[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 49 (Wednesday, March 14, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11885-11886]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-1158]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary

[Document Identifier: OS-0990-New]


30-Day Notice; Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed 
Collection; 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.
    Type of Information Collection Request: New collection.
    Title of Information Collection: Evaluation of the Parents Speak Up 
National Campaign: Focus Groups.
    Form/OMB No.: OS-0990-New.
    Use: Evaluation of the Parents Speak Up National Campaign (PSUNC): 
Focus

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Groups, formerly entitled The National Abstinence Media Campaign 
(NAMC): Focus Group. The focus group component of the evaluation is 
designed to complement longitudinal surveys of parents, described in 
the information collection request published in the November 9, 2006, 
Federal Register. A total of 16 focus groups will be conducted with 
parents of children aged 10 to 13. Two groups of mothers and two groups 
of fathers will be conducted for each of the the following groups: non-
Hispanic Whites, non-Hispanic African Americans, English-speaking 
Hispanics, and Spanish-speaking Hispanics. The purpose of the focus 
group data collection is to help evaluate the Parents Speak Up National 
Campaign by learning qualitatively why parents may or may not change 
their attitudes and/or behaviors as a result of exposure to campaign 
messages. It will provide in-depth understanding of parents' views 
about their influence on children's sexual attitudes and behaviors, and 
about parents' reactions to the PSUNC materials.
    Frequency: Reporting on Occasion.
    Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
    Annual Number of Respondents: 1280.
    Total Annual Responses: 1280.
    Average Burden Per Response: 15 minutes.
    Total Annual Hours: 320.
    To obtain copies of the supporting statement and any related forms 
for the proposed paperwork collections referenced above, e-mail your 
request, including your address, phone number, OMB number, and OS 
document identifier, to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a5f6cdc0d7c0d1d1c08bc3d0cbcbc6cac9c0c8c4cbe5cdcdd68bc2cad3"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7023181502150404155e16051e1e131f1c151d111e301818035e171f06">[email protected]</span></a>, or call the 
Reports Clearance Office on (202) 690-6162. Written comments and 
recommendations for the proposed information collections must be 
received within 30 days of this notice directly to the Desk Officer at 
the address below: OMB Desk Officer: John Kraemer, OMB Human Resources 
and Housing Branch, Attention: (OMB <greek-i>0990-New), New Executive 
Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: February 22, 2007.
Alice Bettencourt,
Office of the Secretary, Paperwork Reduction Act Reports Clearance 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 07-1158 Filed 3-13-07; 8:45 am]
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