[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 250 (Wednesday, December 30, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71933-71934]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-34528]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development;
Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Young Drivers Intervention Study
SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, for opportunity for public comment
on proposed data collection projects, the National Institute of Child
Health and Development (NICHD), the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
will publish periodic summaries of proposed projects to be submitted to
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval.
PROPOSED COLLECTION:
Title: Young Drivers Intervention Study.
Type of Information Collection Request: New.
Need and Use of Information Collection: The purposes of this study
are (1) to determine the impact of parental actions to monitor and
control their adolescents' driving behavior on adolescent driving
behavior and motor vehicle crashes, and (2) to test the efficacy of
educational persuasive communications in promoting parental restriction
of their adolescent's risky driving behavior. The specific questions
addressed in this study include: (1) Are parents' perceptions about
dangers associated with adolescent driving associated with parental
involvement in their adolescent's driving experiences? (2) Is a parent-
teen driving agreement an effective way of increasing parental
involvement and reducing adolescent risky driving? (3) Does increased
parental involvement reduce risky driving behaviors and decrease
traffic tickets and crashes among adolescents?
A sample of adolescents applying for their learner's permit and one
of their parents will be recruited through department of motor vehicles
offices and driver's education courses in two states. In each state,
1600 parent-adolescent dyads will be recruited and interviewed four
times over the course of the 2-year prospective observational study.
During the initial interview, consent, demographic information, and
contact information will be obtained. Within two weeks, parents and
their adolescents will be interviewed over the telephone. Parents will
be asked about their expectations and parenting practices regarding
their adolescents' driving behaviors. Adolescents will be asked about
their driving practices, their parents' rules and restrictions
regarding driving, and other psychosocial variables. These same
variables will be assessed again during telephone interviews with both
parents and adolescents at six, twelve, and eighteen months intervals.
The driving records for each adolescent will be obtained from the state
motor vehicle administration and examined at the end of the 24-month
period.
Parent-teen dyads will be randomly assigned to the basic
information comparison condition or the special-intervention treatment
condition. Parents in the comparison condition will receive standard
information about the move toward graduated licensing in their state
and the high risk related to adolescent driving. Parents in the special
intervention will receive personalized educational material in the
mail, including a parent-teen driving agreement and an educational
videotape. During the 24 month period of the study, dyads will be
contacted three more times: (1) when adolescents apply for their
provisional/full license, (2) 6 months after provisional/full
licensure, and (3) 12 months after provisional/full licensure. At each
time, parents and adolescents will be interviewed over the telephone
regarding parenting practices related to involvement in and restriction
of adolescents' driving experience, and adolescents' driving behaviors.
Frequency of Response: data will be collected 4 times over a two-
year period; two times each year for two years.
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Affected Public: Parents and Their Teenage Children
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Estimated Estimated
Estimated number of Average burden total annual
Type of respondents number of responses per hours per burden hours
respondents respondent response requested
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Parents......................................... 3,200 2 0.5 3,200
Adolescents..................................... 3,200 2 0.5 3,200
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The annualized cost to respondents is estimated at $64000 (based on
$10 per hour). There are no Capital Costs to report. There are no
Operating or Maintenance Costs to report.
REQUEST FOR COMMENTS: Written comments and/or suggestions from the
public and affected agencies are invited on one or more of the
following points: (1) Whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the function of the agency,
including whether the information will have practical utility; (2) 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) Ways to minimize the burden of the collection
of information on those who are to respond, including the use of
appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
To request more information on the proposed project or to obtain a copy
of the data collection plans and instruments, contact Dr. Bruce Simons-
Morton, Chief, Prevention Research Branch, Division of Epidemiology,
Statistics, and Prevention Research, National Institute of Child Health
and Human Development, Building 6100, 7B05, 9000 Rockville Pike,
Bethesda, Maryland, 20892-7510, or call non-toll free number (301) 496-
5674 or E-mail your request, including your address to .
COMMENTS DUE DATE: Comments regarding this information collection are
best assured of having their full effect if received within 60 days of
the date of this publication.
Dated: December 17, 1998.
Ben Fulton,
Executive Officer, NICHD.
[FR Doc. 98-34528 Filed 12-29-98; 8:45 am]
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