[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 181 (Monday, September 18, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56316-56317]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-23844]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Proposed Collection; Comment Request: Evaluation of a Public 
Education Campaign on Drinking During Pregnancy

SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, regarding the opportunity for 
public comment on proposed data collection projects, the National 
Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), the National 
Institutes of Health (NIH) will publish periodic summaries of proposed 
projects submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
review and approval.
    Proposed Collection: Title: Evaluation of a Public Education 
Campaign on Drinking During Pregnancy. Type of Information Collection 
Request: New Collection. Need and Use of Information Collection: The 
evaluation is being conducted to determine whether the public education 
campaign on alcohol consumption during pregnancy raises awareness and 
attentiveness to the problems of drinking during pregnancy among the 
target audience of African American women ages 21-29 residing in 
Washington, DC. The public education campaign, funded by NIAAA, is in 
response to a need for increased awareness among African American women 
of childbearing age about the consequences of drinking during 
pregnancy, the most severe of which is Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS). 
The two-year campaign will be launched during the spring of 2001, and 
will serve as a pilot program for possible replication in other 
communities across the country. The information from the evaluation of 
the public information campaign is to be used by NIAAA to inform policy 
and practice related to public education efforts targeted toward 
preventing drinking during pregnancy. The collection of information 
will take place at two points (pretest and posttest): (1) In the 
spring, 2001, prior to commencement of the public education campaign, 
to gather baseline data on knowledge of the effects of drinking during 
pregnancy; and (2) in the winter, 2003, immediately following the 
conclusion of the public education campaign, to determine whether the 
message to the target audience had its intended effect. The data 
collected will be analyzed to: (1) increase understanding about the 
extent of African American women's knowledge of the risks of drinking 
during pregnancy; (2) evaluate whether a public education campaign 
targeted towards African American women is effective in increasing 
awareness; and (3) assess the campaign's strengths and weaknesses in 
order to provide guidance to other similar public education campaigns.
    The public education campaign and evaluation are new efforts that 
will continue for approximately two years. Frequency of Response: Once 
per respondent. Potential respondents will be screened to avoid 
including individuals in both the pre- and post-test intervals as well 
as including individuals multiple times in a single test interval. 
Affected Public:

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Individuals. Type of Respondents: Adults.
    The annual reporting burden is as follows: Estimated Number of 
Respondents: 400 at each of the two data collection points, for a total 
of 800 respondents. Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: One 
response per respondent. Average Burden Hours Per Response: 5-minute 
response per individual, for a total respondent burden of 4045 minutes, 
including pilot test responses. Estimated total Annual Burden Hours 
Requested: 67.4 hours. There are no Costs to Respondents to report. 
There are no Capital Costs to report. There are no Operating or 
Maintenance costs to report.
    Request for Comments: Written comments and suggestions from the 
public and affected agencies are invited on the following points: (1) 
Whether the data collection 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 proposed collection of information, including the 
validity of the methodology and assumptions; (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 the use of appropriate automated, 
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on the 
proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and 
instruments, contact Ms Diane Miller, Scientific Communications Branch, 
Office of Scientific Affairs, NIAAA, NIH, Willco Building, Suite 409, 
6000 Executive Boulevard, Rockville, MD, 20892-7003 or e-mail your 
request, including your address to: [email protected]. Ms. 
Miller can be contacted by telephone at 301-443-3860.
    Comments Due Date: Comments regarding this information collection 
are best assured of having their full effect if received on or before 
November 17, 2000.

    Dated: September 10, 2000.
Stephen Long,
Executive Officer, NIAAA.
[FR Doc. 00-23844 Filed 9-15-00; 8:45 am]
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