[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 244 (Wednesday, December 19, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75165-75166]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-30560]


=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60-Day-12-0822]


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 404-639-7570 
and send comments to Ron Otten, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D74, Atlanta, GA 
30333 or send an email 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

    National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Surveillance System 
(0920-0822, Expiration 11/30/2013)--Revision--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. In 2010, the National 
Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Surveillance System (NISVSS) 
reported that approximately 6.9 million women and 5.6 million men 
experienced rape, physical violence and/or stalking by an intimate 
partner within the last year. 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.
    Sexual violence 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 from 15% to 36% for females. Sexual 
violence against men, although less prevalent, is also a public health 
problem; approximately, 1 in 5 women and 1 in 71 men have experienced 
attempted, completed or alcohol or drug facilitated rape at some point 
in their lifetime. Nearly 1.3 million women reported being raped in the 
past 12 months. Nearly 1 in 3 women and 1 in 10 men in the United 
States have experienced rape, physical violence and/or stalking by an 
intimate partner and reported at least one impact related to 
experiencing these or other forms of violent behavior within the 
relationship (e.g., being fearful, concerned for safety, post-traumatic 
stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms, need for health care, injury, 
contacting a crisis hotline, need for housing services, need for 
victim's advocate services, need for legal services, missed at least 
one day of work or school).
    NISVSS 2010 data indicates that approximately 5 million women and 
1.4 million men in the United States are stalked in the 12 months prior 
to the survey. There are overlaps between stalking and other forms of 
violence in intimate relationships; approximately 14% of females who 
were stalked by an intimate partner in their lifetime also experienced 
physical violence by an intimate partner; while 12% of female victims 
experienced rape, physical violence and stalking by a current or former 
intimate partner in their lifetime. Furthermore, 76% of female victims 
of intimate partner homicides were stalked by their partners before 
they were killed.
    In order to address this important public health problem, CDC 
implemented, beginning in 2010, the National Intimate Partner and 
Sexual Violence Surveillance System that produces national and state 
level estimates of IPV, SV and Stalking on an annual basis. In 2010, a 
total of 16,507 completed interviews were conducted among English and/
or Spanish speaking male and female adults (18 years and older) living 
in the United States.
    CDC proposes a revision to the currently approved data collection 
instrument, by conducting a one-year pilot study using a newly revised 
instrument during the calendar year of 2013. The changes to the 
instrument are twofold: First, the current NISVSS survey instrument has 
been shortened in efforts to develop a core instrument that will be 
administered on an annual

[[Page 75166]]

basis. Second, topic specific modules contain questions to produce data 
that are needed on a regular basis but are not needed annually. Each 
individual topic specific modules will be administered in addition to 
the core survey on a revolving annual schedule. The goals of the 
revised data collection instrument are to: (1) Improve NISVSS data 
quality, (2) increase our response rates, (3) decrease the breakoff 
rates, (4) and to reduce the burden on the respondents.
    In this period of field testing, a total of 36,000 households will 
be screened. After determining eligibility and consent, 10,000 will 
complete the survey. The average burden per screened respondent remains 
at 3 minutes (total burden in hours equals 1,800) while the average 
burden per surveyed respondent is 25 minutes (total burden in hours 
equals 4,166). The survey will be conducted among English or Spanish 
speaking male and female adults (18 years and older) living in the 
United States. There are no costs to respondents to participate other 
than their time.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                      Average
                                                     Number of       Number of      burden per     Total burden
      Type of  respondent           Form name        responses     responses per   response (in     (in hours)
                                                                    respondent        hours)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Households....................  NISVSS 2013 Test          36,000               1            3/60           1,800
                                 Instrument
                                 (screened).
                                NISVSS 2013 Test          10,000               1           25/60           4,166
                                 Instrument
                                 (surveyed).
                               ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Total.....................  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............           5,966
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


    Dated: December 13, 2012.
Ron A. Otten,
Director, Office of Scientific Integrity (OSI), Office of the Associate 
Director for Science (OADS), Office of the Director, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2012-30560 Filed 12-18-12; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4163-18-P