[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 114 (Tuesday, June 14, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38705-38707]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-14016]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60 Day-16-16AQM; Docket No. CDC-2016-0052]
Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and
Recommendations
AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice with comment period.
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SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part
of its continuing efforts 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. This notice invites comment on the Presidential
Youth Fitness Program (PYFP) Evaluation. The Evaluation will be
conducted in approximately 11 middle schools implementing the PYFP and
11 match comparison schools and will focus on both process and outcome
measures.
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before August 15, 2016.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2016-
0052 by any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
Mail: Leroy A. Richardson, Information Collection Review
Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road
NE., MS-D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name
and Docket Number. All relevant comments received will be posted
without change to Regulations.gov, including any personal information
provided. For access to the docket to read background documents or
comments received, go to Regulations.gov.
Please note: All public comment should be submitted through the
Federal eRulemaking portal (Regulations.gov) or by U.S. mail to the
address listed above.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on the
proposed project or to obtain a copy of the information collection plan
and instruments, contact the Information Collection Review Office,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE., MS-
D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; phone: 404-639-7570; Email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), Federal agencies must obtain approval from
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for each collection of
information they conduct or sponsor. In addition, the PRA also requires
Federal agencies to provide a 60-day notice in the Federal Register
concerning each proposed collection of information, including each new
proposed collection, each proposed extension of existing collection of
information, and each reinstatement of previously approved information
collection before submitting the collection to OMB for approval. To
comply with this requirement, we are publishing this notice of a
proposed data collection as described below.
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
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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.
Proposed Project
Presidential Youth Fitness Program Evaluation--New--National Center
for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP), Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
It is well documented that obesity and a lack of physical activity
(PA) among children and adolescents are current public health problems
in the United States. Because school-aged children spend more than half
of their waking hours in school and engage in 20%-30% of their total PA
at school, schools are ideal settings for reaching a diverse cross-
section of children with interventions to increase PA, including those
children experiencing health disparities. This is particularly
important in middle school, where research shows lower levels of
physical activity when compared with younger students.
Evidence shows that multicomponent school-based physical education
(PE) programs are effective at improving children's health and academic
outcomes. Along with these improvements, school-based PE should provide
fitness assessments, development of personal fitness plans, and
improved cognitive understanding about the importance of PA and a
healthy lifestyle. The Presidential Youth Fitness Program (PYFP)
incorporates each of these factors. To replace normative-referenced
fitness measures (i.e., the President's Challenge Youth Fitness Test),
the PYFP has adopted a criterion-based assessment, using the
FitnessGram[supreg] fitness measurement system, which compares each
student's measurements to a set of standards for fitness and health.
Each student can determine where he or she falls in relation to the
standard and establish a goal for reaching or exceeding it. The PYFP
also adds fitness education to PE, provides professional development
for PE teachers, and includes a recognition system for students who
achieve Healthy Fitness Zone standards.
In 2013, the Presidential Youth Fitness Program began its first
round of funding to elementary, middle and high school PE teachers who
applied to the program. A second round of funding began in 2014 and a
third in 2015. Each participating school receives support to implement
the PYFP for three years. The resources provided to PE teachers
include: Professional development training, awards for student
recognition of fitness achievements, access to a professional learning
community and access to FitnessGram[supreg] fitness assessment
software. For the schools selected to receive PYFP support, the
requirements include: (1) Information Technology (IT) manager and PE
teacher participation in the FitnessGram[supreg] software training, (2)
PE teacher participation in PYFP professional development training, (3)
conducting FitnessGram[supreg] assessments according to the training,
(4) recognizing student achievement in fitness and physical activity,
(5) confirming continued participation in the program at the end of
Years 1 and 2, and (6) participating in evaluation activities. The PYFP
is designed to supplement the traditional PE course and support
physical education (PE) teachers in laying the foundation for students
to lead an active life.
CDC plans to conduct the first rigorous evaluation of the PYFP. The
evaluation will assess the impact of the program on student, PE teacher
and school level outcomes (outcome evaluation) as well as barriers and
facilitators to program implementation (process evaluation). Evaluation
activities will take place in 11 schools implementing the PYFP and 11
match comparison schools, contributing a total of 82 sixth grade PE
classes. Information collection will be conducted in 6 PYFP and 6 match
comparison schools in Spring 2017 and 5 PYFP and 5 match comparison
schools in Fall 2017. The PYFP schools recruited to participate in the
PYFP Evaluation will be identified from a list of schools receiving
Round 2 or Round 3 PYFP funding and meeting the following inclusion
criteria: (1) Middle school with a sixth grade, (2) sixth grade
enrollment of 150 or higher, (3) 50% or more of students receiving free
or reduced lunch, and (4) documented completion of PYFP professional
development training. Comparison schools will be matched based on
criteria 1-3 above as well as location to ensure similar PE policies
and standards. The process and outcome evaluation will involve data
collection activities with four respondent groups: (1) Students, (2) PE
teachers, (3) parents, and (4) school administrators.
The specific aims of the outcome evaluation are to examine how the
PYFP impacts student fitness and physical activity, particularly how
the program impacts student: (1) Fitness knowledge and health
knowledge, (2) attitudes toward physical activity, (3) motivation to be
physically active, (4) physical activity levels, and (5) fitness.
Surveys to be conducted at all schools include the: (1) Paper-based
PYFP Student Survey, (2) online PYFP PE Teacher Survey, and (3) online
PYFP School Administrator Survey. There are minor differences in the
survey instruments depending on whether the school is a PYFP
participant or a non-PYFP school. The outcome evaluation will also
determine the changes made as a result of the PYFP such as changes at
the school level (e.g., improved PE and physical activity policies and
practices, increased parent awareness of school PE and physical
activity) and changes in PE teaching practices (e.g., integration of
fitness education, increased use of fitness assessment tools and
improved practices for fitness testing).
The outcome evaluation will include fitness assessments with
approximately 2,460 students as part of the standard PE program (1,230
PYFP sixth grade students and 1,230 non-PYFP sixth grade students).
Fitness assessments will be conducted at both the beginning and end of
the semester using FitnessGram[supreg]'s pacer and body composition
assessments. Finally, a subset of 6 PYFP and 6 match comparison schools
will assess students' physical activity levels by collecting student
accelerometry data. Accelerometry will be conducted in a subset of 25
PYFP and 25 non-PYFP classes to capture data from approximately 500
students (250 students from PYFP schools and 250 students from match
comparison schools). Accelerometry data collection will involve wearing
the device for a week at the beginning and a week at the end of
semester and noting hours of wear time and class schedule.
Information collection for the process evaluation will be conducted
only in the 11 PYFP schools. The aims of the process evaluation are to
describe how PYFP resources were used by teachers and schools, the
strategies used by
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teachers and schools to integrate fitness education and student
recognition of fitness achievement into the schools, and barriers and
facilitators relevant to PYFP implementation. All PYFP schools will
complete cost and time use worksheets. In addition, focus groups with
PE teachers, students, and parents will be conducted in a subset of 6
PYFP schools. Focus groups will take place on school grounds during or
outside of the school day, depending on availability of a given
respondent group.
The information collected for the PYFP evaluation will allow the
CDC and partners to assess the impact of the PYFP compared with a
traditional PE curriculum and gather information critical for program
improvement.
OMB approval is requested for two years. Participation in the PYFP
Evaluation is voluntary and there are no costs to respondents other
than their time.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Average
Number of Numner of burden per Total burden
Type of respondents Form name respondents responses per response (in (in hrs)
respondent hrs)
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6th grade students in PYFP Schools............. FitnessGram[supreg] Data Collection 615 2 15/60 308
Form. 125 2 30/60 125
Accelerometry Log......................
Student Survey (PYFP Schools).......... 615 1 15/60 154
Student Focus Group Moderator Guide.... 30 1 1 30
PE teachers in PYFP Schools.................... PE Teacher Survey (PYFP Schools)....... 22 1 25/60 9
PE Teacher Focus Group Moderator Guide. 12 1 1 12
PYFP Time Use Worksheet................ 6 1 30/60 3
School administrators in PYFP Schools.......... School Administrator Survey (PYFP 6 1 20/60 2
Schools). 6 1 1 6
PYFP Cost Worksheet....................
Parents of 6th graders enrolled in PE at PYFP Parent Focus Group Moderator Guide..... 30 1 1 30
Schools.
6th grade students in non-PYFP Schools......... FitnessGram[supreg] Data Collection 615 2 15/60 308
Form. 125 2 30/60 125
Accelerometry Log......................
Student Survey (non-PYFP Schools)...... 615 1 15/60 154
PE teachers in non-PYFP Schools................ PE Teacher Survey (non-PYFP Schools)... 22 1 20/60 8
School Administrators in non-PYFP Schools...... School Administrator Survey (non-PYFP 6 1 20/60 2
Schools).
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Total...................................... ....................................... .............. .............. .............. 1,276
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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. 2016-14016 Filed 6-13-16; 8:45 am]
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