[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 72 (Friday, April 14, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19527-19528]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-3596]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

The National Institutes of Health


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Child/Parent 
Evaluation and Satisfaction Surveys; Brain Train4Kids: New Delivery of 
the Brain Power! Program

    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 on Drug Abuse (NIDA), 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. The 
proposed information collection was previously published in the Federal 
Register on December 8, 2004, page 71060 and allowed 60 days for public 
comment. No public comments were received. 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: BrainTrain4Kids: New Delivery of the Brain Power Program. 
Type of information Collection Request: NEW. Need and Use of 
Information Collection: This research will evaluate the effects of 
BrainTrain4Kids.com, an online program for students (Grades 2 and 3), 
on: (1) Students' knowledge of scientific inquiry, the human nervous 
system, the effects of alcohol and tobacco on the brain, and the 
differences between helpful and harmful drugs; (2) students' attitudes 
toward science in general; and (3) students' attitudes toward substance 
abuse. The secondary goals of the summative evaluation are to determine 
if changes in knowledge and attitudes are retained over follow-up 
period as well as to determine if parents and second- and third-grade 
students will report a high degree of satisfaction with the online 
program. The online program is a new delivery of a National Institute 
on Drug Abuse science education curriculum for second- and third-grade 
teachers (Brain Power! The NIDA Junior Scientist Club) adapted for the 
Internet and for use by children at home under the guidance of their 
parents. If the new program is successful, the public will have access 
to an evidence-based program via the Internet that contributes to 
scientific literacy and provides a basis of knowledge upon which to 
build future substance abuse prevention. In order to evaluate the 
effectiveness of the program, information will be collected from 
students before (pretest) and after (post-test) exposure to the Web 
site and again 6 weeks after the program has been completed (follow-
up). Parents will be asked to complete usage logs at six points during 
their use of the BrainTrain4Kids Web site with their children. Prior to 
the evaluation study, the knowledge and attitude assessment instruments 
will be pilot-tested with a small sample of students to determine 
validity and reliability. All data collection will occur online. 
Frequency of Response: On occasion. Affected Public: Second- and third-
grade children and their parents. Type of Respondents: Second- and 
third-grade children and their parents. The reporting burden is as 
follows: Estimated Number of Respondents: 308; Estimated Number of 
Responses per Respondents: One for two key cohorts, three for one key 
cohort, and seven for one key cohort; Average Burden Hours per 
Response: 0.378; and Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours Requested: 
479.50. There are no Capital Costs to report. There are no Operating or 
Maintenance Costs to report. The

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estimated annualized burden is summarized below.

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                                             Number of     Frequency of    Average time per
          Type of  respondents              respondents      responses         response       Annual hour burden
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Children (Assessment Instrument Pilot                 34               1               0.75               25.5
 Test)..................................
Parents (Assessment Instrument Pilot                  34               1               1                  34.0
 Test)..................................
Children (Evaluation)...................             120               3               0.5               180.0
Parents (Evaluation: 1 Satisfaction                  120               1               0.5               240.0
 Scale/6 Usage Logs)....................
                                                                       6               0.25
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    Total...............................             308  ..............  ..................             479.50
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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 the 
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 forms of information 
technology.

Direct Comments to OMB

    Written comments and/or suggestions regarding the item(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 1-235, 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 
Dr. Cathrine Sasek, Coordinator, Science Education Program. Office of 
Science Policy and Communications, National Institute on Drug Abuse, 
6001 Executive Blvd, Room 5237, Bethesda, MD 20892, or call non-toll-
free number (301) 443-6071; fax (301) 443-6277; or by e-mail to 
[email protected].

Comments Due Date

    Comments regarding this information are best assured of having 
their full effect if received within 30 days of the date of this 
publication.

    Dated: April 10, 2006.
Laura Rosenthal,
Executive Officer, National Institute on Drug Abuse.
[FR Doc. 06-3596 Filed 4-13-06; 8:45 am]
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