National Institute of Child Health and Human Development; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Young Drivers Intervention Study

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development;

Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Young Drivers Intervention Study

SUMMARY: 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 National Institute of Child

Health and Development (NICHD), the National Institutes of Health (NIH)

will publish periodic summaries of proposed projects to be submitted to

the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval.

PROPOSED COLLECTION:

Title: Young Drivers Intervention Study.

Type of Information Collection Request: New.

Need and Use of Information Collection: The purposes of this study

are (1) to determine the impact of parental actions to monitor and

control their adolescents' driving behavior on adolescent driving

behavior and motor vehicle crashes, and (2) to test the efficacy of

educational persuasive communications in promoting parental restriction

of their adolescent's risky driving behavior. The specific questions

addressed in this study include: (1) Are parents' perceptions about

dangers associated with adolescent driving associated with parental

involvement in their adolescent's driving experiences? (2) Is a parent-

teen driving agreement an effective way of increasing parental

involvement and reducing adolescent risky driving? (3) Does increased

parental involvement reduce risky driving behaviors and decrease

traffic tickets and crashes among adolescents?

A sample of adolescents applying for their learner's permit and one

of their parents will be recruited through department of motor vehicles

offices and driver's education courses in two states. In each state,

1600 parent-adolescent dyads will be recruited and interviewed four

times over the course of the 2-year prospective observational study.

During the initial interview, consent, demographic information, and

contact information will be obtained. Within two weeks, parents and

their adolescents will be interviewed over the telephone. Parents will

be asked about their expectations and parenting practices regarding

their adolescents' driving behaviors. Adolescents will be asked about

their driving practices, their parents' rules and restrictions

regarding driving, and other psychosocial variables. These same

variables will be assessed again during telephone interviews with both

parents and adolescents at six, twelve, and eighteen months intervals.

The driving records for each adolescent will be obtained from the state

motor vehicle administration and examined at the end of the 24-month

period.

Parent-teen dyads will be randomly assigned to the basic

information comparison condition or the special-intervention treatment

condition. Parents in the comparison condition will receive standard

information about the move toward graduated licensing in their state

and the high risk related to adolescent driving. Parents in the special

intervention will receive personalized educational material in the

mail, including a parent-teen driving agreement and an educational

videotape. During the 24 month period of the study, dyads will be

contacted three more times: (1) when adolescents apply for their

provisional/full license, (2) 6 months after provisional/full

licensure, and (3) 12 months after provisional/full licensure. At each

time, parents and adolescents will be interviewed over the telephone

regarding parenting practices related to involvement in and restriction

of adolescents' driving experience, and adolescents' driving behaviors.

Frequency of Response: data will be collected 4 times over a two-

year period; two times each year for two years.

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Affected Public: Parents and Their Teenage Children

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Estimated Estimated

Estimated number of Average burden total annual

Type of respondents number of responses per hours per burden hours

respondents respondent response requested

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Parents......................................... 3,200 2 0.5 3,200

Adolescents..................................... 3,200 2 0.5 3,200

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The annualized cost to respondents is estimated at $64000 (based on

$10 per hour). There are no Capital Costs to report. There are no

Operating or Maintenance Costs to report.

REQUEST FOR COMMENTS: Written comments and/or suggestions from the

public and affected agencies are invited on one or more of the

following points: (1) Whether the proposed collection of information is

necessary for the proper performance of the function of the agency,

including whether the information will have practical utility; (2) The

accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed

collection of information, including the validity of the methodology

and assumptions used; (3) Ways to minimize the burden of the collection

of information on those who are to respond, including the use of

appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological

collection techniques or other forms of information technology.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

To request more information on the proposed project or to obtain a copy

of the data collection plans and instruments, contact Dr. Bruce Simons-

Morton, Chief, Prevention Research Branch, Division of Epidemiology,

Statistics, and Prevention Research, National Institute of Child Health

and Human Development, Building 6100, 7B05, 9000 Rockville Pike,

Bethesda, Maryland, 20892-7510, or call non-toll free number (301) 496-

5674 or E-mail your request, including your address to .

COMMENTS DUE DATE: Comments regarding this information collection are

best assured of having their full effect if received within 60 days of

the date of this publication.

Dated: December 17, 1998.

Ben Fulton,

Executive Officer, NICHD.

[FR Doc. 98-34528 Filed 12-29-98; 8:45 am]

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