[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 145 (Monday, August 2, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41474-41475]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-16376]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-21-1235 Docket No. CDC-2021-0076]


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 continuing information 
collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This 
notice invites comment on a continued information collection project 
titled ``Assessments to Inform Program Refinement for HIV, other STD, 
and Pregnancy Prevention among Middle and High-School Aged Youth.'' 
This is a generic information collection package that supports 
qualitative and quantitative data collection from adolescents (ages 11-
19) and their parents/caregivers for the purpose of needs assessment 
and program refinement for programs and services designed to prevent 
HIV, other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), and pregnancy among 
middle and high school aged adolescents.

DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before October 1, 2021.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2021-
0076 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: 404-639-7118; 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;
    4. Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those 
who are to respond, including using appropriate automated, electronic, 
mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms 
of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic submissions of 
responses; and
    5. Assess information collection costs.

Proposed Project

    Assessments to Inform Program Refinement for HIV, other STD, and 
Pregnancy Prevention among Middle and High-School Aged Youth (OMB 
Control No. 0920-1235, Exp. 05/31/2022)--Extension--National Center for 
HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, TB Prevention (NCHHSTP), Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) requests 
three-year OMB approval for the extension of a Generic information 
collection package (OMB Control No. #0920-1235, Exp. 05/31/2022) that 
supports collection of quantitative and qualitative information from 
adolescents (ages 11-19) and their parents/caregivers for the purpose 
of needs assessment and program refinement for programs and services to 
prevent HIV, other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), and pregnancy 
among middle and high school aged adolescents.
    NCHHSTP conducts behavioral and health service assessments and 
research projects as part of its response to the domestic HIV/AIDS 
epidemic, STD prevention, TB elimination and viral hepatitis control 
with national, state, and local partners. Adolescents are a population 
with specific developmental, health and social, and resource needs, and 
their health risk factors and access to health care are addressed as a 
primary mission by the Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH), 
and adolescents are a population of interest for several other NCHHSTP 
divisions. The assessment and research conducted by NCHHSTP is one 
pillar upon which recommendations and guidelines are revised and 
updated. Recommendations and guidelines for adolescent sexual risk 
reduction require that foundation of scientific evidence. Assessment of 
programmatic practices for adolescents helps to assure effective and 
evidence-based sexual risk reduction practices and efficient use of 
resources. Such assessments also help to improve programs through 
better identification of strategies relevant to adolescents as a 
population as well as specific sub-groups of adolescents at highest 
risk for HIV and other STDs so that programs can be better tailored for 
them.
    The information collection requests under this generic package are 
intended to allow for data collection with two types of respondents:
     Adolescents (11-19 years old) of middle and high school 
age; and
     Parents and/or caregivers of adolescents of middle and 
high school age. For the purposes of this generic package, parents/
caregivers include the adult primary caregiver(s) for a child's basic 
needs (e.g., food, shelter, and safety). This includes biological 
parents; other biological relatives such as grandparents, aunts, 
uncles, or siblings;

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and non-biological parents such as adoptive, foster, or stepparents.
    The types of information collection activities included in this 
generic package are:
    (1) Quantitative data collection through electronic, telephone, or 
paper questionnaires to gather information about programmatic and 
service activities related to the prevention of HIV and other STDs 
among adolescents of middle- and high-school age.
    (2) Qualitative data collection through electronic, telephone, or 
paper means to gather information about programmatic and service 
activities related to the prevention of HIV and other STDs among 
adolescents of middle- and high-school age. Qualitative data collection 
may involve focus groups and in-depth interviewing through group 
interviews, and cognitive interviewing.
    For adolescents, data collection instruments will include questions 
on demographic characteristics; experiences with programs and services 
to reduce the risk of HIV and other STD transmission; and knowledge, 
attitudes, behaviors, and skills related to sexual risk and protective 
factors on the individual, interpersonal, and community levels.
    For parents and caregivers, data collection instruments will 
include questions on demographic characteristics as well as parents'/
caregivers' (1) perceptions about programs and services provided to 
adolescents; (2) knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions about their 
adolescents' health risk and protective behaviors; and (3) parenting 
knowledge, attitudes, behaviors, and skills.
    Any data collection request put forward under this generic 
clearance will identify the programs and/or services to be informed or 
refined, and will include a cross-walk of data elements to the aspects 
of the program the project team seeks to inform or refine. Because this 
request includes a wide range of possible data collection instruments, 
specific requests will include items of information to be collected and 
copies of data collection instruments. It is expected that all data 
collection instruments will be pilot-tested, and will be culturally, 
developmentally, and age appropriate for the adolescent populations 
included. Similarly, parent data collection instruments will be pilot-
tested, and the data collection instruments will reflect the culture, 
developmental stage, and age of the parents' adolescent children. All 
data collection procedures will receive review and approval by an 
Institutional Review Board for the Protection of Human Subjects and 
follow appropriate consent and assent procedures as outlined in the 
IRB-approved protocols. These will be described in the individual 
information collection requests put forward under this Generic package.
    The table below provides the estimated annualized response burden 
for up to 15 individual data collections per year under this generic 
clearance at 57,584 hours. Participation of respondents is voluntary. 
There is no cost to participants 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    Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent      (in hours)      (in hours)
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Middle and High School Age      Youth                     20,000               1           50/60          16,667
 Adolescents.                    Questionnaire.
Middle and High School Age      Pre/Post youth            10,000               2           50/60          16,667
 Adolescents.                    questionnaire.
Middle and High School Age      Youth interview/           3,000               2           90/60           9,000
 Adolescents.                    focus group
                                 guide.
Parents/caregivers of           Parent/Caregiver           7,500               2           25/60           6,250
 adolescents.                    questionnaire.
Parents/caregivers of           Parent/Caregiver           3,000               2           90/60           9,000
 adolescents.                    interview/focus
                                 group guide.
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    Total.....................  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............          57,584
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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. 2021-16376 Filed 7-30-21; 8:45 am]
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