[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 229 (Wednesday, November 28, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59430-59431]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-29620]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-02-12]


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 
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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 or other 
forms of information technology. Send comments to Anne O'Connor, CDC 
Assistant Reports Clearance Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D24, 
Atlanta, GA 30333. Written comments should be received within 60 days 
of this notice.
    Proposed Project: Adolescents At Risk for HIV: Planning for a 
Community-Level Intervention--New--National Center for HIV, STD, and TB 
Prevention (NCHSTP), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). 
The purpose of this request is to obtain approval to conduct a 
formative research study to understand the prevalence of HIV prevention 
and drug use behaviors and their influences among adolescent children 
of women who use crack. Adolescent children of parents who use crack 
experience a range of individual and environmental risk factors that 
increase their susceptibility to HIV due to their parents' drug and 
sexual risk behaviors and resource-poor environments. Despite the 
multiple risk factors, these adolescents often do not receive 
community-level HIV prevention services that promote their healthy 
development into young adults.
    The goals of the study are to identify individual, parent, peer, 
school, and community influences on HIV prevention and risk behaviors 
of adolescent children of crack users in an urban North Carolina 
community and to develop a community-level HIV prevention intervention 
plan targeting these adolescents. The objectives of the study are to 
(a) conduct adolescent interviews and observations of their 
neighborhoods; (b) to conduct maternal interviews; (c) to administer 
mailed teacher questionnaires; and (d) to interview community 
providers.
    The sample will be drawn from mothers participating in an HIV 
prevention intervention tailored to African-American women reporting 
current crack use. To be eligible for the proposed study, women must 
(1) be mothers; (b) report that they have at least one child between 12 
and 17 years old who is currently living in the same household; (c) 
provide written consent for their adolescent child(ren) to participate 
in this study; and (d) provide written consent to gather information 
from their child(ren)'s teacher about his/her behavior and school 
performance. Mothers will be asked about their drug use and risk 
behaviors, parenting, and their adolescents' behaviors and school 
performance. Adolescents will be asked about their current drug use, 
abstinence and/or sexual experience, behaviors, school performance, 
HIV/AIDS-related beliefs, and other perceived influences from family, 
school, and peers. During individual interviews, adolescent 
participants will be asked for the name of the teacher with whom they 
spend the most time at school. These teachers will be invited to 
complete a mailed questionnaire about the target adolescents' behavior 
and school performance, as well as a brief survey about school-level 
HIV prevention resources and barriers, and perceptions of student 
substance abuse and health behaviors. Maternal, adolescent, and teacher 
questions will be drawn from the Achenbach behavior rating system and 
other youth surveys (e.g., the National Household Survey on Drug Abuse) 
with national comparison data. Community providers from local 
organizations that provide formal and informal services to adolescents 
will be interviewed to assess current services, resources, utilization, 
accessibility, and barriers to care. Community observations will also 
be conducted in settings identified by adolescents as places and 
neighborhoods they frequent to identify geographic information that may 
serve to mobilize community resources toward an HIV prevention 
intervention.
    The data will be summarized to understand the prevalence of HIV 
prevention and drug use behaviors and their influences within the study 
sample of adolescent children of mothers who use crack. Together, these 
data will be presented at a planning meeting with key community 
providers near the close of the study. The purpose of this meeting will 
be to facilitate community-level collaboration and to develop a 
community intervention plan to prevent HIV among high-risk adolescent 
children of crack users.
    There is no cost to respondents.

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                                                                  Number of         Average
                 Respondents                     Number of      responses per   response/burden    Total burden
                                                respondents       respondent       (in hours)       (in hours)
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Mothers.....................................             154                1            75/60            192.5
Adolescents.................................             154                1            75/60            192.5
Teachers....................................             154                1            30/60               77
Community Providers.........................              20                1            75/60               25
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    Total...................................                                                                487
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    Dated: November 23, 2001.
Julie Fishman,
Acting Associate Director for Policy, Planning and Evaluation, Centers 
for Disease Control, and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 01-29620 Filed 11-27-01; 8:45 am]
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