[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 220 (Wednesday, November 14, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67823-67824]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-27577]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request: NEXT Generation 
Health Study; Correction Notice

    Summary: Under the provisions of Section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the National Institute of Child Health 
and Human Development (NICHD), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) 
has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request 
for review and approval of the information collection listed below. 
This proposed information collection was previously published in the 
Federal Register on February 23, 2012 (Volume 77, Number 36) and 
allowed 60-days for public comment. No comments were received. The 
purpose of this notice is to allow an additional 30 days for public 
comment, to correct the omission of the peers survey in the previous 
notice, and to correct the errant data that appeared in Table 1 and 
Table 2 of the notice. The data in Table 1 and Table 2 of this notice 
are correct. The National Institutes of Health may not conduct or 
sponsor, and the respondent is not required to respond to, an 
information collection that has been extended, revised, or implemented 
on or after October 1, 1995, unless it displays a currently valid OMB 
control number.

Proposed Collection

    Title: NEXT Generation Health Study.
    Type of Information Collection Request: New.
    Need and Use of Information Collection:
    The goal of this research is to continue to obtain data on 
adolescent health and health behaviors annually for seven years 
beginning in the 2009-2010 school year from a national probability 
sample of adolescents. The transition from high school to post high 
school years is a critical period for changes in adolescent health risk 
behaviors. This information will enable the improvement of health 
services and programs for youth. The study will provide needed 
information about the health of U.S. adolescents and influences on 
their health.
    The study has collected information on adolescent health behaviors 
and social and environmental contexts for these behaviors annually for 
three years beginning in the 2009-2010 school year. This study will 
continue to collect this information for an additional four years 
beginning in 2013. The health behaviors of participants' friends will 
also be surveyed at two points in time: when participants are 19 years 
old and again when they are 21. Self-report of health status, health 
behaviors, and health attitudes will be collected by online surveys.

                            Table 1--Annual Burden for Affected Public: Young Adults
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                                                                     Estimated                       Estimated
                                                     Estimated       number of        Average      total annual
               Type of respondents                   number of     responses per   burden hours    burden hours
                                                    respondents     respondent     per response      requested
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Young Adults in NEXT Cohort.....................           2,100               1            1.0            2,100
Peers Recruited by NEXT Plus Young Adults.......           2,535               1             .67           1,698
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Request for Comments

    Written comments and/or suggestions from the public and affected 
agencies are invited on one or more of the following points: (1) 
Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the 
proper performance of the function of the agency, including whether the 
information will have practical utility; (2) The accuracy of the 
agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of 
information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions 
used; (3) Ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information 
on those who are to respond, including the use of appropriate 
automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology.

For Further Information

    Written comments and/or suggestions regarding the item(s) contained 
in this notice, especially regarding the estimated public burden and 
associated

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response time, should be directed to the: [email protected] 
or by fax to 202-395-6974. To request more information on the proposed 
project or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and 
instruments, contact Dr. Ronald Iannotti, Prevention Research Branch, 
Division of Epidemiology, Statistics, and Prevention Research, Eunice 
Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human 
Development, Building 6100, 7B05, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, 
Maryland 20892-7510, or call non-toll free number 301-435-6951 or Email 
your request, including your address to [email protected].

Comments Due Date

    Comments regarding this information collection are best assured of 
having their full effect if received within 30 days of the date of this 
publication.

    Dated: November 5, 2012.
Jamelle E. Banks,
Project Clearance Liaison, NICHD, National Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. 2012-27577 Filed 11-13-12; 8:45 am]
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