The program will collaborate with Department of Education investigators involved in school based research.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
01/31/2013
36 Months From Approved
4,280
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0
4,054
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0
0
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There are significant gaps in our knowledge of the physiological, behavioral and environmental (e.g., physical and social) influences in the development of obesity and cardiovascular disease, substance use, and violence/aggression during adolescence. Data are needed that integrate behavioral factors with biological and environmental factors in youth in light of many recent scientific advances in biological, behavioral and environmental sciences. Additionally, it is likely that environmental and psychosocial exposures have changed since the classic adolescent longitudinal studies.
Approval is being sought for collection of reliable and valid data on changes in health and health behavior in a cohort of 2,700 U.S. adolescents. The study will collect information on adolescent health behaviors and social and environmental contexts for these behaviors annually for four years beginning in the 2009-2010 school year.
US Code:
42 USC 285g
Name of Law: Public Health Service Act
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.