Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[INFO-99-09]

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

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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 Seleda Perryman, CDC

Assistant 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. An Evaluation Study of an HIV/STD Prevention Curriculum for Youth

Attending Alternative Schools to be Conducted From 1999 to 2002--New

The National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health

Promotion (NCCDPHP), Division of Adolescent and School Health--The

purpose of this request is to obtain OMB clearance to conduct a

randomized trial of a curriculum to reduce behaviors related to HIV/STD

transmission among 14 to 18 year old students in 30 court and community

schools in Northern California. Participants will respond to surveys of

attitudes, knowledge, and behavior related to HIV/STD transmission and

prevention at baseline and at 6, 12, and 18 month post-tests. Reduction

of behaviors among adolescents related to HIV and STD transmission, and

reduction of the prevalence of STDs is the focus of at least seven

objectives in Healthy People 2000: Midcourse Review and 1995 Revisions.

There have been few studies assessing the effectiveness of curricula to

reduce HIV/STD related risk behaviors in this high-risk adolescent

population. Data gathered from this study will provide information

about how HIV/STD risk behavior may be effectively reduced among

alternative school students.

The total estimated cost to respondents is $50,400 assuming a

minimum wage for students of $5.25 in the study period.

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No. of Average burden/ Total burden

Respondents No. of responses/ response (in hours (in

respondents respondent hrs.) hrs.)

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Alternative school students..................... 2400 4 1.0 9600

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Total....................................... .............. .............. .............. 9600

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2. Evaluative Research for the National Bone Health Education Campaign

(NBHEC)--New

National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

(NCCDPHP), Nutrition and Physical Activity Communications Team, in

cooperation with the Office on Women's Health, is developing a national

osteoporosis prevention campaign targeting girls ages 9-18--the

National Bone Health Campaign (NBHC). The 5-year campaign will begin by

targeting girls ages 9-12 and their parents and then expand to girls

13-18 and their parents. Funding for the campaign has been approved for

the first two years of the program, so the research presented here is

only that to be conducted in the those two years.

The research will consist of:

Message tests with representative samples of 200 girls

ages 9-12, 200 girls ages 13-18 and 200 parents of girls ages 9-12;

Baseline telephone surveys of representative samples of

1000 girls 9-12 and 1000 girls 13-18;

Follow-up survey of representative sample of 1000 girls

ages 9-12; and

Annual surveys of 400 girls 9-12 and annual surveys of 200

parents of girls 9-12 in five ``sentinel'' sites.

Specifically, the purpose of the research is to

Pre-test campaign messages to ensure that they are

attention-getting, understandable, personally relevant, and credible

for the target audiences;

Provide ongoing assessment of campaign events and their

effects in five ``sentinel'' sites; and

Provide an overall measure of the campaign's effectiveness

over time.

The results of the proposed research will be used to identify and

develop effective campaign messages and strategies to promote bone

healthy attitudes, knowledge and behaviors among the primary and

secondary audiences, and to assist program planners in assessing and

refining program tactics. The research will also provide a measure of

the success of the program in increasing awareness of bone healthy

activities and improving knowledge and attitudes related to those

activities among the primary target audience (girls 9-18). The research

will also be shared with NBHEC partners (various public and private

agencies or organizations) for use in designing and implementing

collaborative programs and messages at the national and local levels.

The total cost to respondents is estimated at $10,050.

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Responses per Hours per

Activity No. of respondents respondent response Total hours

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Message test with girls ages 9- 200........................... 1 .3 60

12.

Message test with parents of 200........................... 1 .3 60

girls ages 9-12.

Message test with girls ages 13- 200........................... 1 .3 60

18.

National baseline survey of 1000 1000 (9-12)................... 1 .3 300

girls ages 9-18. 1000 (13-18).................. 1 .3 300

Follow-up survey to baseline.... 1000 (9-12)................... 1 .3 300

Ten school surveys of 400 girls 4,000......................... 1 *.5 2,000

ages 9-12.

Ten phone surveys with 200 2,000......................... 1 .3 600

parents of girls ages 9-12.

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TOTAL....................... ............................ 3,680

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* Although these questionnaires will be of roughly the same length as the others, we have included time for

getting children organized in the classrooms.

Dated: February 9, 1999.

Nancy Cheal,

Acting Associate Director for Policy, Planning and Evaluation, Centers

for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

[FR Doc. 99-3612 Filed 2-12-99; 8:45 am]

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