[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 87 (Thursday, May 6, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24958-24959]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-10711]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-10-0783]


Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and 
Recommendations

    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 Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic summaries of proposed projects. 
To request more information on the proposed projects or to obtain a 
copy of the data collection plans and instruments, call 404-639-5960 
and send comments to Maryam I. Daneshvar, CDC Acting Reports Clearance 
Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D74, Atlanta, GA 30333 or send an e-mail 
to [email protected].
    Comments are invited on: (a) 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; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) 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. Written comments should be received 
within 60 days of this notice.

Proposed Project

    Evaluation of Safe Dates Project--(OMB No. 0920-0783 exp. 6/30/
2011)--Revision--National Center for Injury Prevention and Control 
(NCIPC), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) requests a revision of this 
Information Collection Request for the Evaluation of the Safe Dates 
Project. Safe Dates is a research-based adolescent dating violence 
prevention program. The Safe Dates program includes a nine-session 
dating abuse curriculum, a play about dating abuse, and a poster 
contest.
    The current information collection request is approved to conduct 
focus groups and interviews about the Safe Dates adolescent dating 
violence prevention program. Previously approved were the 
effectiveness, implementation, and cost surveys with students, school 
principals, school prevention coordinators, and teachers at a mix of 
schools. CDC would like to add focus groups with students and 
interviews with teachers in the urban schools. Data collection staff 
will use new interview guides designed for this purpose. This revision 
is requested because CDC has learned additional information about 
violence and risk factors for adolescents in urban, high-risk 
communities since the original OMB clearance package was submitted. 
Recent research has shown that adolescents who live in urban, 
disadvantaged communities report significantly higher prevalence of 
some risky behaviors, including violence, than nationally 
representative U.S. adolescents (Swahn & Bossarte, 2009). Students and 
teachers in urban schools participating in the effectiveness, cost, and 
implementation evaluation are an important source of information about 
possible adaptations to the Safe Dates program that may be needed for 
urban, high-risk adolescents. Thus, CDC would like to conduct 
qualitative research with students and teachers in urban schools.
    This program has been shown to be effective in one rural North 
Carolina school district, but appropriateness of the program with 
urban, high-risk adolescents is unknown. An assessment of whether the 
Safe Dates adolescent dating violence prevention program needs 
modification/adaptation for urban, high-risk adolescents is required. 
The data collection will require participation from teachers at eight 
schools who delivered the Safe Dates program and students at one school 
who received the program. Qualitative data will be collected through 
student focus groups and teacher interviews. Students will complete a 
participant profile form to capture basic demographic information.
    Approximately 1,318 students will participate in the Effectiveness 
Follow-Up Survey data collection, with 20 teachers and 40 students to 
participate in interviews and focus groups, respectively. Informed 
written consent from parents for each student's participation and 
informed written assent from tenth graders for their own participation 
will be obtained. Twenty teachers will participate in interviews. 
Students and teachers will be asked about their experiences with the 
Safe Dates program and ideas they may have about adapting the program 
for urban schools.
    Data collection will occur in July 2010. Total response burden for 
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project is summarized in the following table. There is no cost to 
respondents other than their time.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                      Average
                                                     Number of       Number of      burden per    Total response
      Type of respondent            Form name       respondents    responses per   response (in   burden (hours)
                                                                    respondent        hours)
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Student.......................  Effectiveness              1,318               1           35/60             769
                                 follow-up
                                 survey.
                                Focus group                   40               1             1.5              60
                                 guide and
                                 demographic
                                 form.
Teacher.......................  Interview guide.              20               1               1              20
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                                Total...........           1,378  ..............  ..............             849
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    Dated: April 30, 2010.
Maryam I. Daneshvar,
Acting Reports Clearance Office, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2010-10711 Filed 5-5-10; 8:45 am]
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