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[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 163 (Tuesday, August 23, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57596-57597]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [http://www.gpo.gov/]
[FR Doc No: 2016-20136]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary

[Document Identifier: HHS-OS-0990-new-30D]

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Public Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Secretary (OS), Department of
Health and Human Services, has submitted an Information Collection
Request (ICR), described below, to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval. The ICR is for a new collection.
Comments submitted during the first public review of this ICR will be
provided to OMB. OMB will accept further comments from the public on
this ICR during the review and approval period.

DATES: Comments on the ICR must be received on or before September 22,
2016.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov or via
facsimile to (202) 395-5806.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Information Collection Clearance
staff, Information.CollectionClearance@hhs.gov or (202) 690-6162.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When submitting comments or requesting
information, please include the document identifier HHS-OS-0990-new-30D
for reference.
Information Collection Request Title: Federal Evaluation of Making
Proud Choices! (MPC!).
Abstract: The Office of Adolescent Health (OAH), U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS) is requesting approval by OMB for a new
data collection. The Federal Evaluation of Making Proud Choices! (MPC!)
will provide information about program design, implementation, and
impacts through a rigorous assessment of a highly popular teen
pregnancy prevention curriculum--MPC; it includes the baseline survey
instrument related to the impact study and instruments for the
implementation and fidelity assessment. The evaluation will be
conducted in 39 schools nationwide. The data collected from these
instruments will be used to describe the characteristics of the study
sample of youth, be used in the models for estimating program impacts,
and will provide a detailed understanding of program implementation.
Need and Proposed Use of the Information: The baseline survey data
will be used to describe the study sample and to assess whether random
assignment successfully generated treatment and control groups balanced
on important baseline characteristics. The findings from these analyses
of program impacts and implementation will be of interest to the
general public, to policymakers, and to schools and other organizations
interested in supporting a comprehensive approach to teen pregnancy
prevention. Likely Respondents: The baseline survey will be collected
through a Web based survey with study participants in the participating
evaluation schools. Study participants will primarily be in 8th or 9th
grade at the time of the baseline survey, and will be enrolled in the
schools' mandatory health class.
Burden Statement: The total annual burden hours estimated for this
ICR are summarized in the table below.

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Total Estimated Annualized Burden--Hours
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Average
Number of Number of burden per Total burden
Form name respondents responses per response (in hours
respondent hours)
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Baseline survey of impact study participants.... 865 1 30/60 432.5
Master topic guide for staff interviews......... 39 1 1 39
Staff survey.................................... 26 1 30/60 13
Program attendance data and collection protocol. 13 14 9/60 27.3
Program fidelity checklist...................... 9 14 15/60 31.5
Youth focus group............................... 87 1 1 87
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Total....................................... .............. .............. .............. 630.3
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OS specifically requests comments on (1) the necessity and utility
of the proposed information collection for the proper performance of
the agency's functions, (2) the accuracy of the estimated burden, (3)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected, and (4) the use of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology to minimize the information
collection burden.

Terry S. Clark,
Asst Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2016-20136 Filed 8-22-16; 8:45 am]
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