[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 185 (Friday, September 23, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59132-59133]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-24443]


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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: Teen Pregnancy Prevention Replication Evaluation: 
Implementation Data Collection--OMB No. OS-0990-NEW--The Office of 
Adolescent Health in collaboration with 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 in partnership with ASPE will be overseeing the Teen Pregnancy 
Prevention Replication Evaluation (TPP Replication Evaluation). The TPP 
Replication Evaluation will be an experimental evaluation which will 
determine the extent to which a subset of evidence-based program models 
funded as part of the OAH evidence-based Teen Pregnancy Prevention 
Initiative demonstrate effects on adolescent sexual risk behavior and 
teenage pregnancy when they are replicated in similar and in different 
settings and for different populations. The findings from this 
evaluation will be of interest to the general public, to policy-makers, 
and to organizations interested in teen pregnancy prevention.
    OAH and ASPE are proposing implementation data collection activity 
as part of the TPP Replication 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. The 
implementation study will enable us to understand the programs, 
document their implementation and context, assess fidelity of 
implementation and the factors that influence it, and describe the 
counterfactual, or the ``business as usual'' services received by youth 
in the control group. This information will enable us to describe each 
implemented program and the treatment-control contrast evaluated in 
each site. It will also help us interpret impact analysis findings and 
may help explain any unexpected 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 agency administrators, program leaders and staff, partners 
in program participation, participating youths, school and community 
stakeholders, 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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                                                         Annual  number     Number of    Average  burden                      Average
                       Instrument                              of        responses  per     hours  per     Total annual   hourly wage of   Total annual
                                                           respondents      respondent       response      burden hours     respondents     burden cost
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TPP Replication Evaluation:
    Discussion guide for grantee head (1)..............              10               1              1.5              15             $30            $450
    Discussion guide for program director (1)..........              10               1              1.5              15              25             400
    Discussion guide for supervisor of frontline staff               10               1              1.5              15              25             400
     (1)...............................................
    Discussion guide for frontline staff (3)...........              30               1              1.5              45              20             900
    Discussion guide for community partners (3)........              30               1              1                30              20             600
    Discussion guide for school stakeholders (3).......              30               1              1                30              20             600
    Discussion guide for community stakeholders (3)....              30               1              1                30              20             600
    Focus group guide for frontline staff (6)..........              60               1              1.5              90              15           1,350

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    Focus group guide for youth participants (10)......             100               1              1.5             150              NA               0
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        Totals.........................................             310  ..............  ...............             420  ..............          $5,300
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Keith Tucker,
Office of the Secretary, Paperwork Reduction Act Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-24443 Filed 9-22-11; 8:45 am]
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