[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 133 (Wednesday, July 11, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40888-40889]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-16912]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30Day-12-0493]


Proposed Data Collections 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 
and send comments to Kimberly Lane, CDC Reports Clearance Officer, 1600 
Clifton Road, MS-D74, Atlanta, GA 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

    2013 and 2015 National Youth Risk Behavior Surveys (YRBS)(OMB No. 
0920-0493)--Reinstatement with change--National Center for HIV/AIDS, 
Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP), Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    The purpose of this request is to obtain OMB approval to reinstate 
with change, the data collection for the National Youth Risk Behavior 
Survey (YRBS), a school-based survey that has been conducted biennially 
since 1991. OMB approval for the 2009 YRBS and 2011 YRBS expired 
November 30, 2011 (OMB no. 0920-0493). CDC seeks a three-year approval 
to conduct the YRBS in Spring 2013 and Spring 2015. Minor changes 
incorporated into this reinstatement request include: an updated title 
for the information collection to accurately reflect the years in which 
the survey will be conducted, minor changes to the data collection 
instrument, and a minor increase in the burden estimate.
    The YRBS assesses priority health risk behaviors related to the 
major preventable causes of mortality, morbidity, and social problems 
among both youth and young adults in the United States. Data on health 
risk behaviors of adolescents are the focus of approximately 65 
national health objectives in Healthy People 2020, an initiative of the 
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The YRBS provides 
data to measure 20 of the health objectives and 1 of the Leading Health 
Indicators established by Healthy People 2020. In addition, the YRBS 
can identify racial and ethnic disparities in health risk behaviors. No 
other national source of data measures as many of the Healthy People 
2020 objectives addressing adolescent health risk behaviors as the 
YRBS. The data also will have significant implications for policy and 
program development for school health programs nationwide.
    In Spring 2013 and Spring 2015, the YRBS will be conducted among 
nationally representative samples of students attending public and 
private schools in grades 9-12. Information supporting the YRBS also 
will be collected from state, district, and school-level administrators 
and teachers. The table below reports the number of respondents 
annualized over the 3-year project period.
    There are no costs to respondents except their time. The total 
estimated annualized burden hours are 7,822.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                                      Average
                                                                     Number of       Number of      burden per
         Type of respondent                   Form name             respondents    responses per   response  (in
                                                                                    respondent        hours)
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State Administrators...............  State-level Recruitment                  17               1           30/60
                                      Script for the Youth Risk
                                      Behavior Survey.
District Administrators............  District-level Recruitment               80               1           30/60
                                      Script for the Youth Risk
                                      Behavior Survey.
School Administrators..............  School-level Recruitment                133               1           30/60
                                      Script for the Youth Risk
                                      Behavior Survey.
Teachers...........................  Data Collection Checklist               435               1           15/60
                                      for the Youth Risk
                                      Behavior Survey.
Students...........................  Youth Risk Behavior Survey.          10,129               1           45/60
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Kimberly S. Lane,
Deputy Director, Office of Science Integrity, Office of the Associate 
Director for Science, Office of the Director, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2012-16912 Filed 7-10-12; 8:45 am]
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