[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 172 (Wednesday, September 6, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52545-52546]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-14667]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary

[Document Identifier: OS-0990-New; 60-day Notice]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS.

    In compliance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Secretary (OS), 
Department of Health and Human Services, is publishing the following 
summary of a proposed collection for public comment. Interested persons 
are invited to send comments regarding this burden estimate or any 
other aspect of this collection of information, including any of the 
following subjects: (1) The necessity and utility of the proposed 
information collection for the proper performance of the agency's 
functions; (2) the accuracy of the estimated burden; (3) ways to 
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be 
collected; and (4) the use of automated collection techniques or other 
forms of information technology to minimize the information collection 
burden.
    Type of Information Collection Request: New collection;
    Title of Information Collection: Evaluation of the National 
Abstinence Media Campaign.
    Form/OMB No.: OS-0990-NEW;

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    Use: The purpose of the data collection and evaluation is to 
determine the efficacy of the National Abstinence Media Campaign and 
its messages upon parents, specifically to encourage and help parents 
talk to their pre-teens and teens about waiting to have sex.
    The following outcomes will be examined: perceived risks from teen 
sexual activity, perceived susceptibility, attitude towards teen sexual 
activity, self-efficacy to talk to their child, outcome efficacy, 
perceived value of delayed sexual activity, and parent-child 
communication about sex.
    Frequency: Reporting, Occasion;
    Affected Public: Individuals or Households;
    Annual Number of Respondents: 947.5;
    Total Annual Responses: 3,493.5;
    Average Burden per Response: 30 min;
    Total Annual Hours: 1,746.75;
    To obtain copies of the supporting statement and any related forms 
for the proposed paperwork collections referenced above, e-mail your 
request, including your address, phone number, OMB number, and OS 
document identifier, to [email protected], or call the 
Reports Clearance Office on (202) 690-6162. Written comments and 
recommendations for the proposed information collections must be 
received with 60-days, and directed to the OS Paperwork Clearance 
Officer at the following address: Department of Health and Human 
Services, Office of the Secretary, Assistant Secretary for Research and 
Technology, Office of Information and Resource Management, Attention: 
Sherrette Funn-Coleman (0990-NEW), Room 537-H, 200 Independence Avenue, 
SW., Washington DC 20201.

    Dated: August 25, 2006.
Alice Bettencourt,
Office of the Secretary, Paperwork Reduction Act Reports Clearance 
Officer.
[FR Doc. E6-14667 Filed 9-5-06; 8:45 am]
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