[Federal Register: August 1, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 148)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30 Day-57-03]
Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and
Recommendations
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 or by fax
to (202) 395-6974. Written comments should be received within 30 days
of this notice.
Proposed Project: AIDS Prevention Surveillance Project Reports (OMB
No. 0920-0208)--Extension--National Center for HIV, STD, and TB
Prevention (NCHSTP), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. CDC
proposes to continue the collection of data for the AIDS Prevention and
Surveillance Project Reports, OMB No. 0920-0208, for an additional
three years. This request is for a three-year extension. There are
currently 65 cooperative agreements for HIV prevention projects (50
states, 6 cities, 7 territories, Washington, DC, and Puerto Rico) and
54 community based organizations to support HIV counseling, testing,
and referral programs funded by CDC. Program initiatives such as HIV
counseling, testing, and referral services in STD clinics, Women's
Health Centers, Drug Treatment Centers, and other health facilities
have been described as a primary prevention strategy of the national
HIV prevention program. The funded public health departments and
community based organizations have increased the provision of HIV
counseling, testing, and referral activities to those at increased risk
for acquiring or transmitting HIV, as well as minority communities and
women of child bearing age.
CDC is responsible for monitoring and evaluating HIV prevention
programs conducted under the HIV Prevention cooperative agreements. HIV
counseling, testing, and referral services are a major component of HIV
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prevention programs. Without data to measure the impact of HIV
counseling, testing, and referral programs, HIV prevention program
priorities cannot be assessed and redirected to prevent further spread
of the virus in the general population. CDC needs information from all
grantees describing the number of HIV tests completed for at-risk
persons and the number HIV-positive test results for at-risk persons.
The HIV counseling and testing report form provides a simple yet
complete means to collect this information.
Public health departments will be able to use either a summary
form, a scan form, or a form unique to their jurisdiction. All
reporting to the CDC will take place electronically. Sixteen (16)
respondents (public health departments) will use the summary data
collection tool. It takes approximately 2 hours to complete the form.
The respondents will complete the form 4 times each year for a total
burden of 8 hours per year per project area. Thirty (30) respondents
(public health departments) will use a scan form provided by CDC.
Nineteen (19) respondents (public health departments) will use a form
unique to their jurisdiction. It will take approximately 15 minutes for
each respondent using either the scan or unique formats to transfer
data to CDC electronically on a quarterly basis for a total burden per
project area of 1 hour per year. The total annual burden hours for this
data collection is 177 hours.
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Average
Noumber of Number of burden per
Respondents respondents responses per response (in
respondent hours)
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Manual Form Project Areas....................................... 16 4 2
Scan or Unique Form Project..................................... 49 4 15/60
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Dated: July 24, 2003.
Laura Y. Martin,
Acting Associate Director for Policy, Planning and Evaluation, Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 03-19577 Filed 7-31-03; 8:45 am]
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