Notice2023-22273
Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review
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Published
October 6, 2023
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Health and Human Services DepartmentCenters for Disease Control and Prevention
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 193 (Friday, October 6, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69637-69638]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-22273]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30Day-24-1307]
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 ``Shigella Hypothesis Generating
Questionnaire (SHGQ)'' 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
July 14, 2023 to obtain comments from the public and affected agencies.
CDC received two 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
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 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.
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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.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of Average burden
Type of respondents Form name Number of responses per per response
respondents respondent (in hours)
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Shigellosis case patients identified Shigella Hypothesis 1500 1 45/60
as part of outbreak or cluster Generating
investigations. Questionnaire.
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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. 2023-22273 Filed 10-5-23; 8:45 am]
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