[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 75 (Friday, April 18, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21931-21932]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-08784]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-14-0822]


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 or 
send comments to 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

    National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Surveillance System 
(0920-0822, Expiration 06/30/2014)--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 order to address this 
important public health problem, CDC implemented, beginning in 2010, 
the National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Surveillance System 
(NISVSS) that produces national and state level estimates of IPV, SV 
and Stalking on an annual basis.
    In 2010, a total of 16,507 NISVSS interviews were conducted among 
English and/or Spanish speaking male and female adults (18 years and 
older) living in the United States. The data indicated that 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). 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 associated with IPV exceed $5.8 billion each year, of which 
nearly $3.9 billion 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.
    The NISVSS data indicates that approximately 5 million women and 
1.4 million men in the United States were 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.
    CDC requests Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for a 
Revision and an additional three years to implement the previously 
approved pilot tested instrument of 2013 in the normal data collection 
cycle in order to collect national level data annually beginning in 
2014. The NISVSS survey instrument had been shortened in efforts to 
develop a core instrument that will be administered on an annual basis. 
The goals of the revised data collection instrument are to: (1) Improve 
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data quality, (2) increase our response rates, (3) decrease the 
breakoff rates, (4) reduce the average amount of time it takes to 
complete the survey, (5) and ultimately reduce the burden on the 
respondent.
    In this data collection period, 85,000 households will be screened. 
After determining eligibility and consent, 12,500 respondents will 
complete the survey. The average burden per screened respondent remains 
at 3 minutes, while the average burden per surveyed respondent is 25 
minutes. 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 other than their time.

                                                            Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                                             Number of    Average burden
            Type of respondent                                Form name                      Number of     responses per   per response    Total burden
                                                                                             responses      respondent      (in hours)      (in hours)
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Households................................  NISVSS 2013 Test Instrument (screened)......          28,333               1            3/60           1,417
                                            NISVSS 2013 Test Instrument (surveyed)......           4,167               1           25/60           1,736
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    Total.................................  ............................................  ..............  ..............  ..............           3,153
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LeRoy 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. 2014-08784 Filed 4-17-14; 8:45 am]
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