[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 28 (Friday, February 9, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9152-9153]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-02684]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-24-0493; Docket No. CDC-2024-0010]


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 proposed information collection project 
titled 2025 and 2027 National Youth Risk Behavior Survey (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. This project includes a 
validation study that will inform the development of questions for the 
2027 YRBS questionnaire.

DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before April 9, 2024.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2024-
0010 by either of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: www.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 H21-8, Atlanta, Georgia 30329.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name 
and Docket Number. CDC will post, without change, all relevant comments 
to www.regulations.gov.
    Please note: Submit all comments through the Federal eRulemaking 
portal (www.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 H21-8, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; Telephone: 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 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; and
    5. Assess information collection costs.

Proposed Project

    2025 and 2027 National Youth Risk Behavior Survey (OMB Control No. 
0920-0493)--Reinstatement with Change--National Center for Chronic 
Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP), 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) (OMB Control No. 0920-0493), a school-based survey that 
has been conducted biennially since 1991. OMB approval for the 2021 
YRBS and 2023 YRBS expired November 30, 2023. CDC seeks a three-year 
approval to conduct the YRBS in Spring 2025 and Spring 2027. Changes 
incorporated into this Reinstatement request include the addition of a 
validation study of fruit and vegetable intake, the results of which 
will be used to inform changes to the 2027 YRBS questionnaire. 
Additional changes include an updated title for the information 
collection to accurately reflect the years in which the survey will be 
conducted and minor

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changes to the data collection instrument.
    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 14 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 2025 and Spring 2027, the YRBS will be conducted among 
nationally representative samples of students attending public and 
private schools in Grades 9-12, and in 2025, the validation study will 
be conducted among a convenience sample of schools and students. 
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. The total estimated annualized burden hours are 4,388. 
There are no costs to respondents other than their time.

                                        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 hr)         (in hr)
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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.........  School-level                 133               1           30/60              67
                                 Recruitment
                                 Script for the
                                 Youth Risk
                                 Behavior Survey.
School Administrators.........  School-level                   6               1           30/60               3
                                 Recruitment
                                 Script for the
                                 Validation
                                 Study.
Teachers......................  Permission Form              440               1           15/60             110
                                 Tracking Log
                                 for the Youth
                                 Risk Behavior
                                 Survey.
Teachers......................  Permission Form               14               1           15/60               4
                                 Tracking Log
                                 for the
                                 Validation
                                 Study.
Students......................  Youth Risk                 8,045               1           30/60            4022
                                 Behavior Survey.
Students......................  Dietary Behavior             200               1           10/60              33
                                 Questionnaire.
Students......................  24-hour Dietary              200               1           30/60             100
                                 Recall
                                 Interview.
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    Total.....................  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............           4,388
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Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Lead, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Public Health 
Ethics and Regulations, Office of Science, Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention.
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