[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 57 (Tuesday, March 25, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14151-14152]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-7465]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[INFO-97-07]
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 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 Wilma Johnson, CDC
Reports Clearance Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D24, Atlanta, GA
30333. Written comments should be received within 60 days of this
notice.
Proposed Projects
1. Sun Protection for Children--New--Skin cancer is of increasing
public health concern because of its increasing incidence. Ultraviolet
radiation is the primary risk factor for skin cancers, and the risk of
skin cancer appears to be increased with early life exposures to
ultraviolet radiation. However, little information is available on sun
protection for children. Therefore, the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Control,
Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, intends to conduct a survey
on sun protection for children to monitor sun protection behaviors,
develop health messages, and target populations for health education as
part of the National Skin Cancer Prevention Education Program.
A representative sample of parents of children aged 6 months to 10
years, selected by random digit dialing, will be interviewed over the
telephone. The information collected will include demographic
information, parental knowledge and attitudes about skin cancer and sun
protection, and sun protection for their children. There is no cost to
respondents.
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Number of Avg. burden/
Respondents Number of responses/ response (in Total burden
respondents respondent hrs.) (in hrs.)
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Parents..................................... 900 1 0.5 450
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2. Evaluation of the Skills-Building Workshop and Peer Outreach
Components of the CDC's Prevention Marketing Initiative Local
Demonstration Site Project--New--The Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, Division
of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Behavioral Intervention Research Branch is
planning to conduct a series of studies as part of the evaluation of a
five-city HIV prevention demonstration program. The program involves
the integration of social marketing strategies and community
participation in an effort to develop and implement HIV prevention
activities. Charged with developing programs for those 25 years of age
and younger, community groups in the local demonstration sites chose to
segment the target audience even further, and to mount a variety of
types of interventions. Decisions about segmentation and the nature of
local interventions were based on formative research conducted in each
community. It is hoped that this demonstration project will result in
reductions in HIV risk behavior among members of the target audiences,
as well as in enhanced collaboration among individuals and
organizations in the participating communities.
To evaluate the effectiveness of two components of the
intervention, questionnaire data will be collected from people under 25
years old and from some parents in the demonstration communities. These
data will be collected immediately before and after the Skills-Building
Workshops, one
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month later, and six months later. In addition, questionnaire data will
be collected once from individuals contacted through Outreach programs.
The cost to respondents is estimated at $32,300.00. These data will
supplement a survey (announced in the Federal Register on 8/27/96)
designed to assess the full program's coverage of the target
population.
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Number of Avg. burden/
Respondents Number of responses/ response (in Total burden
respondents respondents hrs.) (in hrs.)
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Young people under 25 years of age in targeted
prevention program communities:
Skills-Building Workshops................... 3,000 1 2 6,000
Peer Outreach............................... 1,000 1 0.5 500
Parents:
Consent..................................... 3,000 1 0.05 150
Parent-Outreach............................. 250 1 0.50 125
Organization Outreach....................... 50 1 0.5 25
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Total..................................... .............. .............. .............. 6,800
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Dated: March 19, 1997.
Wilma G. Johnson,
Acting Associate Director for Policy Planning And Evaluation, Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 97-7465 Filed 3-24-97; 8:45 am]
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