03-24972. Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations

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Proposed Project: Evaluating the Effectiveness of the Asthma Intervention Program, Power Breathing—New—National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) seeks to conduct an evaluation of the effectiveness of the asthma intervention program, Power Breathing, in two school districts in Kansas City, KS and Fredericksburg, VA. The overall aim of this program, developed by the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America, is to provide adolescents with a basic understanding of asthma and its management in a peer-friendly environment and to empower them to take control of their asthma on a personal level.

The proposed data collection for the evaluation will provide feedback to CDC about the usefulness and cost-effectiveness of this teen asthma intervention program. Sample participants will come from students, parents, program facilitators, and school personnel (school nurses and teachers) in the selected two school districts. Self-administered questionnaires will be given to students at baseline (pre-intervention program), immediately post-program, and at six-months post-program, while parents receive baseline and six-months post-program surveys. The student survey will focus on: knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors regarding their asthma; perception of their health status and quality of life; assessment of the program; and impact of the program on their asthma management skills. Parents will be asked about their child's asthma condition, assessment of the program, and cost-related issues for their child's asthma.

Individual, one-time interviews will be conducted with program facilitators and school personnel regarding their perceptions of the intervention program and its impact on the students. Two focus groups will be conducted with students post-program to obtain additional, in-depth information about their perceptions of the program. The annualized burden is estimated to be 1029 hours.

Respondents	Number of respondents	Number of responses/respondent	Average burden/response (in hrs.)
Students:
Baseline	524	1	30/60
Post-program	524	1	15/60
6-month follow-up	524	1	30/60
Focus group	16	1	1
Parents:
Baseline	524	1	10/60
6-month follow-up	524	1	15/60
Program facilitators:
Interview	6	1	40/60
Program sessions	6	12	30/60
School nurses:
School profile	6	1	10/60
Record abstraction	6	87	10/60
Interview	6	1	40/60
Teachers:
Interview	12	1	40/60

Dated: September 25, 2003.

Nancy E Cheal,

Acting Associate Director for Policy, Planning and Evaluation, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.