[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 242 (Wednesday, December 17, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 70280]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-31050]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request

    In compliance with the requirement for the opportunity for public 
comment on proposed data collection projects (section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 
title 44, United States Code, as amended by the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995, Pub. L. 104-13), the Health Resources and Services 
Administration (HRSA) publishes periodic summaries of proposed projects 
being developed for submission to OMB under the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995. To request more information on the proposed project or to 
obtain a copy of the data collection plans and draft instruments, call 
the HRSA Reports Clearance Officer at (301) 443-1129.
    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of 
information 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.

Proposed Project: Bullying Benchmark Study--New

    The Bullying Benchmark Study is designed to gather information from 
9- to 13-year-olds and parents of 9- to 13-year-olds (parents and 
children from the same household will not be interviewed) that will 
help establish measures to evaluate the ongoing effectiveness of a 
Maternal and Family Health funded bullying prevention campaign.
    The overall goal of the Benchmark Bullying Poll is to establish 
measurable benchmarks which will be used to evaluate the effectiveness 
of the Bullying Prevention Campaign. These include: (1) Assessment of 
underlying attitudes and perceptions about bullying among 9- to 13-
year-olds and parents that the campaign is designed to alter; (2) level 
of concern about bullying among 9- to 13-year-olds and parents; (3) 
perceived seriousness of bullying among 9- to 13-year-old and parents; 
(4) level of communications about bullying between 9- to 13-year-olds 
and their parents, caregivers and other adults; (5) incidence of 
bullying and bullying prevention behavior in and out of school; and (6) 
prevalence of anti-bullying procedures and programs in middle schools 
and their impact on bullying behavior and attitudes and perceptions 
about bullying.
    The methodology used to administer the survey will be by telephone. 
All prospective respondents will be contacted by phone, using random 
digit dialing. Respondents meeting the screening criteria will be asked 
to participate in a short (15 to 20 minutes) telephone interview about 
this issue and its affects on children in school. Permission for 
participation of 9- to 13-year-olds will be obtained from their 
parents. A total of 700 telephone interviews; 350 with children ages 9 
to 13 and parents of children ages 9 to 13 will be completed.

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                                                                        Number of      Responses per        Total         Minutes per      Total burden
                                Form                                   respondents       respondent       responses         response          hours
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Telephone interviews...............................................             700                1              700               15              175
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    Send comments to Susan G. Queen, PhD, HRSA Reports Clearance 
Officer, Room 14-45, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, 
MD 20857. Written comments should be received within 60 days of this 
notice.

    Dated: December 10, 2003.
Tina M. Cheatham,
Acting Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 03-31050 Filed 12-16-03; 8:45 am]
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