[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 221 (Friday, November 16, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64651-64652]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-22419]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30-Day-08-07AF]


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

    Evaluation of the Safe Dates Project--New--National Center for 
Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC), Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC).
    Background and brief description of the proposed project: The 
specific aims of this study are to describe the implementation and 
drivers of implementation of the Safe Dates program (implementation 
evaluation); to evaluate its impact on desired outcomes, including 
prevention of and reduction in dating violence victimization and 
perpetration (including psychological abuse, stalking, physical 
violence, and sexual violence) among ninth-grade students (experimental 
effectiveness evaluation); and to evaluate its cost-effectiveness, 
including cost-utility (cost evaluation). The evaluation will require 
participation from staff and students at 54 schools (18 treatment 
schools receiving the Safe Dates program with teacher training and 
observation, 18 treatment schools receiving the Safe Dates program 
without teacher training and observation, and 18 control schools not 
receiving the Safe Dates program).
    Implementation evaluation data will be collected primarily through 
Web questionnaires completed by principals, school prevention 
coordinators, and teachers delivering the program; effectiveness 
evaluation data will be collected via classroom scannable forms with 
ninth-graders who attend treatment or control schools; and cost 
evaluation data will be collected via a Web survey of teachers 
delivering the program who receive training and observation. High 
schools that agree to participation will be matched into sets of three.
    Characteristics that will be considered in the matching process 
include demographics and urban/rural county type. Large schools will be 
given the option to invite a census of ninth grade students to 
participate in the study or to invite a subset of ninth grade students 
(in certain classes) to participate. Schools within a set of three will 
be matched on census versus subset selection of ninth graders to ensure 
that all schools in a set use the same selection process. Eighteen 
matched sets of three schools will be selected. One school from each 
matched set will be assigned randomly either to receive the Safe Dates 
program with teacher training and observation, to receive the Safe 
Dates program without teacher training and observation, or to serve as 
a control group.
    Approximately 10,158 students at the 54 schools will complete a 
baseline effectiveness evaluation scannable survey. During the 
classroom-administered survey, information will be collected from 
students about how they feel about dating, communicating with a dating 
partner, and attitudes and behaviors related to violence, including 
violence between preteen and teen dating couples. Informed written 
consent from parents for their child's participation and informed 
written consent from ninth graders for their own participation will be 
obtained. During Web surveys, school staff will be asked about 
implementation and costs of the Safe Dates program.
    Effectiveness evaluation baseline data collection will span the 
period from October to November 2007, and follow-up data collection 
will occur during January and February 2009. Assuming an 80 percent 
response rate at follow-up, it is anticipated that a total of 8,126 
students will complete follow-up effectiveness evaluation surveys.
    To evaluate the implementation and implementation drivers of the 
program, principals and prevention coordinators at all 54 schools will 
be asked to complete a series of Web surveys from October 2007 to 
February 2009. Assuming a 91 percent response rate for all school staff 
surveys, it is anticipated that 48 principals and 48 prevention 
coordinators will complete baseline implementation questionnaires, 32 
principals and 32 prevention coordinators at treatment schools will 
complete mid-implementation questionnaires, 49 principals will complete 
end-of-school year implementation questionnaires, and 49 prevention 
coordinators will complete follow-up implementation questionnaires. In 
addition, 98 teachers at treatment schools will complete Web baseline 
implementation questionnaires, 49 teachers at treatment schools 
receiving training and observation will complete cost questionnaires, 
and 98 teachers at treatment schools will complete two mid-
implementation questionnaires each. Students at treatment schools (n= 
4,515) will also complete two mid-implementation questionnaires each.
    It is anticipated that study results will be used to determine the 
Safe Dates program's effectiveness, economic and time costs, cost-
effectiveness, cost-utility, feasibility of implementation, 
dissemination facilitators, and needed improvements for implementation 
with fidelity.
    There are no costs to respondents except their time to participate 
in the interview. The total estimated annualized burden hours are 
14,112.

                                           Estimated Annualized Burden
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                                                                                                      Average
                                                                     Number of       Number of      burden per
         Type of respondent                Instrument name          respondents    responses per  respondent (in
                                                                                    respondent        hours)
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Student............................  Effectiveness baseline               10,158               1           35/60
                                      survey.
                                     First mid-implementation              3,612               1           25/60
                                      survey.
                                     Second mid-implementation             3,612               1           25/60
                                      survey.
                                     Effectiveness follow-up               8,126               1           35/60
                                      survey.

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Principal..........................  Baseline implementation                  49               1           15/60
                                      survey.
                                     Mid-implementation survey..              32               1           15/60
                                     End-of-school-year                       49               1           15/60
                                      implementation survey.
Prevention coordinator.............  Baseline implementation                  49               1           15/60
                                      survey.
                                     Mid-implementation survey..              32               1           15/60
                                     End-of-school-year                       49               1           15/60
                                      implementation survey.
                                     Follow-up implementation                 49               1            5/60
                                      survey.
Teacher............................  Baseline implementation                  98               1           15/60
                                      survey.
                                     Cost survey................              49              11           20/60
                                     Fifth session mid-                       98               2           25/60
                                      implementation survey.
                                     Ninth session mid-                       98               2           25/60
                                      implementation survey.
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    Dated: November 9, 2007.
Maryam I. Daneshvar,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Science Officer.
 [FR Doc. E7-22419 Filed 11-15-07; 8:45 am]
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