[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 242 (Friday, December 17, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78996-78997]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-31674]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-11-11BB]


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 Carol Walker, 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--Division of Violence Prevention (DVP), 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 and Control (NCIPC) 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 an observational 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 an assessment of 
the validity of the CSA by examining the extent to which the CSA 
subscales, total CSA scores, and CPTED principles are related to fear 
and violence, and related variables. If the CSA tool is shown to 
measure characteristics of the school environment that are associated 
with fear and violence-related behaviors in

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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 75 students (25 each from 6th, 7th, and 8th 
grades) per school site will be collected from 50 middle schools 
selected and recruited from 13 school districts in the metro-Atlanta, 
Georgia area (approximately 3,750 total student participants), in 
addition to the observational (CSA) data collection. The student survey 
will assess variables such as school climate, and actual and perceived 
levels of school violence at each school. In addition, archival/
administrative data will be collected from each of the 50 schools on a 
School Site Data Form providing information on neighborhood and school 
characteristics from various sources (e.g., school site information 
reported by the school administrator, school district data available on 
the Web, U.S. Census data, and school disciplinary records). There are 
no costs to respondents other than their time.

                                        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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CPTED Student Survey............................           3,750               1            1               3750
CPTED Student Survey Data Collection Checklist               150               1            0.5               75
 (DCC)..........................................
CPTED School Site Data Form.....................              50               1            2                100
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    Total.......................................  ..............  ..............  ..............            3925
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    Dated: December 9, 2010.
Carol E. Walker,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2010-31674 Filed 12-16-10; 8:45 am]
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