Proposed Collection: Comment Request; Preventing Problem Behavior Among Middle School Students

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 16 (Tuesday, January 26, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3955-3956]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-1728]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development


Proposed Collection: Comment Request; Preventing Problem Behavior 
Among Middle School Students

SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirements of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) 
of the Paperwork Reduction Act, for the opportunity for public comment 
on the proposed data collection projects, the National Institute of 
Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), the National Institutes of 
Health (NIH) will publish periodic summaries of proposed projects to be 
submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and 
approval.

PROPOSED COLLECTION:
    Title: Preventing Problem Behavior Among Middle School Students.
    Type of Information Collection Request: Extension, OMB Number 0925-
0436, Expiration Date 6/30/99.
    Need and Use of Information Collection: The purpose of this study 
is to test the efficacy of a comprehensive program of interventions 
that include participatory classroom curriculum, parent education and 
enhanced school environment. Middle schools in one school district in 
Maryland were assigned to either a special intervention treatment 
condition or usual education (control) condition. The intervention is 
sequentially structured with curricula implemented in each grade of 
middle school. Classroom-administered questionnaires were administered 
to all middle schools prior to the intervention to establish baseline 
levels of the variables of interest, including substance use, school 
misconduct, parent and peer influences, and school climate. Data is 
collected annually after the completion of the grade level 
intervention. Information about parenting style will be collected on a 
sample of parents of participating student using telephone interviews.
    As of the expiration of the current OMB approval, data will have 
been collected on one cohort of middle school students annually 
throughout middle school (6-8 grade) and two years of data collection 
on the second cohort of students (grades 6 and 7). Completion of the 
study as proposed includes collecting data on the second cohort in 
grade 8 and follow-up measurement of both cohorts in grade 9. Data will 
also be collected on a sample of parents.
    Frequency of Response: Data will be collected 2 times over a two-
year period.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households; State, local or Tribal 
Governments.
    Type of Respondents: Children and their parents.
    Respondent and Burden Estimate Information:

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                                                                          Estimated
                                                                          number of                   Estimated
                                                            Estimated      annual        Average    total annual
                   Type of respondent                       number of     responses   burden hours  burden hours
                                                           respondents       per      per response    requested
                                                                         respondent
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Children in Cohort 1....................................          1370             1           .91          1248
Children in Cohort 2....................................          1390             1           .91          1264
Parents.................................................           250             1           1.0           375
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    Total...............................................          3010  ............  ............          2887
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    Annualized cost to respondents (based on $10.00 per hour): 
$28,870.00.
    There are no Capital Costs, Operating Costs, and/or Maintenance 
Costs to report.

REQUEST FOR COMMENTS: Written comments and/or suggestions from the 
public and affected agencies are invited on one or more of the 
following points:

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(1) Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the 
proper performance of the function of the agency, including whether the 
information will have practical utility; (2) The accuracy of the 
agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of 
information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions 
used; (3) Ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information 
on those who are to respond, including the use of appropriate 
automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection 
techniques for other forms of information technology.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on the 
proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and 
instruments, contact Dr. Bruce Simons-Morton, Chief, Prevention 
Research Branch, Division of Epidemiology, Statistics and Prevention 
Research, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, 
Building 6100, Room 7B05, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892-7510 
or call non-toll free number (301) 496-1126 or E-mail your request, 
including your return address to bm79K@nih.gov.

COMMENT DUE DATE: Comments regarding this information collection are 
best assured of having their full effect if received within 60 days of 
the date of this publication.

    Dated: January 18, 1999.
Benjamin Fulton,
Executive Officer, NICHD.
[FR Doc. 99-1728 Filed 1-25-99; 8:45 am]
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