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Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 83 / Wednesday, April 30, 2014 / Notices
Leroy A. Richardson,
Chief, Information Collection Review Office,
Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of the
Associate Director for Science, Office of the
Director, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
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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 404–639–7570 and
send comments to Leroy Richardson,
1600 Clifton Road, MS–D74, Atlanta,
GA 30333 or send an email 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.

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Proposed Project
Promoting Adolescent Health
Through School-Based HIV/STD
Prevention—New—National Center for
HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB
Prevention (NHHSTP), Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
Many young people engage in sexual
behaviors that place them at risk for HIV
infection, other sexually transmitted
diseases (STD), and pregnancy.

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According to the 2011 National Youth
Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) results,
47% of U.S. high school students never
had sexual intercourse; 34% had sexual
intercourse with at least one person
during the 3 months before the survey;
and 15% had had sexual intercourse
with four or more persons during their
lifetime. Of those sexually active high
school students, 40% reported that
either they or their partner had not used
a condom during last sexual intercourse,
and 77% reported that either they or
their partner had not used birth control
pills or Depo-Provera (or any injectable
birth control), Nuva Ring (or any birth
control ring), Implanon (or any
implant), or any intrauterine device
(IUD) before last sexual intercourse.
Establishing healthy behaviors during
childhood and adolescence is easier and
more effective than trying to change
unhealthy behaviors during adulthood.
Since 1987, the Division of Adolescent
and School Health (DASH), which is
now a part of the National Center for
HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB
Prevention, Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC), has been a
unique source of support for HIV
prevention efforts in the Nation’s
schools.
CDC requests Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) approval to collect
data over a three-year period from
funded agencies under award PS13–
1308: Promoting Adolescent Health
through School-Based HIV/STD
Prevention and School-Based
Surveillance. Funded agencies include
non-governmental organizations, state
education agencies, and local education
agencies. The primary purpose of PS–
13–1308 is to build the capacity of
priority districts and priority schools to
effectively contribute to the reduction of
HIV infection and other STD among
adolescents; the reduction of disparities
in HIV infection and other STD
experienced by specific adolescent subpopulations; and the conducting of
school-based surveillance, a component
not included in this data collection for
evaluation.
CDC will be using a web-based system
to collect data on the approaches that
funded agencies are using to meet their
goals. Approaches include helping
districts and schools deliver exemplary
sexual health education emphasizing
HIV and other STD prevention;
increasing adolescent access to key
sexual health services; and establishing
safe and supportive environments for
students and staff.
To track funded agency progress and
evaluate the effectiveness of program
activities, CDC will be collecting data
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measures. Process measures, which will
be completed by all funded agencies, are
important to assess the extent to which
planned program activities have been
implemented and lead to feasible and
sustainable programmatic outcomes.
Process measures include items on
school health policy assessment and
monitoring, and on providing training
and technical assistance to partner
education agencies and schools.
Performance measures, which will be
completed by only state and local
education agencies, assess whether
funded activities at each site are leading
to intended outcomes including public
health impact of systemic change in
schools. These measures drove the
development of questionnaires that have
been tailored to each funded agencies’
approach (i.e., exemplary sexual health
education, sexual health services, and
safe and supportive environments).
Respondents include 19 state
education agencies, 17 local education
agencies, and 6 non-governmental
organizations that have all been funded
under PS13–1308. The questionnaires
will be submitted to CDC semi-annually
using the Program Evaluation and
Reporting System, an electronic webbased interface specifically designed for
this data collection.
Each funded agency will receive a
unique log-in to the system and
technical assistance to ensure they can
use the system easily. The dates when
data are requested reflect Procurement
and Grants Office deadlines to provide
timely feedback to funded agencies and
CDC staff for accountability and optimal
use of funds. CDC anticipates that semiannual information collection will begin
in October 2014 and will describe
activities conducted during the period
August 2014–July 2017.
The estimated burden per response
ranges from 0.5 hours to 6 hours. This
variation in burden is due to the
variability in the questions on the forms
based on the approach and type of
funded agency. For instance, nongovernmental organizations have fewer
questions to respond to because they
only have questions for process
evaluation. Local education agencies
have the highest burden because it takes
more time to gather information as they
gather data at the school- and studentlevel as compared with state education
agencies that report only state- and
district-level data. Annualizing this
collection over three years results in an
estimated annualized burden of 820
hours for all funded agencies.
There are no costs to respondents
other than their time.

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ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Total burden
(in hrs.)

Form name

State Education Agency ..................

Exemplary Sexual Health Education
Measures.
Sexual Health Services Measures ..
Safe and Supportive Environments
Measures.
Exemplary Sexual Health Education
Measures.
Sexual Health Services Measures ..
Safe and Supportive Environments
Measures.
Exemplary Sexual Health Education
Measures.
Sexual Health Services Measures ..
Safe and Supportive Environments
Measures.

19

2

4

152

19
19

2
2

3
1

114
38

17

2

6

204

17
17

2
2

3
6

102
204

2

2

0.5

2

2
2

2
2

0.5
0.5

2
2

..........................................................

........................

........................

..........................

820

Local Education Agency ..................

Non-governmental organization .......

Total ..........................................

LeRoy Richardson,
Chief, Information Collection Review Office,
Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of the
Associate Director for Science, Office of the
Director, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2014–09769 Filed 4–29–14; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4163–18–P

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
[60Day–14–14VL]

Proposed Data Collections Submitted
for Public Comment and
Recommendations

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Average
burden per
response
(in hrs.)

Number of
responses per
respondent

Number of
respondents

Type of respondents

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 404–639–7570 and
send comments to Leroy Richardson,
1600 Clifton Road, MS–D74, Atlanta,
GA 30333 or send an email 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)

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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
Assessing the Adoption and Utility of
National Diabetes Education Program
(NDEP) Tools and Resources for
Healthcare Professionals and Health
Education Facilitators—New—National
Center for Chronic Disease Prevention
and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP),
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
Diabetes is one of the nation’s leading
causes of death and disability. An
estimated 25.8 million children and
adults (of whom 7.0 million are
undiagnosed) have diabetes and are at
risk for disabling and life-threatening
complications, such as heart attack and
stroke, and kidney, eye, and nerve
disease. Research shows that Type 2
diabetes, and much of the illness and
premature death caused by diabetes, can
be prevented or delayed. The National
Diabetes Education Program (NDEP) is a
joint program of the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention and the National
Institutes of Health. The NDEP
develops, disseminates, and supports
the adoption of evidence-based,
culturally and linguistically appropriate
tools and resources that emphasize the
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as well as carrying out other preventive
care practices in a timely manner to
improve health outcomes and overall
quality of life.
In 2012 and 2013, CDC/NDEP
collaborated with relevant partners to
update two major diabetes education
resources: ‘‘New Beginnings: A
Discussion Guide for Living Well with
Diabetes’’ (hereafter referred to as New
Beginnings), and ‘‘Working Together to
Manage Diabetes: A Guide and Toolkit
for Pharmacy, Podiatry, Optometry, and
Dentistry’’ (hereafter referred to as the
PPOD Guide and Toolkit). New
Beginnings was developed for diabetes
educators, health educators, health
ministers, lay health workers and others
who facilitate discussion groups about
diabetes self-management. The
discussion guide uses a storytelling
approach to facilitate discussions
focused on the social-emotional impact
of diabetes. Through story-telling, the
guide teaches skills related to goal
setting, building self-efficacy, managing
stress, problem solving, and
communication. New Beginnings has
been revised to make it a more
accessible and flexible resource that can
be adapted for use in diabetes selfmanagement education classes and in
other settings. The PPOD Guide and
Toolkit are targeted to health care
providers in pharmacy, podiatry,
optometry, and dentistry. The PPOD
Guide and Toolkit are designed to
promote a collaborative, team-based
approach to comprehensive diabetes
care. Both resources are being promoted
to key target audiences in 2014.
In order to understand how target
audiences use the resources and apply
the recommended diabetes control
strategies, CDC plans to conduct a series

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