[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 29 (Monday, February 12, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9862-9863]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-3489]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources And Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: 
Comment Request

    In compliance with the requirement for opportunity for public 
comment on proposed data collection projects (section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 
Title 44, United States Code, as amended by the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995, Public Law 104-13), the Health Resources and Services 
Administration (HRSA) publishes periodic summaries of proposed projects 
being developed for submission to OMB under the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995. To request more information on the proposed project or to 
obtain a copy of the data collection plans and draft instruments, call 
the HRSA Reports Clearance Officer on (301) 443-1129.
    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of 
information

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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.

Proposed Project: U.S. Component of the 2001/2002 World Health 
Organization Study of Health Behavior in School Children (WHO-
HPSC): New

    The Office of Data and Information Management (ODIM), Maternal and 
Child Health Bureau (MCHB), Health Resources and Services 
Administration (HRSA), will participate on behalf of the United States 
in the 2001/2002 WHO Study of Health Behavior in School Children. The 
information proposed for collection will be used by MCHB, HRSA, and the 
National Institutes of Health (NIH) to increase understanding of 
adolescent health to improve the quality of health programs and 
services. This cross-national research study will collect survey data 
to study adolescent health status and behaviors in relation to their 
social and supportive environment. Types of data will include measures 
of physical activity, body size, nutrition, social inequality, 
diversity, injury, violence, and perceptions of peers, school and 
family as supportive.
    The estimated response burden is as follows:

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                                                     Number of     Responses per     Hours per     Total burden
                      Form                          respondents     respondent       response          hour
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Survey..........................................          17,500               1             .75          13,125
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    Send comments to Susan G. Queen, Ph.D., HRSA Reports Clearance 
Officer, Room 14-33, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, 
MD 20857. Written comments should be received within 60 days of this 
notice.

    Dated: February 6, 2001.
Jane M. Harrison,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 01-3489 Filed 2-9-01; 8:45 am]
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