Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review
| Published date | 03 August 2020 |
| Citation | 85 FR 46630 |
| Record Number | 2020-16796 |
| Section | Notices |
| Court | Centers For Disease Control And Prevention,Health And Human Services Department |
Federal Register, Volume 85 Issue 149 (Monday, August 3, 2020)
[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 149 (Monday, August 3, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46630-46631]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-16796]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30Day-20-20HD]
Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has submitted the information
collection request titled Shigella Hypothesis Generating Questionnaire
(SHGQ) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and
approval. CDC previously published a ``Proposed Data Collection
Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations'' notice on February
25, 2020 to obtain comments from the public and affected agencies. CDC
received two comments related to the previous notice. This notice
serves to allow an additional 30 days for public and affected agency
comments.
CDC will accept all comments for this proposed information
collection project. The Office of Management and Budget is particularly
interested in comments that:
(a) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency,
including whether the information will have practical utility;
(b) Evaluate the accuracy of the agencies estimate of the burden of
the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
(c) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected;
(d) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including, through the use of appropriate
automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection
techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting
electronic submission of responses; and
(e) Assess information collection costs.
To request additional information on the proposed project or to
obtain a copy of the information collection plan and instruments, call
(404) 639-7570. Comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain Find this particular
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function. Direct
written comments and/or suggestions regarding the items contained in
this notice to the Attention: CDC Desk Officer, Office of Management
and Budget, 725 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20503 or by fax to (202)
395-5806. Provide written comments within 30 days of notice
publication.
Proposed Project
Shigella Hypothesis Generating Questionnaire--New--National Center
for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
Shigella are a family of bacteria that cause the diarrheal disease
shigellosis. It is estimated that Shigella causes about 500,000 cases
of diarrhea in the United States annually. From 2007 through 2017,
there have been 1,046 outbreaks of shigellosis in the United States,
with most of these outbreaks attributed to person to person spread.
Outbreaks of shigellosis have been reported in a range of settings such
as community-wide, daycares, schools, restaurants, and retirement
homes. Outbreaks of shigellosis have impacted a range of populations
such as children, men who have sex with men, people experiencing
homelessness, tight knit religious communities, international
travelers, and refugees/displaced persons. Finally, outbreaks of
shigellosis have been attributed to a range of transmission modes
including person-to-person/no common source, sexual person-to-person
contact, contaminated food, and contaminated water. As part of Shigella
outbreak investigations, it is common for state and local health
departments to conduct comprehensive interviews with cases and contacts
to identify how individuals became sick with shigellosis, to identify
individuals who could have come into contact with an individual sick
with shigellosis, and to identify strategies to control the cluster or
outbreak. As person-to-person contact is the most common mode of
transmission for shigellosis, and shigellosis is highly contagious, it
can be challenging to identify how individuals could have become ill.
As a result, comprehensive hypothesis generating questionnaires focused
on a range of settings, activities, and potential modes of transmission
are needed to guide prevention and control activities.
There is currently no national, standardized hypothesis generating
interview data collection instrument for use during single or
multistate shigellosis cluster or outbreak investigations. More
detailed data about shigellosis cases involved in single or multistate
clusters or outbreaks are needed to better characterize the
epidemiology of clusters and outbreaks and to identify modes or
settings of importance by collecting the following information. This
information will not only help inform routine cluster and outbreak
investigation activities but also guide awareness efforts and
appropriate prevention strategies. To meet these needs the Shigella
Hypothesis Generating Questionnaire (SHGQ) was developed.
The SHGQ will be administered by state and local public health
officials via telephone interviews with cases of shigellosis or their
proxy who are part of a shigellosis cluster or outbreak. The SHGQ will
collect information on demographics characteristics, household
information and family member event and activity attendance, clinical
signs and symptoms, medical care and treatment information, travel
history, contact with international travelers or other ill individuals,
event and activity attendance, limited food and water exposure, work,
visit, and volunteer locations, childcare and school attendance, and
recent sexual partner(s) and activity.
This interview activity is consistent with the state's existing
authority to investigate reports of notifiable diseases for routine
surveillance purposes; therefore, formal consent to participate in the
activity is not required. However, cases may choose not to participate
and may choose not to answer any question they do not wish to answer.
It will take health department personnel approximately 45 minutes to
administer the questionnaire to an estimated 1500 patient respondents.
This results in an estimated annual burden to the public of 1,125
hours.
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Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of Average burden
Type of respondents Form name Number of responses per per response
respondents respondent (in hours)
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Shigellosis case patients identified Shigella Hypothesis 1500 1 45/60
as part of outbreak or cluster Generating
investigations. Questionnaire.
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Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Lead, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Scientific
Integrity, Office of Science, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2020-16796 Filed 7-31-20; 8:45 am]
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