[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 94 (Monday, May 16, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28233-28234]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-11936]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30Day-11-11BB]


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 20503 or by fax to (202) 395-
5806. Written comments should be received within 30 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 and 
Control (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 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. This may help formulate guidance for schools 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. The total annualized 
burden hours are 2650.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                                      Average
                                                                     Number of       Number of        burden
                            Form name                               respondents    responses per   response  (in
                                                                                    respondent        hours)
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CPTED Student Survey............................................           3,750               1           40/60
CPTED Student Survey Data Collection Checklist (DCC)............             150               1           20/60
CPTED School Site Data Form.....................................              50               1               2
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    Dated: May 9, 2011.
Daniel Holcomb,
Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2011-11936 Filed 5-13-11; 8:45 am]
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