[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 215 (Wednesday, November 8, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51835-51837]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-24317]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-18-18AF; Docket No. CDC-2018-0093]


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 effort to reduce public burden and maximize the 
utility of government information, invites the general public and other 
Federal agencies the opportunity to comment on a proposed and/or 
continuing information collection, as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on a proposed 
generic information collection project titled ``Assessments to Inform 
Program Refinement for HIV, other STD, and Pregnancy Prevention among 
Middle and High-School Aged Youth.'' CDC seeks to collect qualitative 
and quantitative data from adolescents (ages 11-19) and their parents/
caregivers to assess program needs and services.

DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before January 8, 2018.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2018-
0093 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. CDC will post, without change, all relevant comments 
to Regulations.gov.
    Please note: Submit all comments 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 Leroy A. Richardson, Information Collection 
Review Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton 
Road NE., MS-D74, Atlanta, Georgia

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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 the OMB for approval. To 
comply with this requirement, we are publishing this notice of a 
proposed data collection as described below.
    The OMB is particularly interested in comments that will help:
    1. 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;
    2. Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of 
the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used;
    3. Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to 
be collected; and
    4. 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 
submissions of responses.
    5. Assess information collection costs.

Proposed Project

    Assessments to Inform Program Refinement for HIV, other STD, and 
Pregnancy Prevention among Middle and High-School Aged Youth--New--
Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH), National Center for 
HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) seeks to 
request OMB approval of a one-year generic information collection plan. 
CDC seeks to collect qualitative and quantitative data from adolescents 
(ages 11-19) and their parents/caregivers to assess program needs and 
services.
    NCHHSTP conducts behavioral and health service assessments and 
research projects as part of its response to the domestic HIV/AIDS 
epidemic, STD prevention, TB elimination and viral hepatitis control 
with national, state, and local partners. Adolescents make up the 
population of interest for DASH and several other NCHHSTP divisions, as 
Adolescents have specific developmental, health social, and resource 
needs. DASH addresses adolescent health risk factors and access to 
health care as the organization's primary mission. The assessment and 
research conducted by NCHHSTP is one pillar upon which NCHHSTP revises 
and updates its recommendations and guidelines. Recommendations and 
guidelines for adolescent sexual risk reduction require a foundation of 
scientific evidence.
    Assessment of programmatic practices for adolescents helps to 
assure effective and evidence-based sexual risk reduction practices and 
efficient use of resources. Such assessments also help to improve 
programs through better identification of strategies relevant to 
adolescents as a population as well as specific sub-groups of 
adolescents at highest risk for HIV and other STDs so that programs can 
be better tailored for them.
    The information collection requests under this generic plan intend 
to allow for data collection with two types of respondents:
     Adolescents (11-19 years old) of middle and high school 
age; and
     Parents and/or caregivers of adolescents of middle and 
high school age. For the purposes of this generic package, parents/
caregivers include the adult primary caregiver(s) for a child's basic 
needs (e.g., food, shelter, and safety). This includes biological 
parents; other biological relatives such as grandparents, aunts, 
uncles, or siblings; and non-biological parents such as adoptive, 
foster, or stepparents.
    The types of information collection activities included in this 
generic plan include:
    (1) Quantitative data collection through electronic, telephone, or 
paper questionnaires to gather information about programmatic and 
service activities related to the prevention of HIV and other STDs 
among adolescents of middle- and high-school age.
    (2) Qualitative data collection through electronic, telephone, or 
paper means to gather information about programmatic and service 
activities related to the prevention of HIV and other STDs among 
adolescents of middle- and high-school age. Qualitative data collection 
may involve focus groups and in-depth interviewing through group 
interviews, and cognitive interviewing.
    For adolescents, data collection instruments will include questions 
on demographic characteristics; experiences with programs and services 
to reduce the risk of HIV and other STD transmission; and knowledge, 
attitudes, behaviors, and skills related to sexual risk and protective 
factors on the individual, interpersonal, and community levels.
    For parents and caregivers, data collection instruments will 
include questions on demographic characteristics as well as parents'/
caregivers' (1) perceptions about programs and services provided to 
adolescents; (2) knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions about their 
adolescents' health risk and protective behaviors; and (3) parenting 
knowledge, attitudes, behaviors, and skills.
    Any data collection request put forward under this generic 
clearance will identify the programs and/or services to be informed or 
refined with the information from the collection and will include a 
crosswalk of data elements to the aspects of the program the project 
team seeks to inform or refine. Because this request includes a wide 
range of possible data collection instruments, specific requests will 
include items of information to collect and copies of data collection 
instruments. CDC will pilot test all data collection instruments. CDC 
will ensure cultural, developmental, and age appropriateness of each 
instrument. Similarly, CDC will pilot test parent data collection 
instruments and the data collection instruments will reflect the 
culture, developmental stage, and age of the parents' adolescent 
children.
    All data collection procedures will receive review and approval by 
an Institutional Review Board for the protection of human subjects. CDC 
will also adhere to appropriate consent and assent procedures as 
outlined in the IRB-approved protocols and described in the generic 
information collection plan.
    Participation of respondents is voluntary. There is no cost to the 
participants other than their time.
    The table below provides the estimated annualized response burden 
for up to 15 individual data collections under this generic plan. CDC 
estimates 57,584 respondent burden hours for these information 
collections.

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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 hours)      (in hours)
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Middle and High School Age      Youth                     20,000               1           50/60          16,667
 Adolescents.                    questionnaire.
Middle and High School Age      Pre/Post youth            10,000               2           50/60          16,667
 Adolescents.                    questionnaire.
Middle and High School Age      Youth interview/           3,000               2             1.5           9,000
 Adolescents.                    focus group
                                 guide.
Parents/caregivers of           Parent/Caregiver           7,500               2           25/60           6,250
 adolescents.                    questionnaire.
Parents/caregivers of           Parent/Caregiver           3,000               2             1.5           9,000
 adolescents.                    interview/focus
                                 group guide.
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    Total.....................  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............          57,584
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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. 2017-24317 Filed 11-7-17; 8:45 am]
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