Project Determination

Project Determination

Evaluation of the CDC Undergraduate Public Health Scholars (CUPS) Program - Student Follow-Up Survey

Project ID:	0900f3eb81ab2a93
Project Contact:	Young_Kai H. (deq0)
Organization:	OS/OS/OSI
Status:	Pending Clearance
Intended Use:	Project Determination
Estimated Start Date:	03/15/20
Estimated Completion Date:	12/31/20
CDC/ATSDR HRPO/IRB Protocol#:
OMB Control#:

Description

Priority

Standard

Date Needed

01/31/20

Determination Start Date

01/22/20

Description

This project is an evaluation of the CDC Undergraduate Public Health Scholars (CUPS) program. The purpose of this evaluation is to assess the effects of CUPS on students' academic and career trajectory.

Goals/Purpose

The goal of this evaluation study is to assess whether the CUPS program has increased students’ interest in public health and health equity, and been influential in their pursuit of a career in health or public health-related field (including biomedical sciences).

Objective

1. To describe the demographics of the student population served by the CUPS program 2. To characterize students’ exposure to public health, and interest in pursuing a degree(s) in biomedical sciences, health-related fields, and/or public health before joining CUPS program 3. To characterize students’ educational attainment and employment status 4. To assess whether students’ interests in public health and health equity have increased as a result of CUPS 5. To assess whether the CUPS program and its mentors have influenced students’ career path

Activities or Tasks

New Collection of Information, Data, or Biospecimens

Target Population to be Included/Represented

American Indian or Alaska Native: Asian: Black or African American: Hispanic or Latino: Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander: Other-CUPS program participants

Tags/Keywords

Students, Public Health

CDC's Role

CDC employees or agents will obtain or use identifiable (including coded) private data or biological specimens

Method Categories

Survey

Methods

Students who participated in the CDC Undergraduate Public Health Scholars (CUPS) program from 2012 to 2017 will be surveyed. Data collected include demographic information, academic and employment history, and participants' perception of CUPS program.

Collection of Info, Data, or Bio specimens

Data will be collected through a secured web-based data collection system distributed to participants of CUPS program from 2012-2017. Respondents will include CUPS alumni for whom a valid, personal email address or a home address are available. Respondents will have 3 weeks to complete the survey.

Expected Use of Findings/Results and their impact

Data will be used to a) assess CUPS program quality, and b) document program outcomes to demonstrate impact and inform decision making about future program direction. The result of the survey will be published in peer reviewed journals and/or in non-scientific publications such as practice reports and/or fact sheets. Links to these publications will be provided on CDC website, https://www.cdc.gov/features/studentopportunities/index.html.

Will PII be captured?

Yes

Does CDC have access to the Identifiers

Yes

Is a certificate or assurance of confidentiality in place or planned?

Yes

Is a non-disclosure agreement in place?

Yes

Funding
Funding Type	Funding Title	Funding #	Original Fiscal Year	# of Years of Award
CDC Funding Intramural	CUPS Alumni Survey		2020	1

Institutions
Institution	FWA #	FWA Exp. Date	IRB Title	IRB Exp. Date	Funding #

Staff
Staff Member	SIQT Exp. Date	Citi Biomedical Exp. Date	Citi Social and Behavioral Exp. Date	Citi Good Clinical Exp. Date	Staff Role	Email	Phone #	Organization/ Institution
Anne Aguilar	08/16/2020				Co-Investigator	[email protected]	770-488-8194	OFFICE OF MINORITY HEALTH & HEALTH EQUITY
Kai Young	01/17/2023				Co-Investigator	[email protected]	404-639-2217	OFFICE OF MINORITY HEALTH & HEALTH EQUITY

DMP
Proposed Data Collection Start Date	03/01/20
Proposed Data Collection End Date	06/30/20
Proposed Public Access Level	Restricted
Data Use Type	Data Sharing Agreement
Data Use Type Data Use Type URL
Data Use Contact	Kai Young
Public Access justification	Data set include personally identifiable information which is not suitable for public access and use.
How Access Will Be Provided for Data	Only aggregated data summaries will be shared upon request. No identifying information will be released.
Plans for archival and long-term preservation of the data	The data set will be stored as official CDC records in password protected files on a CDC software-encrypted computer. All identifying information will be kept in a separate file for added security and be kept secure and password protected, and will only be accessible by the CDC evaluation team.

Spatiality (Geographic Location)
Country	State/Province	County/Region
United States

Determinations
Determination	Justification	Completed	Entered By & Role
HSC: Does NOT Require HRPO Review	Not Research	01/24/20	Cope_James R. (voz4) CIO HSC
PRA: PRA does not apply		01/30/20	Burroughs-Stokes_Kennya (vhr4) OMB / PRA