[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 40 (Friday, February 28, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11993-11995]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-04084]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-20-0493; Docket No. CDC-2020-0015]
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
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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 2021 and 2023 National
Youth Risk Behavior Surveys (YRBS). CDC is requesting a three-year
approval to reinstate, with changes, the data collection for the
national YRBS, a biennially school-based survey of high school students
in the United States.
DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before April 28, 2020.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2020-
0015 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, 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
2021 and 2023 National Youth Risk Behavior Surveys (OMB Contrtol
No. 0920-0493)--Reinstatement with change--National Center for HIV/
AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP), Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The purpose of this request is to obtain OMB approval to reinstate
with change, the data collection for the National Youth Risk Behavior
Survey (YRBS), a school-based survey that has been conducted biennially
since 1991. OMB approval for the 2017 YRBS and 2019 YRBS expired
September 30, 2019 (OMB Control No. 0920-0493). CDC seeks a three-year
approval to conduct the YRBS in Spring 2021 and Spring 2023. Minor
changes incorporated into this reinstatement request include: An
updated title for the information collection to accurately reflect the
years in which the survey will be conducted, minor changes to the data
collection instrument, and the use of a tablet-based data collection
methodology starting in 2023.
The YRBS assesses priority health risk behaviors related to the
major preventable causes of mortality, morbidity, and social problems
among both youth and young adults in the United States. Data on health
risk behaviors of adolescents are the focus of approximately 65
national health objectives in Healthy People 2030, an initiative of the
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The YRBS provides
data to measure 13 of the proposed health objectives and one of the
Leading Health Indicators currently under public comment to establish
Healthy People 2030 objectives. In addition, the YRBS can identify
racial and ethnic disparities in health risk behaviors. No other
national source of data measures as many of the Healthy People 2030
objectives addressing adolescent health risk behaviors as the YRBS. The
data also will have significant implications for policy and program
development for school health programs nationwide.
In Spring 2021 and Spring 2023, the YRBS will be conducted among
nationally representative samples of students attending public and
private schools in grades 9-12. Information supporting the YRBS also
will be collected from state-, district-, and school-level
administrators and teachers. The table below reports the number of
respondents annualized over the three-year project period. There are no
costs to respondents except their time. The total estimated annualized
burden hours are 6,259.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of Average burden
Type of respondent Form name Number of responses per per response Total burden
respondents respondent (in hours) hours
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State Administrators.......... State-level 17 1 30/60 9
Recruitment
Script for the
Youth Risk
Behavior Survey.
District Administrators....... District-level 80 1 30/60 40
Recruitment
Script for the
Youth Risk
Behavior Survey.
School Administrators......... District-level 133 1 30/60 67
Recruitment
Script for the
Youth Risk
Behavior Survey.
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Teachers...................... Data Collection 440 1 15/60 110
Checklist for
the Youth Risk
Behavior Survey.
Students...................... Youth Risk 8,045 1 45/60 6,034
Behavior Survey.
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Total..................... ................ .............. .............. .............. 6,259
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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.
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