[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 26 (Thursday, February 8, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 5971]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-2120]


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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 Approaches to 
Preventing Adolescent Sexual Risk Behaviors.
    Form/OMB No.: 0990-NEW.
    Use: The Evaluation of Approaches to Preventing Adolescent Sexual 
Risk Behaviors incorporates parallel evaluations of two different 
approaches to preventing adolescent sexual risk behavior with the 
overall goal of estimating the effects of abstinence education and 
comprehensive sex education delivered as part of middle school 
curricula.
    The proposed study will be longitudinal; annual surveys will be 
administered to a cohort of sixth grade students from sixth grade 
through high school (or age eighteen for those who drop out of school 
or fail to graduate). These surveys will focus on measuring behavioral 
changes--non-sexual risk or precursor behaviors for younger teens and 
sexual behaviors for older teens, including premarital sexual activity, 
incidence of sexually transmitted diseases; and incidence of 
pregnancies and births. The surveys will also include age-appropriate 
questions about attitudes and intentions. Interviews will also be 
conducted with school health directors concerning health initiatives 
and issues in the sampled schools. This request is for the baseline and 
first follow-up instruments.
    Frequency: Annual.
    Affected Public: Individual.
    Annual Number of Respondents: 3,027.
    Total Annual Responses: 8,257.
    Average Burden per Response: 46.93 minutes.
    Total Annual Hours: 6,459.
    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 Resource 
Management, Attention: Sherrette Funn-Coleman (0990-NEW), Room 537-H, 
200 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20201.

    Dated: January 31, 2007.
Alice Bettencourt,
Office of the Secretary, Paperwork Reduction Act Reports Clearance 
Officer.
 [FR Doc. E7-2120 Filed 2-7-07; 8:45 am]
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