82 FR 43760 - Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations

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

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 180 (September 19, 2017)

Page Range		43760-43761
FR Document		2017-19824

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 the ``Leveraging the Emerging Field of Disaster Citizen Science to Enhance Community Resilience to Improve Disaster Response'' project. This project will include individual and group interviews of citizen scientists and their partners and will field a nationally representative survey of local health departments to understand experiences and perceptions of citizen science for disaster preparedness.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-17-17AVB; Docket No. CDC-2017-0066]

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 the ``Leveraging
the Emerging Field of Disaster Citizen Science to Enhance Community
Resilience to Improve Disaster Response'' project. This project will
include individual and group interviews of citizen scientists and their
partners and will field a nationally representative survey of local
health departments to understand experiences and perceptions of citizen
science for disaster preparedness.

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before November 20,
2017.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2017-
0066 by any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Regulations.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.

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 Leroy A. Richardson, Information Collection
Review Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton
Road NE., MS-D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; phone: 404-639-7570; Email:
omb@cdc.gov.

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

Leveraging the Emerging Field of Disaster Citizen Science to
Enhance Community Resilience to Improve Disaster Response--New--Office
of Public Health Preparedness and Response (OPHPR), Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

OPHPR's mission is to safeguard health and save lives by providing
a platform for public health preparedness and emergency response. As
part of its role, OPHPR funds applied research to improve the ability
of CDC and its partners, including but not limited to state and local
health departments, emergency management organizations, and health care
entities, to effectively prepare for and respond to public health
emergencies and disasters. The proposed information collection project
is in accordance with OPHPR's mission.
OPHPR requests approval of a new information collection to learn
about how the emerging field of disaster citizen science can enhance
community resilience for a period of one year. This (mixed methods)
information collection uses interviews and a cross-sectional survey.
Researchers aim to: (1) Explore the potential of disaster citizen
science for increasing community resilience, enhancing participation in
preparedness and response activities, and improving preparedness
efforts; and (2) provide evidence to inform the development of
educational and instructional tools for communities and health
departments to navigate the emerging field of disaster citizen science
and promote collaborations. CDC will use the insights gained from this
information collection to inform the development of guidance

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and toolkits for LHDs and community groups so that they can align their
efforts and strengthen the benefits and positive impacts of citizen
science activities. For interviews, the information collection will
target citizen scientists and end users of citizen science data.
Citizen science is defined as research activities (e.g., data
collection, analysis, and reporting) performed by members of the
general public without any particular training in science. Citizen
science is growing in popularity, fueled in part by growing use of
smartphones and other personal devices in the population. Although
citizen collection and use of data during disasters has increased
exponentially in recent years and there is great policy interest in the
phenomenon, there has been no robust research to date on the use of,
barriers to, and impact of citizen science in disasters. Local health
departments (LHDs) lack tools to respond to and coordinate with citizen
science activities within communities. Furthermore, citizen science
organizations lack information on how to organize their activities for
ultimate impact.
This is an exploratory study and is the first of its kind to
explore the growing phenomenon of disaster citizen science. Disaster
citizen science is a rapidly growing field that is the focus of policy
interest, but currently devoid of research. This study will generate
information that can help define the phenomenon of disaster citizen
science and may result in nationally representative baseline data that
can support changes in citizen science awareness, barriers, and
activities.
While interviews will be hypothesis generating and provide rich
data on the experiences with citizen science to date across all
stakeholders active in this enterprise, the nationally-representative
survey data will allow us to generalize findings to the full population
of LHDs in the U.S.
CDC will collaborate with a contractor to implement this project.
Researchers will target citizen scientists and their partners (e.g.,
academics who work with citizen scientists on research projects) and
LHDs in a position to use citizen science data to inform public health
decision-making. For interviews, researchers will sample for maximum
variation, seeking to obtain variation on U.S. region, type and
sophistication of citizen science project, type of disaster
encountered, and previous experience with disaster citizen science.
The researchers aim to conduct 35-55 individual and group
facilitated semi-structured interviews, each lasting approximately 60
minutes, to cover topics including benefits and uses of citizen
science, barriers to and facilitators of citizen science, and strengths
and limitations of citizen science activities and resources.
Researchers will identify potential interview participants through
literature reviews and snowball sampling in a phased approach starting
with citizen science and LHD organizations. Researchers will sample for
maximum variation in order to capture the full range of citizen
scientist and health department experiences on this topic.
For the survey, the researchers will target a nationally
representative sample of 600 local health officials and will apply
survey weights to ensure that findings have external validity and can
be generalized to LHDs in the U.S. The survey, which will take 30
minutes to complete, will include questions on both citizen science as
applied to disaster preparedness and response, and citizen science as
occurring in other contexts (such as environmental health)to draw
lessons for preparedness and response.
OPHPR anticipates that the knowledge resulting from this research
project will contribute significantly to the evidence base for
preparedness and response and lead to improved efficiency,
effectiveness, and outcomes in several domains.
Participation in this study is voluntary. There are no costs to
respondents other than their time. A summary of annualized burden hours
is below.

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) (in hours)
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Citizen scientists and their Interview Guide 55 1 75/60 69
partners; local health (semi-
officials. structured
questionnaire).
Local health departments...... Survey.......... 300 1 30/60 150
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Total..................... ................ .............. .............. .............. 219
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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.
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and toolkits for LHDs and community research. This study will generate science activities and resources.
groups so that they can align their information that can help define the Researchers will identify potential
efforts and strengthen the benefits and phenomenon of disaster citizen science interview participants through literature
positive impacts of citizen science and may result in nationally reviews and snowball sampling in a
activities. For interviews, the representative baseline data that can phased approach starting with citizen
information collection will target citizen support changes in citizen science science and LHD organizations.
scientists and end users of citizen awareness, barriers, and activities. Researchers will sample for maximum
science data. While interviews will be hypothesis variation in order to capture the full
Citizen science is defined as research generating and provide rich data on the range of citizen scientist and health
activities (e.g., data collection, analysis, experiences with citizen science to date department experiences on this topic.
and reporting) performed by members of across all stakeholders active in this For the survey, the researchers will
the general public without any enterprise, the nationally-representative target a nationally representative sample
particular training in science. Citizen survey data will allow us to generalize of 600 local health officials and will
science is growing in popularity, fueled findings to the full population of LHDs apply survey weights to ensure that
in part by growing use of smartphones in the U.S. findings have external validity and can
and other personal devices in the CDC will collaborate with a contractor
be generalized to LHDs in the U.S. The
population. Although citizen collection to implement this project. Researchers
survey, which will take 30 minutes to
and use of data during disasters has will target citizen scientists and their
complete, will include questions on
increased exponentially in recent years partners (e.g., academics who work with
both citizen science as applied to
and there is great policy interest in the citizen scientists on research projects)
disaster preparedness and response, and
phenomenon, there has been no robust and LHDs in a position to use citizen
citizen science as occurring in other
research to date on the use of, barriers science data to inform public health
contexts (such as environmental
to, and impact of citizen science in decision-making. For interviews,
health)to draw lessons for preparedness
disasters. Local health departments researchers will sample for maximum
and response.
(LHDs) lack tools to respond to and variation, seeking to obtain variation on
coordinate with citizen science U.S. region, type and sophistication of OPHPR anticipates that the
activities within communities. citizen science project, type of disaster knowledge resulting from this research
Furthermore, citizen science encountered, and previous experience project will contribute significantly to
organizations lack information on how with disaster citizen science. the evidence base for preparedness and
to organize their activities for ultimate The researchers aim to conduct 35–55 response and lead to improved
impact. individual and group facilitated semi- efficiency, effectiveness, and outcomes
This is an exploratory study and is the structured interviews, each lasting in several domains.
first of its kind to explore the growing approximately 60 minutes, to cover Participation in this study is
phenomenon of disaster citizen science. topics including benefits and uses of voluntary. There are no costs to
Disaster citizen science is a rapidly citizen science, barriers to and respondents other than their time. A
growing field that is the focus of policy facilitators of citizen science, and summary of annualized burden hours is
interest, but currently devoid of strengths and limitations of citizen below.

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Number of Average
Number of responses burden per Total burden
Type of respondents Form name respondents per response (in hours)
respondent (in hours)

Citizen scientists and their partners; Interview Guide (semi-structured 55 1 75/60 69
local health officials. questionnaire).
Local health departments ................. Survey .............................................. 300 1 30/60 150

Total ........................................... ........................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ 219

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Contact		To request more information on the proposed project or to obtain a copy of the information collection plan and instruments, contact Leroy A. Richardson, 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]
FR Citation		82 FR 43760

82 FR 43760 - Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICESCenters for Disease Control and Prevention

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 180 (September 19, 2017)

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