[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 183 (Thursday, September 21, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49001-49002]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-23394]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Proposed Data Collection Available for Public Comment

    In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(A) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for opportunity for public comment on 
proposed data collection projects, the National Institute of Child 
Health and Human Development (NICHD), is publishing this notice of a 
proposed project. Written comments are requested within 60 days of the 
publication of this notice. For more information, please contact the 
NICHD Clearance Liaison at (301) 496-1971 (not a toll-free number).
    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the agency, including 

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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 or other forms of information 
technology.
    Proposed Project: Evaluation of study entitled Preventing Problem 
Behavior Among Middle School Students. The purpose of the study is to 
test the effect of education on the prevalence of problem behavior. The 
study involves the students in seven middle schools in one Maryland 
school district. The school board, school superintendent, principals of 
each middle school, and various parent and teacher groups have reviewed 
and approved or endorsed the study, including data collection. At the 
beginning of 6th grade, and at the end of 6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th 
grades, students will be asked to complete questionnaires on attitudes 
and behavior regarding the use of tobacco and alcohol and misconduct at 
school and in the community. Also, a sample of 1000 parents will be 
interviewed by telephone about practices that protect children from 
problem behavior. The estimated annual burden is 4900 hours, with 7900 
respondents providing an average of .73 responses of .91 hours 
duration.
    Send comments to Bruce Simons-Morton, Project Officer, 6100 
Executive Blvd, 7B05, DESPR, NICHD, Rockville, MD 20852.

    Dated September 11, 1995.
Heinz Berendes,
Director, DESPR, NICHD, National Institute of Child Health and Human 
Development.
[FR Doc. 95-23394 Filed 9-20-95; 8:45 am]
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