[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 110 (Friday, June 7, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34385-34386]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-13525]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30Day-13-0445]


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 
(404) 639-7570 or send an email to [email protected]. Send written comments 
to CDC Desk Officer, Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC or 
by fax to (202) 395-5806. Written comments should be received within 30 
days of this notice.

Proposed Project

    School Health Policies and Practices Study (formerly titled School 
Health Policies and Programs Study, OMB No. 0920-0445, exp. 9/30/
2012)--Reinstatement with Changes--Division of Adolescent and School 
Health (DASH), National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and 
TB Prevention (NCHHSTP), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 
(CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    CDC has previously examined the role schools play in addressing 
health risk behaviors through the School Health Policies and Programs 
Study (SHPPS, OMB NO. 0920-0445), a series of data collections 
conducted at the state, district, school, and classroom levels in 1994 
(OMB No. 0920-0340, exp. 1/31/1995), 2000 (OMB No. 0920-0445, exp. 10/
31/2002), 2006 (OMB No. 0920-0445, exp. 11/30/2008), and 2012 (OMB No. 
0920-0445, exp. 9/30/2012).
    CDC plans to reinstate data collection in 2014 and 2016 with 
changes. SHPPS will assess the characteristics of eight components of 
school health programs at the elementary, middle, and high school 
levels: health education, physical education, health services, mental 
health and social services, nutrition services, healthy and safe school 
environment, faculty and staff health promotion, and family and 
community involvement. This data collection will take place at the 
school- and classroom-levels in 2014 and at the district level in 2016. 
The school- and classroom-level data collection proposed for 2014 was 
approved for 2012 but was not conducted because of insufficient funds.
    Sixteen questionnaires will be used: seven at the district level, 
seven at the school level and two at the classroom level. The school- 
and classroom-level questionnaires will be identical to those approved 
for data collection in 2012. The district-level questionnaires will 
include minor modifications to the 2012 questionnaires. For example, 
question wording will be revised to improve clarity. The school-level 
data collection also will include vending machine observations, which 
will yield the only nationally representative dataset of snack and 
beverage offerings available to students through school vending 
machines. These observations were a part of the 2012 study protocol but 
were not conducted because of insufficient funds.
    The SHPPS data collection will have significant implications for 
policy and program development for school health programs nationwide. 
The results will be used by Federal agencies, state and local education 
and health agencies, the private sector, and others to support school 
health programs; monitor progress toward achieving health and education 
goals and objectives; develop educational programs, demonstration 
efforts, and professional education/training; and initiate other 
relevant research initiatives to contribute to the reduction of health 
risk behaviors among our nation's youth. SHPPS data also will be used 
to provide measures for 14 Healthy People 2020 national health 
objectives. No other national source of data exists for these 
objectives. The data also will have significant implications for policy 
and program development for school health programs nationwide. The 
combined total burden hours estimated for the 2014 and 2016 SHPPS and 
associated support activities are 9,722.
    There are no costs to respondents other than their time.

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                                        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 Officials....................  State Recruitment Script                 42               1           30/60
                                      (for 2014 study).
                                     State Recruitment Script                 44               1           30/60
                                      (for 2016 study).
District Officials.................  District Recruitment Script             320               1           30/60
                                      (for 2014 study).
                                     District Recruitment Script             902               1           60/60
                                      (for 2016 study).
                                     District Health Education..             685               1           30/60
                                     District Physical Education             685               1           40/60
                                      and Activity.
                                     District Health Services...             685               1           40/60
                                     District Nutrition Services             685               1           30/60
                                     District Healthy and Safe               685               1           60/60
                                      School Environment.
                                     District Mental Health and              685               1           30/60
                                      Social Services.
                                     District Faculty and Staff              685               1           20/60
                                      Health Promotion.
School Officials...................  School Recruitment Script..             821               1           60/60
                                     School Health Education....             640               1           20/60
                                     School Physical Education               640               1           40/60
                                      and Activity.
                                     School Health Services.....             640               1           50/60
                                     School Nutrition Services..             640               1           40/60
                                     School Healthy and Safe                 640               1           75/60
                                      School Environment.
                                     School Mental Health and                640               1           30/60
                                      Social Services.
                                     School Faculty and Staff                640               1           20/60
                                      Health Promotion.
Classroom teachers.................  Classroom Health Education.           1,229               1           50/60
                                     Classroom Physical                    1,229               1           40/60
                                      Education and Activity.
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Ron A. Otten,
Director, Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of the Associate 
Director for Science, Office of the Director, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2013-13525 Filed 6-6-13; 8:45 am]
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