[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 207 (Friday, October 24, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63495-63496]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-25356]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Simulations for Drug 
Related Science Education

    Summary: Under the provisions of Section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the National Institute on Drug Abuse 
(NIDA), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has submitted to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for review and approval 
of the information collection listed below. This proposed information 
collection was previously published in the Federal Register on June 26, 
2008, (Vol. 73 No. 124, page 36337) and allowed 60 days for public 
comment. No public comments were received. The purpose of this notice 
is to allow an additional 30 days for public comment. The National 
Institutes of Health may not conduct or sponsor, and the respondent is 
not required to respond to, an information collection that has been 
extended, revised, or implemented on or after November 15, 2008, unless 
it displays a currently valid OMB control number.
    Proposed Collection: Title: Simulations for Drug Related Science 
Education. Type of Information Collection Request: NEW. Need and Use of 
Information Collection: This is a request for a one-time clearance to 
evaluate an interactive multimedia module developed by ArchieMD. This 
evaluation seeks to determine whether the multimedia module ArchieMD: 
The Science of Drugs (1) Increases students' knowledge in brain and 
heart biology and the effects drugs have on the body (2) Increases 
positive attitudes towards science education for high school students 
(3) Reinforces or instills negative attitudes towards substance abuse. 
In order to test the effectiveness of the interactive multimedia 
module, data will be collected in the form of pre and post test surveys 
from 10th and 11th grade high school students utilizing the developed 
module. The

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findings will provide valuable information regarding information 
pertaining to the use of interactive multimedia educational modules in 
high school science classrooms and their ability to increase knowledge 
and change attitudes and perceptions.
    Frequency of Response: 4. Affected Public: High school students 
engaged with the ArchieMD: The Science of Drugs program. Type of 
Respondent: Participants will include high school students enrolled in 
the tenth and eleventh grade. Estimated Total Annual Number of 
Respondents: 360. Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 4. 
Average Burden Hours per Response: One high school period lasting 50 
minutes. Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours Requested: 1,199.95. There 
are no Capital Costs to report. There are no Operating or Maintenance 
Costs to report. The estimated annualized burden is summarized below.

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                                                                                                     Estimated
                                                     Number of     Frequency of   Average burden   total burden
               Type of respondents                  respondents      response        hours per         hours
                                                                                     response        requested
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Participants--High School Students..............             360               4           .8333        1,199.95
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    Total.......................................             360               4           .8333        1,199.95
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    Request for Comments: Written comments and/or suggestions from the 
public and affected agencies are invited on one or more of the 
following points: (1) Whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, 
including whether the information shall have practical utility; (2) the 
accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed 
collection of information; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, 
and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) ways to 
minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, 
including through the use of automated collection techniques or other 
forms of information technology.
    Direct Comments to OMB: Written comments and/or suggestions 
regarding the item(s) contained in this notice, especially regarding 
the estimated public burden and associated response time, should be 
directed to the: Office of Management and Budget, Office of Regulatory 
Affairs, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 
20503, Attention: Desk Officer for NIH. To request more information on 
the proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans 
and instruments, contact: Dr. Cathrine Sasek, Coordinator, Science 
Education Program, Office of Science Policy and Communications, 
National Institute on Drug Abuse, 6001 Executive Blvd., Room 5237, 
Bethesda, MD 20892, or call non-toll-free number (301) 443-6071; fax 
(301) 443-6277; or by e-mail to [email protected].
    Comments Due Date: Comments regarding this information collection 
are best assured of having their full effect if received within 30 days 
of the date of this publication.

    Dated: October 16, 2008.
Mary Affeldt,
Associate Director for Management, National Institute on Drug Abuse.
[FR Doc. E8-25356 Filed 10-23-08; 8:45 am]
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