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Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Lead, Information Collection Review Office,
Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of Science,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
[60Day–21–21GA Docket No. CDC–2021–
0061]

Proposed Data Collection Submitted
for Public Comment and
Recommendations
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC), Department of Health
and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice with comment period.
AGENCY:

The Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of
its continuing effort to reduce public
burden and maximize the utility of
government information, invites the
general public and other Federal
agencies the opportunity to comment on
a proposed and/or continuing
information collection, as required by
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
This notice invites comment on a
proposal to allow CDC’s National Center
for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and
TB Prevention (NCHHSTP), Division of
Adolescent and School Health (DASH)
to conduct a research information
collection project titled ‘‘Teen and
Parents Surveys of Health (TAPS)’’. This
project serves to inform the CDC’s
Division of Adolescent and School
Health’s (DASH) key school-based
programmatic strategies of improving
family- and school-level protective
factors, bolstering health education, and
increasing adolescent access to quality
health services.
DATES: CDC must receive written
comments on or before August 31, 2021.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by Docket No. CDC–2021–
0061 by any of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal:
Regulations.gov. Follow the instructions
for submitting comments.
• Mail: Jeffrey M. Zirger, Information
Collection Review Office, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, 1600
Clifton Road NE, MS–D74, Atlanta,
Georgia 30329.
Instructions: All submissions received
must include the agency name and
Docket Number. CDC will post, without

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change, all relevant comments to
Regulations.gov.
Please note: Submit all comments
through the Federal eRulemaking portal
(regulations.gov) or by U.S. mail to the
address listed above.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request more information on the
proposed project or to obtain a copy of
the information collection plan and
instruments, contact Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Information Collection Review Office,
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE, MS–
D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; phone:
404–639–7118; Email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA)
(44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), Federal agencies
must obtain approval from the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for each
collection of information they conduct
or sponsor. In addition, the PRA also
requires Federal agencies to provide a
60-day notice in the Federal Register
concerning each proposed collection of
information, including each new
proposed collection, each proposed
extension of existing collection of
information, and each reinstatement of
previously approved information
collection before submitting the
collection to the OMB for approval. To
comply with this requirement, we are
publishing this notice of a proposed
data collection as described below.
The OMB is particularly interested in
comments that will help:
1. Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility;
2. Evaluate the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
3. Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected;
4. Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including through the
use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology,
e.g., permitting electronic submissions
of responses; and
5. Assess information collection costs.
Proposed Project
Teen and Parents Surveys of Health
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HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB
Prevention (NCHHSTP), Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC), National Center for
HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB
Prevention (NCHHSTP), Division of
Adolescent and School Health (DASH)
requests approval for ‘‘Teen and Parent
Surveys of Health (TAPS)’’ through an
existing online panel using NORC at the
University of Chicago’s AmeriSpeaks
panel. Documenting health-related risk
behaviors and experiences and health
outcomes of young people through
routine surveillance is a critical
component of DASH’s prevention
efforts. Another component of DASH’s
efforts to improve adolescent health is
observational research to inform its
school-based programmatic strategies.
This type of research serves to inform
priority settings and sub-populations for
intervention as well as specific
intervention strategies. TAPS data will
allow DASH to refine existing strategies
for funded school district partners to
improve the quality of their programs
and services to prevent HIV, other STDs,
and pregnancy among adolescents, as
well as improve mental health, sexual
health and other adolescent health
outcomes (e.g., substance use, violence
victimization). Data will be used to
inform DASH’s key school-based
programmatic strategies of improving
family- and school-level protective
factors, bolstering health education, and
increasing adolescent access to quality
health services. This observational
research complements and extends
DASH’s ongoing surveillance efforts
through the Youth Risk Behavioral
Surveillances System (YRBSS) (OMB
Control No. 0920–0493, Exp. 11/30/
2023), which provides key national
estimates of adolescent health risk
behaviors and health outcomes, by
providing a deeper dive into individual,
family, and school factors that
positively associate with adolescent
behaviors and health outcomes.
Collecting this observational data
provides the opportunity to examine
untested associations of protective
factors, health education experiences,
and health service use (immediate
outcomes of DASH strategies) with
mental health, sexual health, and
substance use outcomes.
CDC requests approval for an
estimated 1,378 annual burden hours.
There are no costs to respondents other
than their time to participate.

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ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Average
burden per
response
(in hrs)

Total burden
(in hrs)

Form name

Parents/Caregivers of 15–17 year
olds.
Adolescent 15–17 year olds .............
Adolescent 18–19 year olds .............

Adult/Caregiver Survey ....................

2,634

1

20/60

878

Adolescent Survey ...........................
Adolescent Survey ...........................

900
600

1
1

20/60
20/60

300
200

Totals .........................................

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

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

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

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

1,378

Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Lead, Information Collection Review Office,
Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of Science,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
[30Day–21–21CG]

Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork
Reduction Act Review
In accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
has submitted the information
collection request titled ‘‘A
Longitudinal Examination of Mental
and Physical Health among Police
Associated with COVID–19’’ to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval. CDC
previously published a ‘‘Proposed Data
Collection Submitted for Public
Comment and Recommendations’’
notice on January 26, 2021 to obtain
comments from the public and affected
agencies. CDC received one comment
related to the previous notice. This
notice serves to allow an additional 30
days for public and affected agency
comments.
CDC will accept all comments for this
proposed information collection project.
The Office of Management and Budget
is particularly interested in comments
that:

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Number of
responses per
respondent

Number of
respondents

Type of respondents

(a) Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary for the
proper performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether the information
will have practical utility;
(b) Evaluate the accuracy of the agencies
estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection of information, including the
validity of the methodology and assumptions
used;
(c) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
of the information to be collected;

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(d) Minimize the burden of the collection
of information on those who are to respond,
including, through the use of appropriate
automated, electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or other
forms of information technology, e.g.,
permitting electronic submission of
responses; and
(e) Assess information collection costs.

To request additional information on
the proposed project or to obtain a copy
of the information collection plan and
instruments, call (404) 639–7570.
Comments and recommendations for the
proposed information collection should
be sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/
do/PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting
‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open
for Public Comments’’ or by using the
search function. Direct written
comments and/or suggestions regarding
the items contained in this notice to the
Attention: CDC Desk Officer, Office of
Management and Budget, 725 17th
Street NW, Washington, DC 20503 or by
fax to (202) 395–5806. Provide written
comments within 30 days of notice
publication.
Proposed Project
A Longitudinal Examination of
Mental and Physical Health among
Police Associated with COVID–19—
New—National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health
(NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
Police officers are exposed to several
stressors during their working lives,
including traumatic events (e.g., motorvehicle accidents, domestic incidents),
organizational stressors (e.g., long work
hours, shiftwork), public criticism, and
concern about physical harm. On top of
these day-to-day stressors, the
coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID–19)
has contributed to an increase in mental
and physical risk. Although exact
figures are not known, in April 2020, it
was estimated that approximately 17%
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out sick, and five officers had died. Over
1,000 police officers had tested positive
for COVID–19. Since then, rates of
COVID–19 have not only increased in
the general population, but also in
police populations. These preliminary
studies indicate that police departments
are under a great deal of stress and at
greater risk because of COVID–19. Given
that efficiently performing officers are
key to successful functioning of law
enforcement, addressing police mental
and physical health is imperative for
their well-being, as well as that of the
public they serve. Nonetheless, little
research has been conducted to evaluate
the physical and mental health
consequences of the COVID–19
pandemic on police officers. Thus,
NIOSH seeks OMB approval to evaluate
the longitudinal mental and physical
health effect of the COVID–19 pandemic
on police officers.
Previously, in collaboration with
NIOSH, the University of New York at
Buffalo (UB) conducted a cross-sectional
research project to evaluate the mental,
physical, and subclinical measures of
health in the Buffalo, NY police officers
as part of the Buffalo Cardio-Metabolic
Occupational Police Stress (BCOPS)
study. The BCOPS study itself includes
a baseline examination and four followup examinations. For this reason,
NIOSH has mental and physical health
data on police officers, collected prior to
COVID–19, including stress related
surveys, blood parameters, physical
measures, stress biomarkers (cortisol)
and telomere length data.
To meet the aims of the current study
NIOSH has contracted with UB to
recruit 200 police officers who
previously participated in a BCOPS
study. Priority will be placed on
recruiting officers who participated in
the last BCOPS study (n=240). If 200 of
the 240 officers cannot be recruited,
then UB will try to recruit any officer
who has previously participated in a
BCOPS study. A subset of the surveys
and biological data collected as part of
the BCOPS studies will be repeated for
this study. By comparing the responses
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