[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 142 (Tuesday, July 24, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43287-43288]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-17984]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-12-12OG]


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 S. Lane, 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

    Science to Practice: Developing and Testing a Marketing Strategy 
for Preventing Alcohol-related Problems in College Communities--NEW--
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC), Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    Each year, 1,700 college students die and more than 1.4 million are 
injured as a result of alcohol-related incidents. Additionally, about 
25% of students report negative academic consequences due to alcohol 
(Engs et al., 1996; Presley et al., 1996a, 1996b; Wechsler et al., 
2002). Despite the enormous public health burden of college-age alcohol 
misuse, there have been few rigorous evaluations of environmental 
strategies to address alcohol misuse in college settings. Environmental 
strategies typically involve implementing and enforcing policies that 
change the environments that influence alcohol-related behavior and 
subsequent harm. Further, studies show that the typical lag time 
between identifying effective interventions and obtaining widespread 
adoption can stretch to well over a decade. Given the number of 
students harmed, there is an urgent need to develop more efficient and 
timely strategies for moving effective science to widespread practice. 
This project will address this exact issue by systematically developing 
a marketing strategy for The Safer University Intervention, a 
comprehensive, community-based environmental prevention program with 
proven efficacy in reducing intoxication and alcohol-impaired driving 
among college students.
    The CDC proposes an on-line information collection, that will take 
place during the spring semester of the 2012-2013 academic year, and 
will constitute a follow-up to a marketing effort targeting a national 
sample of 4-year colleges and universities. The follow-up comprises a 
survey of key informants from the sampled institutions and key leaders 
of the surrounding community.
    The CDC will use the information gathered from the on-line survey 
to: (1) Develop and revise customized marketing and program materials 
targeting potential campus and community stakeholders; and (2) inform 
strategies for the marketing plan.
    The respondents targeted for the on-line survey include: College 
Administrators and staff, campus and municipal police; as well as 
selected community leaders. A total of up to 160 Institutions of Higher 
Education (IHE) will be contacted with a maximum of 12 participants per 
IHE. A maximum of 1,800 respondents will be contacted by email and 
asked to forward the email and participate in the on-line survey. 
Questions of a sensitive nature will not be asked. The amount of time 
required for a respondent to take part in the survey is estimated to be 
less than 1 hour. We estimate a total maximum of 1,800 burden hours.
    There are no costs to respondents other than their time.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                     Number of    Average burden
      Type of respondent              Form           Number of     responses per  per respondent   Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent      (in hours)         hours
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College Administrators and      On-line survey..             600               1               1             600
 staff.
Campus and Municipal Police     On-line survey..             600               1               1             600
 officers.

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Community Leaders.............  On-line survey..             600               1               1             600
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    Total Burden Hours........  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............           1,800
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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. 2012-17984 Filed 7-23-12; 8:45 am]
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