[Federal Register: October 20, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 202)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30 Day-05-0448]
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 or send an email to
omb@cdc.gov. 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
The Minority HIV/AIDS Research Initiative: Access to HIV Care and
Testing in the Rural South--New--The National Center for HIV, STD, and
TB Prevention (NCHSTP), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC).
Background
CDC is requesting from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a
2-year approval to administer a survey to local health departments and
testing sites. As part of the Minority HIV/AIDS Research Initiative
(MARI), CDC is funding a study that examines access to HIV care and
testing in the rural South. The objectives of the study are twofold:
(1) Determine the local availability of HIV counseling and testing, and
identify HIV treatment venues (HIV doctor or clinic) in non-urban
counties in the South, and (2) provide information to improve the
availability of testing and treatment in the South.
Identifying barriers to accessing care in the South is relevant to
selected goals and objectives in the CDC's ``HIV Prevention Strategic
Plan Through 2005.'' This plan identifies the goal to increase from the
current estimated 70% to 95% the proportion of HIV-infected people in
the United States who know they are infected through voluntary
counseling and testing. CDC plans to meet this goal by: (1) Increasing
the motivation of at-risk individuals to know their infection status
and decrease real and perceived barriers to HIV testing; and (2)
improve access to voluntary, client-centered counseling and testing
(VCT) in high seroprevalence communities and populations at risk,
focusing particularly on populations with high rates of undiagnosed
infection. This study is relevant to the goals of CDC's Strategic Plan
for 2005 and the Advancing HIV Prevention Initiative (AHP) to reduce
barriers to HIV testing that impede those at risk from receiving HIV
prevention services. Moreover, this study complements the AHP by
providing the local service systems with a current visual depiction of
HIV testing barriers in rural counties that will help address
programming concerns to ultimately improve access to HIV testing and
prevention services.
A sample from 325 counties will be selected from ten U.S. Southern
states (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi,
North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia). Census Bureau
Statistical Area data were used to identify 325 rural counties within
the 10 Southern states that meet the definition of a non-metropolitan
statistical area and/or cluster with a population of less than 50,000.
There will be two phases to the survey of the rural counties. The first
phase will be based on quantitative survey design, while the second
will use qualitative face-to-face, one-on-one interviewing techniques.
During the initial phase, the following will be contacted and
surveyed from each county: (a) Local Health Department; (b) two HIV
testing & counseling venues; and (c) two HIV treatment sites. This will
result in a total of 2,275 contacts over a 2-year period. To help
reduce burden, respondents will be interviewed by survey over the
telephone using a Computer Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI)
technology. Telephone surveys will take approximately 30 minutes to
complete, and will be limited to the absolute minimum number of
questions required for the intended use of the data.
CDC has contracted this study to an Alliance Quality Education
organization
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to provide support costs for data collection and analysis. There is no
cost to respondents except for their time. The estimated annualized
burden is 570 hours.
Annualized Burden Table
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Number of Average burden
Respondents Number of responses per response (in
respondents respondent hrs.)
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(1) Health Department Workers................................... 163 1 30/60
(2) HIV Counseling and Testing Site............................. 488 1 30/60
(3) HIV Treatment Site Workers.................................. 488 1 30/60
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Dated: October 12, 2004.
Alvin Hall,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 04-23434 Filed 10-19-04; 8:45 am]
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