[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 185 (Friday, September 23, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59132-59133]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-24443]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
[Document Identifier: OS-0990-New; 60-Day Notice]
Agency Information Collection Request. 60-Day Public Comment
Request
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS.
In compliance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Secretary (OS),
Department of Health and Human Services, is publishing the following
summary of a proposed information collection request for public
comment. Interested persons are invited to send comments regarding this
burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information,
including any of the following subjects: (1) The necessity and utility
of the proposed information collection for the proper performance of
the agency's functions; (2) the accuracy of the estimated burden; (3)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and (4) the use of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology to minimize the information
collection burden.
To obtain copies of the supporting statement and any related forms
for the proposed paperwork collections referenced above, e-mail your
request, including your address, phone number, OMB number, and OS
document identifier, to [email protected], or call the
Reports Clearance Office on (202) 690-6162. Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed information collections must be
directed to the OS Paperwork Clearance Officer at the above e-mail
address within 60 days.
Proposed Project: Teen Pregnancy Prevention Replication Evaluation:
Implementation Data Collection--OMB No. OS-0990-NEW--The Office of
Adolescent Health in collaboration with the Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Planning and Evaluation.
Abstract: The Office of Adolescent Health (OAH), Office of the
Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH), U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services (HHS), is overseeing and coordinating adolescent
pregnancy prevention evaluation efforts as part of the Teen Pregnancy
Prevention Initiative. OAH is working collaboratively with the Office
of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE), the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the
Administration for Children and Families (ACF) on adolescent pregnancy
prevention evaluation activities.
OAH in partnership with ASPE will be overseeing the Teen Pregnancy
Prevention Replication Evaluation (TPP Replication Evaluation). The TPP
Replication Evaluation will be an experimental evaluation which will
determine the extent to which a subset of evidence-based program models
funded as part of the OAH evidence-based Teen Pregnancy Prevention
Initiative demonstrate effects on adolescent sexual risk behavior and
teenage pregnancy when they are replicated in similar and in different
settings and for different populations. The findings from this
evaluation will be of interest to the general public, to policy-makers,
and to organizations interested in teen pregnancy prevention.
OAH and ASPE are proposing implementation data collection activity
as part of the TPP Replication Evaluation. The proposed activity
involves the collection of information from program records and site
visits at two to three points in the program implementation period. The
implementation study will enable us to understand the programs,
document their implementation and context, assess fidelity of
implementation and the factors that influence it, and describe the
counterfactual, or the ``business as usual'' services received by youth
in the control group. This information will enable us to describe each
implemented program and the treatment-control contrast evaluated in
each site. It will also help us interpret impact analysis findings and
may help explain any unexpected findings, differences in impacts across
programs, and differences in impacts across locations or population
subgroups.
Respondents: Semi-structured individual and group interviews will
be held with agency administrators, program leaders and staff, partners
in program participation, participating youths, school and community
stakeholders, and other community members knowledgeable about related
services for adolescents. All information will be collected by trained
professional staff.
Estimated Annualized Burden Table
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Annual number Number of Average burden Average
Instrument of responses per hours per Total annual hourly wage of Total annual
respondents respondent response burden hours respondents burden cost
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TPP Replication Evaluation:
Discussion guide for grantee head (1).............. 10 1 1.5 15 $30 $450
Discussion guide for program director (1).......... 10 1 1.5 15 25 400
Discussion guide for supervisor of frontline staff 10 1 1.5 15 25 400
(1)...............................................
Discussion guide for frontline staff (3)........... 30 1 1.5 45 20 900
Discussion guide for community partners (3)........ 30 1 1 30 20 600
Discussion guide for school stakeholders (3)....... 30 1 1 30 20 600
Discussion guide for community stakeholders (3).... 30 1 1 30 20 600
Focus group guide for frontline staff (6).......... 60 1 1.5 90 15 1,350
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Focus group guide for youth participants (10)...... 100 1 1.5 150 NA 0
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Totals......................................... 310 .............. ............... 420 .............. $5,300
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Keith Tucker,
Office of the Secretary, Paperwork Reduction Act Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-24443 Filed 9-22-11; 8:45 am]
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