[Federal Register: October 2, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 191)]
[Notices]               
[Page 56841-56842]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30Day-80-03]

 
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.

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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: Evaluating the Effectiveness of the Asthma 
Intervention Program, Power Breathing--New--National Center for 
Environmental Health (NCEH), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
(CDC).
    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) seeks to 
conduct an evaluation of the effectiveness of the asthma intervention 
program, Power Breathing, in two school districts in Kansas City, KS 
and Fredericksburg, VA. The overall aim of this program, developed by 
the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America, is to provide adolescents 
with a basic understanding of asthma and its management in a peer-
friendly environment and to empower them to take control of their 
asthma on a personal level.
    The proposed data collection for the evaluation will provide 
feedback to CDC about the usefulness and cost-effectiveness of this 
teen asthma intervention program. Sample participants will come from 
students, parents, program facilitators, and school personnel (school 
nurses and teachers) in the selected two school districts. Self-
administered questionnaires will be given to students at baseline (pre-
intervention program), immediately post-program, and at six-months 
post-program, while parents receive baseline and six-months post-
program surveys. The student survey will focus on: knowledge, 
attitudes, and behaviors regarding their asthma; perception of their 
health status and quality of life; assessment of the program; and 
impact of the program on their asthma management skills. Parents will 
be asked about their child's asthma condition, assessment of the 
program, and cost-related issues for their child's asthma.
    Individual, one-time interviews will be conducted with program 
facilitators and school personnel regarding their perceptions of the 
intervention program and its impact on the students. Two focus groups 
will be conducted with students post-program to obtain additional, in-
depth information about their perceptions of the program. The 
annualized burden is estimated to be 1029 hours.

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                                                                                     Number of    Average burden/
                           Respondents                               Number of      responses/     response (in
                                                                    respondents     respondent         hrs.)
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Students:
    Baseline....................................................             524               1           30/60
    Post-program................................................             524               1           15/60
    6-month follow-up...........................................             524               1           30/60
    Focus group.................................................              16               1               1
Parents:
    Baseline....................................................             524               1           10/60
    6-month follow-up...........................................             524               1           15/60
Program facilitators:
    Interview...................................................               6               1           40/60
    Program sessions............................................               6              12           30/60
School nurses:
    School profile..............................................               6               1           10/60
    Record abstraction..........................................               6              87           10/60
    Interview...................................................               6               1           40/60
Teachers:
    Interview...................................................              12               1           40/60
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    Dated: September 25, 2003.
Nancy E Cheal,
Acting Associate Director for Policy, Planning and Evaluation, Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 03-24972 Filed 10-1-03; 8:45 am]

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