[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 203 (Thursday, October 21, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65019-65020]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-26566]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-11-11AA]
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 404-639-5960
and send comments to Carol E. Walker, CDC Acting Reports Clearance
Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D74, Atlanta, GA 30333 or send an e-mail
to [email protected].
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. Written comments should be received
within 60 days of this notice.
Proposed Project
Central America Water and Sanitation Program Sustainability
Evaluation and Qualitative Survey--NEW--Global Water Sanitation and
Hygiene (GWASH) Team, Environmental Health Services Branch (EHSB),
Division of Emergency and Environmental Health Services (DEEHS),
National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH), Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
CDC, under Section 301 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.
241) has the authority to conduct research relating to the
sustainability of water, sanitation and hygiene education (WASH)
programs. An epidemiological study with statistical methods will be
used to evaluate these interventions to determine the key factors to
longevity of these projects.
There is little information available on the longevity of
infrastructure and hygiene behaviors after WASH interventions are
provided. Sustainability of these WASH interventions is a crucial
factor in maintaining the health and well-being of a community.
In the Latin American and Caribbean region, 20% of the rural
population in 2008 had no access to an improved drinking water source.
Forty-five percent of this population also has unimproved sanitation
facilities with 20% of that population not using any type of sanitation
facility.
Sustainability of WASH interventions ties in to goal 7 of the
Millennium Development Goals, to ensure environmental sustainability.
Specifically, it is to ``reduce by half the proportion of the
population without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic
sanitation'' by 2015.
In addition to this issue, significant natural disasters such as
hurricanes and tropical storms have the potential to completely destroy
infrastructure. In 1998, Central America (El Salvador, Guatemala,
Honduras, and Nicaragua) was struck by Hurricane Mitch. After the
hurricane, the American Red Cross (ARC) responded to the disaster and
provided community- and household-level water, sanitation, and hygiene
education to hundreds of communities. What began as a disaster
response/reconstruction program in 1998, has developed into a study of
the long-term sustainability of WASH interventions.
This research will focus on assessing eight communities that were
provided WASH interventions by the ARC post-Hurricane Mitch. This
survey will help to evaluate the key factors that help communities to
maintain their infrastructure. The results will be used to improve ARC
programs as well as to help guide other non-governmental agencies on
how to best maximize their investments to ensure long-term community
health.
This research includes four components which will be done in each
community: (1) A community survey with community leaders and/or the
local water board; (2) a cross-sectional quantitative and qualitative
household survey; (3) water sampling and analysis of community water
sources/systems and stored household water; and (4) an infrastructure
inspection of the community water system. United States Agency for
International Development (USAID) indicators were used as the basis for
measuring WASH interventions using performance indicators. Performance
indicators are a way to measure the performance of disaster-related
water and sanitation programs.
Four indicators will be used in this evaluation. To measure the
water intervention we will estimate (1) the percent of households with
access to an improved water source. The sanitation indicator measures
(2) the percent of households with access to improved sanitation.
Hygiene education is evaluated using two indicators, (3) the percent of
households with appropriate hand washing behavior and (4) the percent
of the population using hygienic sanitation facilities.
The sustainability evaluation will conduct a face-to-face interview
with the community leaders and/or members of the water board from eight
communities.
Second, a cross-sectional household survey (n = 150) that are
randomly selected will be administered. This survey contains questions
on water use, access and availability; sanitation access, use and
maintenance; and hygiene education--when was the last time it was
presented to the community, what topics were discussed, when was it
provided and by whom. The household interview will be done using a
paper survey, reviewed each day and then transferred into an electronic
database for statistical analysis and calculation of the indicators.
The survey will be done with the female head of household and take
approximately 30 minutes.
Third, a qualitative survey with randomly selected female head of
household (n = 30), will be conducted to gather study participants
thoughts and opinions on the WASH services provided to them and their
community. This survey will be tape recorded and take approximately 30
to 45 minutes to complete.
All household surveys will include qualitative testing of drinking
water (n = 180) stored in the home. Total coliforms and E. coli will be
determined using a standard pre-measured Hach test kit. Included in the
water sampling portion of this study are the community water sources
and water samples (n = 20) within the distribution system. Additional
testing will include measuring free chlorine in the community water
system if chlorine is being used (n = 10).
Lastly, an infrastructure evaluation for each community will be
done by CDC personnel using a checklist. This evaluation will help to
determine the strengths and weaknesses of each system for each
community.
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There is no cost to respondents to participate in the
sustainability evaluation other than their time.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of Average burden
Respondents/form name Number of responses per response (in Total burden
respondents respondent hours) (in hours)
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Quantitative Household interviews............... 150 1 0.5 75
Qualitative Household interviews................ 30 1 1 30
Community survey................................ 8 1 1 8
Water Sampling.................................. 200 1 0.5 100
Infrastructure survey........................... 8 1 1 8
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Total....................................... .............. .............. .............. 221
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Dated: October 15, 2010.
Catina Conner,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
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