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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-17-17CR]
[Docket No. CDC-201x-xxxx]
Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations
AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
ACTION: Notice with comment period
SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of its continuing efforts to reduce public burden and maximize the utility of government information, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on Assessment of Zika Prevention Strategies in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before [INSERT DATE 60 DAYS AFTER PUBLICATION DATE IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER].
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-201x-xxxx by any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
Mail: Leroy A. Richardson, Information Collection Review Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, N.E., MS-D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name and Docket Number. All relevant comments received will be posted without change to Regulations.gov, including any personal information provided. For access to the docket to read background documents or comments received, go to Regulations.gov.
Please note: All public comment should be submitted through the Federal eRulemaking portal (Regulations.gov) or by U.S. mail to the address listed above.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on the proposed project or to obtain a copy of the information collection plan and instruments, contact the Information Collection Review Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, N.E., MS-D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; phone: 404-639-7570; E-mail: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), Federal agencies must obtain approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for each collection of information they conduct or sponsor. In addition, the PRA also requires Federal agencies to provide a 60-day notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information, including each new proposed collection, each proposed extension of existing collection of information, and each reinstatement of previously approved information collection before submitting the collection to OMB for approval. To comply with this requirement, we are publishing this notice of a proposed data collection as described below.
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; (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; and (e) estimates of capital or start-up costs and costs of operation, maintenance, and purchase of services to provide information. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, disclose or provide information to or for a Federal agency. This includes the time needed to review instructions; to develop, acquire, install and utilize technology and systems for the purpose of collecting, validating and verifying information, processing and maintaining information, and disclosing and providing information; to train personnel and to be able to respond to a collection of information, to search data sources, to complete and review the collection of information; and to transmit or otherwise disclose the information.
Proposed Project
Assessment of Zika Prevention Strategies in the U.S. Virgin Islands – Emergency ICR – National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
This is an emergency request for a new information collection for 90 days. This ICR includes one project, which is part of CDC’s ongoing response in the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) to the Zika virus outbreak. Information collection is not expected to exceed 90 days. Efforts are under way to collect much of this information over a six week period from mid-November to mid-December 2016. However, if it is determined that more time is necessary, a formal, non-emergency ICR will be submitted to OMB.
The overarching goal of this project is to engage key audiences in the USVI regarding a variety of Zika prevention activities (personal protective behaviors and vector control activities) in order to assess the current situation and to inform future action.
Information collected in this assessment will be used to help refine communication and vector control plans and guide implementation of activities defined in those plans in order to prevent and control Zika virus in the USVI.
The goal of this project is to engage key audiences in USVI regarding a variety of Zika prevention activities in order to assess the current situation and to inform future action.
Objectives include:
To describe pregnant women’s perceptions of risk, knowledge of Zika protective behaviors, self-reported behaviors, perceived benefits of performing behaviors, barriers and support needed for performing behaviors, receipt of a Zika Prevention Kit, exposure to communications, and trusted sources of information about Zika.
To describe community members’ perceptions of risk, knowledge of Zika, exposure to communications, opinions about select vector control activities, and trusted sources of information about Zika.
Respondents will be intercepted at settings where they are likely to be found and where they might have time to participate in an interview. Authorizing legislation comes from Section 301 of the Public Health Service Act (42 USC 241). There is no cost to respondents other than the time to participate.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
Type of Respondents |
Form Name |
No. of Respondents |
No. of Responses per Respondent |
Avg. Burden per Response (in hrs.) |
Total Burden (in hrs.) |
Pregnant woman |
Intercept Interview with Pregnant women in USVI |
300 |
1 |
20/60 |
100 |
Resident community member |
Intercept Interview with community members in USVI |
125 |
1 |
10/60 |
21 |
Total |
|
121 |
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Dated:
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Leroy A. Richardson
Chief, Information Collection Review Office
Office of Scientific Integrity
Office of the Associate Director for Science
Office of the Director
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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