[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 42 (Tuesday, March 4, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10250-10251]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-4982]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30DAY-31-03]


Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review

    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. 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. Written 
comments should be received within 30 days of this notice.
    Proposed Project: Test of Four Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) 
Measurement--New--National Center for Injury Prevention and Control 
(NCIPC), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
    Intimate partner violence (IPV) is considered by many to be a 
serious problem that cuts across cultures, socioeconomic status and 
gender. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) considers 
IPV to be a ``substantial public health problem for Americans that has 
serious consequences and costs for individuals, families, communities 
and society.'' The past 20 years have witnessed an extraordinary growth 
in research on the prevalence, incidence, causes and effects of IPV. 
Various disciplines have contributed to the development of research on 
the subject including psychology, epidemiology, criminology and public 
health.
    Still, there is a lack of reliable information on the extent and 
prevalence of IPV. Estimates vary widely regarding the magnitude of the 
problem. This variance is due in large part to the different contexts, 
instruments, and methods that are used to measure IPV. Thus, the CDC is 
engaged in work to improve the quality of data, and hence knowledge, 
about violence against women. Part of this process includes identifying 
the strengths and limitations of different scales used to measure IPV 
and to determine the appropriateness of each of the scales for use with 
individuals of different racial/ethnic backgrounds.
    The purpose of this project is to administer and test the 
statistical properties of four scales, via telephone

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interviews, that measure both victimization from and perpetration of 
intimate partner violence (IPV). The scales will be administered to a 
random sample of women ages 18-50, from five racial/ethnic backgrounds: 
African-American, American Indian, Asian, Caucasian and Hispanic.
    The four scales are: the Sexual Experiences Survey(SES), the 
Conflict Tactics Scale 2 (CTS2), the Index of Spouse Abuse (ISA) and 
the Women's Experience with Battering (WEB) scale. The survey 
instrument will contain each of these scales and introductory and 
transitional text developed specifically for this study.
    The overall benefit of this project is to increase knowledge about 
the reliability and validity of these scales, which have been used in 
previous studies. Ultimately, this knowledge will assist the CDC in 
establishing an on-going data collection system for monitoring IPV. The 
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC) intends to 
contract with an agency to conduct the survey. The estimated annualized 
burden is 2,035 hours.

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                                                                  Number of
          Data collection instrument              Number of      responses/     Average  burden/respondent  (in
                                                 respondents     respondent                  hours)
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Pilot Test...................................              50               1  42/60
Screening Interviews.........................          12,000               1  3/60
IPV Measurement Scales.......................           2,000               1  42/60
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    Dated: February 25, 2003.
Thomas Bartenfeld,
Acting Associate Director for Policy, Planning and Evaluation, Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 03-4982 Filed 3-3-03; 8:45 am]
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