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address provided below, no later than
5:00 p.m. ET on March 11, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Electronic responses are
strongly preferred and may be addressed
to HepHIVStrategies@hhs.gov. Written
responses should be addressed to: U.S.
Department of Health and Human
Services, Room L001, 330 C Street SW,
Washington, DC 20024. Attention HIV/
Viral Hepatitis RFI.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Nathan Fecik, MPH regarding HIV or
Corinna Dan, RN, MPH regarding viral
hepatitis, in the Office of HIV/AIDS and
Infectious Disease Policy, (202) 795–
7697.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
NHAS and NVHAP have served as
roadmaps for the national response to
HIV and viral hepatitis in the United
States. They have been of great value in
establishing and monitoring indicators
of progress toward important national
public health goals, setting expectations,
identifying opportunities for
stakeholder engagement across sectors,
and improving transparency and
accountability. As a nation, we have
made significant progress toward
achieving the goals for both strategies,
but ongoing challenges and disparities
remain.
The NHAS and the NVHAP were
developed with input from nonfederal
stakeholders who are committed to
working toward shared national goals
and aligning efforts across sectors. The
strategies allow flexibility to adapt to:
Scientific advances; changes in the
needs of people with and at-risk for
these infections; emerging threats to our
progress toward eliminating HIV and
viral hepatitis, such as the opioid crisis;
and other factors including social
determinants of health and stigma that
affect the health of people with and at
risk for these infections.
This request for information seeks
public input on improving efficiency,
effectiveness, coordination, and
accountability of HIV and viral hepatitis
prevention, care, treatment, and cure
policies, services, and programs at all
levels and for all types of stakeholders.
The feedback received will inform the
next edition of two separate strategies:
(1) The National HIV/AIDS Strategy;
and (2) the National Viral Hepatitis
Action Plan. Please indicate the national
strategy to which each comment
applies. If submitting comments for both
strategies please submit two separate
responses. Topics of interest include,
but are not limited to, the following:
(1a) What components of the NHAS
do you think should be maintained?
What changes should be made to the
NHAS? This may include changes to the
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structure, goals, and indicators, key
areas of focus and/or populations, and
annual reporting processes by federal
agencies. This may also include areas of
the current strategy that should be
scaled back or areas of the current
strategy that should be expanded or
scaled up.
(1b) What components of the NVHAP
do you think should be maintained?
What changes should be made to the
NVHAP? This may include changes to
the structure, goals, and indicators, key
areas of focus and/or populations, and
annual reporting processes by federal
agencies. This may also include areas of
the current strategy that should be
scaled back or areas of the current
strategy that should be expanded or
scaled up.
(2a) Specific recommendations you
think will improve the efficiency,
effectiveness, accountability, and
impact of the national response to HIV.
(2b) Specific recommendations you
think will improve the efficiency,
effectiveness, accountability, and
impact of the national response to viral
hepatitis.
(3a) What specific actions should the
federal government and others take to
improve the coordination of funding
and delivery of HIV services?
(3b) What specific actions should the
federal government and others take to
improve the coordination of funding
and delivery of viral hepatitis services?
(4a) What monitoring and evaluation
strategies would further improve HIV
prevention, care, and treatment?
(4b) What monitoring and evaluation
strategies would further improve viral
hepatitis prevention, care, and
treatment?
Dated: January 29, 2019.
Tammy R. Beckham,
Director, Office of HIV/AIDS and Infectious
Disease Policy.
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Agency Information Collection
Request: 30-Day Public Comment
Request
Office of the Secretary, HHS.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In compliance with the
requirement of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the
Secretary (OS), Department of Health
and Human Services, is publishing the
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following summary of a proposed
collection for public comment.
DATES: Comments on the ICR must be
received on or before March 11, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to
OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov or via
facsimile to (202) 395–5806.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Sherrette Funn, Sherrette.Funn@hhs.gov
or (202) 795–7714. When submitting
comments or requesting information,
please include the document identifier
0937–New–30D and project title for
reference.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Interested
persons are invited to send comments
regarding this burden estimate or any
other aspect of this collection of
information, including any of the
following subjects: (1) The necessity and
utility of the proposed information
collection for the proper performance of
the agency’s functions; (2) the accuracy
of the estimated burden; (3) ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
of the information to be collected; and
(4) the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology to minimize the information
collection burden.
Title of the Collection: SMARTool
Pilot Replication Project.
Type of Collection: OMB No. 0937–
NEW—Office of the Assistant Secretary
for Health (OASH).
Abstract: The Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Health (OASH), U.S.
Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS), is requesting approval
by OMB of a new information collection
request. OASH is updating the Center
for Relationship Education’s Systematic
Method for Assessing Risk-Avoidance
Tool (SMARTool), a tool for sexual risk
avoidance (SRA) curriculum developers
and implementing organizations (IOs) to
ensure that their SRA curricula are
grounded in evidence. In an effort to
assess the SMARTool’s impact, OASH
aims to conduct a formative evaluation
to (1) provide preliminary evidence on
the effectiveness of SRA curricula that
are aligned with the SMARTool, (2)
derive lessons learned to improve the
implementation of SRA curricula, and
(3) develop and test baseline and followup questionnaires that assess SRA
program effects on the key SMARTool
constructs. The evaluation will be
conducted with an estimated four IOs.
The evaluation will use quantitative and
qualitative methods and will include
both a process evaluation and an
outcome evaluation.
Need and Proposed Use of the
Information: To enhance the rigor of the
evaluation, a comparison group will be
identified for each IO, if possible. This
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would enable an assessment of whether
any changes identified in individual
and contextual risk and protective
factors in the intervention group differ
from those in the comparison group.
The process evaluation will describe in
detail each IO’s program, how it was
delivered, and factors that may have
influenced the success of the program’s
implementation. Process evaluation data
are necessary for the interpretation of
outcome findings and to inform efforts
to improve program implementation.
Depending on their performance on
measures of reliability and validity, the
baseline and follow-up questionnaires
may be made available to organizations
planning to evaluate curricula that are
aligned with the SMARTool.
Likely Respondents: Respondents will
include participants in each of the IOs’
SRA programs (9th or 10th grade youth),
their parent(s), program facilitators,
representatives of schools participating
in the program (e.g., school principals),
and school or school district
administrative staff.
EXHIBIT 1—TOTAL ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Respondents
Number of
respondents
Form name
Number of
responses per
respondent
Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
Total burden
(hours)
Outcome Evaluation
Parents ..............................................
High school students ........................
School or school district administrative staff.
Parental consent ..............................
Youth Assent ....................................
Baseline survey ................................
Follow-up survey ..............................
Classroom roster report ...................
2,356
2,356
2,356
2,120
24
1
1
1
1
1
5/60
5/60
30/60
30/60
120/60
196
196
1,178
1,060
48
48
20
15/60
240
Process Evaluation
Program Facilitators ..........................
38
1
25/60
16
1,060
1
10/60
177
Program facilitators, site representatives.
Teachers ...........................................
Process Evaluation Facilitator Session Log.
Process Evaluation Facilitator Survey.
Process Evaluation Participant Survey.
Process Evaluation Key Informant
Interviews.
Attendance form ...............................
24
1
60/60
24
48
20
5/60
80
Total burden ...............................
...........................................................
........................
........................
........................
3,135
Program Facilitators ..........................
High school students ........................
Terry Clark,
Office of the Secretary, Paperwork Reduction
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Meeting of the National Vaccine
Advisory Committee
National Vaccine Program
Office, Office of the Assistant Secretary
for Health, Office of the Secretary,
Department of Health and Human
Services.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
As stipulated by the Federal
Advisory Committee Act, the
Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS) is hereby giving notice
that a meeting is scheduled to be held
of the National Vaccine Advisory
Committee (NVAC). The meeting will be
open to the public via teleconference; a
public comment session will be held
during the meeting.
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The meeting will be held on
Monday, March 25, 2019. The
confirmed meeting times and agenda
will be posted on the NVAC website at
https://www.hhs.gov/nvpo/nvac/
meetings/ as soon as they
become available.
ADDRESSES: Instructions regarding
attending this meeting will be posted
one week prior to the meeting at: https://
www.hhs.gov/nvpo/nvac/meetings/
index.html. Pre-registration is required
for members of the public who wish to
attend the meeting and who wish to
participate in the public comment
session. Individuals who wish to attend
the meeting and/or participate in the
public comment session should register
at https://www.hhs.gov/nvpo/nvac/
meetings/.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ann
Aikin, Acting Designated Federal
Officer, at the National Vaccine Program
Office, U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services, Room 715H, Hubert H.
Humphrey Building, 200 Independence
Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20201.
Phone: (202) 690–5566; email: nvac@
hhs.gov.
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Pursuant
to Section 2101 of the Public Health
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300aa–1), the
Secretary of HHS was mandated to
establish the National Vaccine Program
to achieve optimal prevention of human
infectious diseases through
immunization and to achieve optimal
prevention against adverse reactions to
vaccines. The NVAC was established to
provide advice and make
recommendations to the Director of the
National Vaccine Program on matters
related to the Program’s responsibilities.
The Assistant Secretary for Health
serves as Director of the National
Vaccine Program.
During the March 2019 NVAC
meeting, sessions will consist of
presentations on reducing disparities,
removing barriers to adult
immunization, and reducing financial
burdens to vaccination. Please note that
agenda items will be related to the
charge of the Committee and are subject
to change as priorities dictate.
Information on the final meeting agenda
will be posted prior to the meeting on
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
[Document Identifier: OS-0937-New]
Agency Information Collection Request: 30-Day Public Comment
Request
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirement of the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995, the Office of the Secretary (OS), Department of Health and
Human Services, is publishing the following summary of a proposed
collection for public comment.
DATES: Comments on the ICR must be received on or before March 11,
2019.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov or via
facsimile to (202) 395-5806.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sherrette Funn, Sherrette.Funn@hhs.gov
or (202) 795-7714. When submitting comments or requesting information,
please include the document identifier 0937-New-30D and project title
for reference.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Interested persons are invited to send
comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this
collection of information, including any of the following subjects: (1)
The necessity and utility of the proposed information collection for
the proper performance of the agency's functions; (2) the accuracy of
the estimated burden; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) the use of
automated collection techniques or other forms of information
technology to minimize the information collection burden.
Title of the Collection: SMARTool Pilot Replication Project.
Type of Collection: OMB No. 0937-NEW--Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Health (OASH).
Abstract: The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH),
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), is requesting
approval by OMB of a new information collection request. OASH is
updating the Center for Relationship Education's Systematic Method for
Assessing Risk-Avoidance Tool (SMARTool), a tool for sexual risk
avoidance (SRA) curriculum developers and implementing organizations
(IOs) to ensure that their SRA curricula are grounded in evidence. In
an effort to assess the SMARTool's impact, OASH aims to conduct a
formative evaluation to (1) provide preliminary evidence on the
effectiveness of SRA curricula that are aligned with the SMARTool, (2)
derive lessons learned to improve the implementation of SRA curricula,
and (3) develop and test baseline and follow-up questionnaires that
assess SRA program effects on the key SMARTool constructs. The
evaluation will be conducted with an estimated four IOs. The evaluation
will use quantitative and qualitative methods and will include both a
process evaluation and an outcome evaluation.
Need and Proposed Use of the Information: To enhance the rigor of
the evaluation, a comparison group will be identified for each IO, if
possible. This
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would enable an assessment of whether any changes identified in
individual and contextual risk and protective factors in the
intervention group differ from those in the comparison group. The
process evaluation will describe in detail each IO's program, how it
was delivered, and factors that may have influenced the success of the
program's implementation. Process evaluation data are necessary for the
interpretation of outcome findings and to inform efforts to improve
program implementation. Depending on their performance on measures of
reliability and validity, the baseline and follow-up questionnaires may
be made available to organizations planning to evaluate curricula that
are aligned with the SMARTool.
Likely Respondents: Respondents will include participants in each
of the IOs' SRA programs (9th or 10th grade youth), their parent(s),
program facilitators, representatives of schools participating in the
program (e.g., school principals), and school or school district
administrative staff.
Exhibit 1--Total Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of Average burden
Respondents Form name Number of responses per per response Total burden
respondents respondent (in hours) (hours)
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Outcome Evaluation
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Parents....................... Parental consent 2,356 1 5/60 196
High school students.......... Youth Assent.... 2,356 1 5/60 196
Baseline survey. 2,356 1 30/60 1,178
Follow-up survey 2,120 1 30/60 1,060
School or school district Classroom roster 24 1 120/60 48
administrative staff. report.
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Process Evaluation
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Program Facilitators.......... Process 48 20 15/60 240
Evaluation
Facilitator
Session Log.
Program Facilitators.......... Process 38 1 25/60 16
Evaluation
Facilitator
Survey.
High school students.......... Process 1,060 1 10/60 177
Evaluation
Participant
Survey.
Program facilitators, site Process 24 1 60/60 24
representatives. Evaluation Key
Informant
Interviews.
Teachers...................... Attendance form. 48 20 5/60 80
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Total burden.............. ................ .............. .............. .............. 3,135
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Terry Clark,
Office of the Secretary, Paperwork Reduction Act Reports Clearance
Officer.
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