[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 51 (Wednesday, March 16, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14397-14398]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-6088]


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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: Outcome Evaluation of Teenage Pregnancy 
Prevention: Integrating Services, Programs, and Strategies through 
Community-wide Initiatives--OMB No. 0990--NEW--Office of Adolescent 
Pregnancy Programs.
    The Office of Adolescent Health and the Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention (CDC) are working collaboratively to address the high 
pregnancy rate of women between the ages of 15-19 by demonstrating the 
effectiveness of innovative, multi-component, community-wide 
initiatives in preventing teen pregnancy and reducing rates of teen 
births in communities with the highest rates, with a focus on reaching 
African American and Latino youth aged 15-19.

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Components of these efforts include (1) implementing evidence-based or 
evidence-informed prevention programs; (2) linking teens to quality 
health services; (3) educating stakeholders (community leaders, parents 
and other constituents) about relevant evidence-based or evidence-
informed strategies to reduce teen pregnancy and data on needs and 
resources in target communities; and (4) supporting the sustainability 
of the community-wide teen pregnancy prevention effort.
    The main objective for the proposed Outcome Evaluation of Teenage 
Pregnancy Prevention: Integrating Services, Programs, and Strategies 
through Community-wide Initiatives is to measure risk behaviors, 
pregnancies, and use of contraceptives and family planning services 
among youth. The data collection instrument for the proposed study is a 
modified version of a recently approved survey (OMB No. 0970-0360 
Expiration date 7/31/2013). Clearance is being requested to expand the 
utilization of a modified version of the previously-approved 
instrument.
    The Outcome Evaluation of Teenage Pregnancy Prevention: Integrating 
Services, Programs, and Strategies through Community-wide Initiatives 
will focus on the combined change of two proportions: (1) The 
proportion of youth who have not engaged in sexual intercourse during 
the past 12 months and (2) the proportion of youth who have engaged in 
sexual intercourse but have used contraception consistently during the 
past 12 months. To determine if the change in this proportion of 
interest in the intervention community is significantly different from 
the control community is one of the most important parameters to be 
estimated. Power analysis determined that 1,200 surveys per community 
will be sufficient to detect this difference. The precise number of 
youth surveyed will depend on the response rates, and will be between 
1,200 and 1,500 per community.

                                                           Table: Estimated Annualized Burden
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                                                                                                          Number of     Average  burden
                           Instrument                            Type of  respondent     Number of      responses per      hours per       Total annual
                                                                                        respondents       respondent        response       burden hours
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Evaluation of Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Approaches           Youth aged 15-19            9,000                1            45/60            6,750
 Household Survey..............................................
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Seleda Perryman,
Office of the Secretary, Paperwork Reduction Act Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-6088 Filed 3-15-11; 8:45 am]
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