[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 38 (Monday, February 27, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11539-11541]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-4561]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30Day-12-11JD]
Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) publishes a
list of information collection requests under review by the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction
Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a copy of these requests, call
the CDC Reports Clearance Officer at (404) 639-7570 or send an email to
[email protected]. Send written comments to CDC Desk Officer, Office of
Management and Budget, Washington, DC 20503 or by fax to (202) 395-
5806. Written comments should be received within 30 days of this
notice.
Proposed Project
Evaluation of Dating Matters: Strategies to Promote Healthy Teen
Relationships\TM\--New--National Center for Injury Prevention and
Control--Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Background and Brief Description
Dating Matters: Strategies to Promote Healthy Teen
RelationshipsTM is the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention's new teen dating violence prevention initiative.
Recently, efforts to prevent teen dating violence (TDV) have grown,
particularly in schools, among policymakers, and among sexual violence
and domestic violence coalitions. Now many states and communities also
are working to stop teen dating violence. However, these activities
vary greatly in quality and effectiveness. To address the gaps, CDC has
developed Dating Matters, a teen dating violence prevention program
that includes programming for students, parents, educators, as well as
policy development. Dating Matters is based on the current evidence
about what works in prevention and focuses on high-risk, urban
communities where participants include: Middle school students age 11
to 14 years; middle school parents; brand ambassadors; educators;
school leadership; program implementers; community representatives; and
local health department representatives in the following communities:
Alameda County, California; Baltimore, Maryland; Broward County,
Florida; and Chicago, Illinois.
The primary goal of the current proposal is to conduct an outcome
and implementation evaluation of Dating Matters in the four
metropolitan cities to determine its feasibility, cost, and
effectiveness. In the evaluation a standard model of TDV prevention
(Safe Dates administered in 8th grade) will be compared to a
comprehensive model (programs administered in 6th, 7th, and 8th grade
as well as parent, educator, policy, and communications interventions).
Burden estimates are based on the following information:
Number of communities/sites: 4
Number of schools across 4 communities/sites: 44 (12 in 3
communities, 8 in 1 community)
Number of students in each middle school: 600 (200 per
grade)
Number of school staff in each school: 40
Number of schools implementing the standard model of TDV
prevention: 22 (across 4 sites/communities)
Number of schools implementing the comprehensive model of
TDV prevention: 22 (across 4 sites/communities)
Population. The study population includes students in 6th, 7th and
8th grades at 44 schools in the four participating sites. At most,
schools are expected to have 6 classrooms per grade, with an average of
30 students per classroom yielding a population of 23,760 students (44
schools * 3 grades * 6 classrooms per grade * 30 students per
classroom).
The sampling frame for parents, given that we would only include
one parent per student, is also 23,760 for the three years of data
collection covered by this
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package. Based on our research and consultation with middle schools,
most schools with 600 students have approximately 40 staff. If we
assume 40 educators per school, the sampling frame for the educator
sample is 1,760.
The following are explanations of estimated burden by respondent:
Students: The study will survey samples of classrooms from all
three middle school grade levels in the 44 schools, annually over a 4
year data collection period (see Figure 2). (Please note that we
recognize that our OMB approval will expire after 3 years and we will
submit a new package at that time so that the life of the project is
approved.) In each year of data collection, we will recruit 30 students
per classroom * a sample of 4 classrooms per grade * 3 grades * 44
schools, resulting in a student sample of 15,840. We assume a 95%
participation rate (n = 15,048) for the baseline student survey (due to
students being absent and parents not providing consent for student
participation). Because this is a longitudinal data collection, the
mid-term and follow-up surveys will lose some students due to attrition
(e.g., students absent; students move out of district; parents withdraw
permission). At mid-term, we assume a retention rate of 92.5% of the
15,840 students (n = 14,652), and at follow-up (at the end of the
school year), we assume a retention rate of 90% of the 15,840 students
(n = 14,256).
Parents: We will recruit parents of 17% of the student sample
(15,840) inclusive of parents participating in the parent curricula,
and those who choose not to participate in the parent curricula, from
both the Dating Matters schools and the standard-of-care schools. We
will recruit a sample of 17% of eligible parents per grade per school
for a total of 2,693 parents. Assuming 90% of the 2,693 parents agree
to participate at baseline (n = 2,424) and we retain 90% of
participating parents from baseline, we will have a final follow-up
sample of 2,181 parents.
Educators: We will attempt to recruit all educators in each school
(44 schools * 40 educators per school = 1,760), who are assumed to stay
in their positions over the study period (in contrast to the cohorts of
students moving through the school). We expect a 90% participation rate
for an estimated sample of 1,584 educators.
School data extractors: We will attempt to recruit one data
extractor per 44 schools to extract school data to be used in
conjunction with the outcome data for the students. Individual level
school data will only be collected for students participating in the
evaluation, so this data will reflect the same sampling frame as the
student survey data. As a result, the data extractors in each school
will access individual school-level data for those students in their
school who consented and participated in the baseline student survey (3
* 4 * 30 * 95% = 342).
For the student focus groups, the contractor will work with
teachers and principals to construct how students are selected and
grouped together, resulting in groups of 10 students per group. Two
groups will be held per each of the 4 sites (10 x 2 x 4 = 80 total
student participants) moderated in a uniform manner according to the
student focus group guide (Attachment ZZ).
Student implementer focus groups will be organized by site
(moderated according to guidance in Attachments AAA and BBB), with two
annual focus groups per site with 10 implementers in each group (10 x 2
x 4 = 80 total student program implementer participants).
Parent program implementer focus groups will be organized by site
(moderated according to guidance in Attachments AAA and BBB), with two
annual focus groups per site with 10 implementers in each group (10 x 2
x 4 = 80 total parent program implementer participants).
School leadership: based on the predicted number of one school
leadership (e.g., principal, vice principal) per comprehensive school
(22 schools), the number of respondents will be 22.
Local Health Department representative: based on the predicted
number of four communities/sites and four local health department
representatives working on Dating Matters per community, the number of
respondents will be 16.
Parent Program Manager: With a maximum of one parent program
manager per community/site, the number of program manager respondents
will be 4.
Community Representative: based on the predicted number of 10
community representatives per 4 communities/sites, the number of
respondents will be 40.
Parent Curricula Implementers: it is expected that each school
implementing the comprehensive approach (n = 22) will have one male and
one female parent implementing the parent programs respondents will be
(2 parents x 22 schools) 44 implementers. Please note that on the
burden table the number of respondents is multiplied by the number of
sessions in each parent program.
For example, the 6th grade program has 6 sessions and 264 (44 x 5)
are listed.
The 7th grade program has three sessions and 132 (44 x 3) are
listed.
The 8th grade parent curriculum is mailed to parents and, as such,
does not involve implementers or session logs.
Student Curricula Implementers: based on the predicted number of
seven student curricula implementers per grade per school (n = 22) that
will be completing fidelity instruments, the total number of
respondents will be 154 per grade. Please note that on the burden
table, the number of respondents is multiplied by the number of
sessions in each student curricula program.
For example, the 6th grade curriculum has 6 sessions, so a total of
924 total respondents are listed (154 x 6).
The 7th grade program has 7 sessions, so a total of 1078 total
respondents are listed.
The 8th grade comprehensive program has 10 sessions and 1540
respondents are listed.
The 8th grade standard program has 10 sessions and 1540 total
respondents are listed.
Brand Ambassadors: The Brand Ambassador Implementation Survey will
be provided to each brand ambassador in each community. With a maximum
of 20 brand ambassadors per community, the feedback form will be
collected from a total of 80 brand ambassadors.
Communications Implementers (``Brand Ambassador Coordinators''):
The Communications Campaign Tracking form will be provided to each
brand ambassador coordinator in each community. With a maximum of one
brand ambassador coordinator per community (n = 4), the feedback form
will be collected from a total of 4 brand ambassador coordinators.
Student Program Master Trainer TA Form: With a maximum of 3 master
trainers per community. There will be 12 master trainers. It is
anticipated that they will receive up to 50 TA requests per year and
complete the form 50 times.
There are no costs to the respondents other than their time. The
total estimated annual burden hours are 44,978.
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Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of Average burden
Type of respondent Form name Number of responses per per response
respondents respondent (hours)
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Student Program Participant....... Student Outcome Survey 15,048 1 45/60
Baseline Attachment D.
Student Program Participant....... Student Outcome Survey 14,652 1 45/60
Mid-Term Attachment F.
Student Program Participant....... Student Outcome Survey 14,256 1 45/60
Follow-up Attachment E.
School data extractor............. School Indicators 44 342 15/60
Attachment G:.
Parent Program Participant........ Parent Outcome Baseline 2,424 1 1
Survey Attachment H.
Parent Program Participant........ Parent Outcome Follow-up 2,181 1 1
Survey Attachment EEEE.
Educator.......................... Educator Outcome Survey 1,584 2 30/60
Attachment I.
Student Brand ambassador.......... Brand Ambassador 80 2 20/60
Implementation Survey
Attachment J.
School leadership................. School Leadership 22 1 1
Capacity and Readiness
Survey Attachment K.
Parent Curricula Implementer...... Parent Program Fidelity 264 3 15/60
6th Grade Session 1-
Session 6 Attachment L-Q.
Parent Curricula Implementer...... Parent Program Fidelity 132 3 15/60
7th Grade Session 1, 3,
5 Attachment R-T.
Student Curricula Implementer..... Student Program Fidelity 924 1 15/60
6th Grade Session 1-
Session 6 Attachment U-Z.
Student Curricula Implementer..... Student Program Fidelity 1078 1 15/60
7th Grade Session 1-
Session 7 Attachment AA-
GG.
Student Curricula Implementer..... Student Program Fidelity 1540 1 15/60
8th Grade Session 1-
Session 10
(comprehensive)
Attachment HH-QQ.
Communications Coordinator........ Communications Campaign 4 4 20/60
Tracking Attachment RR.
Local Health Department Local Health Department 16 1 2
Representative. Capacity and Readiness
Attachment SS.
Student Program Participant....... Student participant focus 80 1 1.5
group guide (time spent
in focus group)
Attachment ZZ.
Student Curricula Implementer..... Student curricula 80 1 1
implementer focus group
guide (time spent in
focus group) Attachment
AAA.
Parent Curricula Implementer...... Parent curricula 80 1 1
implementer focus group
guide (time spent in
focus group) Attachment
BBB.
Student Curricula Implementer..... Safe Dates 8th Grade 1540 1 15/60
Session 1-Session 10
(standard) Attachment
CCC-LLL.
Student Master Trainer............ Student program master 12 50 10/60
trainer TA form
Attachment DDDD.
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Dated: February 21, 2012.
Kimberly S. Lane,
Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2012-4561 Filed 2-24-12; 8:45 am]
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