[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 199 (Tuesday, October 19, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57834-57835]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-22696]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30Day-22-21GA]


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 Teen and Parents Surveys of Health (TAPS) 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 July 2, 2021 to obtain comments 
from the public and affected agencies. CDC received no 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. 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.

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Proposed Project

    Teen and Parents Surveys of Health (TAPS)--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 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National 
Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP), 
Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH) requests approval for 
``Teen and Parent Surveys of Health (TAPS).'' This one-time data 
collection will be conducted via a contract with NORC at the University 
of Chicago and its national online panel survey, AmeriSpeaks.
    Documenting health-related risk behaviors and experiences and 
health outcomes of young people through routine surveillance is a 
critical component of DASH's prevention efforts. Another component of 
DASH's efforts to improve adolescent health is observational research 
to inform its school-based programmatic strategies. This type of 
research serves to inform priority settings and sub-populations for 
intervention, as well as specific intervention strategies. These TAPS 
data will allow DASH to refine existing strategies for funded school 
district partners to improve the quality of their programs and services 
to prevent HIV, other STDs, and pregnancy among adolescents, as well as 
improve mental health, sexual health, and other adolescent health 
outcomes (e.g., substance use, violence victimization).
    Data will be used to inform DASH's key school-based programmatic 
strategies of improving family- and school-level protective factors, 
bolstering health education, and increasing adolescent access to 
quality health services. This observational research complements and 
extends DASH's ongoing surveillance efforts through the Youth Risk 
Behavioral Surveillances System (YRBSS) (OMB Control No. 0920-0493, 
Exp. 11/30/2023), which provides key national estimates of adolescent 
health risk behaviors and health outcomes, by providing a deeper dive 
into individual, family, and school factors that positively associate 
with adolescent behaviors and health outcomes. Collecting this 
observational data provides the opportunity to examine untested 
associations of protective factors, health education experiences, and 
health service use (immediate outcomes of DASH strategies) with mental 
health, sexual health, and substance use outcomes.
    CDC requests OMB approval for an estimated 1,378 annualized burden 
hours. 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 hrs)
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Parents/Caregivers of 15-17 year olds.  Adult/Caregiver Survey..           2,634               1           20/60
Adolescent 15-17 year olds............  Adolescent Survey.......             900               1           20/60
Adolescent 18-19 year olds............  Adolescent Survey.......             600               1           20/60
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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. 2021-22696 Filed 10-18-21; 8:45 am]
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