Notice2021-19754
Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review
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September 14, 2021
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Health and Human Services DepartmentCenters for Disease Control and Prevention
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 175 (Tuesday, September 14, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51159-51160]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-19754]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30Day-21-1039]
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 Information Collection on Cause-Specific
Absenteeism in Schools 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
March 1, 2021 to obtain comments from the public and affected agencies.
CDC received and replied to two non-substantive 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 <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. 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
Information Collection on Cause-Specific Absenteeism in Schools
(OMB Control No. 0920-1039)--Reinstatement with Change--National Center
for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The Information Collection on Cause-Specific Absenteeism in Schools
aims to improve; (1) understanding of the role of influenza-like
illness (ILI)-specific absenteeism in schools in predicting community-
wide influenza transmission, and (2) to detect within-household
transmission of influenza in households from which a student has been
absent from school due to ILI.
Due to children's na[iuml]ve immunity, their susceptibility to
infectious diseases, and congregation of children at schools, schools
serve as amplification points for influenza transmission. Therefore,
the collection of ILI-specific absenteeism could provide information
needed to detect influenza outbreaks early, before infection spreads to
a wider community. Such early detection of outbreaks will enable public
health and school authorities to implement appropriate infection
control and prevention measures.
School children are frequently the main introducers of influenza to
their families. Evaluating influenza transmission within households
where students are absent from school because of ILI may serve as an
additional layer of influenza surveillance, and could contribute to
understanding of influenza transmission dynamics within the surrounding
community. Insights gained from this information collection will be
used to strengthen the evidence-base of CDC's Pre-Pandemic Guidance
prior to the next pandemic.
Since obtaining OMB approval in December 2014, 2,466 Oregon School
District students with ILI have been enrolled in the study. Of them,
68% were positive for at least one respiratory pathogen included in the
PCR panel that tests for presence of 17 common respiratory viruses, and
29% of students were found to be positive for influenza. It was
demonstrated that absenteeism due to ILI in school children was highly
correlated with PCR-confirmed influenza in enrolled school children,
and medically-attended influenza in the surrounding community,
suggesting that ILI-specific school absenteeism can be considered a
useful tool for predicting influenza outbreaks in the surrounding
community. For all six seasons, (2015-2021) significant, positive
cross-correlations were achieved for absenteeism due to illness (a-I)
and absenteeism due to ILI (a-ILI) at least 14 days in advance of MAI.
Further observations during influenza seasons caused by other influenza
strains are needed to make these findings more robust.
In the currently approved information collection, information and
biospecimens are collected only from students who were absent from
school because of ILI. This reinstatement with change to the currently
approved information collection adds a household transmission
component, in which information and biospecimens will be collected from
household members of students absent from school because of ILI. This
aims to enhance current knowledge and understanding around
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the introduction of influenza infection to households that have school-
age children, as well as within-household influenza transmission.
CDC requests approval for 434 annual burden hours. There is no cost
to respondents other than their time to participate.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of Average burden
Type of respondent Form name Number of responses per per response
respondents respondent (in hours)
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Parents of children/adolescents or Screening Form.......... 345 1 5/60
adult students (>=18 yo) attending
schools.
Acute Respiratory 300 1 15/60
Infection and Influenza
Surveillance Form.
Household Study Form A.. 300 1 5/60
Student............................... Biospecimen collection 300 1 5/60
(Day 0).
Parents of children/adolescents or Household Study Form B 240 1 5/60
adult students (>=18 yo) attending (Day 7 and 14).
schools.
Student............................... Biospecimen collection 240 1 5/60
(Day 7 and 14).
Household members..................... Household Study Form B 720 2 5/60
(Day 0, 7 and 14).
Household members..................... Biospecimen collection 720 2 5/60
(Day 0, 7 and 14).
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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. 2021-19754 Filed 9-13-21; 8:45 am]
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