2017-23561. 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 effort to reduce public burden and maximize the utility of government information, invites the general public and other Federal agencies the opportunity to comment on a proposed and/or continuing information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on a proposed information collection project titled Information Collection for Evaluation of Education, Communication, and Training Activities for Mobile Populations. This data collection will enable to evaluate its mobile populations and stakeholders communication, training, and education material's effectiveness.

DATES:

CDC must receive written comments on or before December 29, 2017.

ADDRESSES:

You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2018-0094 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 NE., MS-D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329.

Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name and Docket Number. CDC will post, without change, all relevant comments to Regulations.gov.

Please note: Submit all Federal comments 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 Leroy A. Richardson, Information Collection Review Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE., MS-D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; phone: [phone]; Email: [e-mail].

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 the OMB for approval. To comply with this requirement, we are publishing this notice of a proposed data collection as described below.

The OMB is particularly interested in comments that will help:

1. Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information will have practical utility;

2. Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used;

3. Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and

4. Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic submissions of responses.

5. Assess information collection costs.

Proposed Project

Information Collection for Evaluation of Education, Communication, and Training Activities for Mobile Populations (OMB Control Number 0920-0932, Expires 7/31/2018)—Extension—National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

The CDC's Division of Global Migration and Quarantine (DGMQ) seeks to request a three-year extension of a currently approved generic information collection plan to conduct evaluation research. Information gathered from this plan's associated data collections will help CDC plan and implement health communication, education, and training activities to improve health and prevent the spread of disease. These activities include communicating, educating, and training with international travelers and other mobile populations, training healthcare providers, and educating public health departments, federal partners, and other stakeholders.

CDC proposes to change the current title of this generic plan from “Information Collection for Evaluation of Education, Communication, and Training Activities for the Division of Global Migration and Quarantine” to “Information Collection for Evaluation of Education, Communication, and Training Activities for Mobile Populations.”

In the past three years, OMB approved two individual information collections under this generic plan, where both resulted in collaborations between multiple divisions within the NCEZID. DGMQ proposes a less exclusive project title because multiple divisions across NCEZID frequently collaborate on various activities. DGMQ does not propose any other changes for this extension request.

DGMQ has aligned the proposed information collections with DGMQ's mission to reduce morbidity and mortality among immigrants, refugees, travelers, expatriates, and other globally mobile populations, and to prevent the introduction, transmission, or spread of communicable diseases from foreign countries into the United States. This mission is supported by delegated legal authorities outlined in the Public Health Service (PHS) Act (42 U.S.C. 264) and in regulations that are codified in 42 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) parts 70 and 71, and 34.

Approval of this extension request will enable DGMQ to continue collecting information in an expedited manner. To help improve and inform activities during both routine and emergency public health events, DGMQ seeks to collect the following information types: Knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors of key audiences (such as refugees, immigrants, migrants, international travelers, travel industry partners, healthcare providers, non-profit agencies, customs brokers and forwarders, schools, state and local health departments). This generic information collection plan will help DGMQ continue to refine efforts prove valuable for communication activities that must occur quickly in response to public health emergencies.

DGMQ staff will use a variety of data collection methods for this proposed project: Interviews, focus groups, surveys, and pre/post-tests. Depending on the research questions and audiences involved, data may be gathered in-person, by telephone, online, or using some combination of these formats. CDC may collect data in quantitative and/or qualitative forms. CDC will assess numerous audience variables under the auspices of this generic information collection plan. These include, but are not limited to, knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, behavioral intentions, practices, behaviors, skills, self-efficacy, and information needs and sources. Insights gained from evaluation research will assist in the development, refinement, implementation, and demonstration of outcomes and impact of communication, education, and training activities.

DGMQ estimates that 17,500 respondents and 7,982 hours of burden will be involved in evaluation research activities each year. The collected information will not impose a cost burden on the respondents beyond that associated with their time to provide the required data.

Estimated Annualized Burden Hours

Type of respondents	Form name	Number of respondents	Number of responses per respondent	Average burden per response (in hours)	Total burden (in hours)
General Public	Focus Groups Screening form	1,050	1	10/60	175
Healthcare Professionals	Focus Groups Screening form	450	1	10/60	75
General Public	Focus Groups	525	1	90/60	788
Healthcare Professionals	Focus Groups	225	1	90/60	338
General Public	Interview Screening Form	700	1	10/60	117
Healthcare Professionals	Interview Screening Form	300	1	10/60	50
General Public	Interviews	350	1	1	350
Healthcare Professionals Interviews	Interviews	150	1	1	150
General Public	Survey Screening Forms	5,250	1	10/60	875
Healthcare Professionals	Survey Screening Forms	2,250	1	10/60	375
General Public	Surveys	2,625	1	45/60	1,969
Healthcare Professionals	Surveys	1,125	1	45/60	844
General Public	Pre/Post Tests	1,750	1	45/60	1,313
Healthcare Professionals	Pre/Post Tests	750	1	45/60	563
Total					7,982

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.