[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 127 (Tuesday, July 5, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38696-38697]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-13154]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


National Institute of Child Health and Human Development; 
Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Health Behaviors in School-Age 
Children

SUMMARY: 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 National Institute of Child 
Health and Human Development (NICHD), the National Institutes of Health 
(NIH) will publish periodic summaries of proposed projects to be 
submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and 
approval.

Proposed Collection

    Title: Health Behaviors in School-Age Children--United States.
    Type of Information Collection Request: Continuation.
    Need and Use of Information Collection: The goal of this research 
is to obtain data from a survey of adolescent health behavior conducted 
in the United States with a national probability sample of adolescents. 
This information will enable the improvement of health services and 
programs for youth. The study should provide needed information about 
adolescents nationally and will also enable international comparisons.
    This U.S. survey is linked to the broader Health Behaviors in 
School-Age Children (HBSC) study, in which surveys are conducted every 
four years among nationally representative samples of students at ages 
11, 13, and 15 years of age in about 35 countries. The HBSC was 
conducted in the U.S. previously in 1997-1998 and 2001-2002. Previous 
HBSC-US surveys showed that U.S. 15-year-old youth are less likely to 
smoke than students in most other countries surveyed, even though 13-
year-old U.S. students experiment with tobacco in comparable 
proportions to youth in other countries. The most recent survey 
demonstrated that U.S. youth are more likely to be overweight and obese 
than students in the other HBSC countries. U.S. eating habits were also 
shown to be somewhat less healthful than in other countries, with a 
comparatively high proportion of youth consuming high fat foods and 
soft drinks with sugar. The 2005-2006 U.S. survey will address a sample 
of health-related factors according to rigorous research protocols 
developed by the HBSC. The international HBSC survey requires at least 
1,536 youth in each age group and a total of 5,000 students. In the 
U.S., a nationally representative sample of children in grades 6 
through 10 will be surveyed and minority children will be over-sampled 
to permit comparisons across under-represented populations. The 
children will be students from approximately 340 schools; in order to 
assess health programs in those schools and how the school environment 
supports health behaviors, a school administrator and the lead health 
education teacher from each school will be surveyed.
    Affected Public: School-age children.

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                                                                     Estimated                       Estimated
                                                     Estimated       number of    Average burden   total annual
               Type of respondents                   number of     responses per     hours per        burden
                                                    respondents        hours         response        requested
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Adolescents.....................................          14,350               1            0.75          10,763
School Administrators...........................             340               1            0.33             112
Lead Health Educator............................             340               1            0.20              68
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    The estimated annualized cost to respondents is $5,392. There are 
no Capital Costs to report. There are no Operating or Maintenance Costs 
to report.
    Request for Comments: Written comments and/or suggestions from the 
public and affected agencies are invited on one or more of the 
following points: (1) Whether the proposed collection of information 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 used; (3) 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

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the data collection plans and instruments, contact Dr. Bruce Simons-
Morton, Chief, Prevention Research Branch, Division of Epidemiology, 
Statistics, and Prevention Research, National Institute of Child Health 
and Human Development, Building 6100, 7B05, 9000 Rockville Pike, 
Bethesda, Maryland, 20892-7510, or call non-toll free number (301) 496-
5674 or E-mail your request, including your address to [email protected].
    Comments Due Date: Comments regarding this information collection 
are best assured of having their full effect if received within 60 days 
of the date of this publication.

    Dated: June 24, 2005.
Paul L. Johnson,
Project Clearance Liaison, NICHD, National Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. 05-13154 Filed 7-1-05; 8:45 am]
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