[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 250 (Monday, December 31, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67532-67533]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-32054]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-02-20]


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 the CDC Reports 
Clearance Officer on (404) 639-7090.
    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. Send comments to Seleda Perryman, 
CDCAssistant Reports Clearance Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D24, 
Atlanta, GA 30333. Written comments should be received within 60 days 
of this notice.

Proposed Project

    Evaluation of the ACT (Adults and Children Together) Against 
Violence Community Training Program--New--National Center for Injury 
Prevention and Control (NCIPC), Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC). The goal of the ACT Against Violence Community 
Training Program is to make early violence prevention a central and 
ongoing part of a community's violence prevention efforts. The program 
involves a training curriculum developed by child development and 
violence prevention experts. The curriculum is designed to help 
communities: (1) Disseminate information and skills on violence 
prevention to adults who raise, care for, and teach young children; (2) 
identify and select early violence prevention programs, materials, and 
resources; (3) work in collaborative efforts established among 
community-based organizations; and (4) develop early childhood violence 
prevention action plans.
    The purpose of the evaluation is to assess pilot implementations of 
the ACT Community Training Program in three communities: Monterey, CA; 
Randolph, NJ; and Kansas City, MO. The objectives of the evaluation are 
to (1) assess whether the Community Training Program is being 
successfully disseminated and implemented; (2) examine factors that 
affect successful dissemination, adoption, and implementation of the 
training program; (3) compare findings across the three sites; and (4) 
assess the involvement of the public health sector in each of the three 
sites.
    Data collected for the evaluation will provide much-needed 
information on the dissemination and implementation of one of the 
successful strategies summarized in the Best Practices of Youth 
Violence Prevention. The results of the evaluation will assist the 
Division of Violence Prevention and the National Center for Injury 
Prevention and Control in carrying out CDC's mission of protecting the 
health of the United States public by providing leadership in 
preventing and controlling injuries through research, surveillance, 
implementation of programs, and communication. The evaluation will 
include semi-structured interviews with local and national program 
stakeholders (Forms 1 and 2), focus groups with a subset of ACT 
trainees (``facilitators'') during a site visit (Form 3), and a half-
hour telephone survey with the universe of ACT trainees at 6 months 
with e-mail follow-ups at 2 months and 12 months (Form 4). In addition, 
we will follow-up with a small subset of ``adult community members'' 
reached by ACT trainees with a half-hour telephone survey (Form 5). 
Presented below is the estimated respondent burden for the telephone 
surveys, semi-structured interviews, and focus groups, respectively. 
There are no costs to respondents.

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                                                                     Number of    Average Burden
          Form              Type of respondent       Number of     reponses per    per response    Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent       (in hrs.)       in hours
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1.......................  Local program                       30               1               1              30
                           stakeholders.
2.......................  National program                    10               1               1              10
                           stakeholders.
3.......................  Subset of ACT Trainees              24               1           90/60              36
4.......................  Universe of ACT                    225               3           30/60             338
                           Trainees
                           (professionals who
                           work with families
                           and children and have
                           attended an ACT
                           training).
5.......................  Adult community                     30               1           30/60              15
                           members reached by
                           ACT trainees.
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    Total...............  ......................  ..............  ..............  ..............             429
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    Dated: December 20, 2001.
Nancy E. Cheal,
Acting Associate Director for Policy, Planning and Evaluation, Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 01-32054 Filed 12-28-01; 8:45 am]
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