[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 51 (Monday, March 16, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14942-14943]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-05313]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-20-20KW; Docket No. CDC-2020-0030]


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 School Health Profiles Test-
Retest Reliability Study. CDC is requesting a one-year approval to 
conduct the School Health Profiles Test-Retest Reliability Study, a 
study to test the reliability of the data collected through the School 
Health Profiles questionnaires administered by state and local agencies 
to principals and lead health education teachers in public secondary 
schools containing at least one of grades 6 through 12 in the United 
States.

DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before May 15, 2020.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2020-
0030 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

    School Health Profiles Test-Retest Reliability Study--New--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 conduct 
the School Health Profiles Test-Retest Reliability Study to establish 
the reliability of the School Health Profiles (``Profiles''). Profiles 
is a system of school-based surveys conducted by state and local 
education and health agencies

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among school principals and lead health education teachers at the 
secondary school level to assess school health policies and practices 
related to health education, physical education and physical activity, 
tobacco use prevention, nutrition, school-based health services, family 
and community involvement in school health, and school health 
coordination. CDC seeks a one-year approval to conduct the School 
Health Profiles Test-Retest Reliability Study.
    Profiles surveys are administered widely. In 2018, 48 states, 21 
large urban school districts, and two territories conducted School 
Health Profiles. Across all of these jurisdictions, questionnaires were 
completed by approximately 10,000 principals and by approximately 9,000 
lead health education teachers. States and large urban school districts 
use Profiles as a data source for performance measures for two Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention cooperative agreements: CDC-RFA-
PS18-1807, Promoting Adolescent Health Through School-Based HIV 
Prevention (PS18-1807), and CDC-RFA-DP18-1801 Improving Student Health 
and Academic Achievement Through Nutrition, Physical Activity and the 
Management of Chronic Conditions in Schools (DP18-1801). No other 
surveillance system measures school health policies and programs 
nationwide.
    Between September and December of 2020, approximately 200 
principals and 200 lead health education teachers from regular public 
secondary schools in the United States containing at least one of 
grades six through 12 will complete both a Time 1 and Time 2 Profiles 
questionnaire. Five questions will be added at the end of both the 
principal and lead health education teacher questionnaires at the Time 
2 administration to gather data on why responses to the same questions 
may have changed or stayed the same between the two administrations. 
The table below reports the number of respondents annualized over the 
one-year project period. There are no costs to respondents except their 
time. The total estimated annualized burden hours are 686.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                      Average
                                                     Number of       Number of      burden per     Total burden
          Respondent                Form name       respondents    responses per   response  (in    (in hours)
                                                                    respondent        hours)
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School Principal..............  School Principal             200               1           45/60             150
                                 Questionnaire
                                 Time 1.
School Principal..............  Nonresponse                  150               1            5/60              13
                                 follow-up call.
School Principal..............  School Principal             200               1           50/60             167
                                 Questi\onnaire
                                 Time 2.
School Principal..............  Nonresponse                  150               1            5/60              13
                                 follow-up call.
Lead Health Education Teacher.  Lead Health                  200               1           45/60             150
                                 Education
                                 Teacher
                                 Questionnaire
                                 Time 1.
Lead Health Education Teacher.  Nonresponse                  150               1            5/60              13
                                 follow-up call.
Lead Health Education Teacher.  Lead Health                  200               1           50/60             167
                                 Education
                                 Teacher
                                 Questionnaire
                                 Time 2.
Lead Health Education Teacher.  Nonresponse                  150               1            5/60              13
                                 follow-up call.
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    Total.....................  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............             686
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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. 2020-05313 Filed 3-13-20; 8:45 am]
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