Notice2022-21216
Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review
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September 30, 2022
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 189 (Friday, September 30, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59434-59435]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-21216]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30Day-22-1275]
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 ``Promoting Adolescent Health through School-
Based HIV Prevention'' 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
April 8, 2022, to obtain comments from the public and affected
agencies. CDC received three comments 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:
(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;
(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 <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. 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
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 had never 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
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are among young people between the ages of 15 and 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. One venue 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 STD 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/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB
Prevention (NCHHSTP) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC), has worked to support HIV prevention efforts in the nation's
schools. CDC requests OMB approval to collect data over a two-year
period from funded agencies under award PS18-1807: Promoting Adolescent
Health through School-Based HIV Prevention. Funded agencies are local
education agencies (LEAs), also known as school districts. The
fundamental purposes of PS18-1807 are to build and strengthen the
capacity of LEAs and their priority schools to effectively contribute
to the reduction of HIV infection and other STD among adolescents; and
the reduction of 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 STDs. This funding supports a multi-component,
multilevel effort to support youth reaching adulthood in the healthiest
possible way.
CDC will use a web-based system to collect data on the approaches
that LEAs are using to meet their goals. Approaches include helping
LEAs and priority schools deliver SHE emphasizing HIV and other STD
prevention; increasing adolescent access to key SHS; and establishing
SSEs for students and staff. Given the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
on schools, these data will also be used to help understand which
approaches LEAs were able to implement during the pandemic and which
approaches presented challenges in this context.
To track LEA progress and evaluate the effectiveness of program
activities, CDC will collect data using a mix of process and outcome
measures. Process measures to be completed by all LEAs 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, which will be completed by
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 LEA's strategies (i.e.,
SHE, SHS, SSE).
Respondents are the same 25 LEAs that have been 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. CDC
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 school levels. Annualizing this collection over two years
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. There are no costs to respondents other than their time to
participate.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of Average burden
Type of respondents Form name Number of responses per per response
respondents respondent (in hours)
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Local Education Agencies.............. Funded District 25 2 2
Questionnaire.
Priority School 25 2 26
Questionnaire.
District Assistance 25 2 7
Questionnaire.
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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. 2022-21216 Filed 9-29-22; 8:45 am]
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