[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 125 (Wednesday, June 29, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38183-38184]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-16290]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Agency Recordkeeping/Reporting Requirements Under Emergency 
Review by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

    Title: Evaluation of Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Approaches: 
Baseline Data Collection.

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    OMB No.: 0970-0360.
    Description: 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.
    The Evaluation of Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Approaches (PPA) 
is one of these efforts. 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 from 
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 baseline data collection activity as part 
of the PPA evaluation. Baseline data collection instruments were 
already approved on July 26, 2010. The project has worked in recent 
months to secure grantees as evaluation sites, and as part of this 
effort the project has undertaken making revisions to the baseline 
instrument with each site. These revisions were undertaken because each 
site has unique features (e.g. target population; curriculum; 
objectives) and the baseline instruments were tailored to take these 
features into account. OAH and ACF are now requesting emergency 
clearance to collect data using site-specific instruments.
    Respondents will be asked to answer carefully selected questions 
about demographics and risk and protective factors related to teen 
pregnancy. Information from this data collection will be used to 
perform meaningful analysis to determine significant program effects.
    Respondents: The survey data will be collected through private, 
self-administered questionnaires completed by study participants, i.e. 
adolescents assigned to a select school or community teen pregnancy 
prevention program or a control group. Surveys will be distributed and 
collected by trained professional staff.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                                      No. of      Average burden
 Site/program (and name of baseline instrument)   Annualized no.   responses per     hours per     Total burden
                                                  of respondents    respondent       response     hours (annual)
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Children's Hospital of Los Angeles/Project AIM..             467               1              .7             327
Oklahoma Institute of Child Advocacy/Power                   360               1              .6             216
 Through Choices................................
Engender Health/Gender Matters..................             375               1              .6             225
Ohio Health/T.O.P.P.............................             200               1              .7             140
Live the Life Ministries/WAIT Training..........             533               1              .7             373
Princeton Center for Leadership Training (PCLT)/             533               1              .6             320
 TeenPEP........................................
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    Total.......................................            2468  ..............  ..............            1601
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1601.
    Additional Information:
    ACF is requesting that OMB grant a 180 day approval for this 
information collection under procedures for emergency processing by 
July 1, 2011. A copy of this information collection, with applicable 
supporting documentation, may be obtained by e-mailing 
[email protected].
    Comments and questions about the information collection described 
above should be directed to the Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for ACF, Office of Management and 
Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project, 725 17th Street NW., Washington, 
DC 20503, Fax (202) 395-6974.

Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-16290 Filed 6-28-11; 8:45 am]
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