[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 91 (Wednesday, May 11, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29282-29283]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-11069]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary

[Document Identifier: HHS-OS-0990-new-60D]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; 
Public Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, Office of 
Adolescent Health, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Secretary (OS), Department of 
Health and Human Services, announces plans to submit a Information 
Collection Request (ICR), described below, to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB). Prior to submitting that ICR to OMB, OS seeks 
comments from the public regarding the burden estimate, below, or any 
other aspect of the ICR.

DATES: Comments on the ICR must be received on or before July 11, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to 
[email protected] or by calling (202) 690-6162.

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 document identifier HHS-OS-0990-new-60D 
for reference.
    Information Collection Request Title: Federal Evaluation of Making 
Proud Choices! (MPC!)

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    Abstract: The Office of Adolescent Health (OAH), U.S. Department of 
Health and Human Services (HHS) is requesting approval by OMB for a new 
data collection. The Federal Evaluation of Making Proud Choices (MPC!) 
will provide information about program design, implementation, and 
impacts through a rigorous assessment of program of a highly popular 
teen pregnancy prevention curriculum--MPC; it includes the baseline 
survey instrument related to the impact study and instruments for the 
implementation and fidelity assessment. The evaluation will be 
conducted in 39 schools nationwide. The data collected from these 
instruments will be used to describe the characteristics of the study 
sample of youth, being used in the models for estimating program 
impacts, and provide a detailed understanding of program 
implementation.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: The baseline survey data 
will be used to describe the study sample and to assess whether random 
assignment successfully generated treatment and control groups balanced 
on important baseline characteristics. The findings from these analyses 
of program impacts and implementation will be of interest to the 
general public, to policymakers, and to schools and other organizations 
interested in supporting a comprehensive approach to teen pregnancy 
prevention.
    Likely Respondents: The baseline data will be collected through a 
Web based survey with study participants in the participating 
evaluation schools. Study participants will primarily be in 8th or 9th 
grade at the time of the baseline survey, and will be enrolled in the 
schools' mandatory health class.

                                    Total Estimated Annualized Burden--Hours
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                                                                                      Average
                                                     Number of       Number of      burden per     Total burden
                    Form name                       respondents    responses per   response (in        hours
                                                                    respondent        hours)
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Baseline survey of impact study participants....             865               1           30/60           432.5
Master topic guide for staff interviews.........              39               1               1              39
Staff survey....................................              26               1           30/60              13
Program attendance data and collection protocol.              13              14            9/60            27.3
Program fidelity checklist......................               9              14           15/60            31.5
Youth focus group...............................              87               1               1              87
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    Total.......................................  ..............  ..............  ..............           630.5
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    OS specifically requests comments on (1) the necessity and utility 
of the proposed information collection for the proper performance of 
the agency's functions, (2) the accuracy of the estimated burden, (3) 
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to 
be collected, and (4) the use of automated collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology to minimize the information 
collection burden.

Terry S. Clark,
Asst Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2016-11069 Filed 5-10-16; 8:45 am]
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