Notice2023-14955
Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations
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Published
July 14, 2023
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Health and Human Services DepartmentCenters for Disease Control and Prevention
Abstract
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of its continuing effort to reduce public burden and maximize the utility of government information, invites the general public and other federal agencies the opportunity to comment on a proposed and/or continuing information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on a proposed information collection project titled Shigella Hypothesis Generating Questionnaire (SHGQ). The SHGQ supports shigellosis cluster and outbreak investigations. CDC will collect state and local health department furnished shigellosis case data.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 134 (Friday, July 14, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45217-45218]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-14955]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-23-1307; Docket No. CDC-2023-0058]
Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and
Recommendations
AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice with comment period.
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SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part
of its continuing effort to reduce public burden and maximize the
utility of government information, invites the general public and other
federal agencies the opportunity to comment on a proposed and/or
continuing information collection, as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on a proposed
information collection project titled Shigella Hypothesis Generating
Questionnaire (SHGQ). The SHGQ supports shigellosis cluster and
outbreak investigations. CDC will collect state and local health
department furnished shigellosis case data.
DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before September 12,
2023.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2023-
0058 by either of the following methods:
<bullet> Federal eRulemaking Portal: <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a>. Follow
the instructions for submitting comments.
<bullet> Mail: Jeffrey M. Zirger, Information Collection Review
Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road
NE, MS H21-8, Atlanta, Georgia 30329.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name
and Docket Number. CDC will post, without change, all relevant comments
to <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a>.
Please note: Submit all comments through the Federal eRulemaking
portal (<a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a>) or by U.S. mail to the address listed
above.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on the
proposed project or to obtain a copy of the information collection plan
and instruments, contact Jeffrey M. Zirger, Information Collection
Review Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton
Road NE, MS H21-8, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; Telephone: 404-639-7570;
Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#bfd0d2ddffdcdbdc91d8d0c9"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b6d9dbd4f6d5d2d598d1d9c0">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), federal agencies must obtain approval from
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for each collection of
information they conduct or sponsor. In addition, the PRA also requires
federal agencies to provide a 60-day notice in the Federal Register
concerning each proposed collection of information, including each new
proposed collection, each proposed extension of existing collection of
information, and each reinstatement of previously approved information
collection before submitting the collection to the OMB for approval. To
comply with this requirement, we are publishing this notice of a
proposed data collection as described below.
The OMB is particularly interested in comments that will help:
1. 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;
2. Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of
the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
3. Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected;
4. 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
submissions of responses; and
5. Assess information collection costs.
Proposed Project
Shigella Hypothesis Generating Questionnaire (SHGQ) (OMB Control
No. 0920-1307, Exp. 11/30/2023)--Extension--National Center for
Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
Shigella are a family of bacteria that cause the diarrheal disease
shigellosis. It is estimated that Shigella causes about 450,000 cases
of diarrhea in the United States annually, with increasing evidence of
antimicrobial resistance. From 2009 through 2021, there have been 1,252
outbreaks of shigellosis in the United States, with most of these
outbreaks attributed to person to person spread. Outbreaks of
shigellosis have been reported in a range of settings such as
community-wide, daycares, schools, restaurants, and retirement homes.
Outbreaks of shigellosis have impacted a range of populations such as
children, men who have sex with men, people experiencing homelessness,
tight knit religious communities, international travelers, and
refugees/displaced persons. Finally, outbreaks of shigellosis have been
attributed to a range of
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transmission modes including person-to-person/no common source, sexual
person-to person contact, contaminated food, and contaminated water. As
part of Shigella outbreak investigations, it is common for state and
local health departments to conduct comprehensive interviews with cases
and contacts to identify how individuals became sick with shigellosis,
to identify individuals who could have come into contact with an
individual sick with shigellosis, and to identify strategies to control
the cluster or outbreak. As person-to-person contact is the most common
mode of transmission for shigellosis, and shigellosis is highly
contagious, it can be challenging to identify how individuals could
have become ill. As a result, comprehensive hypothesis generating
questionnaires focused on a range of settings, activities, and
potential modes of transmission are needed to guide prevention and
control activities.
The Shigella Hypothesis Generating Questionnaire (SHGQ) will be
administered by state and local public health officials via telephone
interviews or self-administered web-based surveys with cases of
shigellosis or their proxy who are part of a shigellosis cluster or
outbreak. The SHGQ will collect information on demographics
characteristics, household information and family member event and
activity attendance, clinical signs and symptoms, medical care and
treatment information, travel history, contact with international
travelers or other ill individuals, event and activity attendance,
limited food and water exposure, work, visit, and volunteer locations,
childcare and school attendance, and recent sexual partner(s) and
activity. This interview/survey activity is consistent with the state's
existing authority to investigate reports of notifiable diseases for
routine surveillance purposes; therefore, formal consent to participate
in the activity is not required. However, cases may choose not to
participate and may choose not to answer any question they do not wish
to answer. It will take health department personnel approximately 45
minutes to administer the questionnaire to an estimated 1,500 patient
respondents. This results in an estimated annual burden to the public
of 1,125 hours. There is no cost to respondents other than their time
to participate.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Average
Number of Number of burden per Total burden
Type of respondents Form name respondents responses per response (in (in hours)
respondent hours)
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Shigellosis case patients Shigella 1,500 1 45/60 1,125
identified as part of Hypothesis
outbreak or cluster Generating
investigations. Questionnaire.
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Total..................... ................ .............. .............. .............. 1,125
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Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Lead, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Public Health
Ethics and Regulations, Office of Science, Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2023-14955 Filed 7-13-23; 8:45 am]
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