[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 204 (Friday, October 23, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54829-54830]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-25531]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30Day-10-0789]


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) 639-5960 or send an e-mail 
to [email protected]. Send written comments to CDC Desk Officer, Office of 
Management and Budget, Washington, DC or by fax to (202) 395-5806. 
Written comments should be received within 30 days of this notice.

Proposed Project

    Program Effectiveness Evaluation of Workplace Intervention for 
Intimate Partner Violence (IPV)--[OMB 0920-0789] [exp. 12/31/
09]--Extension--National Center for Injury Prevention and Control 
(NCIPC), 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

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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) 
contracted with RTI International (RTI) 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 corporate office of the corporation have 
been screened to assess training experiences. More in-depth surveys 
were conducted with managers who had not completed the corporation's 
IPV training. We have surveyed managers at baseline, and 6 months 
later. Manager surveys focus on knowledge/awareness of IPV and company 
resources for IPV and number of referrals for IPV assistance. This 
extension is requested to cover the 12-month follow-up administration 
of this survey. Due to unexpected delays at the evaluation site and an 
inability to field the 6-month follow up survey with managers when 
originally scheduled, we will need to push the timeline for 12-month 
follow up back approximately 3 months.
    We have also surveyed employees of those managers who completed the 
baseline survey using an anonymous Web-based survey at baseline. These 
employees will also be surveyed 12 months later (during the extension 
period) 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. The estimated total annualized burden hours are 1125.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                     Number of    Average burden
                           Respondents                               Number of     responses per   per response
                                                                    respondents     respondent      (in hours)
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Manager.........................................................             500               3           30/60
Employee........................................................            1500               1           15/60
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    Dated: October 16, 2009.
Maryam I. Daneshvar,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. E9-25531 Filed 10-22-09; 8:45 am]
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