[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 12 (Thursday, January 19, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3105-3107]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-490]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Field Test of the 
Discovering the Science of Alcohol Curriculum

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of Section 3507(a)(1)(D) 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 to 
review and approve

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the information collection listed below. This proposed information 
collection was previously published in the Federal Register on August 
15, 2005, page 47840 and allowed 60 days for public comment. One public 
comment was received from the New York State Office of Alcoholism and 
Substance Abuse Services (OASAS) and was responded to on August 31, 
2005. 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: Field Test of the Discovering the Science of Alcohol 
Curriculum.
    Type of Information Collection Request: New.
    Need and Use of Information Collection: The Discovering the Science 
of Alcohol curriculum (DSA) was developed with a Phase II SBIR grant to 
bring accurate, research-based information to high school students in 
biology and science classrooms. The curriculum includes standards-based 
content objectives and assessment activities. Curriculum materials 
include a teacher's guide and Web site. The field test is necessary to 
estimate the DSA curriculum's effectiveness in conveying information to 
students and teachers.
    Specifically, the field study is designed to enable NIAAA to 
determine whether teachers and students who complete the DSA curriculum 
demonstrate significantly greater knowledge of the topics covered in 
the curriculum than teachers and students who do not use the DSA 
curriculum. In addition, the study is designed to enable NIAAA to 
determine whether the students who are exposed to the curriculum 
components self-report different beliefs, attitudes, and intentions 
regarding alcohol use than their counterparts who are not exposed to 
the curriculum at their schools.
    Participating in this field test will be an experimental group of 
30 high school biology classrooms with a total of approximately 400 to 
500 students and a control group of 30 high school biology classrooms 
with approximately 400 to 500 students. Teachers and students from 
grades 9, 10, 11, and 12 will comprise both groups. The field test will 
include two surveys: (1) An online, computerized survey that measures 
teachers' knowledge of the DSA curriculum components and teacher 
satisfaction with the DSA curriculum components. (2) For students, an 
anonymous, online, computerized survey that measures three factors: (a) 
Student knowledge of the DSA components, (b) student attitudes, 
beliefs, and intentions, and (c) student satisfaction with the DSA 
curriculum components.
    Frequency of response: Once per respondent.
    Affected Public: Individuals.
    Type of Respondents: Biology/Science teachers and high school 
students.
    The reporting burden is as follows: Estimated Number of 
Respondents: It is estimated that we will be able to recruit 
approximately 60 teachers and approximately 1000 students.
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: One Response per 
respondent.
    Average Burden Hours per Response: 15 minutes per individual in the 
control group and 30 minutes per individual in the experimental group, 
for a total respondent burden of 662.5 hours.
    Estimated Costs to Respondents: Assuming an hourly rate of $22 for 
teachers, we estimate the total costs to be $825. There are no Capital 
Costs to report. There are no Operating or Maintenance costs to report.

                                     Table 1.--Total Respondents and Burden
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                                                                                                     Estimated
           Instrument                Number of       Hours per      Hourly rate     Total hour     monetary cost
                                    respondents     respondent                        burden         of burden
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Experimental Group:
    Teacher content knowledge                 30            0.75             $22            22.5            $495
     instrument & curriculum
     satisfaction survey........
    Student survey (knowledge,               500            0.75               0             375               0
     attitudes and intentions) &
     curriculum satisfaction
     survey.....................
Control Group:
    Teacher content knowledge                 30            0.50              22              15             330
     instrument.................
    Student survey (knowledge,               500            0.50               0             250               0
     attitudes and intentions)..
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    Total.......................            1060              --              --           662.5            $825
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    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 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 form 
of information technology.
    Direct Comments to OMB: Written comments and/or suggestions 
regarding the items(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 plans 
and instruments, contact: Jason I. Lazarow, NIH/NIAAA/ORTC/HSEB, 5635 
Fishers Lane, Room 3101, MSC 9304, Bethesda, MD 20892-9304, or e-mail 
your request to: [email protected]. Mr. Lazarow can be contacted by 
telephone at 301-435-8043.
    Comments Due Date: Comments regarding this information collection 
are best assured of having their full effect if received within 30 days 
of the date of this publication.


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    Dated: January 5, 2005.
Stephen Long,
Executive Officer, NIAAA.
[FR Doc. 06-490 Filed 1-18-06; 8:45 am]
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