[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 129 (Wednesday, July 7, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36700-36701]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-17229]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


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

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has submitted to 
the Office of Management and Budget a request to review and approve the 
information collection listed below. This proposed information 
collection was previously published in the Federal Register on January 
26, 1999, pages 3955-3956 and allowed 60 days for public comment. No 
public comments were received. The purpose of this notice to allow an 
additional 30 days for public comment. The National Institute 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: Revision, OMB Number 0925-
0436, Expiration Date 9/30/99.
    Need and Use of Information Collection: The purpose of this study 
is to test the efficacy of a comprehensive program of interventions 
that include participatory classroom curriculum, parent education and 
enhanced school environment. Middle schools in one school district in 
Maryland were assigned to either a special intervention treatment 
condition or usual education (control) condition. The intervention is 
sequentially structured with curricula implemented in each grade of 
middle school. Classroom-administered questionnaires were administered 
to all middle schools prior to the intervention to establish baseline 
levels of the variables of interest, including substance use, school 
misconduct, parent and peer influences, and school climate. Data is 
collected annually after the completion of the grade level 
intervention. Information about parenting style will be collected on a 
sample of parents of participating student using telephone interviews.
    As of the expiration of the current OMB approval, data will have 
been collected on one cohort of middle school students annually 
throughout middle school (6-8 grade) and two years of data collection 
on the second cohort of student (grades 6 and 7). Completion of the 
study as proposed includes collecting data on the second cohort in 
grade 8 and follow-up measurement of both cohorts in grade 9. Data will 
also be collected on a sample of parents.
    Frequency of Response: Occasional.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households; State, Local or Tribal 
Government.
    Type or Respondents: Children and their parents. The annual 
reporting burden follows: Estimated number of respondents: 1450; 
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.3; Average Burden Per 
Response (hrs.): .75; and Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours 
Requested: 988. The Annualized Cost to Respondents (based on $10.00 per 
hour): $9.883. There are no Capital Costs, Operating Costs, and/or 
Maintenance Costs to report.

Request for Comments:

    Written comments and/or suggestions from the public and affected 
agencies 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 function of the agency, including whether the 
information will have practical utility; (2) The accuracy of the 
agency's estimate of the burden of the

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proposed collection of information, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used; (3) Ways to minimize the burden of 
the collection of information on those who are to respond, including 
the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other 
technical collection techniques for other forms of information 
technology.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: 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, Chief, Prevention 
Research Branch, Division of Epidemiology, Statistics and Prevention 
Research, National Institutes of Child Health and Human Development, 
6100 Executive Blvd., Room 7B05, Bethesda, MD 20892-7510, or call non-
toll free number (301) 496-1126 or E-mail your request, including your 
return address to [email protected].

COMMENT DUE DATE: Comments regarding this information collection are 
best assured of having their full effect if received within 30 days of 
the date of this publication.

    Dated: June 29, 1999.
Michael H. Rosenthal,
Acting Executive Officer, NICHD.
[FR Doc. 99-17229 Filed 7-6-99; 8:45 am]
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