This is a request for OMB approval for
a revision of a package, OMB No. 0920-0457. The Division of
Tuberculosis Elimination (DTBE), National Center for HIV, STD, and
TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is
submitting two public health report forms representing (1)
denominator-based outcome measurements, (2) technology for data
storage and transmission, and (3) the primary public health
strategies for tuberculosis (TB) control. The respondents for the
reports are the 68 state and local health departments having
federal TB cooperative agreements. These health departments control
TB by finding TB cases and ensuring the completion of therapy. To
accelerate progress toward the national goal of TB elimination,
strategies for finding and treating latent TB infection are
critical. Two key components of these strategies are (1) evaluating
persons who have been exposed to TB (i.e., contacts), and (2)
testing among populations that have a high prevalence rate of
latent TB infection or a high risk for TB disease (i.e., targeted
testing). To monitor these two activities nationally, CDC
collaborated with the respondents in designing two Aggregate
Reports for Tuberculosis Program Evaluation. The data that are
requested by CDC in these reports are not identifiable at the
individual level and are submitted only in aggregate format. Both
reports are used by the respondents, in conjunction with DTBE, as
indicator tools for program evaluation, as approximations of
workload, and as general sources for epidemiological analysis. CDC
uses the summary U.S. results in assessing the national progress
toward TB elimination.
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USC 241 Name of Law: Public Health Service - Research and
Investigations generally
The Division of Tuberculosis
Elimination (DTBE), National Center for HIV, STD, and TB
Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), leads
the campaign for tuberculosis elimination in the United States.
This includes administrating the federal tuberculosis cooperative
agreements with the health departments of the 50 states, 10 large
cities, and 8 trust territories and protectorates. CDC also
provides ongoing technical consultation about tuberculosis control
for these health departments. To assist CDC in these functions,
health departments have been submitting tuberculosis program
management reports since 1961. Two reports, the "Aggregate Reports
for Tuberculosis Program Evaluation", replaced several outdated
reports and were implemented nationwide in 2000. The changes in
these reports corresponded to the evolving national
tuberculosis-control strategy and the new data-systems
technology.
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On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
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(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
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If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
0920-0457 - Follow-up and Treatment for Contacts to TB Cases - data clerks - elect.
Attach A Legal Authorizations.doc
Attach B FR Notice 60 day.pdf
0920-0457 - Follow-up and Treatment for Contacts to TB Cases - data clerks - elect.