[Federal Register: May 15, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 93)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30 Day-07-05DA]
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) 639-5960 or send an e-mail
to omb@cdc.gov. Send written comments to CDC Desk Officer, Office of
Management and Budget, Washington, DC or by fax to (202) 395-6974.
Written comments should be received within 30 days of this notice.
Proposed Project
Surveillance of HIV/AIDS Related Events Among Persons Not Receiving
Care-New-National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHSTP),
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
A committee from the Institute of Medicine (IOM) recently reviewed,
at the request of Congress, the status of HIV/AIDS surveillance in the
U.S. In the resulting report, three populations of interest were
outlined, including persons infected with HIV, who have a diagnosis of
HIV but are not receiving care.
There are approximately 1 million HIV-infected persons in the
United States. Of these, an estimated 75 percent know they are
infected, but approximately half of those who know they are infected do
not have evidence of having received any medical care for their HIV
infection. Existing HIV/AIDS surveillance systems provide little
information about HIV-infected persons who are not receiving care,
especially those who have never entered care. In addition, an estimate
of the size and immunologic status of the latter group is critically
important for estimating resources needed to support linkage to care.
Furthermore, identifying factors related to not being linked to care
will be important in designing effective interventions.
Based on the IOM recommendations and to address the needs described
above, CDC is working with state and local health departments in five
project areas to pilot a population-based supplemental surveillance
system, ``Surveillance of HIV/AIDS Related Events Among Persons Not
Receiving Care,'' also called the Never In Care (NIC) Project. The NIC
Project is designed to describe HIV-infected persons who are at least
90 days post diagnosis and have never received HIV care. The project
will be conducted over a three-year period and will obtain data on a
total of 1,000 persons (approximately 500 per year) with HIV/AIDS. The
data collection will include interview-based data only.
The methods were developed in light of recommendations from the
IOM, an earlier population-based survey of persons receiving care for
HIV infection, and earlier CDC pilots of population-based methods.
For this proposed data collection, participating public health
jurisdictions will conduct structured interviews with HIV-infected
persons identified using their HIV/AIDS surveillance and supplemental
laboratory databases or through HIV diagnostic and case management
service providers. The target number of structured interviews is 1,000
over 2 years of data collection. Qualitative interviews will be
conducted with the first 75 persons who agree to a second interview.
The information to be collected includes demographic data, HIV testing
history, high-risk drug use and sexual behaviors, reasons for not using
health care and treatment, and unmet needs.
Results from this project will be used to develop estimates of the
medical services and resources needed for persons who are infected with
HIV, but who have not received medical care and treatment.
Additionally, new data related to those not receiving care may be used
to design effective interventions for linking persons to care. The data
will have implications for policy, program development, and resource
allocation at the state/local and national levels.
Users of NIC data include, but are not limited to, Federal
agencies, state and local health departments, clinicians, researchers,
and HIV prevention and care planning groups. Participation in the data
collection is voluntary and there is no cost to respondents to
participate in the survey other than their time. The total estimated
annualized burden hours is 325.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Average
Number of Number of burden per
Types of data collection respondents responses per response (in
respondent hours)
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Structured Interview............................................ 500 1 30/60
Qualitative Interview........................................... 75 1 1
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Dated: May 7, 2007.
Maryam Daneshvar,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
[FR Doc. E7-9272 Filed 5-14-07; 8:45 am]
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