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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.
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The Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) has submitted the
following information collection request
to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval in
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995. The notice for
the proposed information collection is
published to obtain comments from the
public and affected agencies.
Written comments and suggestions
from the public and affected agencies
concerning the proposed collection of
information are encouraged. Your
comments should address any of the
following: (a) 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; (b) Evaluate the
accuracy of the agencies estimate of the
burden of the proposed collection of
information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(c) Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; (d) 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 submission of
responses; and (e) Assess information
collection costs.
To request additional information on
the proposed project or to obtain a copy
of the information collection plan and
instruments, call (404) 639–7570 or
send an email to omb@cdc.gov. Written
comments and/or suggestions regarding
the items contained in this notice
should be directed to the Attention:
CDC Desk Officer, Office of Management
and Budget, Washington, DC 20503 or
by fax to (202) 395–5806. Written
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comments should be received within 30
days of this notice.
Proposed Project
Assessing School-centered HIV/STD
Prevention Efforts in a Local Education
Agency—New—Division of Adolescent
and School Health (DASH), National
Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis,
STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
Human Immunodeficiency Virus
(HIV) infections remain high among
young men who have sex with men. The
estimated number of new HIV infections
increased between 2008 and 2010 both
overall and among Men who have Sex
with Men (MSM) ages 13 to 24.
Furthermore, sexual risk behaviors
associated with HIV, other sexually
transmitted disease (STD), and
pregnancy often emerge in adolescence.
For example, 2011 Youth Risk Behavior
Surveillance System (YRBSS) data
revealed 47.4% of U.S. high school
students reported having had sex, and
among those who had sex in the
previous three months, 39.8% reported
having not used a condom during last
sexual intercourse. In addition, 2001–
2009 YRBSS data revealed high school
students identifying as gay, lesbian, and
bisexual and those reporting sexual
contact with both males and females
were more likely to engage in sexual
risk-taking behaviors than heterosexual
students.
Given the disproportionate risk for
HIV among Young Men who have Sex
with Men (YMSM) ages 13–24, it is
important to find ways to reach the
younger youth (i.e., ages 13–19) in this
range to decrease sexual risk behaviors
and increase health-promoting
behaviors such as routine HIV testing.
Schools provide one opportunity for
this. Because schools enroll more than
22 million teens (ages 14–19) and often
have existing health and social services
infrastructure, schools and their staff
members are well-positioned to connect
youth to a wide range of needed
services, including housing assistance,
support groups, and sexual health
services such as HIV testing. As a result,
CDC’s DASH has focused a number of
HIV and STD prevention efforts on
strategies that can be implemented in or
centered around schools.
CDC requests a three-year OMB
approval to conduct a new information
collection entitled, ‘‘Assessing SchoolCentered HIV/STD Prevention Efforts in
a Local Education Agency’’. The
information collection uses a selfadministered paper-pencil
questionnaire (Youth Health and School
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Climate Questionnaire) to conduct an
in-depth assessment of HIV and STD
prevention efforts that are taking place
in one CDC-funded local education
agency (LEA).
This data collection will provide data
and reports for the LEA, and will allow
the LEA to identify areas of the program
that are working well and other areas
that require improvement. In addition,
the findings will allow CDC to
determine the potential impact of
currently recommended strategies and
make changes to those
recommendations if necessary.
The questionnaire will include
questions on the following topics:
Demographic information; HIV and STD
risk behaviors; use of HIV and STD
health services; experiences at school,
including school connectedness,
harassment and bullying, homophobia,
support of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual,
Transgender, and Queer students;
sexual orientation; receipt of referral for
HIV and STD prevention health
services; and health education.
The questionnaire will be
administered in 2014 and 2016 to
16,500 students from seven high schools
(grades 9–12) that are participating in
the HIV/STD prevention project.
Although some students may take the
questionnaire in multiple years, this is
not a longitudinal design and students’
responses will not be tracked across the
years. No personally identifiable
information will be collected.
All students’ parents will receive
parental consent forms that provide
them with an opportunity to opt their
children out of the study. In addition,
each student will be given an assent
form that explains he or she may choose
not to take the questionnaire or may
skip any questions in the questionnaire
with no penalty. Participation is
completely voluntary.
The estimated burden per response
ranges from 35–45 minutes. This
variation in burden is due to the slight
variability in skip patterns that may
occur with certain responses and
variations in the reading speed of
students. The burden estimates
presented here are based on the
assumption of a 40-minute response
time per response. Students in the 12th
grade in fall 2014 will complete the
questionnaire only once. It is estimated
that students in the 9th, 10th, and 11th
grade will complete the questionnaire in
fall of 2014 and again in the spring of
2016 when they will be 10th, 11th, and
12th grade students. In addition,
students who are in the 9th grade in
spring of 2016 will also complete the
questionnaire.
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Annualizing this collection over three
years results in an estimated annualized
burden of 7,333 hours for respondents.
There are no costs to respondents other
than their time.
ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN
Respondents
Form name
Number of
respondents
Number of
responses per
respondent
Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
Students in the grades 9–12 ..........................
Youth Health and School Climate Questionnaire.
11,000
1
40/60
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.
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Proposed Data Collections Submitted
for Public Comment and
Recommendations
The Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC), as part of its
continuing effort to reduce public
burden, invites the general public and
other Federal agencies to take this
opportunity to comment on proposed
and/or continuing information
collections, as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. To
request more information on the below
proposed project or to obtain a copy of
the information collection plan and
instruments, call 404–639–7570 or send
comments to Leroy Richardson, 1600
Clifton Road, MS–D74, Atlanta, GA
30333 or send an email to omb@cdc.gov.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
included in the request for Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
approval. 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; (d) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of
information on respondents, including
through the use of automated collection
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techniques or other forms of information
technology; and (e) estimates of capital
or start-up costs and costs of operation,
maintenance, and purchase of services
to provide information. Burden means
the total time, effort, or financial
resources expended by persons to
generate, maintain, retain, disclose or
provide information to or for a Federal
agency. This includes the time needed
to review instructions; to develop,
acquire, install and utilize technology
and systems for the purpose of
collecting, validating and verifying
information, processing and
maintaining information, and disclosing
and providing information; to train
personnel and to be able to respond to
a collection of information, to search
data sources, to complete and review
the collection of information; and to
transmit or otherwise disclose the
information. Written comments should
be received within 60 days of this
notice.
Proposed Project
HIV Prevention among Latino MSM:
Evaluation of a Locally Developed
Intervention (OMB No. 0920–0942,
expires 06/30/2015)—Extension—
National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral
Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention
(NCHHSTP), Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
Latinos are the largest and fastest
growing ethnic minority group in the
U.S. and have the second highest rate of
HIV/AIDS diagnoses of all racial/ethnic
groups in the country. From the
beginning of the epidemic through 2007,
Latinos accounted for 17% of all AIDS
cases reported to the CDC. Among
Latino males, male-to-male sexual
contact is the single most important
source of HIV infection, accounting for
46% of HIV infections in U.S.-born
Latino men from 2001 to 2005, and for
more than one-half of HIV infections
among South American, Cuban, and
Mexican-born Latino men in the U.S.
(CDC, 2007a; 2007b). In 2006, male-tomale sex accounted for 72% of new HIV
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infections among Latino males. Relative
to other men who have sex with men
(MSM), the rate of HIV infection among
Latino MSM is twice the rate recorded
among whites (43.1 vs. 19.6 per
100,000).
Despite the high levels of infection
risk that affect Latino MSM, no
efficacious behavioral interventions to
prevent infection by HIV and other
sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are
available for this vulnerable population.
CDC’s Prevention Research Synthesis
group, whose role is to identify HIV
prevention interventions that have met
rigorous criteria for demonstrating
evidence of efficacy, has not identified
any behavioral interventions for Latino
MSM that meet current efficacy criteria,
and no such interventions are listed in
CDC’s 2011 update of its Compendium
of Evidence-Based HIV Behavioral
Interventions (https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/
topics/research/prs/compendiumevidence-based-interventions.htm).
There is an urgent need for efficacious,
culturally congruent HIV/STD
prevention interventions for Latino
MSM.
The purpose of this project is to test
the efficacy of an HIV prevention
intervention for reducing sexual risk
among Latino men who have sex with
men in North Carolina. The HOLA en
Grupos intervention is a Spanishlanguage, small-group, 4-session
intervention that is designed to increase
consistent and correct condom use and
HIV testing among Latino MSM and to
affect other behavioral and psychosocial
factors that can increase their
vulnerability of HIV/STD infection. This
study is using a randomized controlled
trial design to assess the efficacy of the
HOLA en Grupos intervention
compared to a general health
comparison intervention.
CDC is requesting a one-year
extension to the existing Information
Collection Request in order to collect
information from 50 study participants.
This will terminate data collection for
the study. During the requested
extension period, a six-month follow-up
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30Day-14-14YI]
Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has submitted
the following information collection request to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The notice for the proposed
information collection is published to obtain comments from the public
and affected agencies.
Written comments and suggestions from the public and affected
agencies concerning the proposed collection of information are
encouraged. Your comments should address any of the following: (a)
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; (b) Evaluate the
accuracy of the agencies estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection of information, including the validity of the methodology
and assumptions used; (c) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of
the information to be collected; (d) 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 submission of responses; and
(e) Assess information collection costs.
To request additional information on the proposed project or to
obtain a copy of the information collection plan and instruments, call
(404) 639-7570 or send an email to omb@cdc.gov. Written comments and/or
suggestions regarding the items contained in this notice should be
directed to the Attention: CDC Desk Officer, Office of Management and
Budget, Washington, DC 20503 or by fax to (202) 395-5806. Written
comments should be received within 30 days of this notice.
Proposed Project
Assessing School-centered HIV/STD Prevention Efforts in a Local
Education Agency--New--Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH),
National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infections remain high among
young men who have sex with men. The estimated number of new HIV
infections increased between 2008 and 2010 both overall and among Men
who have Sex with Men (MSM) ages 13 to 24. Furthermore, sexual risk
behaviors associated with HIV, other sexually transmitted disease
(STD), and pregnancy often emerge in adolescence. For example, 2011
Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS) data revealed 47.4% of
U.S. high school students reported having had sex, and among those who
had sex in the previous three months, 39.8% reported having not used a
condom during last sexual intercourse. In addition, 2001-2009 YRBSS
data revealed high school students identifying as gay, lesbian, and
bisexual and those reporting sexual contact with both males and females
were more likely to engage in sexual risk-taking behaviors than
heterosexual students.
Given the disproportionate risk for HIV among Young Men who have
Sex with Men (YMSM) ages 13-24, it is important to find ways to reach
the younger youth (i.e., ages 13-19) in this range to decrease sexual
risk behaviors and increase health-promoting behaviors such as routine
HIV testing.
Schools provide one opportunity for this. Because schools enroll
more than 22 million teens (ages 14-19) and often have existing health
and social services infrastructure, schools and their staff members are
well-positioned to connect youth to a wide range of needed services,
including housing assistance, support groups, and sexual health
services such as HIV testing. As a result, CDC's DASH has focused a
number of HIV and STD prevention efforts on strategies that can be
implemented in or centered around schools.
CDC requests a three-year OMB approval to conduct a new information
collection entitled, ``Assessing School-Centered HIV/STD Prevention
Efforts in a Local Education Agency''. The information collection uses
a self-administered paper-pencil questionnaire (Youth Health and School
Climate Questionnaire) to conduct an in-depth assessment of HIV and STD
prevention efforts that are taking place in one CDC-funded local
education agency (LEA).
This data collection will provide data and reports for the LEA, and
will allow the LEA to identify areas of the program that are working
well and other areas that require improvement. In addition, the
findings will allow CDC to determine the potential impact of currently
recommended strategies and make changes to those recommendations if
necessary.
The questionnaire will include questions on the following topics:
Demographic information; HIV and STD risk behaviors; use of HIV and STD
health services; experiences at school, including school connectedness,
harassment and bullying, homophobia, support of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual,
Transgender, and Queer students; sexual orientation; receipt of
referral for HIV and STD prevention health services; and health
education.
The questionnaire will be administered in 2014 and 2016 to 16,500
students from seven high schools (grades 9-12) that are participating
in the HIV/STD prevention project. Although some students may take the
questionnaire in multiple years, this is not a longitudinal design and
students' responses will not be tracked across the years. No personally
identifiable information will be collected.
All students' parents will receive parental consent forms that
provide them with an opportunity to opt their children out of the
study. In addition, each student will be given an assent form that
explains he or she may choose not to take the questionnaire or may skip
any questions in the questionnaire with no penalty. Participation is
completely voluntary.
The estimated burden per response ranges from 35-45 minutes. This
variation in burden is due to the slight variability in skip patterns
that may occur with certain responses and variations in the reading
speed of students. The burden estimates presented here are based on the
assumption of a 40-minute response time per response. Students in the
12th grade in fall 2014 will complete the questionnaire only once. It
is estimated that students in the 9th, 10th, and 11th grade will
complete the questionnaire in fall of 2014 and again in the spring of
2016 when they will be 10th, 11th, and 12th grade students. In
addition, students who are in the 9th grade in spring of 2016 will also
complete the questionnaire.
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Annualizing this collection over three years results in an
estimated annualized burden of 7,333 hours for respondents. There are
no costs to respondents other than their time.
Estimated Annualized Burden
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Number of Average burden
Respondents Form name Number of responses per per response
respondents respondent (in hours)
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Students in the grades 9-12......... Youth Health and School 11,000 1 40/60
Climate Questionnaire.
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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.
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