HMTS Expedited Review Form_Focus Groups

Health Message Testing System Expedited Review Form
1. Title of Study: (Please append screener and questionnaire)

Health Communications Testing for Latent Tuberculosis Infections Campaign— Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention, Division of Tuberculosis Elimination
2. Study Population: (Discuss study population and explain how they will be selected/recruited.)

Consumers born in high-risk countries and health care providers (nurses, nurse practitioners, physician
assistants). Professional recruitment vendors will recruit participants using Recruitment Screening
Questionnaires. The vendors draw from a voluntary panel of people who have agreed to be contacted.
Respondent characteristics:
Number of subject: 112

Number of males:

56

Age range: 18-64 for consumers and 18+ for health Number
care providers
of females: 56
Racial/ethnic composition: Consumers must have been born in India, Vietnam, China, Philippines, Mexico
Special group status: (e.g., risk group, health care providers)
Type of group(s): At-risk consumers and health care providers (nurses, nurse
practitioners and physician assistants)
Geographic location(s): New York, New York; Houston, TX; Los Angeles, CA

3. Incentives: (State what incentive will be offered and justify proposed incentives to be used in study.)

Project participation is voluntary.
A token of appreciation of $75 will be offered to participants who arrive (virtually) for a focus group
discussion to maximize cooperation and achieve the desired participation rates.

4. Study method: (Please check one below)
Central location intercept interview:
Online Interview:
Telephone interview:
Other (describe):

Focus group:
Individual in-depth interview (cognitive interview):

(CATI used: yes or no): No

5. Purpose of the overall communication effort into which this health message(s) will fit:
(Please provide 2-3 sentences below.)

This formative information collection will inform NCHHSTP DTBE’s future public service campaign
efforts targeted to consumers at high-risk for Latent Tuberculosis Infection (LTBI) and the providers who
serve them. This information collection activity is essential because it will provide CDC with effective
messages for communicating important TB information to energize LTBI testing and treatment among atrisk populations and their health care providers.
6. Category of time sensitivity: (Please check one below)
Health emergency:
Time-limited audience access:
Press coverage correction:
Time-limited congressional/administrative mandate:
Trend Tracking
Ineffective existing materials due to historical event/social trends:
7. Describe nature of time sensitivity: (Please provide 2-3 sentences below.)
The United States reported 9,025 tuberculosis (TB) cases during 2018. More than 80% of U.S. TB cases
are now believed to be associated with longstanding untreated LTBI. Expanding targeted testing and
treatment of LTBI is key to eliminating TB disease in the U.S. In order to develop an effective
communications campaign that educates individuals at high risk for LTBI and the healthcare providers
who serve them, CDC DTBE seeks to conduct formative message testing.

8. Number of burden hours requested: 460

BURDEN HOURS
No. of
Participation
Respondents Time

Category of Respondent

Consumers (1080 screened to reach 84 who will fill out consent form and participate in focus groups)
84

Burden

8 minutes for 1080 people
277 and
hours
1.5 hours and 5

Health care providers (120 screened to reach 28 who will fill out the consent form and participate
28in the focus
8 minutes
groups for 120 people 60.33
and 1.5 hours and 5

Totals

112

9. Are you using questions from the approved question bank?

1 hours and 43 minutes337.33

No

If yes, please list the item number(s) for questions used from the question bank separated by a comma.
(e.g., 1a, 3c, 130d)

*** Items below to be completed by Office of Associate Director for Communication (OADC)***
1. Number of burden hours remaining in current year's allocation: 3087
2. OADC confirmation of time-sensitivity:
Yes:
No:

Dawn B. Griffin
Project Officer
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