[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 154 (Friday, August 9, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48681-48683]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-19271]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-13-0916]


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 or 
send comments LeRoy Richardson, 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

    Evaluation of Core Violence and Injury Prevention Program (Core 
VIPP)--Revision--(0920-0916, Expiration 1/13/2014)--National Center for 
Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC), 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. 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.
    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 (Core VIPP). This program funds state health 
departments (SHDs) to build their capacity to disseminate, implement, 
and evaluate evidence-based/best practice programs and policies. 
Although some states were funded previously through similar CDC-funded 
programs, this evaluation will only consider the implementation and 
outcomes of Core VIPP during the five-year funding period from August 
2011 to July 2016. The program includes one Basic Integration Component 
(BIC) and four expanded components: Regional Network Leader (RNLs), 
Surveillance Quality Improvement (SQI), Motor Vehicle Child Injury 
Prevention Policy (MVP), and Multi-component Interventions in Multiple 
Setting to Prevent Falls in Older Adults (Falls). This Core VIPP 
evaluation only includes the BIC, RNL, SQI, and MVP

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components. The Falls' program is being evaluated separately by the 
Division of Unintentional Injury (NCIPC/DUIP).
    BIC and the expanded components are intended to support funded 
states in building capacity and achieving health impact in their 
states. The key components of violence and injury prevention (VIP) 
capacity for Core BIC VIPP are defined as: Infrastructure, Evaluation, 
Strategies, Collaboration, and Surveillance. States funded with the 
expanded components MVP and SQI are anticipated to be building 
increased capacity for motor vehicle-related policy strategies and 
surveillance, respectively. States funded through the RNL expanded 
component are anticipated to be facilitators of knowledge-sharing in 
order to support building VIP infrastructure for Core-funded and non-
Core-funded states in their regions. The evidence-informed strategies 
that states implement as part of Core VIPP are anticipated to lead to 
health impact.
    CDC requests OMB approval to continue to collect Core VIPP program 
evaluation data for an additional three-year period. The purpose of the 
evaluation is to track states' progress toward: (1) Achieving the 
Performance Measures identified in the Funding Opportunity Announcement 
(FOA); (2) Building and/or sustaining their VIP capacity; and (3) 
Achieving their focus area SMART (Specific, Measurable, Attainable, 
Reasonable, and Time-bound) objectives. The ability of states to make 
progress towards their SMART objectives will serve as a measure of Core 
VIPP's impact on the burden of violence and injury related morbidity 
and mortality in funded states.
    The primary data collections methods will be used in the evaluation 
include: (1) Interim and Annual Progress Reports, (2) State of the 
States (SOTS) online surveys, (3) Interviews, and (4) Online surveys 
related to the Regional Network Leader component. The progress reports 
will track states' performance measures and the activities stated in 
the Core VIPP FOA and monitor states' progress toward their focus area 
SMART objectives; the SOTS surveys will be used to measure grantees' 
changes in VIP capacity. Interviews will be used to provide more in-
depth information about the key facilitators and barriers states have 
encountered while implementing BIC and the expanded components. The 
interviews also provide states the opportunity to share more specific 
information about their experiences implementing BIC. The online 
surveys for RNL will be delivered through the Regional Network Leaders 
to assess the strength and effectiveness of regional networks to 
connect states to each other for peer-to-peer knowledge and information 
sharing.
    This is a mixed method evaluation, and data will be collected using 
a variety of methods to answer the evaluation questions. Qualitative 
and quantitative data will be collected through progress reports, 
surveys, the health impact tracking tool, and interviews. Quantitative 
data will be analyzed using descriptive statistics. Qualitative data 
will be collected through interviews, which will be transcribed and 
analyzed to identify common themes that emerge.
    The table below details the annualized number of respondents, the 
average response burden per interview, and the total response burden 
for the surveys and telephone interviews. Estimates of burden for the 
survey are based on previous experience with evaluation data 
collections conducted by the evaluation staff. For the Base Integration 
Component (BIC), the State of the States (SOTS) web-based survey 
assessment will be completed by 20 Core Funded State Health Departments 
(SHDs) and will take 3 hours to complete. The SOTS Financial Module 
will also be completed by the 20 BIC funded SHD and will take 1 hour to 
complete. The supplemental SOTS Survey Questions will be completed by 
20 BIC funded SHDs and take 1.5 hours to complete. The BIC telephone 
interviews will take 1.5 hours and will be completed by the 20 Core 
funded SHDs. We expect that each of the 20 BIC funded SHDs will 
complete three web-based surveys and three telephone interviews 
annually during the last three years of Core funding.
    The annual surveys and interviews for the subcomponents (SQI, RNL, 
and MVP) are also detailed below. The Regional Network Leader (RNL) 
surveys will be completed by the five RNL funded SHDs and will take 1 
hour to complete. The five RNL funded SHDs will also complete a 
telephone interview that will take 1 hour to complete. The four 
Surveillance Quality Improvement (SQI) funded SHDs will complete a 
telephone interview that will take 1 hour to complete. The four Motor 
Vehicle Child Injury Prevention Policy (MVP) SHDs will complete a 
telephone interview that will take 1 hour to complete.
    There are no costs to respondents other than their time.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                      No. of        Avg. burden
      Type of respondents           Form name         No. of       responses per   per response    Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent       (in hrs.)       (in hrs.)
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Core VIPP Funded SHD Injury     State of the                  20               1               3              60
 Program director.               States Survey
                                 (SOTS)--Attachm
                                 ent C.
Core VIPP Funded SHD Injury     SOTS Financial                20               1               1              20
 Program director.               Module--Attachm
                                 ent E.
Core VIPP Funded SHD Injury     Supplemental                  20               1             1.5              30
 Program management and staff.   SOTS Survey
                                 Questions--Atta
                                 chment F.
Core VIPP Funded SHD Injury     BIC Telephone                 20               1             1.5              30
 Program management and staff.   Interview--Atta
                                 chment D.
RNL awardees..................  RNL Telephone                  5               1               1               5
                                 Interview--Atta
                                 chment G.
RNL awardees..................  RNL Surveys--                  5               1               2              10
                                 Attachment H &
                                 I.
SQI awardees..................  SQI Telephone                  4               1               1               4
                                 Interview--Atta
                                 chment G.
MVP awardees..................  MVP Telephone                  4               1               1               4
                                 Interview--Atta
                                 chment D.
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    Total.....................  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............             163
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Leroy A. Richardson,
Chief, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Scientific 
Integrity, Office of the Associate Director for Science, Office of the 
Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2013-19271 Filed 8-8-13; 8:45 am]
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