[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 14 (Monday, January 22, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6619-6620]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-1763]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30DAY-15-01]


Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) publishes a 
list of information collection requests under review by the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction 
Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a copy of these requests, call 
the CDC Reports Clearance Officer at (404) 639-7090. Send written 
comments to CDC, Desk Officer, Human Resources and Housing Branch, New 
Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503. Written 
comments should be received within 30 days of this notice.

Proposed Project

    A Survey of Pediatricians' Attitudes and Practices about Promoting 
Communication between Parents and Their Children about Sexuality and 
Sexual Risk--New--National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention 
(NCHSTP), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). CDC 
proposes to assess pediatricians' attitudes, beliefs, and practices 
regarding promotion of parent-child communication about sexuality and 
sexual risk, and barriers to offering sexual health counseling to 
parents. The survey will assess which services are currently offered by 
physicians (e.g., discussions, pamphlets, videos, referrals to 
educational programs); when and to whom physicians offer services; the 
barriers that prevent physicians from offering services; and the types 
of services pediatricians believe are feasible to offer. Results of 
this survey will be used to develop effective programs to help 
pediatricians facilitate communication between parents and children 
about sexuality and STD/HIV prevention. Increasing parent-adolescent 
communication about sexuality and STD/HIV is important because many 
adolescents are having unprotected sex at an early age, and although 
parent-adolescent communication has been found to be associated with 
lower sexual risk behavior among adolescents, many parents are not 
talking to their adolescents. Thus, strategies are needed to inform 
parents about the benefits of communication as a way to enhance their 
child's sexual health. Consistent with recommendations from the 
American Medical Association and the

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American Academy of Pediatrics, physicians can play an important role 
in educating parents about ways to promote their child's sexual health. 
The total annual burden for this project is 300 hours.

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                                                               Average
                                    Number of    Number of   hour burden
           Respondents             respondents   responses       per
                                                               response
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Pediatricians....................          900            1        20/60
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    Dated: January 16, 2001.
Nancy E. Cheal,
Acting Associate Director for Policy, Planning and Evaluation, Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 01-1763 Filed 1-19-01; 8:45 am]
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