[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 92 (Monday, May 12, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26996-26997]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-10470]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30Day-08-0493]


Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) publishes a 
list of information collection requests under review by the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction 
Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a copy of these requests, call 
the CDC Reports Clearance Officer at (404) 639-5960 or send an e-mail 
to [email protected]. Send written comments to CDC Desk Officer, Office of 
Management and Budget, Washington, DC or by fax to (202) 395-6974. 
Written comments should be received within 30 days of this notice.

Proposed Project

    2009 and 2011 National Youth Risk Behavior Surveys (YRBS) (OMB No. 
0920-0493)--Reinstatement--National Center for Chronic Disease 
Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP), Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    The purpose of this request is to obtain OMB approval to continue 
data collection for the National Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS), a 
school-based survey that has been conducted biennially since 1991. OMB 
approval for the 2005 YRBS and 2007 YRBS expired November 30, 2007 (OMB 
No. 0920-0493). CDC seeks a three-year approval to conduct the YRBS in 
Spring 2009 and Spring 2011. Minor changes incorporated into this 
reinstatement request include: An updated title for the information 
collection, to accurately reflect the years in which the survey will be 
conducted; minor changes to the burden estimate; and minor changes to 
the data collection instrument.
    The YRBS assesses priority health risk behaviors related to the 
major preventable causes of mortality, morbidity, and social problems 
among both youth and young adults in the United States. Data on health 
risk behaviors of adolescents are the focus of approximately 40 
national health objectives in Healthy People 2010, an initiative of the 
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The YRBS provides 
data to measure at least 10 of the health objectives and 3 of the 10 
Leading Health Indicators established by Healthy People 2010. In 
addition, the YRBS can identify racial and ethnic disparities in health 
risk behaviors. No other national source of data measures as many of 
the Healthy People 2010 objectives addressing adolescent behaviors as 
the YRBS. The data also will have significant implications for policy 
and program development for school health programs nationwide.
    In Spring 2009 and Spring 2011, the YRBS will be conducted among 
nationally representative samples of students attending public and 
private schools in grades 9-12. Information supporting the YRBS also 
will be collected from school administrators and teachers. The table 
below reports the total number of respondents for the two cycles of 
data collection (2009 and 2011) annualized over the 3-year project 
period.
    There are no costs to respondents except their time. The total 
estimated annualized burden hours are 6,215.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                                      Average
                                                                     Number of       Number of      burden per
        Type of  respondent                   Form name             respondents    responses per   response  (in
                                                                                    respondent        hours)
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State Administrators...............  State-level Recruitment                  17               1           30/60
                                      Script for the Youth Risk
                                      Behavior Survey.
District Administrators............  District-level Recruitment               80               1           30/60
                                      Script for the Youth Risk
                                      Behavior Survey.
School Administrators..............  School-level Recruitment                133               1           30/60
                                      Script for the Youth Risk
                                      Behavior Survey.
Teachers...........................  Data Collection Checklist               400               1           15/60
                                      for the Youth Risk
                                      Behavior Survey.
Students...........................  Youth Risk Behavior Survey.           8,000               1           45/60
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    Dated: April 29, 2008.
Maryam I. Daneshvar,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
 [FR Doc. E8-10470 Filed 5-9-08; 8:45 am]
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