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respondents will submit the information
electronically, to the state and local
public health departments. Clinical
specimens obtained from case-patients
are submitted to private or public
diagnostic laboratories with laboratory
requisition forms which includes
information on the provider and casepatient. A subset of the information
reported to state health departments
from health care providers or
laboratories is reported electronically as
a case report e-record to CDC’s
Nationally Notifiable Disease
Surveillance System on a weekly basis.
CDC estimates that 57 respondents
spend 20 minutes each week extracting
notifiable STD surveillance information
from their electronic information
system. CDC staff review STD morbidity
data at varying frequencies to identify
population subgroups at increased risk
for STDs. The target evidence-based
intervention strategies, evaluate the
impact of ongoing control efforts, thus
enhancing our understanding of STD
transmission. There is no cost to
respondents other than their time. The
total estimated annual burden hours are
989.
ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Number of
respondents
Types of respondent
Form name
State Health Departments ..............................
Territorial Health Agencies .............................
City and county health departments ...............
Electronic STD Case report ...........................
Electronic STD Case report ...........................
Electronic STD Case report ...........................
Dated: January 8, 2009.
Maryam I. Daneshvar,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
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burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including through the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology. Written comments should
be received within 60 days of this
notice.
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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 for
opportunity for public comment on
proposed data collection projects, the
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic
summaries of proposed projects. To
request more information on the
proposed projects or to obtain a copy of
the data collection plans and
instruments, call 404–639–5960 and
send comments to Maryam I. Daneshvar,
CDC Acting Reports Clearance Officer,
1600 Clifton Road, MS–D74, Atlanta,
GA 30333 or send an e-mail to
omb@cdc.gov.
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
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Proposed Project
Centers for Public Health
Preparedness Program Evaluation
Instruments,—New—Coordinating
Office for Terrorism Preparedness &
Emergency Response (COTPER), Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC).
Background and Brief Description
Under the Authority of Sections
301(a) and 317(k)(2) of Public Health
Service Act, the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention is responsible
for administering and monitoring the
Centers for Public Health Preparedness
(CPHP) Program. The purpose of the
CPHP Program is to strengthen terrorism
and emergency preparedness by linking
academic expertise to state and local
health agency needs. The program
brings together colleges and universities
with a common focus on public health
preparedness to establish a national
network of education and training
resources. Of these institutions, 27 are
accredited Schools of Public Health
funded through a five-year Cooperative
Agreement for years 2004–2009. This
program addresses the public health
goals described in ‘‘A National Strategy
for Terrorism Preparedness and
Response: 2003–2008 Strategic Plan’’,
specifically Imperative Five, a
Competent and Sustainable Workforce.
Critical objectives under this Imperative
are to: (1) Increase the number and type
of professionals that comprise a
preparedness and response workforce;
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Number of
responses per
respondent
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52
52
Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
20/60
20/60
20/60
(2) deliver certification and
competency-based training and
education; (3) recruit and retain the
highest quality workforce; and (4)
evaluate the impact of training to assure
learning has occurred.
CDC requests OMB approval for a
period of one year to collect information
beginning in the summer of 2009. CDC
is undertaking a summative evaluation
of the CPHP Program encompassing the
period of the current Cooperative
Agreement. In order to complete this
evaluation, CDC is proposing five data
collection instruments to gather
information describing the program’s
processes and outcomes. These are: (1)
Pre-CPHP Interview Document
Collection Protocol; (2) CPHP Interview
Instrument; (3) CPHP National Partner
Interview Instrument (4) CPHP State
and Local Partner/Customer Survey
Instrument; and (5) CPHP State and
Local Partner/Customer Interview
Instrument. Collectively, these
instruments are needed in order to
receive, process, aggregate, evaluate,
and disseminate CPHP program
information. The information will be
used by CDC to document progress
toward meeting established program
goals and objectives; to evaluate
outcomes generated by the collective
work of the 27 Centers; to inform the
development of a new public health
preparedness education and training
cooperative agreement program; and to
respond to data inquiries made by CDC
and other agencies of the federal
government.
The Pre-CPHP Interview Document
Collection Protocol will be used by
CPHP grantees to guide collection and
submission of existing documents. The
CPHP National Partner Interview
Instrument will be used to guide a
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telephone interview process with key
National Partners familiar with the
CPHP program. The categories of
questions will be similar to the CPHP
Interview Instrument to gather
information from the perspective of
National Partners. The CPHP State and
Local Partner/Customer Survey
Instrument will be used to gather
information from representatives of
organizations that have received
training or technical assistance from the
CPHP Program. It will be administered
electronically with an option for paper
copy administration. It is estimated that
there will be one request per respondent
and a total of 135 respondents with an
estimated time for data collection of 30
minutes. The CPHP Partner/Customer
Interview Instrument will be used to
gather more in-depth information on the
same categories of questions from the
Survey Instrument. It is estimated that
there will be a total of 54 respondents
with an estimated time for data
collection of 30 minutes.
There are no costs to respondents
except their time.
ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Pre-CPHP Interview Document Collection Protocol—CPHP staff ..
(2) CPHP Interview Instrument—CPHP staff ..................................
(3) CPHP National Partner Interview Instrument ............................
(4) CPHP State and Local Partner/Customer Survey Instrument ...
(5) CPHP State and Local Partner/Customer Interview Instrument
Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
Number of
responses per
respondent
Number of
respondents
Respondents
2
2
2
30/60
30/60
54
108
20
68
27
Total ..........................................................................................................................................................................................
277
Dated: January 8, 2009.
Maryam I. Daneshvar,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. E9–889 Filed 1–15–09; 8:45 am]
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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 for
opportunity for public comment on
proposed data collection projects, the
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic
summaries of proposed projects. To
request more information on the
proposed projects or to obtain a copy of
the data collection plans and
instruments, call 404–639–5960 and
send comments to Maryam I. Daneshvar,
CDC Acting Reports Clearance Officer,
1600 Clifton Road, MS-D74, Atlanta, GA
30333 or send an e-mail to
omb@cdc.gov.
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
19:02 Jan 15, 2009
Jkt 217001
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. Written comments should
be received within 60 days of this
notice.
Proposed Project
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The Green Housing Study—New—
National Center for Environmental
Health (NCEH), Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
Green building principles and
practices have been shown to reduce
energy consumption, but their efficacy
in reducing environmental agents such
as pesticides, volatile organic
compounds (VOCs), fungi, and indoor
allergens is not clear. Furthermore, little
research has been conducted on health
impacts that might be related to green
buildings, especially on a nationwide
scale. Three main goals of this study are:
(1) To compare levels of certain
environmental chemical and biological
agents in green vs. traditional, multifamily, low-income housing; (2) to
ascertain differences in the health of the
residents in these homes; and (3) to
assess the economic impacts of the
‘‘greening’’ of housing-particularly those
related to health. These goals will be
accomplished in an ongoing building
renovation program, ‘‘Mark-to-Market’’
(M2M), sponsored by the Department of
Housing and Urban Development
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(HUD). Briefly, the M2M program is a
nationwide initiative that encourages
owners and purchasers of affordable,
multi-family properties to rehabilitate
and operate their properties using
sustainable green building principles. In
partnership with HUD, the CDC will
leverage this opportunity to collect
survey and biomarker data from
residents and to collect environmental
measurements in their homes in order to
evaluate associations between green
housing and health.
This study directly supports the
Healthy Homes’ health protection goal
of the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC). This investigation is
also consistent with CDC’s Health
Protection Research Agenda, which
calls for research to identify the major
environmental causes of disease and
disability and related risk factors.
Indoor allergens such as those from
cockroaches, dust mites, mice, and fungi
have been associated with childhood
asthma. Also, VOCs and pesticides have
been associated with adverse birth
outcomes (e.g., low birth weight and
prematurity) and delayed
neurodevelopment. Given that green
principles such as improvement of
ventilation systems and elimination of
spray pesticides can directly affect the
concentrations of chemical and
biological agents in air, residents in
green housing should theoretically have
better health outcomes (e.g., asthma,
birth outcomes, and infant
neurodevelopment, this in turn will
lead to lower healthcare utilization and
overall societal costs.
Participants will include pregnant
women, mothers and children living in
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-09-09AJ]
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 for opportunity for public comment on
proposed data collection projects, the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic summaries of proposed projects.
To request more information on the proposed projects or to obtain a
copy of the data collection plans and instruments, call 404-639-5960
and send comments to Maryam I. Daneshvar, CDC Acting Reports Clearance
Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D74, Atlanta, GA 30333 or send an e-mail
to omb@cdc.gov.
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. Written comments should be received
within 60 days of this notice.
Proposed Project
Centers for Public Health Preparedness Program Evaluation
Instruments,--New--Coordinating Office for Terrorism Preparedness &
Emergency Response (COTPER), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC).
Background and Brief Description
Under the Authority of Sections 301(a) and 317(k)(2) of Public
Health Service Act, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is
responsible for administering and monitoring the Centers for Public
Health Preparedness (CPHP) Program. The purpose of the CPHP Program is
to strengthen terrorism and emergency preparedness by linking academic
expertise to state and local health agency needs. The program brings
together colleges and universities with a common focus on public health
preparedness to establish a national network of education and training
resources. Of these institutions, 27 are accredited Schools of Public
Health funded through a five-year Cooperative Agreement for years 2004-
2009. This program addresses the public health goals described in ``A
National Strategy for Terrorism Preparedness and Response: 2003-2008
Strategic Plan'', specifically Imperative Five, a Competent and
Sustainable Workforce. Critical objectives under this Imperative are
to: (1) Increase the number and type of professionals that comprise a
preparedness and response workforce; (2) deliver certification and
competency-based training and education; (3) recruit and retain the
highest quality workforce; and (4) evaluate the impact of training to
assure learning has occurred.
CDC requests OMB approval for a period of one year to collect
information beginning in the summer of 2009. CDC is undertaking a
summative evaluation of the CPHP Program encompassing the period of the
current Cooperative Agreement. In order to complete this evaluation,
CDC is proposing five data collection instruments to gather information
describing the program's processes and outcomes. These are: (1) Pre-
CPHP Interview Document Collection Protocol; (2) CPHP Interview
Instrument; (3) CPHP National Partner Interview Instrument (4) CPHP
State and Local Partner/Customer Survey Instrument; and (5) CPHP State
and Local Partner/Customer Interview Instrument. Collectively, these
instruments are needed in order to receive, process, aggregate,
evaluate, and disseminate CPHP program information. The information
will be used by CDC to document progress toward meeting established
program goals and objectives; to evaluate outcomes generated by the
collective work of the 27 Centers; to inform the development of a new
public health preparedness education and training cooperative agreement
program; and to respond to data inquiries made by CDC and other
agencies of the federal government.
The Pre-CPHP Interview Document Collection Protocol will be used by
CPHP grantees to guide collection and submission of existing documents.
The CPHP National Partner Interview Instrument will be used to guide a
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telephone interview process with key National Partners familiar with
the CPHP program. The categories of questions will be similar to the
CPHP Interview Instrument to gather information from the perspective of
National Partners. The CPHP State and Local Partner/Customer Survey
Instrument will be used to gather information from representatives of
organizations that have received training or technical assistance from
the CPHP Program. It will be administered electronically with an option
for paper copy administration. It is estimated that there will be one
request per respondent and a total of 135 respondents with an estimated
time for data collection of 30 minutes. The CPHP Partner/Customer
Interview Instrument will be used to gather more in-depth information
on the same categories of questions from the Survey Instrument. It is
estimated that there will be a total of 54 respondents with an
estimated time for data collection of 30 minutes.
There are no costs to respondents except their time.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of Average burden
Respondents Number of responses per per response (in Total burden (in
respondents respondent hours) hours)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Pre-CPHP Interview Document Collection 27 1 2 54
Protocol--CPHP staff...................
(2) CPHP Interview Instrument--CPHP 54 1 2 108
staff..................................
(3) CPHP National Partner Interview 10 1 2 20
Instrument.............................
(4) CPHP State and Local Partner/ 135 1 30/60 68
Customer Survey Instrument.............
(5) CPHP State and Local Partner/ 54 1 30/60 27
Customer Interview Instrument..........
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Total..................................................................................... 277
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Dated: January 8, 2009.
Maryam I. Daneshvar,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
[FR Doc. E9-889 Filed 1-15-09; 8:45 am]
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