[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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