Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[INFO-96-11]

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) 639-3453.

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. Tuberculosis in Children--New--The Centers for Disease Control

and Prevention, National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention,

Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, Surveillance Epidemiologic

Investigations Branch will be conducting a study for the purpose of

performing research concerning the epidemiology of TB in children,

including children co-infected with the human immunodeficiency virus

(HIV). The study will involve the following modules: 1) the

epidemiology, magnitude and risk factors for TB in children, including

HIV-infected children; 2) studies of the diagnosis of TB in children,

and 3) reducing the risk of nosocomial transmission of TB in pediatric

settings. The total cost to respondents and government is estimated at

$138,000.

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No. of Avg. burden/ Total

Respondents No. of responses/ response burden (in

respondents respondent (in hrs.) hrs.)

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Positive Tuberculin Skin Testing Form....................... 100 1 0.33 33

Negative Tuberculin Skin Testing Form....................... 200 1 0.33 66

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Total................................................... ........... ........... ........... 99

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Dated: March 6, 1996.

Wilma G. Johnson,

Acting Associate Director for Policy Planning and Evaluation, Centers

for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

\1\ Copies of the Complaint and the Decision and Order are

available from the Commission's Public Reference Branch, H-130, 6th

Street & Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20580.

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