[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 83 (Wednesday, April 30, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24437-24438]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-09769]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-14-14VU]
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 Leroy Richardson, 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
Promoting Adolescent Health Through School-Based HIV/STD
Prevention--New--National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD,
and TB Prevention (NHHSTP), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC).
Background and Brief Description
Many young people engage in sexual behaviors that place them at
risk for HIV infection, other sexually transmitted diseases (STD), and
pregnancy. According to the 2011 National Youth Risk Behavior Survey
(YRBS) results, 47% of U.S. high school students never had sexual
intercourse; 34% had sexual intercourse with at least one person during
the 3 months before the survey; and 15% had had sexual intercourse with
four or more persons during their lifetime. Of those sexually active
high school students, 40% reported that either they or their partner
had not used a condom during last sexual intercourse, and 77% reported
that either they or their partner had not used birth control pills or
Depo-Provera (or any injectable birth control), Nuva Ring (or any birth
control ring), Implanon (or any implant), or any intrauterine device
(IUD) before last sexual intercourse.
Establishing healthy behaviors during childhood and adolescence is
easier and more effective than trying to change unhealthy behaviors
during adulthood. Since 1987, the Division of Adolescent and School
Health (DASH), which is now a part of the National Center for HIV/AIDS,
Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC), has been a unique source of support for HIV
prevention efforts in the Nation's schools.
CDC requests Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval to
collect data over a three-year period from funded agencies under award
PS13-1308: Promoting Adolescent Health through School-Based HIV/STD
Prevention and School-Based Surveillance. Funded agencies include non-
governmental organizations, state education agencies, and local
education agencies. The primary purpose of PS-13-1308 is to build the
capacity of priority districts and priority schools to effectively
contribute to the reduction of HIV infection and other STD among
adolescents; the reduction of disparities in HIV infection and other
STD experienced by specific adolescent sub-populations; and the
conducting of school-based surveillance, a component not included in
this data collection for evaluation.
CDC will be using a web-based system to collect data on the
approaches that funded agencies are using to meet their goals.
Approaches include helping districts and schools deliver exemplary
sexual health education emphasizing HIV and other STD prevention;
increasing adolescent access to key sexual health services; and
establishing safe and supportive environments for students and staff.
To track funded agency progress and evaluate the effectiveness of
program activities, CDC will be collecting data using a mix of process
and performance measures. Process measures, which will be completed by
all funded agencies, are important to assess the extent to which
planned program activities have been implemented and lead to feasible
and sustainable programmatic outcomes. Process measures include items
on school health policy assessment and monitoring, and on providing
training and technical assistance to partner education agencies and
schools. Performance measures, which will be completed by only state
and local education agencies, assess whether funded activities at each
site are leading to intended outcomes including public health impact of
systemic change in schools. These measures drove the development of
questionnaires that have been tailored to each funded agencies'
approach (i.e., exemplary sexual health education, sexual health
services, and safe and supportive environments).
Respondents include 19 state education agencies, 17 local education
agencies, and 6 non-governmental organizations that have all been
funded under PS13-1308. The questionnaires will be submitted to CDC
semi-annually using the Program Evaluation and Reporting System, an
electronic web-based interface specifically designed for this data
collection.
Each funded agency will receive a unique log-in to the system and
technical assistance to ensure they can use the system easily. The
dates when data are requested reflect Procurement and Grants Office
deadlines to provide timely feedback to funded agencies and CDC staff
for accountability and optimal use of funds. CDC anticipates that semi-
annual information collection will begin in October 2014 and will
describe activities conducted during the period August 2014-July 2017.
The estimated burden per response ranges from 0.5 hours to 6 hours.
This variation in burden is due to the variability in the questions on
the forms based on the approach and type of funded agency. For
instance, non-governmental organizations have fewer questions to
respond to because they only have questions for process evaluation.
Local education agencies have the highest burden because it takes more
time to gather information as they gather data at the school- and
student-level as compared with state education agencies that report
only state- and district-level data. Annualizing this collection over
three years results in an estimated annualized burden of 820 hours for
all funded agencies.
There are no costs to respondents other than their time.
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Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of Average burden
Type of respondents Form name Number of responses per per response Total burden
respondents respondent (in hrs.) (in hrs.)
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State Education Agency....... Exemplary Sexual 19 2 4 152
Health
Education
Measures.
Sexual Health 19 2 3 114
Services
Measures.
Safe and 19 2 1 38
Supportive
Environments
Measures.
Local Education Agency....... Exemplary Sexual 17 2 6 204
Health
Education
Measures.
Sexual Health 17 2 3 102
Services
Measures.
Safe and 17 2 6 204
Supportive
Environments
Measures.
Non-governmental organization Exemplary Sexual 2 2 0.5 2
Health
Education
Measures.
Sexual Health 2 2 0.5 2
Services
Measures.
Safe and 2 2 0.5 2
Supportive
Environments
Measures.
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Total.................... ................ .............. .............. ............... 820
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LeRoy Richardson,
Chief, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Scientific
Integrity, Office of the Associate Director for Science, Office of the
Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2014-09769 Filed 4-29-14; 8:45 am]
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