[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 108 (Wednesday, June 5, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26113-26115]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-11648]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-19-19AUK; Docket No. CDC-2019-0041]


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 
information collection project titled Promoting Adolescent Health 
through School-Based HIV Prevention. CDC will use a web-based system to 
collect data on the strategies that funded Local Education Agencies 
(LEAs) are using to meet their goals related to three strategies: 
Deliver sexual health education emphasizing HIV and other STD 
prevention (SHE); Increase adolescent access to key sexual health 
services (SHS); and Establish safe and supportive environments for 
students and staff (SSE).

DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before August 5, 2019.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2019-
0041 by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Regulations.gov. Follow the 
instructions for submitting comments.
     Mail: Jeffrey M. Zirger, 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 Jeffrey M. Zirger, Information Collection 
Review Office,

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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 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

    Promoting Adolescent Health Through School-Based HIV Prevention--
New--National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB 
Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    Many young people engage in sexual behaviors that place them at 
risk for HIV infection, other sexually transmitted diseases (STD), and 
pregnancy. According to the 2017 Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS), 
39.5% of high school students in the United States had ever had sexual 
intercourse and 28.7% were currently sexually active. Among currently 
sexually active students, 46.2% did not use a condom, and 13.8% did not 
use any method to prevent pregnancy the last time they had sexual 
intercourse. While the proportion of high school students who are 
sexually active has steadily declined, half of the 20 million new STDs 
reported each year are among young people between the ages of 15 and 
24. Young people aged 13-24 account for 21% of all new HIV diagnoses in 
the United States, with most occurring among 20-24 year olds.
    Establishing healthy behaviors during childhood and adolescence is 
easier and more effective than trying to change unhealthy behaviors 
during adulthood. A critical area that offers valuable opportunities 
for improving adolescent health is at school. Schools have direct 
contact with over 50 million students for at least six hours a day over 
13 key years of their social, physical, and intellectual development. 
In addition, schools often have staff with knowledge of critical health 
risk and protective behaviors and have pre-existing infrastructure that 
can support a varied set of healthful interventions. This makes schools 
well-positioned to help reduce adolescents' risk for HIV infection and 
other STD through sexual health education (SHE), access to sexual 
health services (SHS), and safe and supportive environments (SSE).
    Since 1987, the Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH) in 
the National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB 
Prevention of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), has 
worked to support for HIV prevention efforts in the Nation's schools. 
DASH requests OMB approval to collect data over a three-year period 
from funded agencies under award PS18-1807: Promoting Adolescent Health 
through School-Based HIV Prevention. Funded agencies are local 
education agencies (LEAs), also known as school districts. The 
fundamental purposes of PS18-1807 are to build and strengthen the 
capacity of LEAs and their priority schools to contribute effectively 
to the reduction of HIV infection and other STD among adolescents; the 
reduction of disparities in HIV infection and other STD experienced by 
specific adolescent sub-population. Priority schools are middle and 
high schools within the funded LEAs in which youth are at risk for HIV 
infection and other STD. This funding supports a multi-component, 
multilevel effort to support youth reaching adulthood in the healthiest 
possible way.
    DASH will use a web-based system to collect data on the strategies 
that LEAs are using to meet their goals. Strategies include helping 
LEAs and priority schools deliver sexual health education emphasizing 
HIV and other STD prevention (SHE); increasing adolescent access to key 
sexual health services (SHS); and establishing safe and supportive 
environments for students and staff (SSE). To track funded LEA progress 
and evaluate the effectiveness of program activities, DASH will be 
collecting data using a mix of process and outcome measures. LEAs will 
complete process measures that will assess the extent to which planned 
program activities have been implemented and lead to feasible and 
sustainable programmatic outcomes. Process measures include items on 
school health policy and practice assessment and training and technical 
assistance received from non-governmental partner organizations. 
Outcome measures assess whether funded activities at each site are 
leading to intended outcomes including public health impact of systemic 
change in schools. The measures tailored to each PS18-1807 strategy 
(i.e., SHE, SHS, SSE) drove the development of questionnaires that have 
been.
    Respondents are 25 LEAs funded under PS18-1807. Local education 
agencies will complete the questionnaires semi-annually using the 
Program Evaluation and Reporting System (PERS), an electronic web-based 
interface specifically designed for this data collection. Each LEA will 
receive a unique login to the system and technical assistance to ensure 
they can use the system easily. To provide timely feedback to LEAs and 
DASH staff for accountability and optimal use of funds, the requested 
dates for data reflect the Office of Financial Resources deadlines. 
DASH anticipates that semi-annual information collection will begin in 
February 2020 and will describe activities conducted during the period 
August 2019-July 2022.
    The estimated burden per response is approximately 2-26 hours. This 
estimate includes time for LEAs to gather information at the district 
and priority school-levels. Annualizing this collection over five years 
results in an estimated annualized burden of 1,750 hours per year and 
5,250 for three years across all funded LEAs. Funded LEAs are required 
to allocate at least 6% of their NOFO award to support evaluation 
activities ranging from $15,000 to $21,000. Use of these funds is 
discretionary, including for collection of process and outcome 
measures. Funded LEAs are required to spend at least 6% of their award 
to support evaluation activities, including time to gather and

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enter data into the online performance and evaluation reporting system.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                      Average
                                                     Number of       Number of      burden per     Total burden
      Type of respondents           Form name       respondents    responses per   response (in     (in hours)
                                                                    respondent        hours)
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LEA...........................  Funded District               25               2               2             100
                                 Questionnaire.
                                Priority School               25               2              26           1,300
                                 Questionnaire.
                                District                      25               2               7             350
                                 Assistance
                                 Questionnaire.
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    Total.....................  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............           1,750
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Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Lead, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Scientific 
Integrity, Office of Science, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2019-11648 Filed 6-4-19; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4163-18-P