The Medical Monitoring Project (MMP)
was designed to address the need for a national behavioral and
clinical surveillance system for HIV-infected persons, as
articulated in CDC's HIV Prevention Strategic Plan. The primary
objective of MMP is to conduct behavioral and clinical surveillance
among a probability sample of persons with HIV infection in the
United States in order to assess prevalence of and trends in: 1)
risk behaviors for HIV transmission, 2) HIV care and treatment, and
3) exposure to, use of, and impact of HIV prevention services.
Through MMP, CDC works with state and local health departments to
obtain HIV-related behavioral and clinical data through
confidential interviews and medical record abstractions. MMP
addresses the goal of strengthening the capacity nationwide to
monitor the epidemic to better direct and evaluate prevention,
care, and treatment efforts.
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Pub.L. 111 - 241 301 Name of Law: Title III - General Powers
and Duties of Public Health Service
Estimated annualized burden
hours changed from 8,500 to 8,537 because an additional 62 patients
will be sampled (total of 9400 patients from previously approved
9338 patients)
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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).
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the proposed collection of information, that the certification
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(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
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