Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[INFO-96-13]

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. The HIV Epidemic in Small Cities and Rural Areas of the South--

New--The HIV epidemic is increasingly spreading to small cities and

rural areas of the South where little is known about the epidemic.

Unlike other regions in the U.S., AIDS in the future is likely to be

particularly severe in the South because STDs remain at epidemic levels

in women and minorities in southern rural areas. Because funding is

based on place of residence at diagnosis and because many patients with

AIDS live in large metroplitan areas at diagnosis and then move to

smaller cities and rural areas, resources may not be adequate for these

patients after moving.

HIV-infected persons living in small cities and rural areas of the

South will be interviewed to learn more about the circumstances of how

they became infected and to determine what HIV-related health care

services and prevention messages have been available to them before and

after they became infected. Specific objectives include to: (1)

Describe the demographics and modes of HIV transmission, (2) describe

and compare high risk behaviors before and after being aware of their

HIV infection, (3) determine in HIV-infected persons with a history of

a sexually transmitted disease, the HIV/STD prevention services and

messages that were offered when they were diagnosed with an STD at the

visited health care sites, (4) determine the reasons for being HIV

tested and the site and location of the HIV counseling and testing when

the person first became HIV-positive and to describe the content of the

counseling, (5) describe and compare HIV-related barriers to health

care that HIV-infected persons have experienced in small MSAs and rural

areas, (6) describe and compare characteristics of persons who acquired

HIV infection in the area of current residence versus those who

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acquired HIV before moving to their current residence, and (7) describe

and compare the extent of and reasons for this migration in HIV-

infected persons currently living in small cities and rural areas of

the South. The total cost to respondents is estimated at $7,000.

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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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HIV-infected adults receiving HIV care...................... 700 ........... 1 700

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Total................................................. ........... ........... ........... 700

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Dated: March 19, 1996.

Wilma G. Johnson,

Acting Associate Director for Policy Planning and Evaluation, Centers

for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

[FR Doc. 96-7137 Filed 3-22-96; 8:45 am]

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