Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations

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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