05-17768. Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations

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Proposed Project

School Health Policies and Programs 2006, OMB No. 0920-0445—Reinstatement with Change—National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

CDC intends to continue to conduct the School Health Policies and Programs Study (SHPPS) in 2006. SHPPS is a national study of school health policies and programs at the state, district, school, and course levels. Much of the information collected will expand upon data gathered from the SHPPS 1994 (OMB No. 0920-0340, expiration date 1/31/95) and 2000 (OMB No. 0920-0445, expiration date 10/31/2002).

Modifications were made to the SHPPS 2000 survey to improve the clarity of items. New items were developed to capture information on topics of emerging importance. Specifically, three new topics were added to the School Policy and Environment questionnaires: Physical school environment; crisis preparedness, response, and recovery; and school climate.

SHPPS 2006 will assess the characteristics of eight components of school health programs at the elementary, middle/junior, and senior high school levels: Health education, physical education, health services, mental health and social services, food service, school policy and environment, faculty and staff health promotion, and family and community involvement. SHPPS 2006 data will be used to provide measures for 16 Healthy People 2010 national health objectives. No other national source of data exists for these objectives. The data also will have significant implications for policy and program development for school health programs nationwide.

There are no direct costs to the respondents except for their time to participate in the survey. The total estimated annualized burden hours are 22,840.

Estimated Annualized Burden Table

Type of respondent	Questionnaire/activity	Number of respondents	Number of responses per respondent	Average burden per response (in hours)
Screening
State Officials	Recruitment Scripts	51	1	40/60
District Officials (participants)	Recruitment Scripts	652	1	40/60
District Officials (non-participants)	Recruitment Scripts	116	1	1/60
School Officials (participants)	Recruitment Scripts	1,120	1	30/60
School Officials (non-participants)	Recruitment Scripts	280	1	1/60
Assistance Activities
State Officials	Assist with identifying state level respondents and with recruiting districts and schools	51		20/60
District Officials	Assist with identifying district level respondents and with recruiting schools	652		20/60
Principals, secretaries, or designees	Assist with identifying and scheduling school level respondents	1,120		30/60
Surveys
State Officials	State Health Education	51	1	50/60
State Officials	State Physical Education	51	1	1
State Officials	State Health Services	51	1	1
State Officials	State Food Service	51	1	30/60
State Officials	State Questionnaire on School Policy and Environment	51	1	45/60
State Officials	State Mental Health and Social Services	51	1	25/60
State Officials	State Faculty and Staff Health Promotion	51	1	20/60
District Officials	District Health Education	652	1	50/60
District Officials	District Physical Education	652	1	1
District Officials	District Health Services	652	1	1.2
District Officials	District Food Service	652	1	1
District Officials	District Questionnaire on School Policy and Environment	652	1	1.5
District Officials	District Mental Health and Social Services	652	1	35/60
District Officials	District Faculty and Staff Health Promotion	652	1	25/60
Health education lead teachers, principals, or designees	School Health Education	1,120	1	50/60
Physical education lead teachers, principals, or designees	School Physical Education	1,120	1	1.9
School nurses, principals, or designees	School Health Services	1,120	1	1.4
Food service managers, principals, or designees	School Food Service	1,120	1	1.2
Principals or designee	School Policy and Environment	1,120	1	2.5
Counselors, principals, or designees	School Mental Health and Social Services	1,120	1	50/60
Principals or designees	School Faculty and Staff Health Promotion	1,120	1	30/60
Health education teachers	Classroom Questionnaire on Health Education	2,480	1	1.7
Physical education teachers	Classroom Questionnaire on Physical Education	2,022	1	1

Dated: August 29, 2005.

Joan F. Karr,

Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.