[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 133 (Wednesday, July 11, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40888-40889]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-16912]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30Day-12-0493]
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
and send comments to Kimberly Lane, CDC Reports Clearance Officer, 1600
Clifton Road, MS-D74, 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
2013 and 2015 National Youth Risk Behavior Surveys (YRBS)(OMB No.
0920-0493)--Reinstatement with change--National Center for HIV/AIDS,
Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP), Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The purpose of this request is to obtain OMB approval to reinstate
with change, the data collection for the National Youth Risk Behavior
Survey (YRBS), a school-based survey that has been conducted biennially
since 1991. OMB approval for the 2009 YRBS and 2011 YRBS expired
November 30, 2011 (OMB no. 0920-0493). CDC seeks a three-year approval
to conduct the YRBS in Spring 2013 and Spring 2015. Minor changes
incorporated into this reinstatement request include: an updated title
for the information collection to accurately reflect the years in which
the survey will be conducted, minor changes to the data collection
instrument, and a minor increase in the burden estimate.
The YRBS assesses priority health risk behaviors related to the
major preventable causes of mortality, morbidity, and social problems
among both youth and young adults in the United States. Data on health
risk behaviors of adolescents are the focus of approximately 65
national health objectives in Healthy People 2020, an initiative of the
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The YRBS provides
data to measure 20 of the health objectives and 1 of the Leading Health
Indicators established by Healthy People 2020. In addition, the YRBS
can identify racial and ethnic disparities in health risk behaviors. No
other national source of data measures as many of the Healthy People
2020 objectives addressing adolescent health risk behaviors as the
YRBS. The data also will have significant implications for policy and
program development for school health programs nationwide.
In Spring 2013 and Spring 2015, the YRBS will be conducted among
nationally representative samples of students attending public and
private schools in grades 9-12. Information supporting the YRBS also
will be collected from state, district, and school-level administrators
and teachers. The table below reports the number of respondents
annualized over the 3-year project period.
There are no costs to respondents except their time. The total
estimated annualized burden hours are 7,822.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Average
Number of Number of burden per
Type of respondent Form name respondents responses per response (in
respondent hours)
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State Administrators............... State-level Recruitment 17 1 30/60
Script for the Youth Risk
Behavior Survey.
District Administrators............ District-level Recruitment 80 1 30/60
Script for the Youth Risk
Behavior Survey.
School Administrators.............. School-level Recruitment 133 1 30/60
Script for the Youth Risk
Behavior Survey.
Teachers........................... Data Collection Checklist 435 1 15/60
for the Youth Risk
Behavior Survey.
Students........................... Youth Risk Behavior Survey. 10,129 1 45/60
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Kimberly S. Lane,
Deputy Director, Office of Science Integrity, Office of the Associate
Director for Science, Office of the Director, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention.
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