[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 136 (Friday, July 17, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34760-34761]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-17026]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Proposed Collection; Comment Request; NEXT Generation Health 
Study

SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, for opportunity for public comment 
on proposed data collection projects, the National Institute of Child 
Health and Human Development (NICHD), the National Institutes of Health 
(NIH) will publish periodic summaries of proposed projects to be 
submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and 
approval.

Proposed Collection

    Title: NEXT Generation Health Study.
    Type of Information Collection Request: New.
    Need and Use of Information Collection:
    The goal of this research is to obtain data on adolescent health 
and health behaviors annually for four years beginning in the 2009-2010 
school year from a national probability sample of adolescents. This 
information will enable the improvement of health services and programs 
for youth. The study will provide needed information about the health 
of U.S. adolescents.
    The study will collect information on adolescent health behaviors 
and social and environmental contexts for these behaviors annually for 
four years beginning in the 2009-2010 school year. Self-report of 
health status, health behaviors, and health attitudes will be collected 
by in-school and online surveys. Anthropomorphic data, genetic 
information, and neighborhood characteristics will be gathered on all 
participants as well. The study will also incorporate a School 
Administrator Survey and other data files to obtain related information 
on school-level health programs and community-level contextual data. A 
representative subsample of overweight and normal weight adolescents 
will be identified and additional data on behavioral risk factors and 
biological markers and risk factors will be gathered on these 
adolescents.

       Table 1--Annual Burden for Affected Public: School-Age Children, Parents and School Administrators
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                                                                     Estimated                       Estimated
                                                     Estimated       number of    Average burden   total annual
               Type of respondents                   number of     responses per     hours per     burden hours
                                                    respondents     respondent       response        requested
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Adolescents.....................................           2,700               1            0.75         11, 004
Adolescents with additional assessments.........             550               1            2.5            1,375
Parents.........................................             550               1            0.17              94
School Administrators...........................              80               1            0.33              26
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    The estimated annualized cost to respondents is $7,453 (Table 2). 
These costs were estimated for the 2009/2010 survey year only, not the 
entire duration of the project; annualized over the entire duration of 
the project, these costs would be reduced to $2,439. These estimates 
were calculated using 2008 Department of Labor figures for wages of 
principals in high schools (grades 9 and 10) and of average wage and 
salaried employees, and assuming an annual increase of 3.75%, 50-week 
contract, and 40-hour week.

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                         Table 2--Annual Cost to Respondents--2009/2010 Survey Year Only
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                                                     Estimated       Estimated    Average hourly
                                                   total annual       annual         earnings     Estimated cost
               Type of respondents                 burden hours      earnings          (with       during survey
                                                     requested     during survey     rounding)         year
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Adolescents.....................................          11,004           $0.00           $0.00           $0.00
Adolescents with additional assessments.........           1,375            0.00            0.00            0.00
Parents.........................................              94       42,270              21.93        2,061
School Administrators...........................              26       84,913              42.46        5,392
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    There are no Capital Costs to report. There are no Operating or 
Maintenance Costs to report.
    No direct costs to the respondents themselves or to participating 
schools are anticipated.
    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 function of the agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility; (2) The 
accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed 
collection of information, including the validity of the methodology 
and assumptions used; (3) Ways to minimize the burden of the collection 
of information on those who are to respond, including the use of 
appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological 
collection techniques or other forms of information technology.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on the 
proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and 
instruments, contact Dr. Ronald Iannotti, Prevention Research Branch, 
Division of Epidemiology, Statistics, and Prevention Research, Eunice 
Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human 
Development, Building 6100, 7B05, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, 
Maryland 20892-7510, or call non-toll free number 301-435-6951 or E-
mail your request, including your address to [email protected].
    Comments Due Date: Comments regarding this information collection 
are best assured of having their full effect if received within 60 days 
of the date of this publication.

    Dated: July 9, 2009.
Sarah L. Glavin,
Project Clearance Liaison, NICHD, National Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. E9-17026 Filed 7-16-09; 8:45 am]
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