The Office of the Assistant Secretary
for Health (OASH), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
(HHS), is requesting approval by OMB of a new information
collection request specific to Pregnancy Prevention Programs for
Adolescents: A Replication Study. The request is for 24 months.
OASH is proposing to conduct an independent evaluation examining
whether programs that have been proven effective through rigorous
evaluation can be replicated with similarly successful and
consistent results among hard-to-reach, high-risk, vulnerable, or
understudied youth. The independent evaluator, MITRE, will use a
quasi-experimental design to measure program effects on youth
knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, intentions, and behaviors related to
sexual health. The evaluation will also examine youth perspectives
regarding participation in adolescent pregnancy prevention
programs. Up to eight implementing organizations—organizations
focused on health, education, and social services that have
experience working with community-based organizations to implement
pregnancy prevention programs for adolescents—will implement
previously proven-effective adolescent pregnancy prevention
programs for up to 1,900 youth. Baseline data will be collected
from a matched comparison group with a subset of these
participating program youth. Findings will inform OASH’s
programmatic efforts to improve sexual health knowledge, attitudes,
beliefs, intentions, and behaviors among hard-to-reach, vulnerable,
or understudied youth.
US Code:
42
USC 241 Name of Law: Public Health Service Act
Alicia Richmond Scott 240
453-2816 alicia.richmond@hhs.gov
No
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.