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DOCUMENT ID: [60Day-02-20]

NOTICE: NOTICES

ACTION: Agency information collection activities:

SUBJECT CATEGORY: Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations

DOCUMENT SUMMARY:

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) 6397090.

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, MSD24, 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 ProgramNewNational 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 communitybased 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 muchneeded 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 semistructured 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 email followups at 2 months and 12 months (Form 4). In addition, we will followup with a small subset of ``adult community members'' reached by ACT trainees with a halfhour telephone survey (Form 5). Presented below is the estimated respondent burden for the telephone surveys, semistructured 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 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.

Total............... ...................... .............. .............. .............. 429

Dated: December 20, 2001.
Nancy E. Cheal,
Acting Associate Director for Policy, Planning and Evaluation, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 0132054 Filed 122801; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 416318P

SUMMARY: Proposed collection; comment request,

DOCUMENT BODY 2:

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) 6397090.

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, MSD24, 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 ProgramNewNational 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 communitybased 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 muchneeded 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 semistructured 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 email followups at 2 months and 12 months (Form 4). In addition, we will followup with a small subset of ``adult community members'' reached by ACT trainees with a halfhour telephone survey (Form 5). Presented below is the estimated respondent burden for the telephone surveys, semistructured interviews, and focus groups, respectively. There are no costs to respondents.
[[Page 67533]]
Number of Average Burden Form Type of respondent Number of reponses per per response Total burden respondents respondent (in hrs.) in hours 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.

Total............... ...................... .............. .............. .............. 429

Dated: December 20, 2001.
Nancy E. Cheal,
Acting Associate Director for Policy, Planning and Evaluation, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 0132054 Filed 122801; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 416318P