[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 15 (Friday, January 23, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3600-3601]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-01093]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-15-15ZK]
Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and
Recommendations
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of
its continuing effort to reduce public burden and maximize the utility
of government information, invites the general public and other Federal
agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or
continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995. To request more information on the below
proposed project or to obtain a copy of the information collection plan
and instruments, call 404-639-7570 or send comments to Leroy A.
Richardson, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D74, Atlanta, GA 30333 or send an
email to [email protected].
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized
and/or included in the request for Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) approval. 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; (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; and (e)
estimates of capital or start-up costs and costs of operation,
maintenance, and purchase of services to provide information. Burden
means the total time, effort, or financial resources expended by
persons to generate, maintain, retain, disclose or provide information
to or for a Federal agency. This includes the time needed to review
instructions; to develop, acquire, install and utilize technology and
systems for the purpose of collecting, validating and verifying
information, processing and maintaining information, and disclosing and
providing information; to train personnel and to be able to respond to
a collection of information, to search data sources, to complete and
review the collection of information; and to transmit or otherwise
disclose the information. Written comments should be received within 60
days of this notice.
Proposed Project
Research on the Efficacy and Feasibility of Essentials for
Parenting Toddlers and Preschoolers--New--National Center for Injury
Prevention and Control (NCIPC), Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
It is estimated that 1 in 58 U.S. children had been maltreated in a
1-year period (i.e., victims of physical, sexual, and emotional abuse
or neglect). Parent training is arguably the single most effective
prevention initiative recognized to date. The Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention has developed ``Essentials for Parenting
Toddlers and Preschoolers'' (EFP). This web-based resource uses a
psychoeducational approach incorporating modeling (through its videos)
and practice (through its activities). Thus, EFP is likely to improve
parenting (e.g., discipline practices), reduce child behavior problems,
and may ultimately reduce child maltreatment. Moreover, it is free for
parents and can be accessed through any device that can use the
Internet, including computers, tablets, and smart phones. If it proves
to be effective, it may ultimately be less expensive to develop,
evaluate, and disseminate EFP.
CDC is proposing an information collection to OMB for a period of
one year. The purpose of this data collection request is to determine
whether a web-based platform for delivery of positive parenting
information yields changes in parent and child behaviors that are
consistent with those observed in the clinic setting. If EFP is
successful at increasing positive parenting and safe, stable, nurturing
relationships and environments for children, then CDC has a resource
that can be easily and freely disseminated to communities that can
potentially impact rates of child maltreatment.
We will conduct a two-arm study of 200 parents of 2- to 4-year-old
children. In one arm, parents will be guided in how and when they use
specific intervention modules. In the other arm, parents will have
access to the same EFP content but will use as much or as little of the
intervention as they wish and on whatever time line they wish. Parents
in both arms will complete assessments of child externalizing behavior,
parenting behaviors (e.g., use of praise and time outs), parenting
thoughts (e.g., perceived parenting competence and burden), and parent
psychological adjustment (e.g., depression and anxiety), as well as
knowledge and perceived usefulness of EFP intervention content. The
impact of this data collection on participants' privacy is low.
The survey data will be housed in a database on encrypted, password
protected electronic storage files. All information shared will be in
an aggregate form for the scientific
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community. The data will be translated for practitioners and others
engaged in parent training work. Data that are collected will be stored
physically and electronically by the contractors collecting the
respective data at their offices. De-identified electronic database(s)
will be transferred to CDC. Any hard copies of data will be destroyed
after the data has been successfully entered, cleaned and backed up
into the database. We anticipate that the surveys will take between 15
minutes to 45 minutes to complete (depending on which survey is being
completed).
The proposed data collection fits into the National Center for
Injury Prevention and Control Research Agenda Priorities in Preventing
Child Maltreatment. Research is essential to ensure effects on
parenting are achieved using the new delivery platform. If Essentials
for Parenting Toddlers and Preschoolers is successful at increasing
positive parenting and safe, stable, nurturing relationships and
environments for children, then CDC has a resource that can be easily
and freely disseminated to communities. Ultimately, the results of the
work will be disseminated to researchers, states, and the public.
There are no costs to the respondents other than their time. The
total estimated annual burden hours are 1,950.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Average
Number of Number of burden per Total burden
Type of respondent Form name respondents responses per response (in (in hrs)
respondent hrs)
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Parents (both Natural Screening and 200 1 15/60 50
Navigation [NN] and Guided Demographics
Navigation [GN] groups). Questionnaires.
Detailed 200 2 45/60 300
Assessment
Measures.
Core Assessment 200 16 15/60 800
Measures
(Rotating).
Parental EFP 200 10 15/60 500
Skills
Knowledge Scale.
Parental EFP 200 5 15/60 250
Skills
Usefulness
Scale.
Therapy Attitude 200 1 15/60 50
Inventory and
System
Usability Scale.
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Total..................... ................ .............. .............. .............. 1,950
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Leroy A. 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. 2015-01093 Filed 1-22-15; 8:45 am]
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