[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 198 (Tuesday, October 13, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64478-64479]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-22486]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30Day-21-20KN]


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/STD Prevention Reporting Templates.'' 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 March 9, 2020 to obtain comments from the 
public and affected agencies. CDC did not receive 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 agency's 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. Comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function. 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/STD Prevention 
Reporting Templates--New--Division of Adolescent and School Health 
(DASH), National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB 
Prevention (NCHHSTP), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    PS18-1807 Promoting Adolescent Health through School-Based HIV/STD 
Prevention was awarded August 1, 2018 with a five-year project period. 
It is funded through the Division of Adolescent and School Health 
(DASH).
    Health behaviors during adolescence set the stage for behaviors and 
health into adulthood. In 2017, 40% of high school students in the US 
had ever had sexual intercourse and 29% were currently sexually active. 
Among currently sexually active students, 46% did not use a condom, and 
14% did not use any method to prevent pregnancy the last time they had 
sexual intercourse. In 2016, young people aged 13-24 accounted for an 
estimated 21% of all new HIV diagnoses in the United States. Half of 
the nearly 20 million new STDs reported each year were among young 
people aged 15-24.
    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. Schools can help understand and prevent 
adolescent risk for HIV, STD and teen pregnancy. Schools play an 
important role in HIV/STD prevention. Schools can influence students' 
risk for HIV infection and other STD through parental engagement, 
health education, connection to physical and mental health services, 
and connecting youth to each other and important adults.
    The PS18-1807 award supports implementation of activities at 
multiple levels of the education system to achieve health goals. School 
curricula, policies, and services are generally locally determined by 
local education agencies (LEA), or local school districts, with 
guidance from state education agencies (SEA). LEA and SEA both provide 
training, resources, and technical assistance to schools. SEA establish 
supportive state environments for local decision making about school 
policies and practices. LEA support implementation of school-based 
strategies through district level actions and decisions. Recognizing 
the importance of locally tailoring approaches, PS18-1807 uses priority 
schools within a district, or LEA, as a natural laboratory for working 
through program implementation details before scaling up--or 
diffusing--activities to all schools in a district. This approach 
supports close connections with decision-makers responsible for 
educational options and school environments at each of these levels. 
Additional support from organizations with specialized expertise and 
capacity for national reach will be used to increase the impact of SEA 
and LEA strategies. They provide a range of highly trained experts for 
professional development and technical assistance to advance HIV/STD 
prevention work.
    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention requests a three-
year OMB approval to conduct three (3) information collections 
entitled, ``Promoting Adolescent Health through School-Based HIV/STD 
Prevention Reporting Templates.'' There are separate reporting 
templates and work plan templates for Component 1 reporting and for 
Component 2 reporting. Eighty (80) sites will be filling out the 
Component 1 reporting template and work plan template; twenty-five (25) 
sites will be filling out the Component 2 reporting template and two 
work plan templates (required programmatic activities work plan and 
professional development work plan).
    The Component 1 information collection uses a self-administered 
reporting template to assess surveillance activities conducted by 
recipient education and health agencies funded by the Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Adolescent and School 
Health under Component 1 of PS18-1807 Promoting Adolescent Health 
through School-Based HIV/STD Prevention. This data collection will 
provide DASH with data to generate internal reports that will identify 
successful and problematic surveillance areas. In addition, the 
information collection will allow DASH to determine if recipient 
agencies are

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completing the required activities of the NOFO on time, as well as 
identifying problems in implementation. With this information, DASH can 
ascertain if additional technical assistance is needed to help 
recipients improve their surveillance implementation if necessary. The 
reporting template will include questions on the following topics: 
Youth Risk Behavior Survey completion and School Health Profiles 
(Profiles) completion. No personally identifiable information will be 
collected.
    The Component 2 information collection uses a self-administered 
reporting template to assess HIV and STD prevention efforts conducted 
by local education agencies (LEA) funded by the Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention, Division of Adolescent and School Health under 
Component 2 of PS18-1807 Promoting Adolescent Health through School-
Based HIV/STD Prevention. This data collection will provide DASH with 
data to generate internal reports that will identify successful and 
problematic programmatic areas. In addition, both information 
collections will allow DASH to determine if recipient agencies are 
completing the required activities of the NOFO on time, as well as 
identifying problems in implementation. With this information, DASH can 
ascertain if additional technical assistance is needed to help 
recipients improve their program implementation if necessary. In 
addition, the findings will allow CDC to determine the potential impact 
of currently recommended strategies and make changes to those 
recommendations if necessary. The reporting template will include 
sections on the following topics: Sexual health education (SHE), sexual 
health services (SHS), safe and supportive environments (SSE) required 
and additional activities. No personally identifiable information will 
be collected.
    The estimated burden per response ranges from eight (8) hours for 
Component 1 to fourteen (14) hours for Component 2. Recipients will 
complete the reporting templates every six months and the work plan 
templates once a year under this approval. Annualizing the collection 
over one-year results in an estimated annualized burden of 3,320 hours 
for respondents. There are no costs to respondents other than their 
time.

                                        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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Surveillance recipients...............  Promoting Adolescent                  80               3               8
                                         Health through School-
                                         Based HIV/STD
                                         Prevention Component 1
                                         Reporting Template and
                                         Work Plan.
Local education agency HIV prevention   Promoting Adolescent                  25               4              14
 recipients.                             Health through School-
                                         Based HIV/STD
                                         Prevention Component 2
                                         Reporting Template and
                                         Work Plans (required
                                         programmatic activities
                                         work plan and
                                         professional
                                         development work plan).
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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. 2020-22486 Filed 10-9-20; 8:45 am]
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