[Federal Register: April 15, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 73)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-08-0621]
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,
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
2009 and 2011 National Youth Tobacco Surveys (NYTS)--Revision--
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
(NCCDPHP), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The purpose of this request is to renew OMB clearance of the
National Youth Tobacco Survey (NYTS) (OMB No. 0920-0621; exp. date
December 31, 2008), a national school-based study to be conducted in
2009 and 2011. The NYTS was previously funded by the American Legacy
Foundation in 1999, 2000, and 2002. The NYTS was funded by CDC in 2004
and additional surveys were conducted in 2004 and 2006. The proposed
revision will incorporate minor changes to the burden estimate and the
survey instrument.
The NYTS is the most comprehensive source of nationally
representative tobacco data among students in grades 9-12, moreover,
the NYTS is the only source of such national data for students in
grades 6-8. The NYTS covers the following topics related to youth
tobacco use: use of cigarettes, smokeless tobacco, cigars, pipes,
bidis, and kreteks; knowledge and attitudes; media and advertising;
access to tobacco products and enforcement of restrictions on access;
school curriculum; environmental tobacco smoke exposure; and cessation.
The NYTS provides national estimates of tobacco use behaviors,
information about exposure to pro- and anti-tobacco influences, and
information about racial and ethnic disparities in tobacco-related
topics. Information collected through the NYTS is used to identify
trends over time, to inform the development of tobacco cessation
programs for youth, and to evaluate the effectiveness of existing
interventions and programs.
Tobacco use is a major preventable cause of morbidity and mortality
in the U.S. and is one of the 28 focus areas in Healthy People 2010.
Within the Healthy People 2010 focus area of tobacco use, the NYTS
provides data relevant to six health objectives. The survey also
provides data to monitor one of the 10 leading health indicators for
Healthy People 2010 that addresses tobacco use.
In Spring 2009 and Spring 2011, the NYTS will be conducted among
nationally representative samples of students attending public and
private schools in grades 6-12. The NYTS is administered to students as
an optically scannable, eight-page booklet of multiple-choice
questions. Information supporting the NYTS also will be collected from
state-, district-, and school-level administrators and
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teachers. The table below reports the combined total number of
respondents for the 2009 and 2011 NYTS annualized over the 3-year
project period.
There are no costs to respondents except their time.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of Average burden
Type of respondents Form name Number of responses per per response Total burden
respondents respondent (in hours) (in hours)
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State Administrators......... State-level 17 1 30/60 9
Recruitment
Script for the
National Youth
Tobacco Survey.
District Administrators...... District-level 80 1 30/60 40.0
Recruitment
Script for the
National Youth
Tobacco Survey.
School Administrators........ School-level 133 1 30/60 67
Recruitment
Script for the
National Youth
Tobacco Survey.
Teachers..................... Data Collection 595 1 15/60 149
Checklist for
the National
Youth Tobacco
Survey.
Students..................... National Youth 12,659 1 45/60 9,494
Tobacco Survey.
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Total.................... ................ .............. .............. .............. 9,759
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Dated: April 8, 2008.
Maryam I. Daneshvar,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
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