[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 215 (Tuesday, November 7, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 56137]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-27573]
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Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 215 / Tuesday, November 7, 1995 /
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Consumer Service
Collection Requirements Submitted for Public Comment and
Recommendations: Evaluation of the Team Nutrition Pilot Implementation
Communities
AGENCY: Food and Consumer Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the Food and Consumer Service's (FCS) intention to
request OMB review of the Evaluation of the Team Nutrition Pilot
Implementation Communities.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by January 8, 1996.
ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding the accuracy of the burden estimate,
ways to minimize the burden, including through the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of information technology, or any
other aspect of this collection of information to: Michael E. Fishman,
Acting Director, Office of Analysis and Evaluation, Food and Consumer
Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 3103 Park Center Drive,
Alexandria, VA 22302.
All responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the
request for OMB approval. All comments will also become a matter of
public record.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael E. Fishman, (703) 305-2117.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: .
Title: Evaluation of the Team Nutrition Pilot Implementation
Communities.
OMB Number: Not yet assigned.
Expiration Date: N/A.
Type of Request: New collection of information.
Abstract: Team Nutrition is a multi-dimensional nutrition education
program delivered through the media, homes, schools and other community
partners. It also includes training and technical assistance to support
school efforts to implement the Dietary Guidelines for Americans in
their food services. The major objectives of this study are to (1)
describe and compare school and community strategies to implement the
Team Nutrition approach to improving children's food choices, and (2)
assess the outcomes of Team Nutrition activities on students, their
parents, teachers, school staff and administrators, as well as school
food service practices.
The evaluation will focus on seven volunteer school districts in
which 30 elementary and seven middle schools will implement Team
Nutrition activities during the 1996 Spring and 1996 Fall semesters.
Four of these districts have also volunteered to participate in the
outcome evaluation. In these districts, 24 elementary and 12 middle
schools will serve as treatment or comparison sites over the same time
period.
The evaluation includes seven data collection protocols: (1)
Activity logs maintained by teachers, staff and administrators
describing nutrition promotion events; (2) a classroom survey of all
students, in two different grades, at treatment and comparison schools;
(3) observations of food choice and plate waste behavior in school
cafeterias among subsamples of the same students; (4) in person
interviews with subsamples of surveyed students; (5) a telephone survey
with a parent of each student surveyed; (6) a self-administered survey
of teachers who deliver nutrition education; (7) personal interviews
with key administrators and staff who make and implement food service
policy.
Estimate of Burden: The public reporting burden associated with one
application of each protocol described above is estimated to average 2
minutes for each activity log entry, 15 minutes for the classroom
survey of students, 0 burden for cafeteria observations, 30 minutes for
the student interviews, 25 minutes for the parent survey, 20 minutes
for the teacher survey, and 35 minutes for administrator and staff
interviews.
Respondents: The kind of respondents associated with each data
collection protocol is described above.
Estimated Number of Respondents: Surveys will be conducted with
approximately 7800 students. Cafeteria observations will be made of
about 5150 of these same students. 600 of these students will also
participate in interviews. Approximately 7800 parents will be surveyed.
145 teachers will compete self-administered questionnaires, and 150
school administrators and food service staff will participate in
interviews. The same teachers, administrators and staff will maintain
activity logs of nutrition promotion events.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: Most data collection
protocols will be administered twice per respondent, before and after
treatment in both school semesters referenced above. The only exception
is for teachers, food service staff and administrators from
participating elementary schools who will respond to appropriate
protocol--questionnaries for teachers and interviews for others--a
total of four times (twice in each of two semesters). Administrators,
teachers and staff are expected make an average of 200 entries on the
activity logs.
Estimated Total Burden on Respondents: 13,365 hours. Copies of this
information collection can be obtained from Carol Olander, Office of
Analysis and Evaluation, Food and Consumer Service, U.S. Department of
Agriculture, 3101 Park Center Drive, Alexandria, VA 22302.
Dated: November 1, 1995.
William E. Ludwig,
Administrator, Food and Consumer Service.
[FR Doc. 95-27573 Filed 11-6-95; 8:45 am]
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