[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 30 (Tuesday, February 16, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7651-7653]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-3612]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[INFO-99-09]
Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and
Recommendations
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 Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic summaries of proposed projects.
To request more information on the
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proposed projects or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and
instruments, call the CDC Reports Clearance Officer on (404) 639-7090.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways
to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents,
including through the use of automated collection techniques for other
forms of information technology. Send comments to Seleda Perryman, CDC
Assistant Reports Clearance Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D24,
Atlanta, GA 30333. Written comments should be received within 60 days
of this notice.
Proposed Project
1. An Evaluation Study of an HIV/STD Prevention Curriculum for Youth
Attending Alternative Schools to be Conducted From 1999 to 2002--New
The National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health
Promotion (NCCDPHP), Division of Adolescent and School Health--The
purpose of this request is to obtain OMB clearance to conduct a
randomized trial of a curriculum to reduce behaviors related to HIV/STD
transmission among 14 to 18 year old students in 30 court and community
schools in Northern California. Participants will respond to surveys of
attitudes, knowledge, and behavior related to HIV/STD transmission and
prevention at baseline and at 6, 12, and 18 month post-tests. Reduction
of behaviors among adolescents related to HIV and STD transmission, and
reduction of the prevalence of STDs is the focus of at least seven
objectives in Healthy People 2000: Midcourse Review and 1995 Revisions.
There have been few studies assessing the effectiveness of curricula to
reduce HIV/STD related risk behaviors in this high-risk adolescent
population. Data gathered from this study will provide information
about how HIV/STD risk behavior may be effectively reduced among
alternative school students.
The total estimated cost to respondents is $50,400 assuming a
minimum wage for students of $5.25 in the study period.
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No. of Average burden/ Total burden
Respondents No. of responses/ response (in hours (in
respondents respondent hrs.) hrs.)
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Alternative school students..................... 2400 4 1.0 9600
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Total....................................... .............. .............. .............. 9600
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2. Evaluative Research for the National Bone Health Education Campaign
(NBHEC)--New
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
(NCCDPHP), Nutrition and Physical Activity Communications Team, in
cooperation with the Office on Women's Health, is developing a national
osteoporosis prevention campaign targeting girls ages 9-18--the
National Bone Health Campaign (NBHC). The 5-year campaign will begin by
targeting girls ages 9-12 and their parents and then expand to girls
13-18 and their parents. Funding for the campaign has been approved for
the first two years of the program, so the research presented here is
only that to be conducted in the those two years.
The research will consist of:
Message tests with representative samples of 200 girls
ages 9-12, 200 girls ages 13-18 and 200 parents of girls ages 9-12;
Baseline telephone surveys of representative samples of
1000 girls 9-12 and 1000 girls 13-18;
Follow-up survey of representative sample of 1000 girls
ages 9-12; and
Annual surveys of 400 girls 9-12 and annual surveys of 200
parents of girls 9-12 in five ``sentinel'' sites.
Specifically, the purpose of the research is to
Pre-test campaign messages to ensure that they are
attention-getting, understandable, personally relevant, and credible
for the target audiences;
Provide ongoing assessment of campaign events and their
effects in five ``sentinel'' sites; and
Provide an overall measure of the campaign's effectiveness
over time.
The results of the proposed research will be used to identify and
develop effective campaign messages and strategies to promote bone
healthy attitudes, knowledge and behaviors among the primary and
secondary audiences, and to assist program planners in assessing and
refining program tactics. The research will also provide a measure of
the success of the program in increasing awareness of bone healthy
activities and improving knowledge and attitudes related to those
activities among the primary target audience (girls 9-18). The research
will also be shared with NBHEC partners (various public and private
agencies or organizations) for use in designing and implementing
collaborative programs and messages at the national and local levels.
The total cost to respondents is estimated at $10,050.
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Responses per Hours per
Activity No. of respondents respondent response Total hours
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Message test with girls ages 9- 200........................... 1 .3 60
12.
Message test with parents of 200........................... 1 .3 60
girls ages 9-12.
Message test with girls ages 13- 200........................... 1 .3 60
18.
National baseline survey of 1000 1000 (9-12)................... 1 .3 300
girls ages 9-18. 1000 (13-18).................. 1 .3 300
Follow-up survey to baseline.... 1000 (9-12)................... 1 .3 300
Ten school surveys of 400 girls 4,000......................... 1 *.5 2,000
ages 9-12.
Ten phone surveys with 200 2,000......................... 1 .3 600
parents of girls ages 9-12.
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TOTAL....................... ............................ 3,680
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* Although these questionnaires will be of roughly the same length as the others, we have included time for
getting children organized in the classrooms.
Dated: February 9, 1999.
Nancy Cheal,
Acting Associate Director for Policy, Planning and Evaluation, Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 99-3612 Filed 2-12-99; 8:45 am]
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