[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 116 (Thursday, June 17, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32504-32507]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-15373]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control And Prevention
[INFO-99-22]
Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and
Recommendations
In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) is providing opportunity for public comment on
proposed data collection projects. To request more information on the
proposed projects or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and
instruments, call the CDC Reports Clearance Officer on (404) 639-7090.
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; and (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. Send comments to Seleda Perryman, CDC
Assistant Reports Clearance Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D24,
Atlanta, GA 30333. Written comments should be received within 60 days
of this notice.
Proposed Project
1. Public Health Prevention Service Program--New--Epidemiology
Program Office (EPO). In 1995, senior CDC leadership asked for a review
of CDC's role in developing public health workers. As a result of the
review, the Public Health Prevention Service (PHPS) program was
established in 1997, to be carried out by the Epidemiology Program
Office (EPO). The purpose of the PHPS program is to improve the
nation's public health practice by preparing entry-level public health
professionals to conduct prevention programs that improve health and
prevent injury and to manage emerging public health problems.''
Implicit in the creation of the program is the expectation that the
PHPS participants would be a ``new breed'' of public health
professionals who would owe primary allegiance to prevention and public
health as disciplines rather than to specific programs, be comfortable
working across a variety of programs and in multiple levels of
jurisdictions, and be knowledgeable about and prepared to meet future
challenges in public health in planning, implementing, managing, and
evaluating scientifically sound prevention programs and interventions.
PHPS participants (Prevention Specialists) are selected annually in
a national competition. Each year, approximately 25 PHPS participants
are chosen from a pool of about 100 applicants. During their 3-year
participation in the PHPS program, they undertake formal training,
engage in a series of rotations throughout CDC and, finally, are posted
to 2-year assignments with health departments at the State, county, or
local level. Throughout the off-site portion of the program, they are
intended to participate in scheduled training through periodic on-site
sessions at CDC as well as through distance learning. At the conclusion
of the three years, they are available for employment in any setting.
Data are needed to determine if the PHPS program is meeting its
goals, including: (1) Broad exposure to multiple disciplines and levels
of government, (2) exposure to important management and leadership
skills, and (3) contribution to the creation of a pool of qualified
leaders who will remain in and rise rapidly to leadership in public
health at Federal, State, and local levels. In addition, data are
needed to monitor the implementation of the program and allow for
continuous improvement of processes.
While surveys and focus groups are being conducted with the PHPS
participants and their CDC supervisors throughout the course of their
3-year participation, these data need to be supplemented with
information from others including: (1) ``Graduates'' of the PHPS
program: to determine if they are assuming leadership roles in public
health and the aspects of the PHPS program that proved most helpful,
(2) local health department staff who supervise PHPS participants
during their field assignments: to determine if the PHPS participants
are exhibiting the level of skills imparted during their training
period and are adding value to State and local public health efforts,
and (3) those who are offered PHPS positions but choose not to
participate: to determine how to make the program more attractive and
to enable the program to improve marketing, application, and selection
processes.
Results from this research will be used to help CDC identify ways
in which the PHPS program can be enhanced and its processes improved.
More importantly, it will allow CDC to assess whether the PHPS program
is an effective mechanism for creating a pool of broadly-trained public
health leaders.
The PHPS program will track participants, graduates, and their
supervisors and employers for a period of 10 years. This request covers
the first three years only. The total annualized cost to the
respondents is $2,169.50.
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Avg. burden/ Total hour
Respondents Number of Responses/ response (in burden (in
respondents respondent hrs.) hrs.)
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Year 1
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Candidates:
Inquiring but not applying.................. 100 1 10/60 17.00
Interviewed but not offered PHPS slots...... 50 1 10/60 8.50
Offered PHPS slots but not accepting........ 6 1 10/60 1.00
Supervisors:................................
For first-year field assignment............. 25 1 15/60 6.25
For second-year field assignment............ 25 1 15/60 6.25
For permanent employment \1\................ 0 1 10/60 0
Who requested but were not assigned a PHPS 50 1 10/60 8.50
participant................................
PHPS participants:
Graduating from the program \1\............. 0 1 15/60 0
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Year 2
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Candidates:
Inquiring but not applying.................. 100 1 10/60 17.00
Interviewed but not offered PHPS slots...... 50 1 10/60 8.50
Offered PHPS slots but not accepting........ 6 1 10/60 1.00
Supervisors:
For first-year field assignment............. 25 1 15/60 6.25
For second-year field assignment............ 25 1 15/60 6.25
For permanent employment \1\................ 25 1 10/60 4.25
Who requested but were not assigned a PHPS 50 1 10/60 8.50
participant................................
PHPS participants:
Graduating from the program \1\............. 25 1 15/60 6.25
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Year 3
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Candidates:
Inquiring but not applying.................. 100 1 10/60 17.00
Interviewed but not offered PHPS slots...... 50 1 10/60 8.50
Offered PHPS slots but not accepting........ 6 1 10/60 1.00
Supervisors:
For first-year field assignment............. 25 1 15/60 6.25
For second-year field assignment............ 25 1 15/60 6.25
For permanent employment \1\................ 50 1 10/60 8.50
Who requested but were not assigned a PHPS 50 1 10/60 8.50
participant................................
PHPS participants:
Graduating from the program \1\............. 50 1 15/60 12.50
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Total Burden............................ .............. .............. .............. 174.00
Average Annual Burden................... .............. .............. .............. 58.00
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\1\ PHPS is a three year program enrolling 25 new participants each year. The first class will graduate in Year
2 of this data collection; 25 new graduates will be added to the pool of graduates each year thereafter.
2. Site-Specific Evaluation--New--Agency for Toxic Substances and
Disease Registry (ATSDR). Evaluation is a critical component in ATSDR's
site-related public health actions, both to ensure the successful
application of site-specific/site-related intervention activities, and
the effective management of resources. As ATSDR's divisions and offices
assume expanded responsibilities for sites in program areas such as
health assessment, health consultations, health studies, research and
education, information, and communication, their interest in promoting
improvements in evaluating their site-specific and site-related public
health actions has grown accordingly.
An ATSDR inter-divisional workgroup has developed an integrated and
more focused approach for assessing ATSDR's site-related activities.
The site-specific protocol encompasses data collections from three
groups:
1. Members of the site community--to determine if knowledge,
attitudes, and beliefs (KAB) have changed as a result of ATSDR's
intervention on the site and to assess their satisfaction with the
process used to obtain their input, provide information to them , and
by which ATSDR made recommendations about dealing with hazards in their
community;
2. Members of the provider community--to determine if their KAB
regarding environmental hazards and appropriate diagnosis, referral,
and treatment of those exposed have changed in the appropriate
direction as a result of ATSDR's activities on-site; and
3. Members of a larger ``contrast'' community--to determine if
changes in KAB on-site are due to ATSDR activities or other confounding
factors and secular trends.
Mainly, these data will be used for management feedback and program
improvement. Data will not be used to make statistically generalizable
statements or draw national estimates. Instead, results from these data
collections will be used by ATSDR to fine-tune its activities at
individual sites, to compare outcomes across sites, and to paint an
overall picture of the amount and type of impacts ATSDR is having on
site.
The evaluation of ATSDR's site activities is intended to be an
ongoing
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agency activity. This data collection covers only the first three
years. The total annualized cost to the respondents is $30,423.
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Avg. burden/
Respondents Responses/ respondent Total burden
respondent * (in hrs.) (in hrs.)
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New Sites:
Site community (phone).......................... 100 2 (10) 0.1667 333
Contrast community (phone)...................... 300 2 (10) 0.1667 1000
Health care providers (mail).................... 50 2 (10) 0.1667 166
Existing Sites:
Site community (phone).......................... 100 1 (10) 0.1667 167
Contrast community (phone)...................... 300 1 (10) 0.1667 500
Health care providers (mail).................... 50 1 (10) 0.1667 83
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Total Burden................................ .............. .............. .............. 2,249
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* Responses per Respondent per Site (10)
3. National Vital Statistics Report Form (0920-0213)--Revision--
National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). The compilation of
national vital statistics dates back to the beginning of this century
and has been conducted since 1960 by the Division of Vital Statistics
of the National Center for Health Statistics, CDC. The collection of
the data is authorized by 42 U.S.C. 242k. The National Vital Statistics
Report (renamed from the Monthly Vital Statistics Report in January
1998) provides counts of monthly occurrences of births, deaths, infant
deaths, marriages, and divorces following the end of each month.
Similar data have been published since 1937 and are the sole source of
these data at the national level. The data are used by the Department
of Health and Human Services and by other government, academic, and
private research organizations in tracking changes in trends of vital
events.
Respondents for the Monthly Vital Statistics Report Form are
registration officials in each State and Territory, the District of
Columbia, and New York City. In addition, 60 local (county) officials
in New Mexico who record marriages occurring and divorces and
annulments granted in each county of New Mexico will use this Form.
There are no direct costs to respondents; the data are routinely
available in each reporting office as a by-product of ongoing
activities. Earlier OMB approvals of this data collection involved four
separate forms, all of which are combined into a single multi-purpose
form for this current approval request.
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Avg. Burden/
Respondents Number of Responses/ response (in Total burden
respondents respondent hrs.) (in hrs.)
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State and Territory Registration Officials...... 57 12 0.2 137
New Mexico County Officials..................... 60 12 0.1 72
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Total....................................... .............. .............. .............. 209
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4. Annual Marriage and Divorce Statistical Report Form (0920-
0211)--Reinstatement with Change-National Center for Health Statistics
(NCHS). Compilation of national vital statistics dates back to the
beginning of this century and has been conducted since 1960 by the
Division of Vital Statistics of the National Center for Health
Statistics, CDC. The collection of the data is authorized by 42 U.S.C.
242k. The National Vital Statistics System constitutes a program to
provide statistics on births, deaths, fetal deaths, marriages, and
divorces. One part of this function is to provide final annual counts
of marriages and divorces by month for the United States and for each
State. The data are widely used by government, academic, private
research, and commercial organizations in tracking changes in trends of
family formation and dissolution. The statistical counts requested on
this form differ from provisional estimates obtained on the Monthly
Vital Statistics Report Form in that they represent complete counts of
marriages, divorces, and annulments occurring during the months of the
prior year. These final counts are usually available from State or
county officials about eight months after the end of the data year.
Respondents for the Annual Marriage and Divorce Statistical Report
Form are registration officials in each State, the District of
Columbia, New York City, Guam, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Northern
Marianas, and American Samoa. In addition, counts of marriages will be
collected from individual counties in New Mexico, and counts of
divorces will be collected from individual counties in California,
Colorado, Indiana, Louisiana, New Mexico, and the boroughs of New York
City due to a lack of centralized complete collections in these
registration areas. There are no direct costs to respondents; the data
are routinely available in each reporting office as a by-product of
ongoing activities. Earlier OMB approvals of this data collection
involved four separate forms, some of which are combined into a single
multi-purpose form for this current approval request. Counts will no
longer be requested from all States for all counties in each State.
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Number of Avg. burden/
Respondents Number of responses/ response (in Total burden
respondents respondent hrs.) (in hrs.)
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State/Territory/City Registration Officials..... 56 1 0.5 28
County/Borough Officials........................ 348 1 0.5 174
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Total....................................... .............. .............. .............. 202
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Dated: June 10, 1999.
Kathy Cahill,
Associate Director for Policy, Planning and Evaluation, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 99-15373 Filed 6-16-99; 8:45 am]
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