[Federal Register: March 28, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 60)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-03-55]
Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and
Recommendations
In compliance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for opportunity for public comment on
proposed data collection projects, the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic summaries of proposed projects.
To request more information on the proposed projects or to obtain a
copy of the data collection plans and instruments, call the CDC Reports
Clearance Officer on (404)498-1210.
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; and (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. Send comments to Seleda Perryman, CDC
Assistant Reports Clearance Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D24,
Atlanta, GA 30333. Written comments should be received within 60 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
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Reports, OMB No. 0920-0208, for an additional 3 years. This request is
for a 3-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
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. Therefore, the total burden hours for
collecting this data will be 49 hours. There is no cost to respondents
except for their time.
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Number of Average burden
Respondents Number of responses per per response Total burden
respondents respondent (in hours) (in hours)
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Manual Form Project Areas....................... 16 4 2 128
Scan or Unique Form Project..................... 49 4 15/60 49
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Total....................................... .............. .............. .............. 177
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Dated: March 21, 2003.
Thomas Bartenfeld,
Acting Associate Director for Policy, Planning and Evaluation, Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 03-7457 Filed 3-27-03; 8:45 am]
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