This ICR includes the Health Professional Application for Training (HPAT) which is used to monitor and evaluate performance of grantees funded by CDC/Division of STD Prevention (DSTDP) and Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention (DHAP) that offer STD and HIV prevention training, training assistance, and capacity building assistance to health professionals (physicians, nurses, disease intervention specialists, health educators, etc.).
The HPAT collects information from training participants on their 1) occupations, professions, and functional roles; 2) principal employment settings; 3) location of their work settings; and 4) programmatic and population foci of their work. The data collection is necessary to assess the performance of the grantees in delivering training to health care providers and to standardize training registration processes across the two training programs (e.g., the PTC program and the CBA provider program) and multiple grantees funded by each program. The data collection instrument also allows CDC grantees to use a single instrument when partnering with other HHS funded training programs. This data collection provides CDC with information to determine whether the training grantees are reaching their target audiences in terms of provider type, the types of organizations in which participants work, the focus of their work and the population groups and geographic areas served; the data collection is also used to triage and assign CBA provider requests.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.