Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 30 (Tuesday, February 16, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7651-7653]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-3612]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[INFO-99-09]


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

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proposed projects or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and 
instruments, call the CDC Reports Clearance Officer on (404) 639-7090.
    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 for other 
forms of information technology. Send comments to Seleda Perryman, CDC 
Assistant Reports Clearance Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D24, 
Atlanta, GA 30333. Written comments should be received within 60 days 
of this notice.

Proposed Project

1. An Evaluation Study of an HIV/STD Prevention Curriculum for Youth 
Attending Alternative Schools to be Conducted From 1999 to 2002--New

    The National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health 
Promotion (NCCDPHP), Division of Adolescent and School Health--The 
purpose of this request is to obtain OMB clearance to conduct a 
randomized trial of a curriculum to reduce behaviors related to HIV/STD 
transmission among 14 to 18 year old students in 30 court and community 
schools in Northern California. Participants will respond to surveys of 
attitudes, knowledge, and behavior related to HIV/STD transmission and 
prevention at baseline and at 6, 12, and 18 month post-tests. Reduction 
of behaviors among adolescents related to HIV and STD transmission, and 
reduction of the prevalence of STDs is the focus of at least seven 
objectives in Healthy People 2000: Midcourse Review and 1995 Revisions. 
There have been few studies assessing the effectiveness of curricula to 
reduce HIV/STD related risk behaviors in this high-risk adolescent 
population. Data gathered from this study will provide information 
about how HIV/STD risk behavior may be effectively reduced among 
alternative school students.
    The total estimated cost to respondents is $50,400 assuming a 
minimum wage for students of $5.25 in the study period.

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                                                                      No. of      Average burden/  Total burden
                   Respondents                        No. of        responses/     response (in      hours (in
                                                    respondents     respondent         hrs.)           hrs.)
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Alternative school students.....................            2400               4             1.0            9600
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    Total.......................................  ..............  ..............  ..............            9600
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2. Evaluative Research for the National Bone Health Education Campaign 
(NBHEC)--New

    National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion 
(NCCDPHP), Nutrition and Physical Activity Communications Team, in 
cooperation with the Office on Women's Health, is developing a national 
osteoporosis prevention campaign targeting girls ages 9-18--the 
National Bone Health Campaign (NBHC). The 5-year campaign will begin by 
targeting girls ages 9-12 and their parents and then expand to girls 
13-18 and their parents. Funding for the campaign has been approved for 
the first two years of the program, so the research presented here is 
only that to be conducted in the those two years.
    The research will consist of:
    •  Message tests with representative samples of 200 girls 
ages 9-12, 200 girls ages 13-18 and 200 parents of girls ages 9-12;
    •  Baseline telephone surveys of representative samples of 
1000 girls 9-12 and 1000 girls 13-18;
    •  Follow-up survey of representative sample of 1000 girls 
ages 9-12; and
    •  Annual surveys of 400 girls 9-12 and annual surveys of 200 
parents of girls 9-12 in five ``sentinel'' sites.
    Specifically, the purpose of the research is to
    •  Pre-test campaign messages to ensure that they are 
attention-getting, understandable, personally relevant, and credible 
for the target audiences;
    •  Provide ongoing assessment of campaign events and their 
effects in five ``sentinel'' sites; and
    •  Provide an overall measure of the campaign's effectiveness 
over time.
    The results of the proposed research will be used to identify and 
develop effective campaign messages and strategies to promote bone 
healthy attitudes, knowledge and behaviors among the primary and 
secondary audiences, and to assist program planners in assessing and 
refining program tactics. The research will also provide a measure of 
the success of the program in increasing awareness of bone healthy 
activities and improving knowledge and attitudes related to those 
activities among the primary target audience (girls 9-18). The research 
will also be shared with NBHEC partners (various public and private 
agencies or organizations) for use in designing and implementing 
collaborative programs and messages at the national and local levels. 
The total cost to respondents is estimated at $10,050.

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                                                                   Responses per     Hours per
            Activity                    No. of respondents          respondent       response       Total hours
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Message test with girls ages 9-   200...........................               1              .3              60
 12.
Message test with parents of      200...........................               1              .3              60
 girls ages 9-12.
Message test with girls ages 13-  200...........................               1              .3              60
 18.
National baseline survey of 1000  1000 (9-12)...................               1              .3             300
 girls ages 9-18.                 1000 (13-18)..................               1              .3             300
Follow-up survey to baseline....  1000 (9-12)...................               1              .3             300
Ten school surveys of 400 girls   4,000.........................               1             *.5           2,000
 ages 9-12.
Ten phone surveys with 200        2,000.........................               1              .3             600
 parents of girls ages 9-12.
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    TOTAL.......................    ............................                                           3,680
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* Although these questionnaires will be of roughly the same length as the others, we have included time for
  getting children organized in the classrooms.

    Dated: February 9, 1999.
Nancy Cheal,
Acting Associate Director for Policy, Planning and Evaluation, Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 99-3612 Filed 2-12-99; 8:45 am]
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