[Federal Register: November 24, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 226)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30Day-07-04]
Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and
Recommendations
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) publishes a
list of information collection requests under review by the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction
Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35). To request a copy of these requests, call
the CDC Reports Clearance Officer at (404) 498-1210. Send written
comments to CDC, Desk Officer, Human Resources and Housing Branch, New
Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503, or by fax
to (202) 395-6974. Written comments should be received within 30 days
of this notice.
Proposed Project: National Youth Tobacco Survey--New--National
Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP),
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The proposed project
is the 2004 national school-based National Youth Tobacco Survey. The
purpose of this request is to obtain OMB approval to continue a
biennial survey among junior and senior high school students attending
regular public, private, and Catholic schools in grades 6-12. This
survey was previously funded by the American Legacy Foundation in 1999,
2000, and 2002. The survey covers the following tobacco-related topics:
prevalence of use (cigarettes, smokeless tobacco, cigars, pipe, bidis,
and kreteks), knowledge and attitudes, media and advertising, minors'
access and enforcement, school curriculum, environmental tobacco smoke
exposure, and cessation. Tobacco use, a major preventable cause of
morbidity and mortality in the U.S., is one of the 28 focus areas in
Healthy People 2010. In the Healthy People 2010 focus area of tobacco
use, the National Youth Tobacco Survey provides data relevant to six
health objectives. The survey also provides data to monitor one of the
10 Leading Health Indicators for Healthy People 2010 that addresses
tobacco use. In addition, the National Youth Tobacco Survey can
identify racial and ethnic disparities in tobacco-related topics listed
above. The National Youth Tobacco Survey is the most comprehensive
source of nationally representative data regarding high school students
and tobacco. Moreover, the National Youth Tobacco Survey is the only
source of such national data for middle school students (grades 6-8).
The data have significant implications for policy and program
development for school health programs nationwide.
To provide contextual data, in each participating school, the
principal or another designated administrator will be asked to complete
a questionnaire on the school's tobacco-related policies. The
annualized burden for this data collection is 18,663 hours.
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Average
No. of No. of burden per
Respondents respondents responses per responses (in
respondent hours)
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Students........................................................ 24,500 1 45/60
School Administrator............................................ 516 1 30/60
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Dated: November 17, 2003.
Laura Yerdon Martin,
Acting Director, Executive Secretariat, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 03-29216 Filed 11-21-03; 8:45 am]
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