[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 109 (Wednesday, June 6, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33460-33462]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-13670]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-12-12MQ]


Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and 
Recommendations

    In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for opportunity for public comment on 
proposed data collection projects, the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic summaries of proposed projects. 
To request more information on the proposed projects or to obtain a 
copy of the data collection plans and instruments, call 404-639-7570; 
send comments to Kimberly S. Lane, 1600 Clifton Road, MS D-74, Atlanta, 
GA

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30333; or send an email to [email protected].
    Comments are invited on (a) whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical 
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways 
to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, 
including through the use of automated collection techniques or other 
forms of information technology. Written comments should be received 
within 60 days of this notice.

Proposed Project

    Evaluation of the Young Sisters Initiative: A Guide to A Better 
You! Program--New--National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and 
Health Promotion (NCCDPHP), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
(CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    Despite lower breast cancer incidence rates, African American women 
in the United States are known to experience disproportionately higher 
breast cancer mortality rates relative to other racial groups. This may 
be due to disparities in cancer screening and treatment and/or the 
higher frequency of aggressive breast cancer types found within this 
population. It is also known that younger women tend to experience more 
difficult adaptation and quality of life following breast cancer 
diagnosis. Factors may include impact of the diagnosis on emotional 
function, the need to balance work-home responsibilities including 
child-rearing, and concerns about changes in fertility due to cancer 
treatment. Many decisions that affect fertility are irreversible once 
treatment begins, but counseling about these issues may be overlooked 
during the time-sensitive decision-making process prior to initiating 
treatment.
    In 2010, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 
launched the Breast Cancer in Young Women (BCYW) project to raise 
awareness about these issues among young breast cancer survivors (YBCS) 
and to provide psychosocial and reproductive health support to women 
who are diagnosed before age 45. The BCYW project is a three-year 
project to identify, strengthen, and promote real-world, evidence-based 
interventions that support young breast cancer survivors (YBCS). A key 
component of the BCYW program is the design, testing, implementation 
and evaluation of the Young Sisters Initiative: A Guide to A Better You 
(YSI) program.
    The YSI program is a Web-based intervention designed to provide 
African American YBCS with culturally tailored psychosocial and 
reproductive health information to support their needs as cancer 
survivors. ICF International, CDC, and Sisters Network, Inc. (SNI), a 
national cancer advocacy organization, are developing the YSI program. 
A Web site to house the YSI is currently under development. Upon 
completion, the YSI Web site will provide users with informational 
materials, videos by African American YBCS, survivor stories, and links 
to other breast cancer support resources. To recruit women to 
participate in the YSI program, SNI and its partners will link women to 
the YSI Web site from the SNI Web site at www.sistersnetworkinc.org.
    CDC, in conjunction with ICF International, plans to conduct a 
process evaluation of YSI program implementation. Information will be 
collected to assess whether the culturally tailored, knowledge- and 
awareness-building YSI program can be implemented with fidelity; reach 
its target audience of African American YBCS; and deliver effective 
psychosocial and reproductive health information and support. The 
process evaluation will also collect information to improve 
understanding of facilitators and barriers to YSI program recruitment 
and implementation, and to assess how the program might be adapted for 
use with other audiences.
    Primary information collection will consist of two Web-based 
surveys of YSI program users, conducted before and after exposure to 
YSI program materials. The initial five-minute demographic screener 
will be conducted when users encounter the YSI Web site. Respondents 
will be asked to provide demographic and medical information necessary 
for identifying members of the target YSI program audience, and to 
indicate their willingness to complete a brief, online post-YSI program 
use survey one to two weeks after their initial YSI program Web site 
visit. The post-YSI program use survey will be conducted after YSI Web 
site users have time to review the site and materials. The estimated 
burden for the post-YSI program use survey is 20 minutes. Respondents 
will be asked questions about the usefulness of resources posted on the 
YSI Web site and satisfaction with the site. No personally identifiable 
information will be collected. No information will be collected 
directly from YSI Web site users before, during and after the six-month 
implementation and evaluation of the YSI program.
    Two secondary sources of information will be used to supplement the 
process evaluation data collection, but will not impose burden on YSI 
Web site users. First, CDC's evaluation contractor will use information 
obtained through Google Analytics to assess how visitors (particularly 
the target audience) navigate and use the YSI Web site. In addition, 
the evaluation contractor will conduct a limited number of telephone 
interviews with SNI staff and SNI-identified recruitment partners 
before and after the YSI implementation to assess fidelity to the YSI 
program core components and identify any facilitators and/or barriers 
experienced during program implementation.
    CDC will use the results of the process evaluation to inform future 
efforts to support and educate YBCS in vulnerable/minority populations. 
OMB approval is requested for one year. Participation in the 
information collection is voluntary, and there are no costs to 
respondents other than their time.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                      Average
                                                     Number of       Number of      burden per     Total burden
      Type of respondents           Form name       respondents    responses per   response  (in      (in hr)
                                                                    respondent          hr)
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YSI Web site users............  YSI Program                  500               1            5/60              42
                                 Demographic
                                 Screener.
                                YSI Program Post-            300               1           20/60             100
                                 Use Survey.
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    Total.....................  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............             142
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Kimberly S. Lane,
Deputy Director, Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of the 
Associate Director for Science, Office of the Director, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2012-13670 Filed 6-5-12; 8:45 am]
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