[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 57 (Tuesday, March 25, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14151-14152]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-7465]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[INFO-97-07]


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 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 Wilma Johnson, CDC 
Reports Clearance Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D24, Atlanta, GA 
30333. Written comments should be received within 60 days of this 
notice.

Proposed Projects

    1. Sun Protection for Children--New--Skin cancer is of increasing 
public health concern because of its increasing incidence. Ultraviolet 
radiation is the primary risk factor for skin cancers, and the risk of 
skin cancer appears to be increased with early life exposures to 
ultraviolet radiation. However, little information is available on sun 
protection for children. Therefore, the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Control, 
Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, intends to conduct a survey 
on sun protection for children to monitor sun protection behaviors, 
develop health messages, and target populations for health education as 
part of the National Skin Cancer Prevention Education Program.
    A representative sample of parents of children aged 6 months to 10 
years, selected by random digit dialing, will be interviewed over the 
telephone. The information collected will include demographic 
information, parental knowledge and attitudes about skin cancer and sun 
protection, and sun protection for their children. There is no cost to 
respondents.

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                                                                  Number of       Avg. burden/                  
                 Respondents                     Number of        responses/     response  (in     Total burden 
                                                respondents       respondent         hrs.)          (in hrs.)   
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Parents.....................................             900                1              0.5              450 
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    2. Evaluation of the Skills-Building Workshop and Peer Outreach 
Components of the CDC's Prevention Marketing Initiative Local 
Demonstration Site Project--New--The Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention, National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, Division 
of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Behavioral Intervention Research Branch is 
planning to conduct a series of studies as part of the evaluation of a 
five-city HIV prevention demonstration program. The program involves 
the integration of social marketing strategies and community 
participation in an effort to develop and implement HIV prevention 
activities. Charged with developing programs for those 25 years of age 
and younger, community groups in the local demonstration sites chose to 
segment the target audience even further, and to mount a variety of 
types of interventions. Decisions about segmentation and the nature of 
local interventions were based on formative research conducted in each 
community. It is hoped that this demonstration project will result in 
reductions in HIV risk behavior among members of the target audiences, 
as well as in enhanced collaboration among individuals and 
organizations in the participating communities.
    To evaluate the effectiveness of two components of the 
intervention, questionnaire data will be collected from people under 25 
years old and from some parents in the demonstration communities. These 
data will be collected immediately before and after the Skills-Building 
Workshops, one

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month later, and six months later. In addition, questionnaire data will 
be collected once from individuals contacted through Outreach programs. 
The cost to respondents is estimated at $32,300.00. These data will 
supplement a survey (announced in the Federal Register on 8/27/96) 
designed to assess the full program's coverage of the target 
population.

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                                                                     Number of     Avg. burden/                 
                   Respondents                       Number of      responses/     response  (in   Total burden 
                                                    respondents     respondents        hrs.)         (in hrs.)  
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Young people under 25 years of age in targeted                                                                  
 prevention program communities:                                                                                
    Skills-Building Workshops...................           3,000               1            2              6,000
    Peer Outreach...............................           1,000               1            0.5              500
Parents:                                                                                                        
    Consent.....................................           3,000               1            0.05             150
    Parent-Outreach.............................             250               1            0.50             125
    Organization Outreach.......................              50               1            0.5               25
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      Total.....................................  ..............  ..............  ..............           6,800
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    Dated: March 19, 1997.
Wilma G. Johnson,
Acting Associate Director for Policy Planning And Evaluation, Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 97-7465 Filed 3-24-97; 8:45 am]
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