[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 176 (Wednesday, September 11, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47956-47957]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-19631]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30Day-19-19AUK]


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 Promoting Adolescent Health through School-
Based HIV Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, 
STD, and TB 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 Wednesday, 
June 5, 2019 to obtain comments from the public and affected agencies. 
CDC received 2 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

    Promoting Adolescent Health through School-Based HIV Prevention--
New--National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB 
Prevention (NCHHSTP), 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. One venue 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. 
CDC 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 effectively contribute 
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 STDs. This funding supports a multi-component, 
multilevel effort to support youth reaching

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adulthood in the healthiest possible way.
    CDC will use a web-based system to collect data on the approaches 
that LEAs are using to meet their goals. Approaches include helping 
LEAs and priority schools deliver sexual health education emphasizing 
HIV and other STD prevention; increasing adolescent access to key 
sexual health services; and establishing safe and supportive 
environments for students and staff. To track LEA progress and evaluate 
the effectiveness of program activities, CDC will be collecting data 
using a mix of process and outcome measures. Process measures to be 
completed by all LEAs 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, 
which will be completed by local education agencies, assess whether 
funded activities at each site are leading to intended outcomes 
including public health impact of systemic change in schools. These 
measures drove the development of questionnaires that have been 
tailored to each of the LEAs' strategies (i.e., SHE, SHS, SSE).
    Respondents are 25 LEAs that have been 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 log-in to the system and technical 
assistance to ensure they can use the system easily. The dates when 
data are requested reflect the Office of Financial Resources (OFR) 
deadlines to provide timely feedback to LEAs and CDC staff for 
accountability and optimal use of funds. CDC 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 local education agencies to gather 
information at the district and school-levels. Annualizing this 
collection over three years results in an estimated annualized burden 
of 1,750 hours per year and 5,250 for three years across all funded 
local education agencies.
    LEAs are required to allocate at least 6% of their NOFO award on 
evaluation ranging from $15,000 to $21,000. Grantees may use these 
discretionary funds for collection of process and outcome measures, 
including time to gather and enter data into the online and evaluation 
reporting system. There is no cost to the respondents other than their 
time. The total annual burden hours are 1,750.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                   Number of      Average burden
         Type of respondents                 Form name            Number of      responses per     per response
                                                                 respondents       respondent       (in hours)
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LEA.................................  Funded District                      25                2                2
                                       Questionnaire.
                                      Priority School                      25                2               26
                                       Questionnaire.
                                      District Assistance                  25                2                7
                                       Questionnaire.
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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. 2019-19631 Filed 9-10-19; 8:45 am]
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