[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 136 (Friday, July 15, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41798-41799]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-17812]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-11-11IR]


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 or 
send comments to Carol E. Walker, CDC Acting Reports Clearance Officer, 
1600 Clifton Road, MS D-74, 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

    Evaluation of Core Violence and Injury Prevention Program (Core 
VIPP)--New--National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    Injuries and their consequences, including unintentional and 
violence-related injuries, are the leading cause of death for the first 
four decades of life, regardless of gender, race, or socioeconomic 
status. More than 179,000 individuals in the United States die each 
year as a result of unintentional injuries and violence, more than 29 
million others suffer non-fatal injuries and over one-third of all 
emergency department (ED) visits each year are due to injuries. In 
2000, injuries and violence ultimately cost the United States $406 
billion, with over $80 billion in medical costs and the remainder lost 
in productivity.\1\ Most events that result in injury and/or death from 
injury could be prevented if evidence-based public health strategies, 
practices, and policies were used throughout the nation.
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    \1\ Finkelstein EA, Corso PS, Miller TR, Associates. Incidence 
and Economic Burden of Injuries in the United States. New York: 
Oxford University Press; 2006.
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    CDC's National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC) is 
committed to working with their partners to promote action that reduces 
injuries, violence, and disabilities by providing leadership in 
identifying priorities, promoting tools, and monitoring effectiveness 
of injury and violence prevention and to promote effective strategies 
for the prevention of injury and violence, and their consequences. One 
tool NCIPC will use to accomplish this is the Core Violence and Injury 
Prevention Program (VIPP). This program funds state health departments 
to build effective delivery systems for dissemination, implementation 
and evaluation of evidence based/best practice programs and policies.
    Core VIPP also focuses on the integration of unintentional injury 
and violence prevention. Unintentional injury and violence prevention 
have many common risk and protective factors for children. In an 
endeavor to promote efforts to prevent child maltreatment, a NCIPC 
priority, CDC is collaborating with the Health Resources and Services 
Administration (HRSA) regarding the new Affordable Care Act (ACA) 
Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program. The state 
health departments funded by the Core VIPP will be required to partner 
with the state agency responsible for administration of the State Home 
Visiting program.
    CDC requests OMB approval to collect program evaluation data for 
Core VIPP over a two-year period. Specifically, CDC will use a Planning 
and Evaluation Tool (PET) that is being developed for the Core VIPP 
grantees. This tool provides CDC the means to collect standardized, 
systematic data from the Core VIPP grantees. Topics for data collection 
include: Program evaluation, state health department (SHD) injury 
program infrastructure, injury program strategies and partners, policy 
strategies, injury surveillance, quality of surveillance, and regional 
network leaders. Part of the requirement for receiving Core VIPP 
funding is for SHDs to develop and maintain program their own 
evaluation capacity and data systems; thus, this data collection is not 
expected to entail significant burdens to respondents.
    There are no costs to respondents other than their time.

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                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                     Number of      Avg. burden
      Type of respondents           Form name        Number of     responses per   per response    Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent       (in hrs)        (in hrs)
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Core VIPP funded SHD Injury     Web-based survey              20               1               1              20
 Program director.
Core VIPP funded SHD Injury     Telephone                     20               1             1.5              30
 Program director.               Interviews.
Non-funded SHD Injury Program   Web-based survey              30               1               1              30
 director.
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    Total.....................  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............              80
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Daniel Holcomb,
Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2011-17812 Filed 7-14-11; 8:45 am]
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