[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 38 (Monday, February 27, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11544-11545]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-4550]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-12-12EK]
Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and
Recommendations
In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for opportunity for public comment on
proposed data collection projects, the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic summaries of proposed projects.
To request more information on the proposed projects or to obtain a
copy of the data collection plans and instruments, call 404-639-7570 or
send comments to Kimberly Lane, CDC Reports Clearance Officer, 1600
Clifton Road, MS D-74, Atlanta, GA 30333 or send an email to
[email protected].
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways
to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents,
including through the use of automated collection techniques or other
forms of information technology. Written comments should be received
within 60 days of this notice.
Proposed Project
Process and Intermediate Outcome Evaluation of ``Teenage Pregnancy
Prevention: Integrating Services, Programs, and Strategies through
Community-Wide Initiatives''--New--National Center for Chronic Disease
Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP), Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
In 2010, among Western industrialized nations, the United States
had the highest rate of births among teens ages 15-19 years. Although
the evidence strongly suggests that teenage pregnancy is a multifaceted
problem stemming from interrelated internal and external factors,
pregnancy prevention programs have typically focused on one factor
(e.g., sex education or abstinence education). Several recent reviews
have emphasized that multi-component approaches to teen pregnancy
prevention, which are implemented at the local level, may offer the
greatest potential in teenage pregnancy prevention. Multi-component
approaches may include a combination of clinic services, sexuality
education programs, job readiness training, academic tutoring,
mentoring, and life skills training.
In his budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2010, President Obama proposed a
new Teenage Pregnancy Prevention (TPP) Initiative to address the high
teen pregnancy and birth rates by replicating evidence-based models and
testing innovative strategies. On December 16, 2009, the President
signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010 (Pub. L. 111-117).
Division D Title II of the Act provides $110,000,000 for making
competitive contracts and grants to public and private entities to fund
medically accurate and age appropriate programs that reduce teen
pregnancy. It also includes some of the Federal costs associated with
administering and evaluating such projects.
As part of this initiative, CDC released two funding opportunity
announcements (FOAs) related to innovative evidence-based teenage
pregnancy prevention programs: (1) DP10-1009, Teenage Pregnancy
Prevention: Integrating Services, Programs, and Strategies Through
Community-Wide Initiatives and (2) DP10-1025, Reducing Teen Pregnancy
Through Family Planning: Integrating Services, Programs, and Strategies
Through Community-Wide Initiatives. CDC is currently providing funding
to nine state and community awardees, and five national organizations,
to examine innovative, evidence-based teenage pregnancy prevention
programs. Efforts are focused in communities with high rates of teen
pregnancy in under-served African American and Latino youth. Components
of these efforts include (1) implementing evidence-based or evidence-
informed prevention programs; (2) linking teens to quality health
services; (3) educating stakeholders (parents, community leaders, and
other constituents) about relevant evidence-based or evidence-informed
strategies to reduce teen pregnancy; and (4) supporting the
sustainability of the community-wide teen pregnancy prevention effort
through capacity building and improved coordination of services.
Upon receiving OMB approval, CDC proposes to collect the
information needed to conduct a process and intermediate outcome
evaluation of these efforts for the next three years of this five year
TPP initiative. Using a repeat cross-sectional design, the information
collection and evaluation plan will systematically document capacity
building within funded communities over time and the extent to which
communities implemented multi-component, community-wide initiative
activities as planned. Respondents for the nine state and community
awardees will include the project director/coordinator for each site,
evaluators, and other program staff. In addition, to gain a variety of
perspectives, information will be requested from multiple community and
clinical partners associated with each state or community awardee
(e.g., program implementers and core advisory group members).
Information collected from these respondents will include needs
assessments and selected costs of participating in the TPP initiative.
Finally, CDC will collect information about the training and technical
assistance needs of state and community awardees, and national
organizations, which have been funded to support community-wide TPP
activities.
Specifically, the following information will be collected: the
needs of nine project directors/coordinators will be assessed; the
estimated burden for this yearly assessment is 7 hours. Fifty state and
community awardees with submit yearly progress towards meeting
performance measures; the estimated burden for this yearly assessment
is 200 hours. The needs of fifty staff members will be assessed; the
estimated burden for this yearly assessment is 38 hours. Training and
technical assistance from 50 state and community awardees will be
assessed; the estimated burden for this as-needed assessment is 600
hours. The costs of 50 staff members will be assessed; the estimated
burden for this as needed assessment is 125 hours. The training and
technical assistance provided by 15 national organization awardee staff
members will be assessed; the estimated burden for this as needed
assessment is 180 hours. The needs of 50 clinical providers will be
assessed; the estimated burden for this yearly assessment is 50 hours.
The needs of 100 program implementation partners will be assessed; the
estimated burden for this yearly assessment is 75 hours. The costs of
150 community of and clinical partner participants will be
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assessed; the estimated burden for this as needed assessment is 375
hours. The costs of sponsored activities for 50 community and clinical
partners; the estimated burden for this yearly assessment is 125 hours.
All information can be reported to CDC through an interactive web-
based system, ``iGTO,'' that awardees can use to manage their general
organizational information and to support and track the implementation
of strategies to prevent teen pregnancy. Respondents who prefer not to
use the iGTO system will be able to export the assessment tools,
complete them, and return their reports to CDC by electronic mail.
Assessment and performance information will be reported to CDC
annually. In addition, CDC will collect information about costs and
awardee needs for training and technical assistance. To ensure high
data quality, cost information will be submitted as soon as it becomes
available. CDC estimates that each state or community awardee will
submit 10 cost data reports per year. Training and technical assistance
needs will be reported monthly so that CDC can provide immediate,
targeted technical assistance as needed. The assessment information,
performance measures and training and technical assistance information
to be collected are critical to understanding (1) the teen pregnancy
prevention needs of each target community, (2) quality implementation
practices associated with evidence-based programs and contraceptive
access, and (3) the impact of implemented strategies.
OMB approval is requested for three years. There are no costs to
respondents other than their time.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of Average
Type of respondent Form name Number of responses per burden per Total burden
respondents respondent response (hr) (hr)
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State and Community Awardees.. Project Director/ 9 1 45/60 7
Coordinator
Needs
Assessment.
Performance 50 1 4 200
Measure
Assessment Tool.
Staff Assessment 50 1 45/60 38
Training and 50 12 1 600
Technical
Assistance Tool.
Cost Reporting 50 10 15/60 125
Form For
Sponsored
Activities.
National Organization Awardees Training and 15 112 .............. 180
Technical
Assistance Tool.
Community and Clinical Clinical 50 1 1 50
Partners. Provider Needs
Assessment Tool.
Program 100 1 45/60 75
Implementation
Partner Needs
Assessment Tool.
Partner Cost 150 10 15/60 375
Reporting Form
for
Participants.
Cost Reporting 50 10 15/60 125
Form For
Sponsored
Activities.
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Total..................... ................ .............. .............. .............. 1,775
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Kimberly S. Lane,
Chief Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
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