[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 49 (Tuesday, March 12, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10001-10002]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-5759]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Submission for OMB Review; Preventing Problem Behavior Among 
Middle School Students; Comment Request

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, the National Institute of Child Health and Human 
Development (NICHD), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has 
submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to 
review and approve the information collection listed below. This 
proposed information collection

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was previously published in the Federal Register on September 21, 1995, 
pages 49001-49002 and allowed 60-days for public comment. No comments 
were received. The National Institutes of Health may not conduct or 
sponsor, and the respondent is not required to respond to, an 
information collection that has been extended, revised, or implemented 
on or after October 1, 1995, unless it displays a currently valid OMB 
control number.

PROPOSED COLLECTION:
    Title: Preventing Problem Behavior Among Middle School Students.
    Type of Information Collection Request: NEW
    Need and Use of Information Collection: This study will test the 
effect of a special program of education on the prevalence of problem 
behavior among students in the 6th, 7th, and 8th grades, ages 11-14. 
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. Students 
will be asked to complete questionnaires on attitudes and behavior 
regarding the use of tobacco, alcohol, and drugs, and misconduct at 
school and in the community. Also, a sample of 1,000 parents of these 
students will be interviewed by telephone about practices that protect 
children from problem behavior.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households; State, local, or Tribal 
Governments.
    Type of Respondents: Children and Parents. The annual reporting 
burden is as follows:
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 7,400;
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: .73;
    Average Burden Hours per Response: .91; and
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours Requested: 4,900.
    The total annualized cost to respondents is estimated at: $49,000. 
There are no Capital Costs to report. There are no Operating or 
Maintenance Costs to report.

REQUEST FOR COMMENTS: Written comments and/or suggestions from the 
public are invited on one or more of the following points: (1) 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; (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 enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and (4) Ways to 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.

DIRECT COMMENTS TO OMB: Written comments and/or suggestions regarding 
the item(s) contained in this notice, especially regarding the 
estimated public burden and associated response time, should be 
directed to the: Office of Management and Budget, Office of Regulatory 
Affairs, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, D.C. 
20503, Attention: Desk Officer for NIH. 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, Prevention Research 
Branch, DESPR, NICHD, NIH, Room 7B05, 6100 Executive Blvd., Rockville, 
MD 20852, or call non-toll-free number (301) 496-1126, or E-mail your 
request, including your address to: [email protected].

COMMENTS DUE DATE: Comments regarding this information collection are 
best assured of having their full effect if received on or before April 
11, 1996. Send comments to Bruce Simons-Morton, Project Officer, 6100 
Executive Blvd., 7B05, DESPR, NICHD, Rockville, MD 20852.

    Dated: March 1, 1996.
Heinz Berendes,
Director, DESPR, NICHD, NIH.
[FR Doc. 96-5759 Filed 3-11-96; 8:45 am]
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