Request for Approval

Change Request

Resources and Services Database of the CDC National Prevention Information Network (NPIN)

(OMB No. 0920-0255, Expiration Date 03/31/2026)

Summary

NPIN is planning on increasing the number of organizations to be added a year to 1,200, currently we are approved to add 800 a year. The proposed change will add 400 organizations. Increasing the number of organizations added per year will strengthen the utility of NPIN by helping users find detailed information about the services they need. Around 300 organizations are inactivated each year as part of the annual update process, therefore, increasing the number of organizations added will help to maintain a good number of locations offering services nationwide. The change will not affect the burden on respondents, as the individual time to respond to the questionnaire will not change.

Attachments

Att. 3A_NPIN Initial Questionnaire Telephone Script

Background and Justification

The National Prevention Information Network (NPIN) is a service of the CDC National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP). NPIN is a program of NCHHSTP that supports NCHHSTP’s efforts to prevent and control human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, viral hepatitis, sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), and tuberculosis (TB), which continue to present major public health challenges to the United States.

NPIN collects information from and about organizations that provide services related to HIV/AIDS, viral hepatitis, STDs, and TB at the local, state, and national level. The intended use of the resulting data is to support a resource for referrals, and to facilitate partnerships and coordination among programs dealing with HIV/AIDS, viral hepatitis, STDs, and TB.

NPIN is planning on increasing the number of organizations to be added a year to 1,200. Currently NPIN is approved to add 800 a year. Increasing the number of organizations added per year will strengthen the utility of NPIN by helping users find detailed information about the services they need. Around 300 organizations are inactivated each year as part of the annual update process.

The NPIN staff learns about new organizations through a variety of sources, including searching the Internet, and perusing websites of existing organizations. Once a new organization is identified as providing services related to HIV/AIDS, viral hepatitis, STDs, or TB, NPIN staff will start collecting information on it. First, the staff will gather as much information as possible from the organization’s website. Second, NPIN staff will then contact each newly identified organization (i.e., those with and those without websites) and administer the Questionnaire over the telephone, to confirm the information collected from the website and to ask about other services. The questionnaire is divided in three sections. Respondents are asked to complete a first section with basic information about the company (name, phone, and website). A second section collects data about accessibility (hours, fees, eligibility), and a third section gathers information about the services the organization provides, the audience, and the Languages used when providing services.

Effect of Proposed Changes on Currently Approved Instruments

There is no effect on currently approved instruments. The NPIN Questionnaire for new organizations is collecting the same information. There are no modifications requested.

Effect on Burden Estimate

The change will not affect the burden on respondents, as the individual time to respond to the questionnaire will not change.

Type of Respondents	Form Name	Number of respondents	Number of responses per respondent	Average Burden per response (in hours)	Total Burden (in hours)
Organizations that provide prevention, education, testing, and healthcare services relating to HIV/AIDS, viral hepatitis, STD, and TB, Mpox vaccine	NPIN Initial Questionnaire Telephone Script	800	1	7/60	93
Organizations that provide prevention, education, testing, and healthcare services relating to HIV/AIDS, viral hepatitis, STD, and TB, Mpox vaccine	NPIN Initial Questionnaire Telephone Script	400	1	7/60	47
Total		1,200	1	7/60	140