[Federal Register: November 16, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 221)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30-Day-08-07AF]
Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) publishes a
list of information collection requests under review by the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction
Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a copy of these requests, call
the CDC Reports Clearance Officer at (404) 639-5960 or send an e-mail
to omb@cdc.gov. Send written comments to CDC Desk Officer, Office of
Management and Budget, Washington, DC or by fax to (202) 395-6974.
Written comments should be received within 30 days of this notice.
Proposed Project
Evaluation of the Safe Dates Project--New--National Center for
Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC), Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC).
Background and brief description of the proposed project: The
specific aims of this study are to describe the implementation and
drivers of implementation of the Safe Dates program (implementation
evaluation); to evaluate its impact on desired outcomes, including
prevention of and reduction in dating violence victimization and
perpetration (including psychological abuse, stalking, physical
violence, and sexual violence) among ninth-grade students (experimental
effectiveness evaluation); and to evaluate its cost-effectiveness,
including cost-utility (cost evaluation). The evaluation will require
participation from staff and students at 54 schools (18 treatment
schools receiving the Safe Dates program with teacher training and
observation, 18 treatment schools receiving the Safe Dates program
without teacher training and observation, and 18 control schools not
receiving the Safe Dates program).
Implementation evaluation data will be collected primarily through
Web questionnaires completed by principals, school prevention
coordinators, and teachers delivering the program; effectiveness
evaluation data will be collected via classroom scannable forms with
ninth-graders who attend treatment or control schools; and cost
evaluation data will be collected via a Web survey of teachers
delivering the program who receive training and observation. High
schools that agree to participation will be matched into sets of three.
Characteristics that will be considered in the matching process
include demographics and urban/rural county type. Large schools will be
given the option to invite a census of ninth grade students to
participate in the study or to invite a subset of ninth grade students
(in certain classes) to participate. Schools within a set of three will
be matched on census versus subset selection of ninth graders to ensure
that all schools in a set use the same selection process. Eighteen
matched sets of three schools will be selected. One school from each
matched set will be assigned randomly either to receive the Safe Dates
program with teacher training and observation, to receive the Safe
Dates program without teacher training and observation, or to serve as
a control group.
Approximately 10,158 students at the 54 schools will complete a
baseline effectiveness evaluation scannable survey. During the
classroom-administered survey, information will be collected from
students about how they feel about dating, communicating with a dating
partner, and attitudes and behaviors related to violence, including
violence between preteen and teen dating couples. Informed written
consent from parents for their child's participation and informed
written consent from ninth graders for their own participation will be
obtained. During Web surveys, school staff will be asked about
implementation and costs of the Safe Dates program.
Effectiveness evaluation baseline data collection will span the
period from October to November 2007, and follow-up data collection
will occur during January and February 2009. Assuming an 80 percent
response rate at follow-up, it is anticipated that a total of 8,126
students will complete follow-up effectiveness evaluation surveys.
To evaluate the implementation and implementation drivers of the
program, principals and prevention coordinators at all 54 schools will
be asked to complete a series of Web surveys from October 2007 to
February 2009. Assuming a 91 percent response rate for all school staff
surveys, it is anticipated that 48 principals and 48 prevention
coordinators will complete baseline implementation questionnaires, 32
principals and 32 prevention coordinators at treatment schools will
complete mid-implementation questionnaires, 49 principals will complete
end-of-school year implementation questionnaires, and 49 prevention
coordinators will complete follow-up implementation questionnaires. In
addition, 98 teachers at treatment schools will complete Web baseline
implementation questionnaires, 49 teachers at treatment schools
receiving training and observation will complete cost questionnaires,
and 98 teachers at treatment schools will complete two mid-
implementation questionnaires each. Students at treatment schools (n=
4,515) will also complete two mid-implementation questionnaires each.
It is anticipated that study results will be used to determine the
Safe Dates program's effectiveness, economic and time costs, cost-
effectiveness, cost-utility, feasibility of implementation,
dissemination facilitators, and needed improvements for implementation
with fidelity.
There are no costs to respondents except their time to participate
in the interview. The total estimated annualized burden hours are
14,112.
Estimated Annualized Burden
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Average
Number of Number of burden per
Type of respondent Instrument name respondents responses per respondent (in
respondent hours)
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Student............................ Effectiveness baseline 10,158 1 35/60
survey.
First mid-implementation 3,612 1 25/60
survey.
Second mid-implementation 3,612 1 25/60
survey.
Effectiveness follow-up 8,126 1 35/60
survey.
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Principal.......................... Baseline implementation 49 1 15/60
survey.
Mid-implementation survey.. 32 1 15/60
End-of-school-year 49 1 15/60
implementation survey.
Prevention coordinator............. Baseline implementation 49 1 15/60
survey.
Mid-implementation survey.. 32 1 15/60
End-of-school-year 49 1 15/60
implementation survey.
Follow-up implementation 49 1 5/60
survey.
Teacher............................ Baseline implementation 98 1 15/60
survey.
Cost survey................ 49 11 20/60
Fifth session mid- 98 2 25/60
implementation survey.
Ninth session mid- 98 2 25/60
implementation survey.
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Dated: November 9, 2007.
Maryam I. Daneshvar,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Science Officer.
[FR Doc. E7-22419 Filed 11-15-07; 8:45 am]
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