[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 194 (Tuesday, October 9, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57338-57339]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-19800]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30Day-08-07AM]
Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) publishes a
list of information collection requests under review by the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction
Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a copy of these requests, call
the CDC Reports Clearance Officer at (404) 639-5960 or send an e-mail
to [email protected]. Send written comments to CDC Desk Officer, Office of
Management and Budget, Washington, DC or by fax to (202) 395-6974.
Written comments should be received within 30 days of this notice.
Proposed Project
Study to Examine Web-Based Administration of the Youth Risk
Behavior Survey--New--National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention
and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP), Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) has been conducted biennially
since 1991 using paper-and-pencil questionnaires in schools. Because of
technological improvements in survey research methods, CDC is
considering changing to web-based administration of the YRBS. Because
YRBS is the only national source of data for at least 10 national
health objectives in Healthy People 2010, it is critical to understand
(1) Whether it is feasible to change to web-based administration, and
(2) how a change to web-based administration, both with and without the
use of skip patterns in the questionnaire, might affect prevalence
estimates of the priority health risk behaviors reported in the YRBS.
CDC is proposing an information collection to address these issues.
The first data collection will be a questionnaire administered to
approximately 600 U.S. high school principals to assess perceptions of
the feasibility and acceptability of using web-based data collection
methods for student surveys and assessments. The second data collection
will be a questionnaire similar to the YRBS questionnaire administered
to a convenience sample of 9th and 10th grade students attending
schools in the United States. Respondents for the student data
collection include students (n=6,000) who receive instructions for and
complete the student questionnaire, school administrators (n=80) who
provide information in the School Recruitment Script for the student
questionnaire, and teachers (n=320) who complete the Data Collection
Checklist for the student questionnaire. In the student data
collection, students will be assigned randomly to one of four
conditions: (1) Paper-and-pencil questionnaire in regular classroom,
(2) web-based questionnaire in computer lab without programmed skip
patterns, (3) web-based questionnaire in computer lab with programmed
skip patterns, and (4) web-based questionnaire without programmed skip
patterns completed at any computer of the student's choosing.
There are no costs to respondents except their time to participate
in the survey and, in the case of school contacts and teachers, to
assist in school recruitment. The estimated annualized burden hours are
4,813.
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Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Average
Number of Number of burden per
Respondents Form name respondents responses per response (in
respondent hours)
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Principals......................... Principal Survey of the 600 1 20/60
Feasibility and
Acceptability of Web-based
Student Assessments and
Surveys.
School Administrators.............. School Recruitment Script 80 1 25/60
for the Student Health
Survey.
Teachers........................... Data Collection Checklist 320 1 15/60
for the Student Health
Survey.
Students........................... Student Health Survey...... 6,000 1 45/60
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Dated: October 2, 2007.
Maryam I. Daneshvar,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
[FR Doc. E7-19800 Filed 10-5-07; 8:45 am]
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