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ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS—Continued
Type of respondent
Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
Number of
responses per
respondent
Number of
respondents
Form name
Total burden
(in hours)
Telephone interview ............................................
Total ........................
500
1
40/60
333
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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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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
[60Day–15–15AEP; Docket No. CDC–2015–
0029]
Proposed Data Collection Submitted
for Public Comment and
Recommendations
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC), Department of Health
and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice with comment period.
AGENCY:
The Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of
its continuing efforts to reduce public
burden and maximize the utility of
government information, 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. This notice invites
comment on two information
collections titled ‘‘Persistence of Ebola
Virus in Body Fluids of Ebola Virus
Disease (EVD) Survivors in Sierra
Leone’’ and ‘‘Assessment of Public
Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices
(KAPs) Relating to EVD Prevention and
Medical Care in Guinea.’’ The purpose
of these information collections is to
gather the necessary information for the
CDC and the international community
to begin the activities necessary to reach
the goal of zero new EVD cases
throughout West Africa. Once that goal
is reached, the 42-day countdown to
declare West Africa Ebola-free can
begin. Similar requests for public
comment will be published as new
information collections are proposed in
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the effort to meet the international goal
of zero new EVD cases.
DATES: Written comments must be
received on or before July 6, 2015.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by Docket No. CDC–2015–
0029 by any of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal:
Regulation.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. All relevant comments
received will be posted without change
to Regulations.gov, including any
personal information provided. For
access to the docket to read background
documents or comments received, go to
Regulations.gov.
Please note: All public comment should be
submitted through the Federal eRulemaking
portal (Regulations.gov) or by U.S. mail to the
address listed above.
To
request more information on the
proposed project or to obtain a copy of
the information collection plan and
instruments, contact the Information
Collection Review Office, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, 1600
Clifton Road NE., MS–D74, Atlanta,
Georgia 30329; phone: 404–639–7570;
Email: omb@cdc.gov.
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 OMB for approval. To
comply with this requirement, we are
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publishing this notice of a proposed
data collection as described below.
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 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.
Proposed Projects
A Study of Viral Persistence in Ebola
Virus Disease (EVD) Survivors and an
Assessment of Public Knowledge,
Attitudes, and Practices Relating to EVD
Prevention and Medical Care—New—
National Center for Emerging and
Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID),
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
Much progress has been made in the
year since the CDC first responded to
the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, but
the agency’s efforts must continue until
there are zero new cases of Ebola virus
disease (EVD). As the CDC’s 2014 Ebola
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virus response draws closer to the
international goal of zero new EVD
cases in 2015, the agency must intensify
its efforts to identify and prevent every
potential route of human disease
transmission and to understand the
most current community barriers to
reaching that final goal.
The first study, titled ‘‘Persistence of
Ebola Virus (EBOV) in Body Fluids of
EVD Survivors in Sierra Leone,’’ will be
the first systematic examination of the
post-recovery persistence of EBOV and
the risks of transmission from a cohort
of convalescent Ebola survivors during
close or intimate contact. It is important
to fully understand how long the virus
stays active in body fluids other than
blood in order to target and refine
public health interventions to arrest the
ongoing spread of disease.
The research study will be comprised
of three modules based on the body
fluids to be studied: A pilot module of
adult males (semen) and two full
modules: Module A of adult men and
women repeating collections and
questionnaires every two weeks (semen,
vaginal secretions, and saliva, tears,
sweat, urine, rectal swab), and Module
B of lactating adult women repeating
collections and questionnaires every
three days (sweat and breast milk).
Participants for each module will be
recruited by trained study staff from
Ebola treatment units (ETUs) and
survivor registries. Participants will be
followed up at study sites in
government hospitals.
Specimens will be tested for EBOV
ribonucleic acid (RNA) by reverse
transcription polymerase chain reaction
test (RT–PCR) in Sierra Leone at the
CDC laboratory facility in Bo. All
positive RT–PCR samples will be sent to
CDC Atlanta for virus isolation. Each
body fluid will be collected until two
negative RT–PCR results are obtained.
Participants will be followed until all
their studied body fluids are negative.
They will receive tokens of appreciation
for their participation at the initial visit
and again at every subsequent follow-up
visit [e.g., 120,000 Leones
(approximately $28 US dollars) and a
supply of condoms]. For Module A, men
and women will be recruited in equal
numbers for this study until more
information on gender effects of viral
persistence is available. A trained study
data manager will collect test results for
all participants in a laboratory results
form.
Results and analyses are needed to
update relevant counseling messages
and recommendations from the Sierra
Leone Ministry of Health (MoH), WHO,
and CDC. The study will provide the
most current information that is critical
to the development of public health
measures, such as recommendations
about sexual activity, breastfeeding, and
other routine activities and approaches
to evaluation of survivors to determine
whether they can safely resume sexual
activity. These approaches in turn are
expected to reduce the risk of Ebola
resurgence and mitigate stigma for
thousands of survivors. The information
is likewise critical to reducing the risk
that Ebola would be introduced in a
location that has not previously been
affected.
The second data collection, titled
‘‘Assessment of Public Knowledge,
Attitudes, and Practices (KAPs) Relating
to EVD Prevention and Medical Care in
Guinea,’’ is urgently needed to inform
the rapid development of an up-to-date
national, evidence-based strategy for
health promotion and social
mobilizations to assist the Guinea MoH
achieve its goal of zero new cases. This
will be a nationally representative
assessment of community-specific KAPs
designed to reduce prevailing barriers to
EVD prevention and control efforts.
Despite dissemination of basic EVD
prevention messages through radio,
billboards, community meetings, and
other means, resistance to EVD
prevention and control measures
continues in many communities. Some
believe that EVD is transmitted by
witchcraft, ‘‘outsiders,’’ or health
workers. Some lack understanding or
confidence in control measures. Reports
of potential resistance include hiding of
ill and deceased persons, unsafe burial
practices, and violence against health
workers.
For this effort, the CDC and the
Guinea MoH will work with wellestablished African organizations that
specialize in household health surveys
and health promotion. They will collect
information from representative samples
of household members and community
leaders living in villages and
neighborhoods in eight Guinean regions
´
´
(Conakry, Kindia, Boke, Mamou, Labe,
´ ´
´
Faranah, Kankan, N’zerekore). No
tokens of appreciation will be offered to
participants in this assessment.
Previously, a UNICEF-funded EVDrelated KAP assessment was conducted
which did not address perceptions of
health education activities; reasons for
resistance to prevention and control
efforts; or stigma and discrimination
faced by EVD cases, survivors, or
contacts. For this reason, the CDC
Director stressed after his March 2015
Guinea visit that this new CDC-funded
community KAP assessment was critical
to inform international efforts to get to
zero cases in Guinea.
Both information collections will be
one-time efforts in these participating
countries under the authority of Section
301 of the Public Health Service Act (42
U.S.C. 241).
The total burden hours requested for
the research study in Sierra Leone is
2,474 hours incurred by 530
participants, and for the KAP
assessment in Guinea, 5,184 hours
incurred by 5,248 participants. There
are no other costs to the respondent
other than their time.
Estimated Burden Hours
STUDY OF THE ‘‘PERSISTENCE OF EBOLA VIRUS (EBOV) IN BODY FLUIDS OF EVD SURVIVORS IN SIERRA LEONE’’
Number of
respondents
Average
burden per
response
(in hrs.)
Number of
responses per
respondent
Total burden
(in hrs.)
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Type of respondents
Form name
Pilot participants ................................
Pilot participants ................................
Module A male participants ..............
Module A male participants ..............
Module A female participants ...........
Module A female participants ...........
Module B female participants ...........
Module B female participants ...........
Data manager ...................................
Survivor Questionnaire .....................
Survivor Follow-up Questionnaire ....
Survivor Questionnaire .....................
Survivor Follow-up Questionnaire ....
Survivor Questionnaire .....................
Survivor Follow-up Questionnaire ....
Survivor Questionnaire .....................
Survivor Follow-up Questionnaire ....
Laboratory Results Form .................
80
80
175
175
175
175
100
100
1
1
12
1
12
1
12
1
12
6,890
30/60
10/60
30/60
10/60
30/60
10/60
30/60
10/60
10/60
40
160
88
350
88
350
50
200
1,148
Total ...........................................
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‘‘ASSESSMENT OF PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, AND PRACTICES RELATING TO EVD PREVENTION AND MEDICAL CARE
IN GUINEA’’
Average
burden per
response
(in hrs.)
Number of
responses per
respondent
Number of
respondents
Total burden
(in hrs.)
Type of respondents
Form name
Household Members .........................
5,120
1
1
5,120
Village or Neighborhood Leaders .....
Information Collection Instrument—
Household.
Information Collection Instrument—
Leader.
128
1
30/60
64
Total ...........................................
...........................................................
........................
........................
........................
5,184
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.
[FR Doc. 2015–10541 Filed 5–5–15; 8:45 am]
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Please note: All public comment should be
submitted through the Federal eRulemaking
portal (Regulations.gov) or by U.S. mail to the
address listed above.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
Proposed Data Collection Submitted
for Public Comment and
Recommendations
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC), Department of Health
and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice with comment period.
AGENCY:
The Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of
its continuing efforts to reduce public
burden and maximize the utility of
government information, 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. This notice invites
comment on the proposed information
collection entitled The Green Housing
Pilot Study (New Orleans).
DATES: Written comments must be
received on or before July 6, 2015.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by Docket No. CDC–2015–
0027 by any of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal:
Regulation.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.
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To
request more information on the
proposed project or to obtain a copy of
the information collection plan and
instruments, contact the Information
Collection Review Office, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, 1600
Clifton Road NE., MS–D74, Atlanta,
Georgia 30329; phone: 404–639–7570;
Email: omb@cdc.gov.
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 OMB for approval. To
comply with this requirement, we are
publishing this notice of a proposed
data collection as described below.
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
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
[60-Day 15–15AFJ; Docket No. CDC–2015–
0027]
SUMMARY:
Instructions: All submissions received
must include the agency name and
Docket Number. All relevant comments
received will be posted without change
to Regulations.gov, including any
personal information provided. For
access to the docket to read background
documents or comments received, go to
Regulations.gov.
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collected; (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; 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.
Proposed Project
The Green Housing Pilot Study (New
Orleans)—New—National Center for
Environmental Health (NCEH), Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) is seeking a new
three-year regular OMB approval for a
pilot study of additional components to
be tested in a single study site (New
Orleans) for the Green Housing Study
(OMB No. 0920–0906, Expiration Date
10/31/2017). The goal of the Green
Housing pilot study (New Orleans) is to
apply environmental sample collection
methods and novel approaches to study
exposures to various indoor pollutants
(both chemical and biological agents) in
children (0–12 yrs.).
The information collected will help
scientists better understand timeactivity patterns of young children (0–
12 years) that affect exposures to
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-15-15AEP; Docket No. CDC-2015-0029]
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.
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SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part
of its continuing efforts to reduce public burden and maximize the
utility of government information, 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. This notice invites comment on two information
collections titled ``Persistence of Ebola Virus in Body Fluids of Ebola
Virus Disease (EVD) Survivors in Sierra Leone'' and ``Assessment of
Public Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices (KAPs) Relating to EVD
Prevention and Medical Care in Guinea.'' The purpose of these
information collections is to gather the necessary information for the
CDC and the international community to begin the activities necessary
to reach the goal of zero new EVD cases throughout West Africa. Once
that goal is reached, the 42-day countdown to declare West Africa
Ebola-free can begin. Similar requests for public comment will be
published as new information collections are proposed in the effort to
meet the international goal of zero new EVD cases.
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before July 6, 2015.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2015-
0029 by any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Regulation.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. All relevant comments received will be posted
without change to Regulations.gov, including any personal information
provided. For access to the docket to read background documents or
comments received, go to Regulations.gov.
Please note: All public comment should be submitted 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 the Information Collection Review Office,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE., MS-
D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; phone: 404-639-7570; Email: omb@cdc.gov.
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 OMB for approval. To
comply with this requirement, we are publishing this notice of a
proposed data collection as described below.
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 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.
Proposed Projects
A Study of Viral Persistence in Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) Survivors
and an Assessment of Public Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices
Relating to EVD Prevention and Medical Care--New--National Center for
Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
Much progress has been made in the year since the CDC first
responded to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, but the agency's
efforts must continue until there are zero new cases of Ebola virus
disease (EVD). As the CDC's 2014 Ebola
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virus response draws closer to the international goal of zero new EVD
cases in 2015, the agency must intensify its efforts to identify and
prevent every potential route of human disease transmission and to
understand the most current community barriers to reaching that final
goal.
The first study, titled ``Persistence of Ebola Virus (EBOV) in Body
Fluids of EVD Survivors in Sierra Leone,'' will be the first systematic
examination of the post-recovery persistence of EBOV and the risks of
transmission from a cohort of convalescent Ebola survivors during close
or intimate contact. It is important to fully understand how long the
virus stays active in body fluids other than blood in order to target
and refine public health interventions to arrest the ongoing spread of
disease.
The research study will be comprised of three modules based on the
body fluids to be studied: A pilot module of adult males (semen) and
two full modules: Module A of adult men and women repeating collections
and questionnaires every two weeks (semen, vaginal secretions, and
saliva, tears, sweat, urine, rectal swab), and Module B of lactating
adult women repeating collections and questionnaires every three days
(sweat and breast milk). Participants for each module will be recruited
by trained study staff from Ebola treatment units (ETUs) and survivor
registries. Participants will be followed up at study sites in
government hospitals.
Specimens will be tested for EBOV ribonucleic acid (RNA) by reverse
transcription polymerase chain reaction test (RT-PCR) in Sierra Leone
at the CDC laboratory facility in Bo. All positive RT-PCR samples will
be sent to CDC Atlanta for virus isolation. Each body fluid will be
collected until two negative RT-PCR results are obtained. Participants
will be followed until all their studied body fluids are negative. They
will receive tokens of appreciation for their participation at the
initial visit and again at every subsequent follow-up visit [e.g.,
120,000 Leones (approximately $28 US dollars) and a supply of condoms].
For Module A, men and women will be recruited in equal numbers for this
study until more information on gender effects of viral persistence is
available. A trained study data manager will collect test results for
all participants in a laboratory results form.
Results and analyses are needed to update relevant counseling
messages and recommendations from the Sierra Leone Ministry of Health
(MoH), WHO, and CDC. The study will provide the most current
information that is critical to the development of public health
measures, such as recommendations about sexual activity, breastfeeding,
and other routine activities and approaches to evaluation of survivors
to determine whether they can safely resume sexual activity. These
approaches in turn are expected to reduce the risk of Ebola resurgence
and mitigate stigma for thousands of survivors. The information is
likewise critical to reducing the risk that Ebola would be introduced
in a location that has not previously been affected.
The second data collection, titled ``Assessment of Public
Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices (KAPs) Relating to EVD Prevention
and Medical Care in Guinea,'' is urgently needed to inform the rapid
development of an up-to-date national, evidence-based strategy for
health promotion and social mobilizations to assist the Guinea MoH
achieve its goal of zero new cases. This will be a nationally
representative assessment of community-specific KAPs designed to reduce
prevailing barriers to EVD prevention and control efforts. Despite
dissemination of basic EVD prevention messages through radio,
billboards, community meetings, and other means, resistance to EVD
prevention and control measures continues in many communities. Some
believe that EVD is transmitted by witchcraft, ``outsiders,'' or health
workers. Some lack understanding or confidence in control measures.
Reports of potential resistance include hiding of ill and deceased
persons, unsafe burial practices, and violence against health workers.
For this effort, the CDC and the Guinea MoH will work with well-
established African organizations that specialize in household health
surveys and health promotion. They will collect information from
representative samples of household members and community leaders
living in villages and neighborhoods in eight Guinean regions (Conakry,
Kindia, Bok[eacute], Mamou, Lab[eacute], Faranah, Kankan,
N'z[eacute]r[eacute]kor[eacute]). No tokens of appreciation will be
offered to participants in this assessment.
Previously, a UNICEF-funded EVD-related KAP assessment was
conducted which did not address perceptions of health education
activities; reasons for resistance to prevention and control efforts;
or stigma and discrimination faced by EVD cases, survivors, or
contacts. For this reason, the CDC Director stressed after his March
2015 Guinea visit that this new CDC-funded community KAP assessment was
critical to inform international efforts to get to zero cases in
Guinea.
Both information collections will be one-time efforts in these
participating countries under the authority of Section 301 of the
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 241).
The total burden hours requested for the research study in Sierra
Leone is 2,474 hours incurred by 530 participants, and for the KAP
assessment in Guinea, 5,184 hours incurred by 5,248 participants. There
are no other costs to the respondent other than their time.
Estimated Burden Hours
Study of the ``Persistence of Ebola Virus (EBOV) in Body Fluids of EVD Survivors in Sierra Leone''
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Average
Number of Number of burden per Total burden
Type of respondents Form name respondents responses per response (in (in hrs.)
respondent hrs.)
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Pilot participants............ Survivor 80 1 30/60 40
Questionnaire.
Pilot participants............ Survivor Follow- 80 12 10/60 160
up
Questionnaire.
Module A male participants.... Survivor 175 1 30/60 88
Questionnaire.
Module A male participants.... Survivor Follow- 175 12 10/60 350
up
Questionnaire.
Module A female participants.. Survivor 175 1 30/60 88
Questionnaire.
Module A female participants.. Survivor Follow- 175 12 10/60 350
up
Questionnaire.
Module B female participants.. Survivor 100 1 30/60 50
Questionnaire.
Module B female participants.. Survivor Follow- 100 12 10/60 200
up
Questionnaire.
Data manager.................. Laboratory 1 6,890 10/60 1,148
Results Form.
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Total..................... ................ .............. .............. .............. 2,474
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``Assessment of Public Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Relating to EVD Prevention and Medical Care in
Guinea''
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Average
Number of Number of burden per Total burden
Type of respondents Form name respondents responses per response (in (in hrs.)
respondent hrs.)
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Household Members............. Information 5,120 1 1 5,120
Collection
Instrument--Hou
sehold.
Village or Neighborhood Information 128 1 30/60 64
Leaders. Collection
Instrument--Lea
der.
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Total..................... ................ .............. .............. .............. 5,184
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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.
[FR Doc. 2015-10541 Filed 5-5-15; 8:45 am]
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