[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 32 (Thursday, February 19, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7695-7696]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-3495]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-09-09AP]


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

    The National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Surveillance 
System (NISVSS), New, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control 
(NCIPC), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    The health burden of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV), Sexual 
Violence (SV) and stalking are substantial. Approximately 1.5 million 
women and 834,700 men are raped and/or physically assaulted by an 
intimate partner each year. Women are more likely than men to be 
victimized by almost every type of IPV, including rape, physical 
assault, and stalking by a current or former intimate partner. The 
health care costs of IPV exceed $5.8 billion each year, nearly $3.9 
billion of which is for direct medical and mental health care services.
    SV also has a profound and long-term impact on the physical and 
mental health of the victim. Existing estimates of lifetime experiences 
of rape range

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from 15% to 36% for females. Sexual violence against men, although less 
prevalent, is also a public health problem; approximately 1 in 6 women 
and 1 in 33 men have experienced an attempted or completed rape in 
their lifetime. Over 302,000 women and 92,000 men were raped in the 
past 12 months. Thirty percent of rape victims experience major 
depressions at some time in their lives; 33% of victimized women and 
24.2% of victimized men are counseled by a health professional; 31% 
develop post traumatic stress disorder; 33% contemplate suicide; and 
13% attempt suicide.
    Each year, approximately 1 million women and 371,000 men in the 
United States are stalked. There is a strong link between stalking and 
other forms of violence in intimate relationships; 81% of women who 
were stalked by a current or former intimate partner were also 
physically assaulted by that partner and 31% were sexually assaulted by 
that partner. Furthermore, 76% of female victims of intimate partner 
homicides were stalked by their partners before they were killed.
    Currently, the United States lacks a national data source that 
systematically and routinely collects valid and reliable information on 
the magnitude and trends in IPV, SV and stalking. Such a system is 
needed to (1) Help formulate public policies and prevention strategies 
related to IPV, SV and stalking; (2) guide and evaluate progress in 
reducing the huge health and social burden associated with IPV, SV and 
stalking; and (3) improve the effectiveness of federal agencies 
responding to IPV, SV and stalking.
    In order to address this important public health problem, CDC plans 
to develop a national surveillance system that will generate national 
and state level estimates of IPV, SV and stalking. A total of 20,948 
eligible households will be screened; out of the households screened 
10,948 are estimated to consent or agree to participate and 10,000 are 
estimated to complete the survey each year. The survey will be 
conducted among English and/or Spanish speaking male and female adults 
(18 years and older) living in the United States. In addition, special 
populations are also being targeted such as an oversample of American 
Indian/Alaska Native populations, female active duty military service 
members (first year of data collection only), and female spouses of 
married male active duty military service members (first year of data 
collection only).
    Each year, NISVSS will provide precise and stable annual prevalence 
estimates for IPV, SV, and stalking victimization at the national 
level. As data collection continues in subsequent years, sample sizes 
will increase and stable state-level lifetime prevalence data will also 
be available for both women and men in all states. All information will 
be collected in a 20-25 minute anonymous interview conducted over the 
telephone, using computer-assisted telephone interviewing (CATI) 
software. The use of CATI will reduce respondent burden, reduce coding 
errors, and increase efficiency and data quality. Questions will be 
asked about all forms of IPV victimization (including physical 
aggression, psychological aggression, and sexual violence); all forms 
of SV victimization by any perpetrator (including unwanted sexual 
situations, abusive sexual contact, and forced/nonconsensual sex 
[completed and attempted]); and stalking victimization by any 
perpetrator. NISVSS will gather information regarding experiences that 
occurred across the lifespan and within the 12 and 36 months preceding 
the survey.
    Such data will help inform public policies and prevention 
strategies at both the national and state levels and will help guide 
and evaluate progress toward reducing the substantial health and social 
burden associated with IPV, SV, and stalking.
    There are no costs to respondents other than their time.

                                     Total Estimated Annualized Burden Table
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                                                                                      Average
                                                     Number of       Number of      burden per     Total burden
      Type of respondent            Form name        responses     responses per   response  (in    (in hours)
                                                                    respondent        hours)
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Households....................  Screened........          20,948               1            3/60           1,047
                                Surveyed........          10,000               1           25/60           4,167
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    Total.....................  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............           5,214
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    Dated: February 6, 2009.
Maryam I. Daneshvar,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. E9-3495 Filed 2-18-09; 8:45 am]
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