[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 130 (Monday, July 9, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37233-37234]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-13197]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-07-07BG]


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 Maryam I. Daneshvar, 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

    Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design: Linking Observed 
School Environments with Student and School-wide Experiences of 
Violence and Fear--New--National Center for Injury Prevention (NCIPC), 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    Among the goals of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
(CDC), National Center for Injury Prevention (NCIPC) and Control is to 
reduce the prevalence of violence among youth. Several important 
priorities included in the Center's published research agenda focus on 
studying how physical environments influence behavior and risk for 
violence. The CDC has developed a tool called the Crime Prevention 
Through Environmental Design (CPTED) School Assessment (CSA) to assess 
the extent to which the physical characteristics of schools are 
consistent with Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) 
principles.
    The proposed research will allow us to determine the validity of 
the CSA by examining the extent to which the CSA subscales, total CSA 
scores, and CPTED principles are related to typical variables related 
to fear and violence. If the CSA tool is shown to measure 
characteristics of the school environment that are associated with fear 
and violence-related behaviors in school, then it may be used as the 
basis for research, design, and evaluation of interventions for schools 
seeking to prevent or reduce the occurrence of crime and violence by 
providing information related to (re)designing physical features of the 
environment and changing policies and procedures related to using the 
school environment.
    In addition, an exploratory purpose of this research is to 
determine whether the CSA items can be divided reliably into supposedly 
distinct variables reflecting each of the CPTED principles. If we 
produce practical support for the assessment of these ``CPTED 
variables,'' then we will also assess validity by determining whether 
these variables are logically related to our measures of fear, violence 
and climate in schools.
    Survey data from one counselor and 75 students (25 each from 6th, 
7th, and 8th grades) will be collected from 50 middle schools in metro-
Atlanta, Georgia area (a total of approximately 50 counselor 
participants and 3,750 student participants), in addition to the 
observational (CSA) data collection. The counselor and student survey 
will assess variables such as school climate, actual and perceived 
levels of school violence at each school. In addition, archival/
administrative data will be collected from each of the 50 schools 
providing information on neighborhood and school characteristics from 
various sources (e.g., school data reported by the school on a ``School 
Profile'' form, school district data available on the web, U.S. Census 
data, and the FBI National Crime and Victimization Survey).
    There are no costs to respondents except for their time to 
participate in the surveys.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                     Number of    Average burden
                    Form name                        Number of     responses per   response  (in   Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent        hours)        (in hours)
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Student Survey..................................           3,750               1           40/60           2,500
Counselor Survey................................              50               1           40/60              33
School Profile..................................              50               1          120/60             100
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    Total.......................................  ..............  ..............  ..............           2,633
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    DATE: July 2, 2007.
Maryam I. Daneshvar,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
 [FR Doc. E7-13197 Filed 7-6-07; 8:45 am]
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