[Federal Register: March 10, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 47)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60 Day-08-08AS]
Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and
Recommendations
In compliance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for opportunity for public comment on
proposed data collection projects, the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic summaries of proposed projects.
To request more information on the proposed projects or to obtain a
copy of the data collection plans and instruments, call 404-639-5960
and send comments to Maryam I. Daneshvar, CDC Acting Reports Clearance
Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D74, Atlanta, GA 30333 or send an e-mail
to omb@cdc.gov.
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; and (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. Written comments should be received
within 60 days of this notice.
Proposed Project
Surveys of BioSense Trainings,--New--National Center for Public
Health Informatics (NCPHI), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC).
Background and Brief Description
Congress passed the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism
Preparedness and Response Act of 2002, which requires specific
activities related to bioterrorism preparedness and response. This
congressional mandate outlines the need for improving the overall
public's health through electronic surveillance. The Department of
Health and Human Services outlined strategies aimed at achieving this
goal via the Public Health IT Initiative thereby creating the BioSense
program.
BioSense is the national, human health surveillance system designed
to improve the nation's capabilities for disease detection, monitoring,
and real-time health situational awareness. This work is enhanced by
providing public health real-time access to existing data from
healthcare organizations, state syndromic surveillance systems,
national laboratories, and others for just in time public health
decision-making. BioSense data are analyzed through advanced
statistical methods, and made accessible through the BioSense
application. The application provides data, charts, graphs, and maps
through a secure web-based interface which can be accessed by CDC and
authorized state and local public health and hospital users.
In order to meet the congressional mandate, it is important that
BioSense users understand the role of BioSense in daily surveillance as
well as be able to use specific BioSense modalities to investigate or
monitor any potential disease outbreaks and/or bioterrorist attacks. A
series of training tools have been developed to educate BioSense users
about how best to utilize BioSense in these circumstances.
The training tools were developed based upon a 2007 needs
assessment conducted among BioSense users. Training 1 is an online,
self-paced training module designed for BioSense users at the beginner
level who are not wholly familiar with BioSense or have not used the
system on a regular basis. This module presents the background of
BioSense and an overview of its general functions in a didactic
training style. Training 2 is a virtual training filmed in Second Life.
It is designed for intermediate to advanced level users who are aware
of and have used the general BioSense functionalities for daily
surveillance but want additional skills related to using BioSense
during an emergency scenario. This scenario-based module is presented
in an experiential training style.
Data collection will take place in the form of an online survey
immediately following each training module and a link to an online
survey emailed 3-months post training. This data collection will assess
the goals of these trainings, which are to help registered BioSense
users (1) establish knowledge and efficacy necessary to use BioSense to
investigate and/or monitor a potential event or outbreak; (2)
facilitate communication between BioSense administrators in public
health and hospital settings; (3) access BioSense trainings that are
engaging and easy to use; and (4) use BioSense to investigate and/or
monitor a potential event or outbreak. The post-training and 3-month
follow-up surveys have been pre-tested with less than 9 participants.
Survey results will be used to identify the impact and applicability of
these training modules for BioSense users.
There are no costs to survey respondents other than their time to
participate.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of Average burden
Form Number of responses per per response (in Total burden (in
respondents respondent hours) hours)
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Post-Training Survey................ 400 1 10/60 67
3-Month Follow Up Survey............ 320 1 5/60 27
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Dated: February 29, 2008.
Maryam I. Daneshvar,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
[FR Doc. E8-4651 Filed 3-7-08; 8:45 am]
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