[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 83 (Wednesday, April 30, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24437-24438]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-09769]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-14-14VU]


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 Leroy Richardson, 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

    Promoting Adolescent Health Through School-Based HIV/STD 
Prevention--New--National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, 
and TB Prevention (NHHSTP), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
(CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    Many young people engage in sexual behaviors that place them at 
risk for HIV infection, other sexually transmitted diseases (STD), and 
pregnancy. According to the 2011 National Youth Risk Behavior Survey 
(YRBS) results, 47% of U.S. high school students never had sexual 
intercourse; 34% had sexual intercourse with at least one person during 
the 3 months before the survey; and 15% had had sexual intercourse with 
four or more persons during their lifetime. Of those sexually active 
high school students, 40% reported that either they or their partner 
had not used a condom during last sexual intercourse, and 77% reported 
that either they or their partner had not used birth control pills or 
Depo-Provera (or any injectable birth control), Nuva Ring (or any birth 
control ring), Implanon (or any implant), or any intrauterine device 
(IUD) before last sexual intercourse.
    Establishing healthy behaviors during childhood and adolescence is 
easier and more effective than trying to change unhealthy behaviors 
during adulthood. Since 1987, the Division of Adolescent and School 
Health (DASH), which is now a part of the National Center for HIV/AIDS, 
Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention (CDC), has been a unique source of support for HIV 
prevention efforts in the Nation's schools.
    CDC requests Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval to 
collect data over a three-year period from funded agencies under award 
PS13-1308: Promoting Adolescent Health through School-Based HIV/STD 
Prevention and School-Based Surveillance. Funded agencies include non-
governmental organizations, state education agencies, and local 
education agencies. The primary purpose of PS-13-1308 is to build the 
capacity of priority districts and priority schools to effectively 
contribute to the reduction of HIV infection and other STD among 
adolescents; the reduction of disparities in HIV infection and other 
STD experienced by specific adolescent sub-populations; and the 
conducting of school-based surveillance, a component not included in 
this data collection for evaluation.
    CDC will be using a web-based system to collect data on the 
approaches that funded agencies are using to meet their goals. 
Approaches include helping districts and schools deliver exemplary 
sexual health education emphasizing HIV and other STD prevention; 
increasing adolescent access to key sexual health services; and 
establishing safe and supportive environments for students and staff.
    To track funded agency progress and evaluate the effectiveness of 
program activities, CDC will be collecting data using a mix of process 
and performance measures. Process measures, which will be completed by 
all funded agencies, are important to assess the extent to which 
planned program activities have been implemented and lead to feasible 
and sustainable programmatic outcomes. Process measures include items 
on school health policy assessment and monitoring, and on providing 
training and technical assistance to partner education agencies and 
schools. Performance measures, which will be completed by only state 
and local education agencies, assess whether funded activities at each 
site are leading to intended outcomes including public health impact of 
systemic change in schools. These measures drove the development of 
questionnaires that have been tailored to each funded agencies' 
approach (i.e., exemplary sexual health education, sexual health 
services, and safe and supportive environments).
    Respondents include 19 state education agencies, 17 local education 
agencies, and 6 non-governmental organizations that have all been 
funded under PS13-1308. The questionnaires will be submitted to CDC 
semi-annually using the Program Evaluation and Reporting System, an 
electronic web-based interface specifically designed for this data 
collection.
    Each funded agency will receive a unique log-in to the system and 
technical assistance to ensure they can use the system easily. The 
dates when data are requested reflect Procurement and Grants Office 
deadlines to provide timely feedback to funded agencies and CDC staff 
for accountability and optimal use of funds. CDC anticipates that semi-
annual information collection will begin in October 2014 and will 
describe activities conducted during the period August 2014-July 2017.
    The estimated burden per response ranges from 0.5 hours to 6 hours. 
This variation in burden is due to the variability in the questions on 
the forms based on the approach and type of funded agency. For 
instance, non-governmental organizations have fewer questions to 
respond to because they only have questions for process evaluation. 
Local education agencies have the highest burden because it takes more 
time to gather information as they gather data at the school- and 
student-level as compared with state education agencies that report 
only state- and district-level data. Annualizing this collection over 
three years results in an estimated annualized burden of 820 hours for 
all funded agencies.
    There are no costs to respondents other than their time.

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                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                    Number of     Average burden
     Type of respondents           Form name        Number of     responses per    per response    Total burden
                                                   respondents     respondent       (in hrs.)        (in hrs.)
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State Education Agency.......  Exemplary Sexual              19               2              4               152
                                Health
                                Education
                                Measures.
                               Sexual Health                 19               2              3               114
                                Services
                                Measures.
                               Safe and                      19               2              1                38
                                Supportive
                                Environments
                                Measures.
Local Education Agency.......  Exemplary Sexual              17               2              6               204
                                Health
                                Education
                                Measures.
                               Sexual Health                 17               2              3               102
                                Services
                                Measures.
                               Safe and                      17               2              6               204
                                Supportive
                                Environments
                                Measures.
Non-governmental organization  Exemplary Sexual               2               2              0.5               2
                                Health
                                Education
                                Measures.
                               Sexual Health                  2               2              0.5               2
                                Services
                                Measures.
                               Safe and                       2               2              0.5               2
                                Supportive
                                Environments
                                Measures.
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    Total....................  ................  ..............  ..............  ...............             820
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LeRoy Richardson,
Chief, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Scientific 
Integrity, Office of the Associate Director for Science, Office of the 
Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2014-09769 Filed 4-29-14; 8:45 am]
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