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the Teen Pregnancy Prevention
Initiative. OAH is working
collaboratively with the Office of the
Assistant Secretary for Planning and
Evaluation (ASPE), the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),
and the Administration for Children and
Families (ACF) on adolescent pregnancy
prevention evaluation activities.
OAH in partnership with ASPE will
be overseeing the Teen Pregnancy
Prevention Replication Evaluation (TPP
Replication Evaluation). The TPP
Replication Evaluation will be an
experimental evaluation which will
determine the extent to which a subset
of evidence-based program models
funded as part of the OAH evidencebased Teen Pregnancy Prevention
Initiative demonstrate effects on
adolescent sexual risk behavior and
teenage pregnancy when they are
replicated in similar and in different
settings and for different populations.
The findings from this evaluation will
be of interest to the general public, to
policy-makers, and to organizations
interested in teen pregnancy prevention.
The implementation study will enable
us to understand the programs,
document their implementation and
context, assess fidelity of
implementation and the factors that
influence it, and describe the
counterfactual, or the ‘‘business as
usual’’ services received by youth in the
control group. This information will
enable us to describe each implemented
program and the treatment-control
contrast evaluated in each site. It will
also help us interpret impact analysis
findings and may help explain any
unexpected findings, differences in
impacts across programs, and
differences in impacts across locations
or population subgroups.
ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN TABLE
Annual number
of respondents
Instrument
Number of
responses per
respondent
Average burden
hours per
response
Total annual
burden hours
Staff and community member interviews (Master Topic Guide) .....
Guide for Focus Group Discussion with Frontline Staff ..................
Guide for Focus Group Discussion with Participating Youths ........
Guide for Discussion with School/Agency Staff about Counterfactual ................................................................................................
150
120
400
1
1
1
1.5
1.5
1.5
225
180
600
100
1
1
100
Total ..........................................................................................
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1,105
Keith A. Tucker,
Office of the Secretary, Paperwork Reduction
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
[Document Identifier OS–0990–New; 30-day
Notice]
Agency Information Collection
Request. 30-Day Public Comment
Request
Office of the Secretary, HHS.
In compliance with the requirement
of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Office of the Secretary (OS), Department
of Health and Human Services, is
publishing the following summary of a
proposed collection for public
comment. Interested persons are invited
to send comments regarding this burden
estimate or any other aspect of this
collection of information, including any
of the following subjects: (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
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other forms of information technology to
minimize the information collection
burden.
To obtain copies of the supporting
statement and any related forms for the
proposed paperwork collections
referenced above, email your request,
including your address, phone number,
OMB number, and OS document
identifier, to
Sherette.funncoleman@hhs.gov, or call
the Reports Clearance Office on (202)
690–5683. Send written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collections within 30 days
of this notice directly to the OS OMB
Desk Officer; faxed to OMB at (202)
395–5806.
Proposed Project: Pregnancy
Prevention Approaches Evaluation
Baseline Data Collection—OMB No.
OS–0990–NEW—The Office of
Adolescent Health (OAH).
Abstract: The Office of Adolescent
Health (OAH), Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Health (OASH), U.S.
Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS), is overseeing and
coordinating adolescent pregnancy
prevention evaluation efforts as part of
the Teen Pregnancy Prevention
Initiative. OAH is working
collaboratively with the Office of the
Assistant Secretary for Planning and
Evaluation (ASPE), the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),
and the Administration for Children and
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Families (ACF) on adolescent pregnancy
prevention evaluation activities.
The Evaluation of Adolescent
Pregnancy Prevention Approaches
(PPA) is one of these efforts. PPA is a
random assignment evaluation which
will expand available evidence on
effective ways to reduce teen pregnancy.
The evaluation will document and test
a range of pregnancy prevention
approaches in up to eight program sites.
The findings from the evaluation will be
of interest to the general public, to
policy-makers, and to organizations
interested in teen pregnancy prevention.
OAH proposed baseline data
collection activity as part of the PPA
evaluation. A core baseline data
collection instrument was approved on
July 26, 2010. The project has worked in
recent months to secure grantees as
evaluation sites, and as part of this effort
the project has undertaken making
revisions to the baseline instrument
with each site. These revisions were
undertaken because each site has
unique features (e.g. target population;
curriculum; objectives) and the baseline
instruments were tailored to take these
features into account. Emergency
clearance of the site-specific baseline
package was approved August 17, 2011
(ICR Reference No: 201107–0970–003).
OAH is now requesting full clearance to
collect data using site-specific
instruments with a 3-year expiration
date.
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ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN TABLE
Annualized
number of
respondents
Site/Program (and name of baseline instrument)
Number of
responses per
respondent
Average burden
hours per
response
Total burden
hours (annual)
Chicago Public Schools/Health Teacher .........................................
Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles/Project AIM ..............................
Oklahoma Institute of Child Advocacy/Power Through Choices .....
Engender Health/Gender Matters ....................................................
Ohio Health/T.O.P.P. .......................................................................
Live the Life Ministries/WAIT Training .............................................
Princeton Center for Leadership Traning (PCLT)/TeenPEP ...........
1518
467
360
375
200
533
533
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
36/60
42/60
36/60
36/60
42/60
42/60
36/60
911
327
216
225
140
373
320
Total ..........................................................................................
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Keith A. Tucker,
Office of the Secretary, Paperwork Reduction
Act Clearance Officer.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Doris Lefkowitz, AHRQ Reports
Clearance Officer, (301) 427–1477, or by
email at doris.lefkowitz@AHRQ.hhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Proposed Project
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
MEPS Cancer SAQ
Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
Agency for Healthcare Research
and Quality, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This notice announces the
intention of the Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality (AHRQ) to request
that the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) approve the proposed
information collection project: ‘‘MEPS
Cancer Self Administrated
Questionnaire.’’ In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C.
3501–3521, AHRQ invites the public to
comment on this proposed information
collection.
This proposed information collection
was previously published in the Federal
Register on November 2nd, 2011 and
allowed 60 days for public comment. No
comments were received. The purpose
of this notice is to allow an additional
30 days for public comment.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be
received by January 30, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should
be submitted to: AHRQ’s OMB Desk
Officer by fax at (202) 395–6974
(attention: AHRQ’s desk officer) or by
email at
OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov
(attention: AHRQ’s desk officer).
Copies of the proposed collection
plans, data collection instruments, and
specific details on the estimated burden
can be obtained from the AHRQ Reports
Clearance Officer.
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The Medical Expenditure Panel
Survey (MEPS) is a nationally
representative survey of the civilian
noninstitutionalized population of all
ages in the United States that collects
comprehensive data on health care and
health care expenditures from all payors
(including private payors, Medicaid, the
VA, and out-of-pocket) over a two-year
period. The MEPS has been conducted
annually since 1996. The OMB Control
Number for the MEPS is 0935–0118,
with an expiration date of January 31st,
2013. All of the supporting documents
for the MEPS can be downloaded from
https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAViewDocument?ref_nbr=2009100935-001.
The purpose of this request is to
integrate the new self-administered
questionnaire (SAQ) entitled,
‘‘Experiences with Cancer,’’ into the
MEPS. Once the SAQ is integrated it
will be completed by MEPS participants
identified as ever having cancer. The
Cancer SAQ will be included in the
MEPS in 2012; it will be subsequently
removed from the MEPS in 2013.
The work is being conducted by
AHRQ through its contractor, Westat,
pursuant to AHRQ’s statutory authority
to conduct and support research on
healthcare and on systems for the
delivery of such care, including the use
of surveys to collect data on the cost,
use and quality of such care. 42 U.S.C.
299b–2; 42 U.S.C. 299a(a)(1), (2), (3),
and (8).
Method of Collection
MEPS respondents identified as
having cancer will be given the paper
questionnaire to complete themselves. If
the cancer SAQ respondent is available
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at the time of the MEPS interview, we
ask that he/she complete the SAQ and
give it to the interviewer before she
leaves the household after completing
the MEPS interview. If the cancer SAQ
is not collected before the interviewer
leaves the household (including those
cases where the SAQ respondent is not
available at the time of the MEPS
interview), he/she will either arrange a
time to come back to pick it up (if it is
mutually convenient for the respondent
and interviewer) or we ask that the SAQ
be returned in a postage-paid envelope
left at the household.
There are several benefits to
administering this SAQ nationally as a
supplement to the MEPS. First, the
accompanying oversample of persons
with cancer will improve the cost
estimates for patients with this disease
and will allow AHRQ to conduct
analysis on the long term costs of cancer
for survivors. Since the survey is about
the lasting effects of cancer and cancer
treatments on the lives of those who
have been diagnosed with cancer, the
data will also allow research directed at
long-term consequences of cancer and
overall medical expenses. Finally, this
activity will allow AHRQ to examine
the feasibility of using MEPS as a
vehicle for in depth analysis of other
specific conditions. The questionnaire is
being funded by the National Cancer
Institute (NCI) and was developed
through a collaboration among the
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, NCI, the National Institutes
of Health, AHRQ, the American Cancer
Society, and the Lance Armstrong
Foundation.
Estimated Annual Respondent Burden
Exhibit 1 shows the estimated
annualized burden hours for
respondents’ time to participate in this
research. The Cancer SAQ will be
completed by 3,500 persons and is
estimated to require 30 minutes to
complete. The total annualized burden
is estimated to be 1,750 hours.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
[Document Identifier OS-0990-New; 30-day Notice]
Agency Information Collection Request. 30-Day Public Comment
Request
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS.
In compliance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Secretary (OS),
Department of Health and Human Services, is publishing the following
summary of a proposed collection for public comment. Interested persons
are invited to send comments regarding this burden estimate or any
other aspect of this collection of information, including any of the
following subjects: (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.
To obtain copies of the supporting statement and any related forms
for the proposed paperwork collections referenced above, email your
request, including your address, phone number, OMB number, and OS
document identifier, to Sherette.funncoleman@hhs.gov, or call the
Reports Clearance Office on (202) 690-5683. Send written comments and
recommendations for the proposed information collections within 30 days
of this notice directly to the OS OMB Desk Officer; faxed to OMB at
(202) 395-5806.
Proposed Project: Pregnancy Prevention Approaches Evaluation
Baseline Data Collection--OMB No. OS-0990-NEW--The Office of Adolescent
Health (OAH).
Abstract: The Office of Adolescent Health (OAH), Office of the
Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH), U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services (HHS), is overseeing and coordinating adolescent
pregnancy prevention evaluation efforts as part of the Teen Pregnancy
Prevention Initiative. OAH is working collaboratively with the Office
of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE), the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the
Administration for Children and Families (ACF) on adolescent pregnancy
prevention evaluation activities.
The Evaluation of Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Approaches (PPA)
is one of these efforts. PPA is a random assignment evaluation which
will expand available evidence on effective ways to reduce teen
pregnancy. The evaluation will document and test a range of pregnancy
prevention approaches in up to eight program sites. The findings from
the evaluation will be of interest to the general public, to policy-
makers, and to organizations interested in teen pregnancy prevention.
OAH proposed baseline data collection activity as part of the PPA
evaluation. A core baseline data collection instrument was approved on
July 26, 2010. The project has worked in recent months to secure
grantees as evaluation sites, and as part of this effort the project
has undertaken making revisions to the baseline instrument with each
site. These revisions were undertaken because each site has unique
features (e.g. target population; curriculum; objectives) and the
baseline instruments were tailored to take these features into account.
Emergency clearance of the site-specific baseline package was approved
August 17, 2011 (ICR Reference No: 201107-0970-003). OAH is now
requesting full clearance to collect data using site-specific
instruments with a 3-year expiration date.
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Estimated Annualized Burden Table
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Annualized Number of Average burden
Site/Program (and name of baseline number of responses per hours per Total burden
instrument) respondents respondent response hours (annual)
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Chicago Public Schools/Health Teacher... 1518 1 36/60 911
Children's Hospital of Los Angeles/ 467 1 42/60 327
Project AIM............................
Oklahoma Institute of Child Advocacy/ 360 1 36/60 216
Power Through Choices..................
Engender Health/Gender Matters.......... 375 1 36/60 225
Ohio Health/T.O.P.P..................... 200 1 42/60 140
Live the Life Ministries/WAIT Training.. 533 1 42/60 373
Princeton Center for Leadership Traning 533 1 36/60 320
(PCLT)/TeenPEP.........................
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Total............................... ................ ................ ................ 2512
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Keith A. Tucker,
Office of the Secretary, Paperwork Reduction Act Clearance Officer.
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