Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals,

[Federal Register: September 6, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 172)]

[Notices]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary

[Document Identifier: OS-0990-New; 60-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 National Abstinence Media Campaign.

Form/OMB No.: OS-0990-NEW;

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Use: The purpose of the data collection and evaluation is to determine the efficacy of the National Abstinence Media Campaign and its messages upon parents, specifically to encourage and help parents talk to their pre-teens and teens about waiting to have sex.

The following outcomes will be examined: perceived risks from teen sexual activity, perceived susceptibility, attitude towards teen sexual activity, self-efficacy to talk to their child, outcome efficacy, perceived value of delayed sexual activity, and parent-child communication about sex.

Frequency: Reporting, Occasion;

Affected Public: Individuals or Households;

Annual Number of Respondents: 947.5;

Total Annual Responses: 3,493.5;

Average Burden per Response: 30 min;

Total Annual Hours: 1,746.75;

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 Sherette.funncoleman@hhs.gov, or call the Reports Clearance Office on (202) 690-6162. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collections must be received with 60-days, and directed to the OS Paperwork Clearance Officer at the following address: Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Secretary, Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology, Office of Information and Resource Management, Attention: Sherrette Funn-Coleman (0990-NEW), Room 537-H, 200 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington DC 20201.

Dated: August 25, 2006. Alice Bettencourt, Office of the Secretary, Paperwork Reduction Act Reports Clearance Officer.

[FR Doc. E6-14667 Filed 9-5-06; 8:45 am]