[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 133 (Tuesday, July 12, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45166-45167]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-16419]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30Day-16-16MM]


Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has submitted 
the following information collection request to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The notice for the proposed 
information collection is published to obtain comments from the public 
and affected agencies.
    Written comments and suggestions from the public and affected 
agencies concerning the proposed collection of information are 
encouraged. Your comments should address any of the following: (a) 
Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is necessary 
for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including 
whether the information will have practical utility; (b) Evaluate the 
accuracy of the agencies estimate of the burden of the proposed 
collection of information, including the validity of the methodology 
and assumptions used; (c) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of 
the information to be collected; (d) Minimize the burden of the 
collection of information on those who are to respond, including 
through the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or 
other technological collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses; and 
(e) Assess information collection costs.
    To request additional information on the proposed project or to 
obtain a copy of the information collection plan and instruments, call 
(404) 639-7570 or send an email to [email protected]. Written comments and/or 
suggestions regarding the items contained in this notice should be 
directed to the Attention: CDC Desk Officer, Office of Management and 
Budget, Washington, DC 20503 or by fax to (202) 395-5806. Written 
comments should be received within 30 days of this notice.

Proposed Project

    Performance Monitoring of ``Working with Publicly Funded Health 
Centers to Reduce Teen Pregnancy among Youth from Vulnerable 
Populations''--New--National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and 
Health Promotion (NCCDPHP), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
(CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    In 2014, the US rate of 24.2 births per 1,000 female teens aged 15-
19 was the highest of all Western industrialized countries. Access to 
reproductive health services and the most effective types of 
contraception has been shown to reduce the likelihood that teens become 
pregnant. Nevertheless, recent research and lessons learned through a 
previous teen pregnancy prevention project implemented through CDC in 
partnership with the Office of Adolescent Health (2010-2015; OMB no. 
0920-0952, exp. date 12/31/2015) demonstrate that many health centers 
serving teens do not engage in youth-friendly best practices that may 
enhance access to care and to the most effective types of 
contraception. Furthermore, youth at highest risk of experiencing a 
teen pregnancy are often not connected to the reproductive health care 
that they need, even when they are part of a population that is known 
to be at high risk for a teen pregnancy. Significant racial, ethnic and 
geographic disparities in teen birth rates persist and continue to be a 
focus of public health efforts.
    To address these challenges, CDC is providing funding to three 
organizations to strengthen partnerships and processes that improve 
reproductive health services for teens. Mississippi First, Inc., a non-
profit focused on child well-being and educational achievement, was 
funded to work in Coahoma, Quitman and Tunica counties in Mississippi. 
Sexual Health Initiatives For Teens North Carolina (SHIFT NC), a non-
profit organization focused on the sexual health of adolescents, was 
funded to work in Durham County, North Carolina. The Georgia 
Association for Primary Health Care, Inc, which represents all of 
Georgia's Federally Qualified Health Centers, was funded to work in 
Chatham County, Georgia. CDC's awardees will work with approximately 25 
publicly funded health centers to support implementation of evidence-
based recommendations for health centers and providers to improve 
adolescent access to reproductive health services. In addition, 
awardees will work with approximately 35 youth-serving organizations 
(YSO) to provide staff training and develop systematic approaches to 
identifying youth who are at risk for a teen pregnancy and referring 
those youth to reproductive health care services. Finally, awardees 
will develop communication campaigns that increase awareness of the 
partner health centers' services for teens. Activities are expected to 
result in changes to health center and YSO partners' policies, to staff 
practices, and to youth health care seeking and teen pregnancy 
prevention behaviors.
    The best practices to improve adolescent access to reproductive 
health services included in this program are supported by evidence in 
the literature and recommended by major medical associations. Each of 
the components of the current project has been implemented as part of 
past teen pregnancy prevention efforts. Consistent with CDC's mission 
of using evidence to improve public health programs, conducting an 
evaluation of combined best practices, in concert with community-
clinical linkage of youth to services to increase their access to 
reproductive health care, can provide information that will inform 
future teen pregnancy prevention efforts. CDC therefore plans to 
collect information needed to assess these efforts. Information will be 
collected from the CDC awardees, the health center and YSO partner 
organizations, staff at these organizations, and the youth served by 
the health center partner organizations. CDC will use the information 
to determine the types of training and technical assistance that are 
needed, to monitor whether awardees meet objectives related to health 
center and YSO partners' policies and staff practices, to support a 
data-driven quality improvement process for adolescent sexual and 
reproductive health care services and referrals, and to assess whether 
the project model was effective in increasing the utilization of 
services by youth.
    OMB approval is requested for three years. Participation in the 
organizational assessment activities is required for awardees and 
partner organizations. Participation in the Health Center Youth Survey 
is voluntary for youth and will not involve the collection of 
identifiable personal information. There are no costs to respondents 
other than their time. The total estimated annualized burden hours are 
1,150.

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                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                                      Average
                                                                   Number of        Number of       burden per
            Respondents                      Form name            respondents     responses per    response  (in
                                                                                   respondent         hours)
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Private Sector....................  Health Center                           21                 1               2
                                     Organizational Assessment.
                                    Quarterly Health Center                 21                 3               4
                                     Performance Measure
                                     Reporting Tool.
                                    Annual Health Center                    21                 1               6
                                     Performance Measure
                                     Reporting Tool.
                                    Health Center Provider                 126                 1           20/60
                                     Survey.
                                    Youth Serving Organization              15                 1               1
                                     (YSO) Organizational
                                     Assessment.
                                    YSO Performance Measure                 15                 4               1
                                     Reporting Tool.
                                    Youth Serving Organization             225                 1           20/60
                                     (YSO) Staff Survey.
                                    Awardee Training and                     3                12               2
                                     Technical Assistance Tool.
                                    Awardee Performance                      3                 1               1
                                     Measure Reporting Tool.
Individual........................  Health Center Youth Survey            1050                 1           10/60
State and Local Government........  Health Center                            4                 1               2
                                     Organizational Assessment.
                                    Quarterly Health Center                  4                 3               4
                                     Performance Measure
                                     Reporting Tool.
                                    Annual Health Center                     4                 1               6
                                     Performance Measure
                                     Reporting Tool.
                                    Health Center Provider                  24                 1           20/60
                                     Survey.
                                    Youth Serving Organization              20                 1               1
                                     (YSO) Organizational
                                     Assessment.
                                    YSO Performance Measure                 20                 4               1
                                     Reporting Tool.
                                    Youth Serving Organization             300                 1           20/60
                                     (YSO) Staff Survey.
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Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Acting 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. 2016-16419 Filed 7-11-16; 8:45 am]
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