Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[INFO-97-29]

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 the CDC Reports

Clearance Officer on (404) 639-7090.

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 for other

forms of information technology. Send comments to Wilma Johnson, CDC

Reports Clearance Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D24, Atlanta, GA

30333. Written comments should be received within 60 days of this

notice.

Proposed Projects

1. Evaluation of the Field Epidemiology Training Program--New--A

questionnaire has been designed to collect information for the

``Evaluation of the Field Epidemiology Training Program'' project. The

purpose of the project is to develop and implement a comprehensive

evaluation strategy which will provide the International Branch,

Division of Field Epidemiology, Epidemiology Program Office, with the

capacity to assess the degree to which CDC's Field Epidemiology

Training Program (FETP) has achieved its objectives: (1) To train

public health professionals in applied epidemiological skills; (2) to

promote the sustainability of autonomous FETPs; and (3) to develop a

global network of national programs. The information gathered will be

analyzed, in conjunction with data collected from other sources, to

address these questions. The results of the project will assist the

International Branch, Division of Field Epidemiology, Epidemiology

Program Office, in accomplishing the part of its mission related to

protecting the health of the public of the United States, through

maintaining a strong international presence and an international

network of public health professionals and officials. In order to focus

its support to international training efforts and resource allocation,

a representative view of the overall Field Epidemiology Training

Program (FETP), which includes assessing the recruitment of countries,

the sustainability of autonomous FETPs, the quality of training, the

public health usefulness of FETP, and the international linkages of

FETP is needed. The total estimated cost to the in-country respondents

is $8,380.00.

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Average

No. of No. of burden/ Total

Respondents respondents responses/ response burden (in

respondent (in hrs.) hrs.)

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FETP trainees from selected countries....................... 150 45 0.08333 562

FETP trainers from selected countries....................... 60 59 0.08333 295

Government officials and others who employ FETP trainees in

selected countries......................................... 60 38 0.08333 190

CDC staff involved with FETP activities..................... 24 27 0.08333 54

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Total................................................. ........... ........... ........... 1,101

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Dated: November 15, 1996.

Wilma G. Johnson,

Acting Associate Director for Policy Planning and Evaluation, Centers

for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

[FR Doc. 96-29760 Filed 11-20-96; 8:45 am]

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