Notice2022-07522
Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations
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April 8, 2022
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Health and Human Services DepartmentCenters for Disease Control and Prevention
Abstract
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 the extension of an information collection project titled Promoting Adolescent Health through School-Based HIV Prevention. CDC will continue to use a web- based system to collect data on the strategies that funded Local Education Agencies (LEAs) are using to meet their goals related to three strategies: Delivery of sexual health education (SHE) emphasizing HIV and other STD prevention, increasing adolescent access to key sexual health services (SHS), and establishing safe and supportive environments (SSE) for students and staff.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 68 (Friday, April 8, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20866-20867]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-07522]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60-Day-22-1275; Docket No. CDC-2022-0048]
Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and
Recommendations
AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice with comment period.
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SUMMARY: 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 the extension of
an information collection project titled Promoting Adolescent Health
through School-Based HIV Prevention. CDC will continue to use a web-
based system to collect data on the strategies that funded Local
Education Agencies (LEAs) are using to meet their goals related to
three strategies: Delivery of sexual health education (SHE) emphasizing
HIV and other STD prevention, increasing adolescent access to key
sexual health services (SHS), and establishing safe and supportive
environments (SSE) for students and staff.
DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before June 7, 2022.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2022-
0048 by either of the following methods:
<bullet> Federal eRulemaking Portal: <a href="http://Regulations.gov">Regulations.gov</a>. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
<bullet> Mail: Jeffrey M. Zirger, Information Collection Review
Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road
NE, MS H21-8, Atlanta, Georgia 30329.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name
and Docket Number. CDC will post, without 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 H21-8, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; phone: 404-639-7570; Email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5936343b193a3d3a773e362f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e58a8887a5868186cb828a93">[email protected]</span></a>.
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
Promoting Adolescent Health through School-Based HIV Prevention
(OMB Control No. 0920-1275, Exp. 11/30/2022)--Extension--National
Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP),
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. According to the 2017 Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS),
39.5% of high school students in the United States have had sexual
intercourse and 28.7% were currently sexually active. Among currently
sexually active students, 46.2% did not use a condom, and 13.8% did not
use any method to prevent pregnancy the last time they had sexual
intercourse. While the proportion of high school students who are
sexually active has steadily declined, half of the 20 million new STDs
reported each year are among young people between the ages of 15-24.
Young people aged 13-24 account for 21% of all new HIV diagnoses in the
United States, with most occurring among 20-24 year-olds.
Establishing healthy behaviors during childhood and adolescence is
easier and more effective than trying to change unhealthy behaviors
during adulthood. A critical stage that offers valuable opportunities
for improving adolescent health is at school. Schools have direct
contact with over 50 million students for at least six hours a day over
13 key years of their social, physical, and intellectual development.
In addition, schools often have staff with knowledge of critical health
risk and protective behaviors and have pre-existing infrastructure that
can support a varied set of healthful interventions. This makes schools
well-positioned to help reduce adolescents' risk for HIV infection and
other STDs through sexual health education (SHE), access to sexual
health services (SHS), and safe and supportive environments (SSE).
Since 1987, the Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH) in
the National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention of
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), has worked to
support HIV prevention efforts in the Nation's schools. DASH requests
an OMB extension to continue to collect data from agencies funded under
award PS18-1807: Promoting Adolescent Health through School-Based HIV
Prevention. PS 18-1807 is currently starting year three of data
collection, and program activities will continue through 2023. Funded
agencies are local education agencies (LEAs), also known as school
districts. The fundamental purposes of PS18-1807 are; (1) to build and
strengthen the capacity of LEAs and their priority schools to
contribute effectively to the reduction of HIV infection and other STD
among adolescents, and (2) to reduce disparities in HIV infection and
other STD experienced by specific adolescent sub-populations. Priority
schools are middle and high schools within the funded LEAs in which
youth are at risk for HIV infection and other STD. This funding
supports a multi-component, multilevel effort to support youth reaching
adulthood in the healthiest possible way.
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DASH will continue to use a web-based system to collect data on the
strategies that LEAs are using to meet their goals. Strategies include
helping LEAs and priority schools deliver SHE emphasizing HIV and other
STD prevention; increasing adolescent access to key SHS; and
establishing SSE for students and staff. To track funded LEA progress
and evaluate the effectiveness of program activities, DASH will collect
a mix of process and outcome measure data. LEAs will complete process
measures that will 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 and practice assessment and training and technical assistance
received from non-governmental partner organizations. Outcome measures
assess whether funded activities at each site are leading to intended
outcomes including public health impact of systemic change in schools.
The measures tailored to each PS18-1807 strategy (i.e., SHE, SHS, SSE)
drove the development of questionnaires.
Respondents are the same 25 LEAs funded under PS18-1807. LEAs will
continue to complete the questionnaires semi-annually using the Program
Evaluation and Reporting System (PERS), an electronic web-based
interface specifically designed for this data collection. Each LEA has
a unique login to the system and has access to technical assistance to
ensure they can use the system easily. To provide timely feedback to
LEAs and DASH staff for accountability and optimal use of funds, the
requested dates for data reflect the Office of Financial Resources
deadlines. DASH anticipates that semi-annual information collection
will continue after the current OMB approval time frame ends on
November 30, 2022. With this extension, additional data collection will
be conducted at two time points, November 1, 2022-March 1, 2023 and May
1, 2023-September 1, 2023.
The estimated burden per response is approximately 2-26 hours. This
estimate includes time for LEAs to gather information at the district
and priority school-levels. Annualizing this collection over five years
of this project results in an estimated annualized burden of 1,750
hours per year and a total of 3,500 hours for the requested two-year
extension across all funded LEAs.
Funded LEAs are required to allocate at least 6% of their NOFO
award to support evaluation activities ranging from $15,000 to $21,000.
Use of these funds is discretionary, including for collection of
process and outcome measures. Funded LEAs are required to spend at
least 6% of their award to support evaluation activities, including
time to gather and enter data into the online performance and
evaluation reporting system.
CDC requests OMB approval for an estimated 1,750 annual burden
hours. There are no costs to respondents other than their time to
participate.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Average
Number of Number of burden per Total burden
Type of respondents Form name respondents responses per response (in (in hours)
respondent hours)
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LEA........................... Funded District 25 2 2 100
Questionnaire.
Priority School 25 2 26 1,300
Questionnaire.
District 25 2 7 350
Assistance
Questionnaire.
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Total..................... ................ .............. .............. .............. 1,750
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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.
[FR Doc. 2022-07522 Filed 4-7-22; 8:45 am]
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