[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 221 (Thursday, November 15, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68122-68123]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-27770]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary

 [Document Identifier HHS-OS-17883-30D]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Public Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Secretary (OS), Department of 
Health and Human Services, has submitted an Information Collection 
Request (ICR), described below, to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for review and approval. The ICR is for a new collection. 
Comments submitted during the first public review of this ICR will be 
provided to OMB. OMB will accept further comments from the public on 
this ICR during the review and approval period.

DATES: Comments on the ICR must be received on or before December 17, 
2012.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to [email protected] or via 
facsimile to (202) 395-5806.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Information Collection Clearance 
staff, [email protected] or (202) 690-6162.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When submitting comments or requesting 
information, please include the Information Collection Request Title 
and document identifier HHS-OS-17883-30D for reference.
    Information Collection Request Title: Teen Pregnancy Prevention 
Replication Evaluation Study: Follow-up Data Collection.
    Abstract: The Office of Adolescent Health (OAH), Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH), Office of the Secretary (OS), 
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), is overseeing and 
coordinating adolescent pregnancy prevention evaluation efforts as part 
of 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 will jointly oversee with ASPE the Teen Pregnancy Prevention 
Replication Evaluation Study (TPP Replication Study). The TPP 
Replication Study will be a random assignment evaluation which will 
determine the extent to which evidence-based program models that have 
been shown to be effective in an earlier trial, demonstrate effects on 
adolescent sexual risk behavior and teenage pregnancy when they are 
replicated with different populations.
    OAH and ASPE are proposing follow-up data collection activity as 
part of the TPP Replication Evaluation. Specifically, there will be two 
follow-up data collection points: (1) Short-term follow-up data 
collection 6 to 12 months post-baseline; and (2) longer-term follow-up 
data collection 18-24 months post-baseline. Respondents will be asked 
to answer carefully selected questions about risk and protective 
factors related to teen pregnancy, intermediate outcomes, and 
behavioral outcomes.
    The survey data will be collected through private, self-
administered questionnaires completed by study participants, i.e. 
adolescents assigned to a select school or community teen pregnancy 
prevention program or a control group. Surveys will be distributed and 
collected by trained professional staff.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: Information from this 
data collection will be used to perform meaningful analysis to 
determine significant program effects. The findings from this 
evaluation will be of interest to the general public, to policy-makers, 
and to organizations interested in teen pregnancy prevention.
    Likely Respondents: Adolescents, either assigned to teen pregnancy 
preview programs or part of a control group.
    Burden Statement: Burden in this context means the time expended by 
persons to generate, maintain, retain, disclose or provide the 
information requested. This includes the time needed to review 
instructions, to develop, acquire, install and utilize technology and 
systems for the purpose of collecting, validating and verifying 
information, processing and maintaining information, and disclosing and 
providing information, to train personnel and to be able to respond to 
a collection of information, to search data sources, to complete and 
review

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the collection of information, and to transmit or otherwise disclose 
the information. The total annual burden hours estimated for this ICR 
are summarized in the table below.

                                    Total Estimated Annualized Burden--Hours
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                                                                                      Average
                                     Type of         Number of       Number of      burden per     Total burden
           Form name               respondents      respondents    responses per   response (in        hours
                                                                    respondent        hours)
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Safer Sex Intervention........  Sexually active            1,900               2             0.5           1,900
                                 youth.
Reducing the Risk.............  Sexually active            1,900               2             0.5           1,900
                                 youth.
Reducing the Risk.............  Sexually                   1,900               2             0.5           1,900
                                 inexperienced
                                 youth.
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    Total.....................  ................           5,700  ..............  ..............           5,700
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Keith A. Tucker,
Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2012-27770 Filed 11-14-12; 8:45 am]
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