[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 44 (Wednesday, March 7, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10219-10220]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-3986]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60-Day 07-07AN]


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 404-639-5960 
and send comments to Joan Karr, CDC Acting Reports Clearance Officer, 
1600 Clifton Road, MS-D74, Atlanta, GA 30333 or send an e-mail to 
[email protected].
    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. Written comments should be received 
within 60 days of this notice.

Proposed Project

    Program Effectiveness Evaluation of Workplace Intervention for 
Intimate Partner Violence (IPV)--New--National Center for Injury 
Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
(CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    Intimate partner violence (IPV) affects a substantial number of 
Americans, and there has recently been increasing recognition of the 
impact it has on the workplace. In addition to direct impacts 
(batterers often stalk or even attack IPV victims at their place of 
work), IPV has indirect impacts on the workplace environment through 
lost productivity due to medical leave, absenteeism, and fear and 
distraction on the part of victims and coworkers. The Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has employed contractor support to 
evaluate an ongoing workplace IPV prevention program being implemented 
at a national corporation. The purpose of the proposed evaluation is to 
document in detail the workplace IPV prevention activities delivered by 
the company, to determine the impact of these activities on short-term 
and long-term outcomes, and to determine the cost-effectiveness of the 
program. All managers at the corporation will be screened to assess 
training experiences. Then, more in-depth surveys will be done among 
managers who have not had the corporation's IPV training. We will 
survey those 500 managers at baseline, and 6 and 12 months later. 
Manager surveys will focus on knowledge/awareness of IPV and company 
resources for IPV and number of referrals for IPV assistance. We will 
also survey employees of those managers using an anonymous web-based 
survey at baseline and 12 months later to assess their self-evaluated 
productivity, absenteeism, and perceptions of manager behavior. We will 
compare the responses of managers (and their employees) who received 
the IPV training in the study period (i.e., sometime between the 
baseline and 12 month surveys) with untrained managers. The study will 
provide CDC and employers information about the potential effectiveness 
and cost-effectiveness of workplace IPV intervention strategies.
    There are no costs to respondents except their time to participate 
in the interview.

                                       Estimate of Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                     Number of    Average burden
                   Respondents                       Number of     responses per   per response    Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent      (in hours)      (in hours)
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Employee........................................            1500               2           30/60            1500
Manager.........................................             500               3           30/60              75
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    Total.......................................            2000  ..............  ..............            2250
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    Dated: February 28, 2007.
Joan F. Karr,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
 [FR Doc. E7-3986 Filed 3-6-07; 8:45 am]
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