[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 62 (Friday, March 30, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13750-13751]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-06391]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30Day-18-18AF]


Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review

    In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has submitted the information 
collection request titled ``Assessing the impact of interventions to 
decrease sexual risk behaviors and adverse health outcomes among middle 
and high school aged youth'' to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for review and approval. CDC previously published a ``Proposed 
Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations'' 
notice on November 8, 2017 to obtain comments from the public and 
affected agencies. CDC received three comments related to the previous 
notice. This notice serves to allow an additional 30 days for public 
and affected agency comments.
    CDC will accept all comments for this proposed information 
collection project. The Office of Management and Budget is particularly 
interested in comments that:
    (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]. Direct written comments 
and/or suggestions regarding the items contained in this notice to the 
Attention: CDC Desk Officer, Office of Management and Budget, 725 17th 
Street, NW, Washington, DC 20503 or by fax to (202) 395-5806. Provide 
written comments within 30 days of notice publication.

Proposed Project

    Assessing the Impact of Interventions to Decrease Sexual Risk 
Behaviors and Adverse Health Outcomes 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 CDC requests approval for a new generic information collection 
package that supports collection of quantitative and qualitative 
information from adolescents (ages 11-19) and their parents/caregivers 
for the purpose of assessing and informing programs and services to 
reduce sexual risk behaviors and decrease adverse health outcomes among 
middle and high school aged adolescents.
    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 are a population 
with specific developmental, health and social, and resource needs, and 
their health risk factors and access to health care are addressed as a 
primary mission by the Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH), 
and adolescents are a population of interest for several other NCHHSTP 
divisions.
    The assessment and research conducted by NCHHSTP is one pillar upon 
which recommendations and guidelines are revised and updated. 
Recommendations and guidelines for adolescent sexual risk reduction 
require that 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 (e.g., sexual 
minority youth, homeless youth) and that provide more tailored sexual 
risk reduction programs and services to them.
    The CDC requests a three-year OMB approval for a new generic 
information collection request plan entitled, ``Assessing the Impact of 
Interventions to Decrease Sexual Risk Behaviors and Adverse Health 
Outcomes among Middle and High School-aged Youth.'' The information 
collection requests under this generic plan are intended 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 package are:
    (1) Quantitative data collection through electronic, telephone, or 
paper questionnaires to gather information about programmatic and 
service activities related to sexual risk reduction or adverse health 
outcomes 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 sexual risk reduction or prevention of adverse 
health outcomes among adolescents of middle- and high-school age. 
Qualitative data collection may involve focus groups and in-depth 
interviewing

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through group interviews, and cognitive interviewing.
    For adolescents, data collection instruments will include questions 
on 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 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.
    Because this request includes a wide range of possible data 
collection instruments, specific requests will include items of 
information to be collected and copies of data collection instruments. 
It is expected that all data collection instruments will be pilot-
tested, and will be culturally, developmentally, and age appropriate 
for the adolescent populations included. Similarly, parent data 
collection instruments will be pilot-tested, 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 and follow appropriate consent and assent 
procedures as outlined in the IRB-approved protocols and these will be 
described in the individual information collection requests put forward 
under this generic package. 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 information 
collection plan at 57,584 hours. Average burden per response is based 
on pilot testing and timing of quantitative and qualitative instrument 
administration during previous studies. Response times include the time 
to read and respond to consent forms and to read or listen to 
instructions.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                                      Average
                                                                     Number of       Number of      burden per
          Type of respondents                   Form name           respondents    responses per   response  (in
                                                                                    respondent        hours)
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Adolescents...........................  Youth questionnaire.....          20,000               1           50/60
Adolescents...........................  Pre/Post youth                    10,000               2           50/60
                                         questionnaire.
Parents of adolescents................  Adult questionnaire.....           7,500               2           25/60
Adolescents...........................  Youth interview/focus              3,000               2             1.5
                                         group protocol.
Parents of adolescents................  Adult interview/focus              3,000               2             1.5
                                         group protocol.
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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. 2018-06391 Filed 3-29-18; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4163-18-P