[Federal Register: December 20, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 244)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-08-0672]
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 404-639-5960
and send comments to Maryam I. Daneshvar, CDC Acting Reports Clearance
Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D74, Atlanta, GA 30333 or send an e-mail
to omb@cdc.gov.
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. Written comments should be received
within 60 days of this notice.
Proposed Project
Indicators of the Performance of Local and State and Education
Agencies in HIV-prevention and Coordinated School Health Program
Activities for Adolescent and School Health Programs--Reinstatement
with Change--National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health
Promotion (NCCDPHP), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH), CDC, supports
HIV prevention activities and coordinated school health program (CSHP)
activities conducted by local education agencies (LEA) and state and
territorial education agencies (SEA and TEA). DASH has previously
collected information on these activities under OMB control number
0920-0672, which is scheduled to expire in February 2008. Because there
is currently no other standardized annual reporting process for HIV
prevention activities or CSHP activities, DASH seeks OMB approval to
reinstate the previously fielded web-based questionnaires. In addition,
DASH proposes to add a new questionnaire to assess asthma management
activities to be conducted by LEAs and SEAs.
Four Web-based questionnaires will be used that correspond to
specific funding sources within the Division of Adolescent and School
Health. Two questionnaires pertain to HIV-prevention program activities
among LEAs and SEAs/TEAs. The third questionnaire pertains to asthma
management activities among LEAs. The fourth questionnaire pertains to
CSHP activities among SEAs.
The two HIV questionnaires will include questions on:
Distribution of, professional development and
individualized technical assistance on school policies.
Distribution of, professional development and
individualized technical assistance on education curricula and
instruction.
Distribution of, professional development and
individualized technical assistance assessment on student standards.
Collaboration with external partners.
Targeting priority populations.
Planning and improving projects.
Information about additional program activities.
The asthma questionnaire will ask the questions above, but will
focus on asthma management activities.
The CSHP questionnaire will also ask the questions above, but will
focus on physical activity, nutrition, and tobacco-use prevention
activities (PANT). It will include additional questions on:
Joint activities of the State Education Agency and State
Health Agency (SHA).
Activities of the CSHP state-wide coalition.
Health promotion programs and environmental approaches to
PANT.
Information gathered from the questionnaires will: (1) Provide
standardized information about how HIV prevention, asthma management,
and CSHP funds are used by LEAs and SEAs; (2) assess the extent to
which programmatic adjustments are indicated; (3) provide descriptive
and process information about program activities; and (4) provide
greater accountability for use of public funds.
Each Web-based questionnaire will be completed annually. There are
no costs to respondents except their time to participate in the survey.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of Average burden Total burden
Type of respondents Form name Number of responses per per response response (in
respondents respondent (in hours) hours)
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Local Education Agency Indicators for 18 1 7 126
Officials. School Health
Programs: HIV
Prevention
(LEA).
Asthma 10 1 7 70
Management
Education
Question-naire.
State and Territorial Indicators for 55 1 7 385
Education Agency Officials. School Health
Programs: HIV
Prevention
(SEA).
State Education Agency Indicators for 23 1 10 230
Officials. School Health
Programs:
Coordinated
School Health
Programs.
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Dated: December 12, 2007.
Maryam I. Daneshvar,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
[FR Doc. E7-24704 Filed 12-19-07; 8:45 am]
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