SS_Part B

Clinic Context Matters Study

Supporting Statement B

OMB No. 0920-New

March 6, 2015

Project Officer:

Dawn Smith, MD, MS, MPH

National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention

Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention/Epidemiology Branch

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

1600 Clifton Road NE, Mailstop E-45

Atlanta, GA 30333.

Voice: (404) 639-5166

Fax: (404) 639-6127

Email: [email protected]

B. Collection of Information Employing Statistical Methods

This information collection request does not employ statistical methods. The following is a description of data collection procedures.

B.1. Respondent Universe and Sampling Methods

This study will be conducted with a total of 175 English-speaking clinicians in Houston, Newark, Chicago, and Philadelphia. All clinicians providing PrEP or related care at these clinics will be invited to complete the online survey once per year. These clinics are TQHCs that serve populations at very high risk for HIV infection that would benefit from this intervention. The selected clinics are just beginning to provide PrEP as a clinical service to their patients. These clinics are located in cities participating in the previously approved OMB 0929-1038 study, a companion survey of community members.

Surveys will be conducted with clinicians who see PrEP patients at the clinics that are initiating a new HIV prevention clinical service, daily oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP).

B.2. Procedures for the Collection of Information

B.2.1. Recruitment

At each clinic, a senior clinician will identify those clinics involved in the delivery of PrEP-related services and assign each a unique ID. Based on information from clinic directors, we estimate that 225 clinicians will be invited across the 4 clinics. E-mail or printed notices will be sent to each that contains their provider ID and the survey URL with a request that they complete the survey online. (Attachment 3).We anticipate that some respondents in year 1 will no longer be available in years 2 and 3, and that new clinicians will be employed by the clinics. We will draw a new sample each year of all eligible clinicians at each of the four clinic and invite them to participate.

B.2.2. Screening and Scheduling Procedures

There are no screening and scheduling procedures. Clinicians can go online and complete the survey at any convenient time in the 6-week annual survey window.

B.2.3. Data Collection Methods

The survey will take about 30 minutes to complete. After entering their ID number, a brief consent will be presented at the beginning of the online survey (Attachment 4). Those consenting will proceed directly to the completion of the survey.

No personal identifiers will be collected during the consent or interview. At the end of each interview, the survey data will be stored on a password protected secure server until its electronic transfer to CDC for data management and analysis.

B.3. Methods to Maximize Response Rates and Deal with Nonresponse

The CDC data manager will review the online data each week to ascertain response rates by clinic and assigned clinician ID. The senior clinician at each clinic will be provided a listing of IDs that have completed the survey at 2 and 4 weeks after the initial invitation to enable them to issue reminder invitations for the survey.

B.4. Tests of Procedures or Methods to be Undertaken

No formal tests of procedures or methods will be undertaken

B.5. Individuals Consulted on Statistical Aspects and Individuals and/or Analyzing Data

No other individuals were consulted on the statistical aspects or analysis of this data collection.