[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 132 (Monday, July 12, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39694-39695]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-16877]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

[Document Identifier OS-0990-New; 60-day Notice]


Agency Information Collection Request. 60-Day Public Comment 
Request

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS.
    In compliance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Secretary (OS), 
Department of Health and Human Services, is publishing the following 
summary of a proposed information collection request for public 
comment. Interested persons are invited to send comments regarding this 
burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, 
including any of the following subjects: (1) The necessity and utility 
of the proposed information collection for the proper performance of 
the agency's functions; (2) the accuracy of the estimated burden; (3) 
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to 
be collected; and (4) the use of automated collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology to minimize the information 
collection burden.
    To obtain copies of the supporting statement and any related forms 
for the proposed paperwork collections referenced above, e-mail your 
request, including your address, phone number, OMB number, and OS 
document identifier, to [email protected], or call the 
Reports Clearance Office on (202) 690-6162. Written comments and 
recommendations for the proposed information collections must be 
directed to the OS Paperwork Clearance Officer at the above e-mail 
address within 60-days.
    Proposed Project: Evaluation of Pregnancy Prevention Approaches: 
Implementation Study Data Collection--OMB No. 0970-0360--Office of 
Adolescent Health in collaboration with the Administration for Children 
and Families.
    Abstract: The Office of Adolescent Health (OAH), Office of Public 
Health and Science (OPHS), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 
(HHS), is requesting approval by OMB on a new collection. OAH is 
overseeing and coordinating adolescent pregnancy prevention evaluation 
efforts as part of the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Initiative. OAH is 
working collaboratively with the Office of the Assistant Secretary for 
Planning and Evaluation (ASPE), the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC), and the Administration for Children and Families 
(ACF) on adolescent pregnancy prevention evaluation activities.
    OAH has provided funding to ACF to oversee the implementation of 
the Evaluation of Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Approaches (PPA). PPA 
is a random assignment evaluation which will expand available evidence 
on effective ways to reduce teen pregnancy. The evaluation will 
document and test a range of pregnancy prevention approaches in up to 
eight program sites. The findings of the evaluation will be of interest 
to the general public, to policy-makers, and to organizations 
interested in teen pregnancy prevention.
    OAH and ACF are proposing implementation data collection activity 
as part of the PPA evaluation. The proposed activity involves the 
collection of information from program records and site visits at two 
to three points in the program implementation period. Understanding the 
programs, documenting their implementation and context, and assessing 
fidelity of implementation will allow for description of each 
implemented program and the treatment-control contrast evaluated in 
each site. It will also help in interpreting impact findings, 
differences in impacts across programs, and differences in impacts 
across locations or population subgroups.
    Respondents: Semi-structured individual and group interviews will 
be held with program developers, program leaders and staff, 
participating youths,

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school representatives, program partners, and other community members 
knowledgeable about related services for adolescents. All information 
will be collected by trained professional staff.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Table
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                                                                     Number of    Average burden
             Forms                   Type of       Annual number   responses per     hours per     Total annual
                                   respondent     of respondents    respondent       response      burden hours
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Staff and community member      Program staff                 48               1             1.5              72
 interviews (Master Topic        and community
 Guide).                         members.
Guide for Discussion with       Control group                 48               1               1              48
 Control Group Schools about     school staff.
 Counterfactual.
Guide for Group Discussion      Frontline                     48               1             1.5              72
 with Frontline Staff.           Program Staff.
Guide for Group Discussion      Participating                216               1             1.5             324
 with Participating Youths.      Youth.
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    Total.....................  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............             516
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Seleda Perryman,
Office of the Secretary, Paperwork Reduction Act Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2010-16877 Filed 7-9-10; 8:45 am]
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