[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 250 (Thursday, December 29, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 81942-81943]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-33390]


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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, email 
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: Teen Pregnancy Prevention Replication Evaluation: 
Implementation Data Collection--OMB No. OS-0990-NEW--The Office of 
Adolescent Health.
    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

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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.
    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.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Table
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                                                                Number of      Average burden
               Instrument                 Annual number of    responses per       hours per       Total annual
                                             respondents       respondent         response        burden hours
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Staff and community member interviews                  150                 1               1.5               225
 (Master Topic Guide)...................
Guide for Focus Group Discussion with                  120                 1               1.5               180
 Frontline Staff........................
Guide for Focus Group Discussion with                  400                 1               1.5               600
 Participating Youths...................
Guide for Discussion with School/Agency                100                 1                 1               100
 Staff about Counterfactual.............
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    Total...............................  ................  ................  ................             1,105
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Keith A. Tucker,
Office of the Secretary, Paperwork Reduction Act Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-33390 Filed 12-28-11; 8:45 am]
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