[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 250 (Thursday, December 29, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 81942-81943]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-33390]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
[Document Identifier OS-0990-New; 30-Day Notice]
Agency Information Collection Request 30-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 collection 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, email
your request, including your address, phone number, OMB number, and OS
document identifier, to [email protected], or call the
Reports Clearance Office on (202) 690-5683. Send written comments and
recommendations for the proposed information collections within 30 days
of this notice directly to the OS OMB Desk Officer; faxed to OMB at
(202) 395-5806.
Proposed Project: Teen Pregnancy Prevention Replication Evaluation:
Implementation Data Collection--OMB No. OS-0990-NEW--The Office of
Adolescent Health.
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
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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.
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.
Estimated Annualized Burden Table
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Number of Average burden
Instrument Annual number of responses per hours per Total annual
respondents respondent response burden hours
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Staff and community member interviews 150 1 1.5 225
(Master Topic Guide)...................
Guide for Focus Group Discussion with 120 1 1.5 180
Frontline Staff........................
Guide for Focus Group Discussion with 400 1 1.5 600
Participating Youths...................
Guide for Discussion with School/Agency 100 1 1 100
Staff about Counterfactual.............
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Total............................... ................ ................ ................ 1,105
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Keith A. Tucker,
Office of the Secretary, Paperwork Reduction Act Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-33390 Filed 12-28-11; 8:45 am]
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