35294 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 125 / Friday, July 2, 2021 / Notices 

Jeffrey M. Zirger, 

Lead, Information Collection Review Office, 

Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of Science, 

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 

[FR Doc. 2021–14226 Filed 7–1–21; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[60Day–21–21GA Docket No. CDC–2021– 

0061] 

Proposed Data Collection Submitted 

for Public Comment and 

Recommendations 

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC), Department of Health 

and Human Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Notice with comment period. 

SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of 

its continuing effort to reduce public 

burden and maximize the utility of 

government information, invites the 

general public and other Federal 

agencies the opportunity to comment on 

a proposed and/or continuing 

information collection, as required by 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

This notice invites comment on a 

proposal to allow CDC’s National Center 

for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and 

TB Prevention (NCHHSTP), Division of 

Adolescent and School Health (DASH) 

to conduct a research information 

collection project titled ‘‘Teen and 

Parents Surveys of Health (TAPS)’’. This 

project serves to inform the CDC’s 

Division of Adolescent and School 

Health’s (DASH) key school-based 

programmatic strategies of improving 

family- and school-level protective 

factors, bolstering health education, and 

increasing adolescent access to quality 

health services. 

DATES: CDC must receive written 

comments on or before August 31, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by Docket No. CDC–2021– 

0061 by any of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

Regulations.gov. Follow the instructions 

for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Jeffrey M. Zirger, Information 

Collection Review Office, Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 

Clifton Road NE, MS–D74, Atlanta, 

Georgia 30329. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name and 

Docket Number. CDC will post, without 

change, all relevant comments to 

Regulations.gov. 

Please note: Submit all comments 

through the Federal eRulemaking portal 

(regulations.gov) or by U.S. mail to the 

address listed above. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request more information on the 

proposed project or to obtain a copy of 

the information collection plan and 

instruments, contact Jeffrey M. Zirger, 

Information Collection Review Office, 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE, MS– 

D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; phone: 

404–639–7118; Email: omb@cdc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) 

(44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), Federal agencies 

must obtain approval from the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for each 

collection of information they conduct 

or sponsor. In addition, the PRA also 

requires Federal agencies to provide a 

60-day notice in the Federal Register 

concerning each proposed collection of 

information, including each new 

proposed collection, each proposed 

extension of existing collection of 

information, and each reinstatement of 

previously approved information 

collection before submitting the 

collection to the OMB for approval. To 

comply with this requirement, we are 

publishing this notice of a proposed 

data collection as described below. 

The OMB is particularly interested in 

comments that will help: 

1. 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; 

2. Evaluate the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; 

3. Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; 

4. 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 submissions 

of responses; and 

5. Assess information collection costs. 

Proposed Project 

Teen and Parents Surveys of Health 

(TAPS)—New—National Center for 

HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB 

Prevention (NCHHSTP), Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). 

Background and Brief Description 

The Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC), National Center for 

HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB 

Prevention (NCHHSTP), Division of 

Adolescent and School Health (DASH) 

requests approval for ‘‘Teen and Parent 

Surveys of Health (TAPS)’’ through an 

existing online panel using NORC at the 

University of Chicago’s AmeriSpeaks 

panel. Documenting health-related risk 

behaviors and experiences and health 

outcomes of young people through 

routine surveillance is a critical 

component of DASH’s prevention 

efforts. Another component of DASH’s 

efforts to improve adolescent health is 

observational research to inform its 

school-based programmatic strategies. 

This type of research serves to inform 

priority settings and sub-populations for 

intervention as well as specific 

intervention strategies. TAPS data will 

allow DASH to refine existing strategies 

for funded school district partners to 

improve the quality of their programs 

and services to prevent HIV, other STDs, 

and pregnancy among adolescents, as 

well as improve mental health, sexual 

health and other adolescent health 

outcomes (e.g., substance use, violence 

victimization). Data will be used to 

inform DASH’s key school-based 

programmatic strategies of improving 

family- and school-level protective 

factors, bolstering health education, and 

increasing adolescent access to quality 

health services. This observational 

research complements and extends 

DASH’s ongoing surveillance efforts 

through the Youth Risk Behavioral 

Surveillances System (YRBSS) (OMB 

Control No. 0920–0493, Exp. 11/30/ 

2023), which provides key national 

estimates of adolescent health risk 

behaviors and health outcomes, by 

providing a deeper dive into individual, 

family, and school factors that 

positively associate with adolescent 

behaviors and health outcomes. 

Collecting this observational data 

provides the opportunity to examine 

untested associations of protective 

factors, health education experiences, 

and health service use (immediate 

outcomes of DASH strategies) with 

mental health, sexual health, and 

substance use outcomes. 

CDC requests approval for an 

estimated 1,378 annual burden hours. 

There are no costs to respondents other 

than their time to participate. 


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ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Type of respondents Form name Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hrs) 

Total burden 

(in hrs) 

Parents/Caregivers of 15–17 year 

olds.

Adult/Caregiver Survey .................... 2,634 1 20/60 878 

Adolescent 15–17 year olds ............. Adolescent Survey ........................... 900 1 20/60 300 

Adolescent 18–19 year olds ............. Adolescent Survey ........................... 600 1 20/60 200 

Totals ......................................... ........................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ 1,378 

Jeffrey M. Zirger, 

Lead, Information Collection Review Office, 

Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of Science, 

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 

[FR Doc. 2021–14223 Filed 7–1–21; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[30Day–21–21CG] 

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 ‘‘A 

Longitudinal Examination of Mental 

and Physical Health among Police 

Associated with COVID–19’’ 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 January 26, 2021 to obtain 

comments from the public and affected 

agencies. CDC received one comment 

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 www.reginfo.gov/public/ 

do/PRAMain. 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 

A Longitudinal Examination of 

Mental and Physical Health among 

Police Associated with COVID–19— 

New—National Institute for 

Occupational Safety and Health 

(NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention (CDC). 

Background and Brief Description 

Police officers are exposed to several 

stressors during their working lives, 

including traumatic events (e.g., motorvehicle accidents, domestic incidents), 

organizational stressors (e.g., long work 

hours, shiftwork), public criticism, and 

concern about physical harm. On top of 

these day-to-day stressors, the 

coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID–19) 

has contributed to an increase in mental 

and physical risk. Although exact 

figures are not known, in April 2020, it 

was estimated that approximately 17% 

of the New York police department were 

out sick, and five officers had died. Over 

1,000 police officers had tested positive 

for COVID–19. Since then, rates of 

COVID–19 have not only increased in 

the general population, but also in 

police populations. These preliminary 

studies indicate that police departments 

are under a great deal of stress and at 

greater risk because of COVID–19. Given 

that efficiently performing officers are 

key to successful functioning of law 

enforcement, addressing police mental 

and physical health is imperative for 

their well-being, as well as that of the 

public they serve. Nonetheless, little 

research has been conducted to evaluate 

the physical and mental health 

consequences of the COVID–19 

pandemic on police officers. Thus, 

NIOSH seeks OMB approval to evaluate 

the longitudinal mental and physical 

health effect of the COVID–19 pandemic 

on police officers. 

Previously, in collaboration with 

NIOSH, the University of New York at 

Buffalo (UB) conducted a cross-sectional 

research project to evaluate the mental, 

physical, and subclinical measures of 

health in the Buffalo, NY police officers 

as part of the Buffalo Cardio-Metabolic 

Occupational Police Stress (BCOPS) 

study. The BCOPS study itself includes 

a baseline examination and four followup examinations. For this reason, 

NIOSH has mental and physical health 

data on police officers, collected prior to 

COVID–19, including stress related 

surveys, blood parameters, physical 

measures, stress biomarkers (cortisol) 

and telomere length data. 

To meet the aims of the current study 

NIOSH has contracted with UB to 

recruit 200 police officers who 

previously participated in a BCOPS 

study. Priority will be placed on 

recruiting officers who participated in 

the last BCOPS study (n=240). If 200 of 

the 240 officers cannot be recruited, 

then UB will try to recruit any officer 

who has previously participated in a 

BCOPS study. A subset of the surveys 

and biological data collected as part of 

the BCOPS studies will be repeated for 

this study. By comparing the responses 

of the surveys and physical data 


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