[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 114 (Tuesday, June 14, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38705-38707]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-14016]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60 Day-16-16AQM; Docket No. CDC-2016-0052]


Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and 
Recommendations

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of 
Health and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION: Notice with comment period.

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SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part 
of its continuing efforts to reduce public burden and maximize the 
utility of government information, invites the general public and other 
Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or 
continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on the Presidential 
Youth Fitness Program (PYFP) Evaluation. The Evaluation will be 
conducted in approximately 11 middle schools implementing the PYFP and 
11 match comparison schools and will focus on both process and outcome 
measures.

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before August 15, 2016.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2016-
0052 by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Regulations.gov. Follow the 
instructions for submitting comments.
     Mail: Leroy A. Richardson, Information Collection Review 
Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road 
NE., MS-D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name 
and Docket Number. All relevant comments received will be posted 
without change to Regulations.gov, including any personal information 
provided. For access to the docket to read background documents or 
comments received, go to Regulations.gov.

    Please note:  All public comment should be submitted through the 
Federal eRulemaking portal (Regulations.gov) or by U.S. mail to the 
address listed above.


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on the 
proposed project or to obtain a copy of the information collection plan 
and instruments, contact the Information Collection Review Office, 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE., MS-
D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; phone: 404-639-7570; Email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 
(PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), Federal agencies must obtain approval from 
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for each collection of 
information they conduct or sponsor. In addition, the PRA also requires 
Federal agencies to provide a 60-day notice in the Federal Register 
concerning each proposed collection of information, including each new 
proposed collection, each proposed extension of existing collection of 
information, and each reinstatement of previously approved information 
collection before submitting the collection to OMB for approval. To 
comply with this requirement, we are publishing this notice of a 
proposed data collection as described below.
    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; (d) ways to 
minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, 
including through the use of automated collection techniques

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or other forms of information technology; and (e) estimates of capital 
or start-up costs and costs of operation, maintenance, and purchase of 
services to provide information. Burden means the total time, effort, 
or financial resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, 
retain, disclose or provide information to or for a Federal agency. 
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 the 
collection of information; and to transmit or otherwise disclose the 
information.

Proposed Project

    Presidential Youth Fitness Program Evaluation--New--National Center 
for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP), Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    It is well documented that obesity and a lack of physical activity 
(PA) among children and adolescents are current public health problems 
in the United States. Because school-aged children spend more than half 
of their waking hours in school and engage in 20%-30% of their total PA 
at school, schools are ideal settings for reaching a diverse cross-
section of children with interventions to increase PA, including those 
children experiencing health disparities. This is particularly 
important in middle school, where research shows lower levels of 
physical activity when compared with younger students.
    Evidence shows that multicomponent school-based physical education 
(PE) programs are effective at improving children's health and academic 
outcomes. Along with these improvements, school-based PE should provide 
fitness assessments, development of personal fitness plans, and 
improved cognitive understanding about the importance of PA and a 
healthy lifestyle. The Presidential Youth Fitness Program (PYFP) 
incorporates each of these factors. To replace normative-referenced 
fitness measures (i.e., the President's Challenge Youth Fitness Test), 
the PYFP has adopted a criterion-based assessment, using the 
FitnessGram[supreg] fitness measurement system, which compares each 
student's measurements to a set of standards for fitness and health. 
Each student can determine where he or she falls in relation to the 
standard and establish a goal for reaching or exceeding it. The PYFP 
also adds fitness education to PE, provides professional development 
for PE teachers, and includes a recognition system for students who 
achieve Healthy Fitness Zone standards.
    In 2013, the Presidential Youth Fitness Program began its first 
round of funding to elementary, middle and high school PE teachers who 
applied to the program. A second round of funding began in 2014 and a 
third in 2015. Each participating school receives support to implement 
the PYFP for three years. The resources provided to PE teachers 
include: Professional development training, awards for student 
recognition of fitness achievements, access to a professional learning 
community and access to FitnessGram[supreg] fitness assessment 
software. For the schools selected to receive PYFP support, the 
requirements include: (1) Information Technology (IT) manager and PE 
teacher participation in the FitnessGram[supreg] software training, (2) 
PE teacher participation in PYFP professional development training, (3) 
conducting FitnessGram[supreg] assessments according to the training, 
(4) recognizing student achievement in fitness and physical activity, 
(5) confirming continued participation in the program at the end of 
Years 1 and 2, and (6) participating in evaluation activities. The PYFP 
is designed to supplement the traditional PE course and support 
physical education (PE) teachers in laying the foundation for students 
to lead an active life.
    CDC plans to conduct the first rigorous evaluation of the PYFP. The 
evaluation will assess the impact of the program on student, PE teacher 
and school level outcomes (outcome evaluation) as well as barriers and 
facilitators to program implementation (process evaluation). Evaluation 
activities will take place in 11 schools implementing the PYFP and 11 
match comparison schools, contributing a total of 82 sixth grade PE 
classes. Information collection will be conducted in 6 PYFP and 6 match 
comparison schools in Spring 2017 and 5 PYFP and 5 match comparison 
schools in Fall 2017. The PYFP schools recruited to participate in the 
PYFP Evaluation will be identified from a list of schools receiving 
Round 2 or Round 3 PYFP funding and meeting the following inclusion 
criteria: (1) Middle school with a sixth grade, (2) sixth grade 
enrollment of 150 or higher, (3) 50% or more of students receiving free 
or reduced lunch, and (4) documented completion of PYFP professional 
development training. Comparison schools will be matched based on 
criteria 1-3 above as well as location to ensure similar PE policies 
and standards. The process and outcome evaluation will involve data 
collection activities with four respondent groups: (1) Students, (2) PE 
teachers, (3) parents, and (4) school administrators.
    The specific aims of the outcome evaluation are to examine how the 
PYFP impacts student fitness and physical activity, particularly how 
the program impacts student: (1) Fitness knowledge and health 
knowledge, (2) attitudes toward physical activity, (3) motivation to be 
physically active, (4) physical activity levels, and (5) fitness. 
Surveys to be conducted at all schools include the: (1) Paper-based 
PYFP Student Survey, (2) online PYFP PE Teacher Survey, and (3) online 
PYFP School Administrator Survey. There are minor differences in the 
survey instruments depending on whether the school is a PYFP 
participant or a non-PYFP school. The outcome evaluation will also 
determine the changes made as a result of the PYFP such as changes at 
the school level (e.g., improved PE and physical activity policies and 
practices, increased parent awareness of school PE and physical 
activity) and changes in PE teaching practices (e.g., integration of 
fitness education, increased use of fitness assessment tools and 
improved practices for fitness testing).
    The outcome evaluation will include fitness assessments with 
approximately 2,460 students as part of the standard PE program (1,230 
PYFP sixth grade students and 1,230 non-PYFP sixth grade students). 
Fitness assessments will be conducted at both the beginning and end of 
the semester using FitnessGram[supreg]'s pacer and body composition 
assessments. Finally, a subset of 6 PYFP and 6 match comparison schools 
will assess students' physical activity levels by collecting student 
accelerometry data. Accelerometry will be conducted in a subset of 25 
PYFP and 25 non-PYFP classes to capture data from approximately 500 
students (250 students from PYFP schools and 250 students from match 
comparison schools). Accelerometry data collection will involve wearing 
the device for a week at the beginning and a week at the end of 
semester and noting hours of wear time and class schedule.
    Information collection for the process evaluation will be conducted 
only in the 11 PYFP schools. The aims of the process evaluation are to 
describe how PYFP resources were used by teachers and schools, the 
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teachers and schools to integrate fitness education and student 
recognition of fitness achievement into the schools, and barriers and 
facilitators relevant to PYFP implementation. All PYFP schools will 
complete cost and time use worksheets. In addition, focus groups with 
PE teachers, students, and parents will be conducted in a subset of 6 
PYFP schools. Focus groups will take place on school grounds during or 
outside of the school day, depending on availability of a given 
respondent group.
    The information collected for the PYFP evaluation will allow the 
CDC and partners to assess the impact of the PYFP compared with a 
traditional PE curriculum and gather information critical for program 
improvement.
    OMB approval is requested for two years. Participation in the PYFP 
Evaluation is voluntary and there are no costs to respondents other 
than their time.

                                                            Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                                                              Average
                                                                                             Number of       Numner of      burden per     Total burden
              Type of respondents                               Form name                   respondents    responses per   response  (in     (in hrs)
                                                                                                            respondent         hrs)
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6th grade students in PYFP Schools.............  FitnessGram[supreg] Data Collection                 615               2           15/60             308
                                                  Form.                                              125               2           30/60             125
                                                 Accelerometry Log......................
                                                 Student Survey (PYFP Schools)..........             615               1           15/60             154
                                                 Student Focus Group Moderator Guide....              30               1               1              30
PE teachers in PYFP Schools....................  PE Teacher Survey (PYFP Schools).......              22               1           25/60               9
                                                 PE Teacher Focus Group Moderator Guide.              12               1               1              12
                                                 PYFP Time Use Worksheet................               6               1           30/60               3
School administrators in PYFP Schools..........  School Administrator Survey (PYFP                     6               1           20/60               2
                                                  Schools).                                            6               1               1               6
                                                 PYFP Cost Worksheet....................
Parents of 6th graders enrolled in PE at PYFP    Parent Focus Group Moderator Guide.....              30               1               1              30
 Schools.
6th grade students in non-PYFP Schools.........  FitnessGram[supreg] Data Collection                 615               2           15/60             308
                                                  Form.                                              125               2           30/60             125
                                                 Accelerometry Log......................
                                                 Student Survey (non-PYFP Schools)......             615               1           15/60             154
PE teachers in non-PYFP Schools................  PE Teacher Survey (non-PYFP Schools)...              22               1           20/60               8
School Administrators in non-PYFP Schools......  School Administrator Survey (non-PYFP                 6               1           20/60               2
                                                  Schools).
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    Total......................................  .......................................  ..............  ..............  ..............           1,276
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Leroy A. 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. 2016-14016 Filed 6-13-16; 8:45 am]
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