HMTS Template with Project Overview and Burden

Health Message Testing System Expedited Review Form
1. Title of Study: (Please append screener and questionnaire)

Testing Health Communication Messages to Promote Hepatitis C Testing among U.S. Adults

2. Study Population: (Discuss study population and explain how they will be selected/recruited.)

U.S. adults 21 years of age and older. This population reflects CDC's new, universal hepatitis C testing
guidelines for all adults that are scheduled to be released next year. Focus group facilities will select
potential respondents from their database that match the criteria listed in the focus group screener.
Respondent characteristics:
Number of subject: 256

Number of males:

128

Age range: 21 years of age and older

Number of females: 128

Racial/ethnic composition: all races and ethnicities
Special group status: (e.g., risk group, health care providers)
Type of group(s): (1) Have not ever gotten a blood test for hepatitis; (2) have not
been - or had family - diagnosed with hepatitis or liver disease
Geographic location(s): Albuquerque, NM; Baltimore, MD; Chicago, IL; Denver, CO;
Detroit, MI; Houston, TX; Portland, ME; Seattle, WA
3. Incentives: (State what incentive will be offered and justify proposed incentives to be used in study.)

Focus group participants will receive an incentive of $75 for their participation in the 120-minute inperson focus group.

4. Study method: (Please check one below)
Central location intercept interview:
Online Interview:
Telephone interview:
Other (describe):

Focus group:
Individual in-depth interview (cognitive interview):

(CATI used: yes or no):

5. Purpose of the overall communication effort into which this health message(s) will fit:
(Please provide 2-3 sentences below.)

A health communication campaign to educate adults about the importance of getting tested for hepatitis C.
The campaign will support the new CDC recommendation released in 2020 that all adults get tested once
for hepatitis C.

6. Category of time sensitivity: (Please check one below)
Health emergency:
Time-limited audience access:
Press coverage correction:
Time-limited congressional/administrative mandate:
Trend Tracking
Ineffective existing materials due to historical event/social trends:
7. Describe nature of time sensitivity: (Please provide 2-3 sentences below.)
The materials tested will comprise an updated campaign that will be released to support the CDC
recommendation to test all adults for hepatitis C. The results of the message testing will be used to
improve existing materials targeting baby boomers and ensure the materials are effectively promoting
hepatitis C testing to a broader audience of U.S. adults. From this testing, we will determine if existing
materials are relevant to all adults, or if the materials will need to be adapted to improve effectiveness.

8. Number of burden hours requested: 579

BURDEN HOURS
No. of
Participation
Respondents Time

Category of Respondent

Burden

General Public (Screening Form)

400

10/60

67

General Public (Focus Groups)

256

2 hour

512

Totals

579

9. Are you using questions from the approved question bank?

Yes

If yes, please list the item number(s) for questions used from the question bank separated by a comma.
(e.g., 1a, 3c, 130d)
1b, 2b, 16c, 17c, 1d, 3d, 6d, 7d, 12d, 30d, 31d, 5e, 11e, 44e, 45e, 46e, 1f, 4f, 10f, 14f, 29f

*** Items below to be completed by Office of Associate Director for Communication (OADC)***
1. Number of burden hours remaining in current year's allocation: 4675
2. OADC confirmation of time-sensitivity:
Yes:
No:

Dawn B. Griffin
Project Officer
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