[Federal Register: August 18, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 159)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-05-05CS]
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 404-371-5983
and send comments to Seleda Perryman, CDC Assistant Reports Clearance
Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D74, Atlanta, GA 30333 or send an e-mail
to omb@cdc.gov.
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
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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. Written
comments should be received within 60 days of this notice.
Proposed Project
Nurse-Delivered Risk Reduction Intervention for HIV-Infected Women-
New-National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHSTP), Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description: CDC is requesting a 3-year
approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to administer a
questionnaire and a one-on-one qualitative interview to HIV-infected
women in the southern United States who are at risk for further
transmission of the disease. This study is designed to adapt and
evaluate an HIV transmission prevention intervention for the growing
population of HIV-infected women in the South and to study factors
associated with risk among women. The primary outcome will be a
reduction in sexual risk behavior as a result of a brief, nurse-
delivered prevention intervention adapted for use with HIV-infected
women in the South. The project will also conduct in-depth qualitative
interviews of young, recently HIV-infected women to assess social and
environmental factors that contribute to behavioral risk for HIV
infection. The project addresses goals of the CDC HIV Prevention
Strategic Plan, specifically the goal of increasing the number of HIV-
infected persons who are linked to appropriate prevention, care, and
treatment services. In addition, information from this research will
inform future prevention interventions that encompass individual and
contextual factors.
Approximately 550 women will be screened for eligibility to
participate in the study, and a minimum of 330 women from one or two
sites will be recruited and administered baseline and follow-up
behavioral risk assessments in a randomized wait-list comparison design
with a 6-month follow-up period. That is, the intervention and
comparison group will complete an assessment at the baseline and in 6
months a follow-up assessment will be conducted to compare behavior
change. Six months after the intervention group has been provided the
intervention and follow-up, women in the comparison group will receive
the intervention. The assessments will capture information on
demographics, risk behaviors, attitudes, and knowledge related to HIV/
STD transmission and prevention. Semi-structured qualitative interviews
will be conducted with a subgroup of 25-30 young, recently-diagnosed
participants following their participation in the intervention study.
These interviews will explore behavioral, social, and contextual
conditions that may have contributed to the women's risk for HIV
infection and ideas about preventing other women from becoming
infected. The two behavioral assessments will take about 1 hour each to
complete, the nurse-delivered intervention will take about 1 hour to
complete, and the qualitative interviews will take about 2 hours to
complete. The screening interview will take about 10 minutes to
complete. There is no cost to respondents other than the time it takes
them to participate.
Estimate of Annualized Burden Table
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Number of Burden per
Respondents Number of responses per response (in Total burden
respondents respondent hours) (in hours)
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Women--screening interview...................... 550 1 10/60 92
Women--assessment interviews.................... 330 2 1 660
Women--intervention............................. 330 1 1 330
Women--qualitative interviews................... 30 1 2 60
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Total....................................... .............. .............. .............. 1142
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Dated: August 11, 2005.
Joan F. Karr,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 05-16369 Filed 8-17-05; 8:45 am]
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