[Federal Register: December 26, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 248)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30DAY-13-03]
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
the CDC Reports Clearance Officer at (404) 498-1210. Send written
comments to CDC, Desk Officer, Human Resources and Housing Branch, New
Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503. Written
comments should be received within 30 days of this notice.
Proposed Project
Evaluation of the Graduate Certificate Program--New--National
Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHSTP), the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The National Center for HIV, STD
and TB, CDC proposes to collect data to evaluate the Graduate
Certificate Program (GCP). From July 1997 through January 2001, NCHSTP
Prevention Support Office administered the GCP which funded 130 CDC
public health professionals and 130 state and local public health
professionals to attend a distance learning program that consisted of
approximately one-half of the requirements of a graduate-level degree.
The purpose of the proposed project is to evaluate the process, impact,
and outcome measures of the GCP that were described in the original
Request for Proposal (RFP). CDC is looking to establish perceived or
measurable benefits of the program, as well as to evaluate the
effectiveness of the distance-based education approach.
The data collected will be used to determine the effectiveness of
the distance-based training approach, and to provide recommendations
for developing similar training strategies in the future.
Data will be collected through an attitudinal survey that will be
available in both paper and electronic copies. The survey will be
administered to 520 respondents (approximately 260 state and local
public health professionals (130 participants and 130 nonparticipants)
and 260 supervisors (130 supervisors of participants and 130
supervisors of nonparticipants). It is estimated that it will take
respondents approximately 20 minutes to complete the survey. The annual
burden for this data collection is 192 hours.
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No. of Average burden/
Respondents No. of responses/ response
respondents respondent (in hours)
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Federal Public Health Professionals............................. 144 1 20/60
State and Local Public Health Professionals..................... 144 1 20/60
Supervisors of Participants..................................... 144 1 20/60
Survey of Non-participant Supervisors........................... 144 1 20/60
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Dated: December 19, 2002.
Nancy E. Cheal,
Acting Associate Director for Policy, Planning and Evaluation, Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 02-32517 Filed 12-24-02; 8:45 am]
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