes 
for people living with HIV and AIDS in the United States and its 
territories.
    For example, DHAP is funding the ``Enhancing HIV Prevention 
Communication and Mobilization Efforts through Strategic Partnerships'' 
program. Partners funded under the partnership program will (1) support 
the dissemination of Act Against AIDS (AAA) campaign materials, 
messaging, and other CDC resources that support HIV prevention and (2) 
implement national engagement efforts focusing on HIV prevention and 
awareness. Partners represent civil, media, and LGBT-focused 
organizations.
    In addition, DHAP will continue to support the Business Responds to 
AIDS (BRTA) program. Founded in 1992, the purpose of the BRTA program 
is to engage and support the private sector in promoting HIV education, 
awareness, and policies in the workplace. This partnership between CDC, 
business, labor, and the public health sector aims to encourage 
businesses to implement HIV/AIDS policies and education programs in the 
workplace with the overarching goal of increasing public understanding 
of, involvement in, and support for HIV prevention. Other partnership 
efforts serve the same purpose: To increase HIV awareness among the 
general public, reduce new HIV infections among disproportionately 
impacted populations, and improve health outcomes for people living 
with HIV and AIDS in the United States and its territories.
    The project will evaluate the extent to which activities 
implemented by partners meet the initiative's goals for disseminating, 
communicating, and engaging the public in HIV prevention and education 
activities. We will collect information from partners on their 
activities for disseminating HIV messages through materials 
distribution at national and local events, media and advertising, HIV 
testing facilitation, and formation and coordination of strategic 
partnerships; barriers and facilitators to implementation of these 
activities, and factors that may help contextualize their progress 
towards meeting the initiative's goals; and their involvement in 
promoting HIV education, awareness, and policies in their organization. 
We will collect this information through these five sources: (a) 
Metrics Database: Partners will be required to report quarterly data to 
CDC and CDC's evaluation contractor through a metrics database. (b) 
Biannual key informant interviews: The point of contacts from some 
partner organizations will be interviewed twice yearly via telephone. 
(c) Interim Progress Reports: Partners will complete a standardized 
progress report on a biannual basis via a user-friendly electronic 
form. The progress reports will gather information on key successes, 
facilitators and barriers, and major achievements. (d) Partner Survey: 
Partners will complete a brief online

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survey to assess their involvement in promoting HIV education, 
awareness, and policies in their organization. (e) Partnerships 
Activities Form: Partners may be asked to complete a brief electronic 
form to provide information on each partner activity that they 
complete. The form will collect information on information such as the 
type of event, the audience, and key highlights; the number of HIV 
tests administered (if any) and the number of preliminary positives; 
the number and type of materials distributed. This information will 
allow CDC to know what partners are doing to advance HIV prevention and 
education, and how CDC can alter their partnership efforts to 
facilitate HIV prevention and education in the future.
    The information obtained from the proposed study will be used by 
federal policy makers to assess the effectiveness of the partnership 
activities and the appropriateness of continued or expanded funding of 
partnership projects.
    There is no cost to participants other than their time. The total 
estimated annualized burden hours are 5,200.

                                                            Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                                             Number of    Average burden
               Type of respondent                               Form name                    Number of     responses per   per response    Total burden
                                                                                            respondents     respondent      (in hours)         hours
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Partner Organization...........................  Quarterly Metric Database..............              50               4              18           3,600
Partner Organization...........................  Bi-annual Key Informant Interview......              25               2               1              50
Partner Organization...........................  Interim Progress Reports...............              25               2               8             400
Partner Organization...........................  Partner Survey.........................             300               1           30/60             150
Partner Organization...........................  Partnerships Activities Form...........             500               4           25/60           1,000
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    Total......................................  .......................................  ..............  ..............  ..............           5,200
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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. 2016-01721 Filed 1-29-16; 8:45 am]
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