Ssa (25as)

New Requirements for Supporting Statement A

GenIC

Request for Approval under the

Generic Clearance for the Collection of Routine Customer Feedback

OMB Number 0920-1050

• Goal of the study (e.g., determine behavioral factors that influence changes in weight over time or evaluate program delivery processes):
  
  
  

CDC funded the CDC Foundation, through the Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL), to recruit, hire, and place 140 technology and data experts directly in 49 diverse public health agencies to accelerate their priority information system improvements, strengthen the public health workforce at all levels, and advance progress towards Public Health Data Strategy (PHDS) goals. The goal of this project is to improve CDC public health services focused on public health agencies that are improving priority information systems through the direct placement of data and technology experts.

• Intended use of the resulting data (e.g., provide suggestions for improving community-based programs):

To assess and improve the project on public health data and technology workforce to improve CDC services to public health agencies.

• Methods to be used to collect (e.g., prospective cohort design; randomized trial; etc.):

Combination open-ended, Likert scale, and 5-point questions as part of a quarterly survey to all 49 public health agencies receiving WAI placements.

• The subpopulation to be studied (e.g., school-age children in North Carolina, conference attendees):

State, tribal, local, and territorial public health agencies

• How data will be analyzed (e.g., logistic regression, descriptive statistics):

Descriptive statistics and qualitative analysis based on narrative and closed-scale responses.

Workforce Acceleration Initiative (WAI) Public Health Agency Narrative Reports