Dating Matters is a comprehensive
approach to prevent teen dating violence among youth in high-risk
urban communities. Dating Matters consists of evidence-based or
evidence-informed prevention strategies implemented at each level
of the social ecology. This revision identifies the need to
decrease burden on schools by dropping the mid-year student survey.
We believe that given the variation in implementation of the
student curricula across schools (some classrooms in some schools
will implement the curricula in the fall, some in the spring) and
the added burden to schools, we could remove the mid-year survey
without losing critical information about program effects.
Therefore, the project is now requesting approval for these changes
that resulted during the planning year as a function of finalizing
the program materials, clarifying instructions, responding to
school concerns, and shortening several instruments. Additionally,
we are requesting to add the community advisory board capacity and
readiness assessment in order to enhance implementation of the
project.
US Code:
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USC 301 Name of Law: Public Health Service Act
To be responsive to the
schools' needs, we are proposing to drop the mid-year student
survey. We are also requesting to add five new process evaluation
instruments and one new version of an outcome evaluation
instrument.
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.