[Federal Register: April 5, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 65)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-04-35]

 
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) 498-1210.
    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 or other 
forms of information technology. Send comments to Seleda Perryman, CDC 
Assistant Reports Clearance Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-E11, 
Atlanta, GA 30333. Written comments should be received within 60 days 
of this notice.
    Proposed Project: The National School-based Youth Risk Behavior 
Survey, OMB No. 0920-0493--Reinstatement--National Center for Chronic 
Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP), Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).
    The purpose of this request is to renew OMB clearance to continue 
an ongoing biennial survey among high school students attending regular 
public, private, and Catholic schools in grades 9-12. Data will be 
collected in the Spring of 2005 and the Spring of 2007 and will assess 
priority health risk behaviors related to the major preventable causes 
of mortality, morbidity, and social problems among

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both youth and adults in the U.S. OMB clearance for the 2003 YRBS 
survey expired November 2003, OMB No. 0920-0493. Data on the health 
risk behaviors of adolescents is the focus of approximately 40 national 
health objectives in Healthy People 2010. The Youth Risk Behavior 
Survey provides data to measure at least 10 of these health objectives 
and 3 of the 10 Leading Health Indicators. In addition, the Youth Risk 
Behavior Survey can identify racial and ethnic disparities in health 
risk behaviors. No other national source of data measures as many of 
the 2010 objectives that address behaviors of adolescents. The data 
also will have significant implications for policy and program 
development for school health programs nationwide. The estimated 
annualized burden over the three-year period is 6,115 hours. There is 
no cost to respondents.

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                                                     Number of       Number of    Average burden   Total burden
                   Respondents                      respondents    responses per   per response   (in hrs)  (05-
                                                      (05-07)       respondent       (in hrs)           07)
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High School Students............................          24,000               1           45/60          18,000
School Administrators...........................             690               1           30/60             345
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    Total.......................................  ..............  ..............  ..............          18,345
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    Dated: March 29, 2004.
Joseph E. Salter,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 04-7557 Filed 4-2-04; 8:45 am]

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