[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 248 (Tuesday, December 26, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 81531-81532]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-32817]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Submission for OMB review; comment request; Evaluation of a 
Public Education Campaign on Drinking During Pregnancy

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of Section 3507(a)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and 
Alcoholism (NIAAA), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has 
submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for 
review and approval of the information collection listed below. This 
proposed information collection was previously published in the Federal 
Register on September 18, 2000, page 56316 and allowed 60-days for 
public comment. No public comments were received. The purpose of this 
notice is to allow an additional 30 days for public comment. 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: 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 invervals as well as including individuals multiple times in 
a single test interval.
    Affected Public: 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.

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, DC 20503, Attention: Desk 
Officer for NIH. To request more information on the proposed project or 
to obtain a copy of the data collection

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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 January 25, 2001.

    Dated: December 15, 2000.
Stephen Long,
Executive Officer, NIAAA.
[FR Doc. 00-32817 Filed 12-22-00; 8:45 am]
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