[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 62 (Tuesday, April 1, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15519-15520]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-8161]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[INFO-97-08]
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 Project
1. 1998 Alternative School Youth Risk Behavior Survey
(0920-0258)--Extension--The purpose of this request is to extend
OMB clearance to conduct an ongoing survey among secondary school
students of priority health risk behaviors related to the major
preventable causes of mortality, morbidity, and social problems among
both youth and adults in the U.S. The OMB clearance currently in effect
(0920-0258, expiration 10/97) covers conduct of the national school-
based Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS)
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biennially among students attending regular public, private, and
Catholic schools in grades 9-12. This request is to extend OMB
clearance to conduct a YRBS in 1998 among a nationally representative
sample of students in alternative schools, which have been excluded
from the national school-based YRBS in the past. Alternative schools,
which represent about 5% of U.S. high schools, serve students primarily
who are at risk of not progressing in regular high schools and, as a
result, not graduating, as well as students who have already gotten
into disciplinary trouble, usually related to drug use or violence.
Data on the health risk behaviors of adolescents is the focus of at
least 26 national health objectives in Healthy People 2000: Midcourse
Review and 1995 Revisions. This survey will provide data to help
measure these objectives among alternative school students. No other
national source of data exists for this population. The data also will
have significant implications for policy and program development in
alternative schools. The total estimated cost to respondents is $39,375
assuming a minimum wage of $5.25 for the 1997-1998 school year.
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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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Alternative school students............................. 10,000 1 0.75 7,500
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Dated: March 26, 1997.
Wilma G. Johnson,
Acting Associate Director for Policy Planning and Evaluation, Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 97-8161 Filed 3-31-97; 8:45 am]
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