[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 133 (Tuesday, July 12, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45166-45167]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-16419]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has submitted
the following information collection request to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The notice for the proposed
information collection is published to obtain comments from the public
and affected agencies.
Written comments and suggestions from the public and affected
agencies concerning the proposed collection of information are
encouraged. Your comments should address any of the following: (a)
Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have practical utility; (b) Evaluate the
accuracy of the agencies estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection of information, including the validity of the methodology
and assumptions used; (c) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of
the information to be collected; (d) Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who are to respond, including
through the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or
other technological collection techniques or other forms of information
technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses; and
(e) Assess information collection costs.
To request additional information on the proposed project or to
obtain a copy of the information collection plan and instruments, call
(404) 639-7570 or send an email to [email protected]. Written comments and/or
suggestions regarding the items contained in this notice should be
directed to the Attention: CDC Desk Officer, Office of Management and
Budget, Washington, DC 20503 or by fax to (202) 395-5806. Written
comments should be received within 30 days of this notice.
Proposed Project
Performance Monitoring of ``Working with Publicly Funded Health
Centers to Reduce Teen Pregnancy among Youth from Vulnerable
Populations''--New--National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and
Health Promotion (NCCDPHP), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC).
Background and Brief Description
In 2014, the US rate of 24.2 births per 1,000 female teens aged 15-
19 was the highest of all Western industrialized countries. Access to
reproductive health services and the most effective types of
contraception has been shown to reduce the likelihood that teens become
pregnant. Nevertheless, recent research and lessons learned through a
previous teen pregnancy prevention project implemented through CDC in
partnership with the Office of Adolescent Health (2010-2015; OMB no.
0920-0952, exp. date 12/31/2015) demonstrate that many health centers
serving teens do not engage in youth-friendly best practices that may
enhance access to care and to the most effective types of
contraception. Furthermore, youth at highest risk of experiencing a
teen pregnancy are often not connected to the reproductive health care
that they need, even when they are part of a population that is known
to be at high risk for a teen pregnancy. Significant racial, ethnic and
geographic disparities in teen birth rates persist and continue to be a
focus of public health efforts.
To address these challenges, CDC is providing funding to three
organizations to strengthen partnerships and processes that improve
reproductive health services for teens. Mississippi First, Inc., a non-
profit focused on child well-being and educational achievement, was
funded to work in Coahoma, Quitman and Tunica counties in Mississippi.
Sexual Health Initiatives For Teens North Carolina (SHIFT NC), a non-
profit organization focused on the sexual health of adolescents, was
funded to work in Durham County, North Carolina. The Georgia
Association for Primary Health Care, Inc, which represents all of
Georgia's Federally Qualified Health Centers, was funded to work in
Chatham County, Georgia. CDC's awardees will work with approximately 25
publicly funded health centers to support implementation of evidence-
based recommendations for health centers and providers to improve
adolescent access to reproductive health services. In addition,
awardees will work with approximately 35 youth-serving organizations
(YSO) to provide staff training and develop systematic approaches to
identifying youth who are at risk for a teen pregnancy and referring
those youth to reproductive health care services. Finally, awardees
will develop communication campaigns that increase awareness of the
partner health centers' services for teens. Activities are expected to
result in changes to health center and YSO partners' policies, to staff
practices, and to youth health care seeking and teen pregnancy
prevention behaviors.
The best practices to improve adolescent access to reproductive
health services included in this program are supported by evidence in
the literature and recommended by major medical associations. Each of
the components of the current project has been implemented as part of
past teen pregnancy prevention efforts. Consistent with CDC's mission
of using evidence to improve public health programs, conducting an
evaluation of combined best practices, in concert with community-
clinical linkage of youth to services to increase their access to
reproductive health care, can provide information that will inform
future teen pregnancy prevention efforts. CDC therefore plans to
collect information needed to assess these efforts. Information will be
collected from the CDC awardees, the health center and YSO partner
organizations, staff at these organizations, and the youth served by
the health center partner organizations. CDC will use the information
to determine the types of training and technical assistance that are
needed, to monitor whether awardees meet objectives related to health
center and YSO partners' policies and staff practices, to support a
data-driven quality improvement process for adolescent sexual and
reproductive health care services and referrals, and to assess whether
the project model was effective in increasing the utilization of
services by youth.
OMB approval is requested for three years. Participation in the
organizational assessment activities is required for awardees and
partner organizations. Participation in the Health Center Youth Survey
is voluntary for youth and will not involve the collection of
identifiable personal information. There are no costs to respondents
other than their time. The total estimated annualized burden hours are
1,150.
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Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Average
Number of Number of burden per
Respondents Form name respondents responses per response (in
respondent hours)
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Private Sector.................... Health Center 21 1 2
Organizational Assessment.
Quarterly Health Center 21 3 4
Performance Measure
Reporting Tool.
Annual Health Center 21 1 6
Performance Measure
Reporting Tool.
Health Center Provider 126 1 20/60
Survey.
Youth Serving Organization 15 1 1
(YSO) Organizational
Assessment.
YSO Performance Measure 15 4 1
Reporting Tool.
Youth Serving Organization 225 1 20/60
(YSO) Staff Survey.
Awardee Training and 3 12 2
Technical Assistance Tool.
Awardee Performance 3 1 1
Measure Reporting Tool.
Individual........................ Health Center Youth Survey 1050 1 10/60
State and Local Government........ Health Center 4 1 2
Organizational Assessment.
Quarterly Health Center 4 3 4
Performance Measure
Reporting Tool.
Annual Health Center 4 1 6
Performance Measure
Reporting Tool.
Health Center Provider 24 1 20/60
Survey.
Youth Serving Organization 20 1 1
(YSO) Organizational
Assessment.
YSO Performance Measure 20 4 1
Reporting Tool.
Youth Serving Organization 300 1 20/60
(YSO) Staff Survey.
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Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Acting 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. 2016-16419 Filed 7-11-16; 8:45 am]
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