[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 87 (Thursday, May 6, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24958-24959]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-10711]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-10-0783]
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 [email protected].
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
Evaluation of Safe Dates Project--(OMB No. 0920-0783 exp. 6/30/
2011)--Revision--National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
(NCIPC), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) requests a revision of this
Information Collection Request for the Evaluation of the Safe Dates
Project. Safe Dates is a research-based adolescent dating violence
prevention program. The Safe Dates program includes a nine-session
dating abuse curriculum, a play about dating abuse, and a poster
contest.
The current information collection request is approved to conduct
focus groups and interviews about the Safe Dates adolescent dating
violence prevention program. Previously approved were the
effectiveness, implementation, and cost surveys with students, school
principals, school prevention coordinators, and teachers at a mix of
schools. CDC would like to add focus groups with students and
interviews with teachers in the urban schools. Data collection staff
will use new interview guides designed for this purpose. This revision
is requested because CDC has learned additional information about
violence and risk factors for adolescents in urban, high-risk
communities since the original OMB clearance package was submitted.
Recent research has shown that adolescents who live in urban,
disadvantaged communities report significantly higher prevalence of
some risky behaviors, including violence, than nationally
representative U.S. adolescents (Swahn & Bossarte, 2009). Students and
teachers in urban schools participating in the effectiveness, cost, and
implementation evaluation are an important source of information about
possible adaptations to the Safe Dates program that may be needed for
urban, high-risk adolescents. Thus, CDC would like to conduct
qualitative research with students and teachers in urban schools.
This program has been shown to be effective in one rural North
Carolina school district, but appropriateness of the program with
urban, high-risk adolescents is unknown. An assessment of whether the
Safe Dates adolescent dating violence prevention program needs
modification/adaptation for urban, high-risk adolescents is required.
The data collection will require participation from teachers at eight
schools who delivered the Safe Dates program and students at one school
who received the program. Qualitative data will be collected through
student focus groups and teacher interviews. Students will complete a
participant profile form to capture basic demographic information.
Approximately 1,318 students will participate in the Effectiveness
Follow-Up Survey data collection, with 20 teachers and 40 students to
participate in interviews and focus groups, respectively. Informed
written consent from parents for each student's participation and
informed written assent from tenth graders for their own participation
will be obtained. Twenty teachers will participate in interviews.
Students and teachers will be asked about their experiences with the
Safe Dates program and ideas they may have about adapting the program
for urban schools.
Data collection will occur in July 2010. Total response burden for
this
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project is summarized in the following table. There is no cost to
respondents other than their time.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Average
Number of Number of burden per Total response
Type of respondent Form name respondents responses per response (in burden (hours)
respondent hours)
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Student....................... Effectiveness 1,318 1 35/60 769
follow-up
survey.
Focus group 40 1 1.5 60
guide and
demographic
form.
Teacher....................... Interview guide. 20 1 1 20
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Total........... 1,378 .............. .............. 849
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Dated: April 30, 2010.
Maryam I. Daneshvar,
Acting Reports Clearance Office, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2010-10711 Filed 5-5-10; 8:45 am]
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