[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 51 (Wednesday, March 16, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14399-14400]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-6078]


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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 email 
address within 60-days.
    Proposed Project: Evaluation of Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention 
Approaches and the Impact Evaluation of the Teen Pregnancy Prevention 
Program Grantees: Baseline Data Collection--OMB No. OS-0990--NEW--
Office of Adolescent Health in collaboration with the Administration 
for Children and Families and the Office of the Assistant Secretary for 
Planning and Evaluation.
    Abstract: The Office of Adolescent Health (OAH), Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH), U.S. Department of Health and 
Human Services (HHS), 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.
    OAH will jointly oversee with ASPE the Impact Evaluation of the 
Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program Grantees (TPP Impact Evaluation). The 
TPP Impact Evaluation will be a random assignment evaluation which will 
determine whether program models funded as part of the OAH evidence-
based Teen Pregnancy Prevention Initiative are effective at preventing 
teen pregnancy, reducing sexually transmitted infections, and/or 
impacting sexual risk behaviors.
    The findings from both evaluations will be of interest to the 
general public, to policy-makers, and to organizations interested in 
teen pregnancy prevention.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Table
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                                                  Annual  number     Number of        Average
                   Instrument                           of         responses per   burden hours    Total annual
                                                    respondents     respondent     per response    burden hours
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                         Evaluation of Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Approaches (PPA)
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Baseline Instrument.............................           3,600               1           30/60           1,800
School Records, Performance, and Program                       8               1               8              64
 Participation Data Collection..................
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              Impact Evaluation of the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program Grantees (TPP Evaluation)
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Baseline Instrument.............................           8,080               1           30/60           4,040
School Records, Performance and Program                       12               1               8              96
 Participation Data Collection..................
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    Total for both evaluations..................  ..............  ..............  ..............           6,000
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Seleda Perryman,
Office of the Secretary, Paperwork Reduction Act Reports Clearance 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-6078 Filed 3-15-11; 8:45 am]
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