60d FRN - Draft

BILLING CODE: 4163-18-P

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-FY-2016]

[Docket No. CDC-2016-xxxx]

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 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 Emergency Zika Information Collection Request: US-based Migrant Farm Workers Understanding and Use of Measures to Prevent Zika Transmission, which will assist CDC in collecting scientifically valid, current information to better describe farm migrant workers’ understanding of Zika virus and Zika communication messages and their access and willingness to use public health interventions (such as insect repellents and condoms) to prevent the spread of Zika.

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before [INSERT DATE 60 DAYS AFTER PUBLICATION DATE IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER].

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-201x-xxxx 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, N.E., 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, N.E., MS-D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; phone: 404-639-7570; E-mail: 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 Project

Emergency Zika Information Collection Request: US-based Migrant Farm Workers Understanding and Use of Measures to Prevent Zika Transmission). New. Division of Global Migration and Quarantine, National Center for Emerging Zoonotic and Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

CDC is proposing a rapid qualitative assessment of migrant farm workers in four states (FL, GA, TX and CA) in order to better describe farm migrant workers’ understanding of Zika virus and Zika communication messages and their access and willingness to use public health interventions (such as insect repellents and condoms) to prevent the spread of Zika. Information will also be gathered during focus groups and interviews and will focus on respondents’ use of health care services and major concerns related to Zika. Questions will be directed toward understanding what information is needed to better understand how a selected group of farm laborers perceive the virus and its implications on health, particularly in regard to pregnancy, as well as the best approaches to providing health education and risk reduction communication to this vulnerable, at-risk population.

This qualitative assessment will use a data-to-action framework, with an emphasis on rapid data analysis in order to provide data that can inform health and risk reduction communications that are most appropriate to this particular at-risk population. These findings will be shared with State and Local Health Departments, as well as their partner migrant farm work organizations. Following the focus group discussions and individual interviews, cleared CDC Zika communication literature translated to Spanish can be shared with the migrant farm workers, as well as with employers, which will broaden the population base that receives Zika health communication.

Estimated Annualized Burden Hours

CDC is requesting a total of 140 respondents and 140 burden hours under this information collection. The respondents to these focus groups and key informant interviews are migrant farm workers. There is no burden to these respondents other than that needed to respond to CDC’s questions.

Type of Respondent	Form Name	No. of Respondents	No. of Responses per Respondent	Average Burden per Response (in hours)	Total Burden Hours
Migrant Farm Worker	Focus Group Discussion	120	1	60/60	120
Migrant Farm Worker	Key Informant Interview	20	1	60/60	20
Total					140

Dated:

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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