[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 168 (Tuesday, August 30, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53902-53903]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-22166]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

[Document Identifier: OS-0990-New; 30-day notice]


Agency Information Collection Request. 30-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 collection 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) 690-5683. Send written comments and 
recommendations for the proposed information collections within 30 days 
of this notice directly to the OS OMB Desk Officer; faxed to OMB at 
202-395-5806.
    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. 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.

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                                                           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     Youth aged 15-19..................           9,000                1            45/60            6,750
 Approaches Household Survey.
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Mary Forbes,
Office of the Secretary, Paperwork Reduction Act Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-22166 Filed 8-29-11; 8:45 am]
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