[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 92 (Monday, May 13, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32050-32051]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-11830]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-02-52]


Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and 
Recommendations

    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) 498-1210.
    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, CDC 
Assistant Reports Clearance Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D24, 
Atlanta, GA 30333. Written comments should be received within 60 days 
of this notice.

Proposed Project

    State Surveys on Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) and Sexual 
Violence (SV)--New--National Center for Injury Prevention and Control 
(NCIPC), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
    Violence against women has become a major public health issue in 
the nation. It is the leading cause of injury for women between the 
ages of 18 and 44. The National Violence Against Women Survey, 
conducted November 1995 to May 1996, estimates that approximately 1.9 
million women are physically assaulted annually in this country by an 
intimate partner (e.g., current of former husband, cohabiting partner, 
boyfriend or date). The 1994 National Crime Victimization Survey 
estimates that over 432,000 rapes or sexual assaults were perpetrated 
against U.S. females, age 12 years and older. The National Center for 
Injury Control and Prevention (NCIPC) has recognized intimate partner 
violence (IPV) and sexual violence (SV) as public health problems or 
several years. Survey data are the most common data used to determine 
incidence and prevalence rates, risk and resiliency factors and 
consequences (e.g., physical injuries, psychological trauma) or IPV and 
SV. The Department of Justice (DOJ) has compiled a number of one-time 
looks at violence against women from a variety of perspectives, 
primarily provided by the criminal justice system, which counts only 
those cases that are reported.
    There is a need for collection of standardized data on a consistent 
and continual basis, at the state and community levels in order to 
target limited resources towards populations in greatest need of 
prevention and intervention programs and services. As a result, the 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) plans to develop and 
pilot test two surveys on IPV and SV for possible inclusion in the 
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS). The surveys will be 
administered to non-institutionalized women and men, 18 years of age 
and older. The pilot test will be conducted through a computer-assisted 
telephone interviewing system, using a sample of women and men randomly 
selected from six states. The overall benefit of this pilot is to 
increase knowledge regarding the magnitude and scope of violence 
against women and men in the U.S. Ultimately, the CDC intends to 
establish an on-going data collection system for monitoring IPV and SV 
at the state level.
    The goals of the project are to: (1) Determine the questions' 
utility, participant reactions, and length of surveys; and (2) compile 
and disseminate the results of the pilot test and prepare a report for 
submission to the BRFSS coordinators for consideration for inclusion as 
an optional module for FY 2003. There is no cost to respondents.

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                                                     Number of       Number of     Avg. burden/
        Survey (IPV/SV)              Type of       respondents/     responses/    responses  (in   Total burden
                                   respondent         survey        respondent        hours)           hours
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State 1.......................  Female/Male.....            2400               1           30/60           1,200
State 2.......................  Female/Male.....            2400               1           30/60           1,200
State 3.......................  Female/Male.....            2400               1           30/60           1,200
State 4.......................  Female/Male.....            2400               1           30/60           1,200
State 5.......................  Female/Male.....            2400               1           30/60           1,200
State 6.......................  Female/Male.....            2400               1           30/60           1,200
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    Total.....................  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............           7,200
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    Dated: May 2, 2002.
Nancy E. Cheal,
Acting Associate Director for Policy, Planning and Evaluation, Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 02-11830 Filed 5-10-02; 8:45 am]
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