[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 20 (Monday, January 31, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5377-5378]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-2013]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30Day-11-10FB]


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 [email protected]. Send written comments to CDC Desk Officer, Office of 
Management and Budget, Washington, DC or by fax to (202) 395-5806. 
Written comments should be received within 30 days of this notice.

Proposed Project

    Developing a Sexual Consent Norms Instrument--New--National Center 
for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC), Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    Sexual violence prevention strategies are increasingly focusing on 
promoting positive behavioral norms such as safety, equality and 
respect in relationships. However, psychometrically validated measures 
do not exist for programs to use in evaluating their strategies. This 
project provides an opportunity to significantly contribute to the 
literature base and fill a gap in evaluation tools by developing a 
measure specific to consent norms for use in three populations: College 
students, late adolescents (ages 15-18) and early adolescents (ages 11-
14). Sound measures of sexual consent norms will improve program 
evaluation efforts and potentially contribute to understanding of 
effective prevention strategies as well as the etiology of sexual 
violence perpetration.
    The development of these measures will occur in four phases. All 
phases will consist of Asian, Black or African American, Hispanic or 
Latino and White students. Phase one will consist of multiple two-hour 
focus groups of 8-10 participants: 1 with prevention educators, 8 with 
college students, 8 with late adolescents (ages 15-18) and 8 with early 
adolescents (ages 11-14). Samples of college students and adolescents 
will include Asian, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, and 
White students. Half of the college student focus groups will be 
conducted with students who grew up in the United States; the other 
half will be conducted with students who came to the United States 
within the last five years. Focus group participants will be asked to 
comment on the proposed instruments relevant to their group. Prevention 
educators will comment on all three instruments. Comments will be used 
to refine the measures.
    In phase two, 200 college students and 100 adolescents will 
complete the revised instrument appropriate to age group, plus a set of 
existing instruments that assess related variables, using online data 
collection methods.
    Phase three will consist of multiple two-hour focus groups of 8-10 
participants: 2 with prevention educators, 1 with college students, 1 
with late adolescents (ages 15-18) and 1 with early adolescents (ages 
11-14). Half of the college student focus groups will be conducted with 
students who grew up in the United States; the other half will be 
conducted with students who came to the United States in the last five 
years. All focus group participants will be asked to comment on data 
collected with the revised instruments in their age group. Prevention 
educators will be asked to comment on data from all age groups. 
Comments will be used to refine the instrument again, before 
administering it to larger samples.
    In phase four, the refined instruments plus a set of existing 
instruments that assess related variables will be administered to 500 
adolescents (200 early and 200 late). Data collection will occur via an 
online survey. These data will be used to examine the psychometric 
properties of the new instruments.
    Findings will be used to demonstrate the adequacy of new 
instruments for use in racially and ethnically diverse populations of 
college student and adolescents by sexual assault prevention programs 
funded through the Rape Prevention and Education Program. There is no 
cost to respondents other than their time. The total estimated annual 
burden hours are 3005.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                 Number of       Average burden
                        Form name                              Number of       responses per      per response
                                                              respondents       respondent          (hours)
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Phase I: Focus Group of Prevention Educators.............                10                 1                3
Phase I: Focus Group of College Students.................                80                 1                2.5
Phase I: Focus Group of Late Adolescents.................                80                 1                3
Phase I: Focus Group of Early Adolescents................                80                 1                3
Phase II: College Student Survey.........................               200                 1                2
Phase II: Late Adolescent Survey.........................                50                 1                2
Phase II: Early Adolescent Survey........................                50                 1                1
Phase III: Follow-up Focus Group of Prevention Educators.                20                 1                3
Phase III: Follow-up Focus Group of College Students.....                10                 1                2.5
Phase III: Follow-up Focus Group of Late Adolescents.....                10                 1                3
Phase III: Follow-up Focus Group of Early Adolescents....                10                 1                3
Phase IV: Confirmatory Survey of College Students........               500                 1                2
Phase IV: Confirmatory Survey of Late Adolescents........               200                 1                2
Phase IV: Confirmatory Survey of Early Adolescents.......               200                 1                1
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    Dated: January 25, 2011.
Carol E. Walker,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2011-2013 Filed 1-28-11; 8:45 am]
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