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[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 148 (Tuesday, August 4, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38634-38635]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-18604]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-09-09CH]

Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and 
Recommendations

    In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for opportunity for public comment on 
proposed data collection projects, the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic summaries of proposed projects. 
To request more information on the proposed projects or to obtain a 
copy of the data collection plans and instruments, call 404-639-5960 
and send comments to Maryam I. Daneshvar, CDC Acting Reports Clearance 
Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D74, Atlanta, GA 30333 or send an e-mail 
to [email protected].
    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical 
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways 
to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, 
including through the use of automated collection techniques or other 
forms of information technology. Written comments should be received 
within 60 days of this notice.

Proposed Project

    A Controlled Evaluation of Expect Respect Support Groups (ERSG): 
Preventing and Interrupting Teen Dating Violence among At-Risk Middle 
and High School Students--New--National Center for Injury Prevention 
and Control (NCIPC), Division of Violence Prevention (DVP), Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    The prevalence and consequences of teen dating violence make it a 
public health concern that requires early and effective prevention. To 
date, only three prevention strategies--Safe Dates, the Youth 
Relationships Project, and 4th R--have demonstrated reductions in 
dating violence behaviors in rigorous, controlled evaluations. In order 
to protect young people and build an evidence-base of effective 
prevention strategies, evaluation of additional programs is needed, 
including those programs currently in the field. Expect Respect Support 
Groups (provided by SafePlace) are currently in use in the Austin 
Independent School District and demonstrated promising results in an 
uncontrolled program evaluation, suggesting a controlled evaluation is 
warranted to more rigorously examine program effects. The proposed 
study has one primary aim and two exploratory aims. The primary aim is 
to evaluate the effectiveness of Expect Respect Support Groups (ERSG) 
to prevent and reduce teen dating violence and increase healthy 
conflict resolution skills reported by at-risk male and female middle 
and high school students compared to at-risk students in control 
schools who do not receive ERSG. The exploratory aims are: (1) To 
evaluate whether or not the effectiveness of ERSG is enhanced by the 
presence of a universal, school-wide prevention program, and (2) To 
examine moderators and mediators of targeted and universal teen dating 
violence interventions, such as biological sex and history of abuse at 
intake.
    The proposed evaluation will use a quasi-experimental/non-
randomized design in which a convenience sample of participants in 
schools receiving targeted prevention services are compared to students 
in control schools in which no dating violence prevention services are 
available. Control schools will be selected that have characteristics 
(e.g., risk status, socio-economic status) similar to the Austin 
Independent School District intervention schools.
    Based on past, uncontrolled program evaluation of Expect Respect 
Support groups, we anticipate that in the Austin Independent School 
District and neighboring district(s), 800 students will undergo an 
intake assessment, of whom 600 will be eligible for Expect Respect 
Support groups and will complete the baseline survey. We expect 400 
students

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to complete the survey and two-follow-up assessments. Therefore, over 
three years 2400 students will undergo an intake assessment, of whom we 
will recruit 1800 students into the study (300 per year from 
intervention schools and 300 per year from control schools), of whom we 
anticipate 1200 will have complete data.
    There is no cost to respondents other than their time.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                            Number of     Average
                                                               Number of    responses    burden per     Total
         Type of  respondent                 Form name        respondents      per        response    burden (in
                                                                            respondent   (in hours)     hours)
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Middle and High School Students.....  Intake assessment.....          800            1        15/60          200
                                      Baseline Survey.......          600            1            1          600
                                      Completion Survey.....          400            1            1          400
                                      Follow-up Survey 1....          400            1            1          400
                                      Follow-up Survey 2....          400            1            1          400
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    Total...........................  ......................  ...........  ...........  ...........         2000
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    Dated: July 24, 2009.
Marilyn S Radke,
Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. E9-18604 Filed 8-3-09; 8:45 am]
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