[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 241 (Friday, December 14, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 74484-74485]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-30183]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-13-0604]
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 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
School Associated Violent Death Surveillance System (0920-0604,
Expiration 1/31/2013)--Revision--National Center for Injury Prevention
and Control (NCIPC), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The Division of Violence Prevention (DVP), National Center for
Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC) proposes to maintain a system for
the surveillance of school-associated homicides and suicides. The
system relies on existing public records and interviews with law
enforcement officials and school officials. The purpose of the system
is to (1) estimate the rate of school-associated violent death in the
United States and (2) identify common features of school-associated
violent deaths. The system will contribute to the understanding of
fatal violence associated with schools, guide further research in the
area, and help direct ongoing and future prevention programs.
Violence is the leading cause of death among young people, and
increasingly recognized as an important public health and social issue.
In 2006, over 3,200 school-aged children (5 to 18 years old) in the
United States died violent deaths due to suicide, homicide, and
unintentional firearm injuries. The vast majority of these fatal
injuries were not school associated. However, whenever a homicide or
suicide occurs in or around school, it becomes a matter of particularly
intense public interest and concern. NCIPC conducted the first
scientific study of school-associated violent deaths (SAVD) during the
1992-99 academic years to establish the true extent of this highly
visible problem. Despite the important role of schools as a setting for
violence research and prevention interventions, relatively little
scientific or systematic work has been done to describe the nature and
level of fatal violence associated with schools. Until NCIPC conducted
the first nationwide investigation of violent deaths associated with
schools, public health and education officials had to rely on limited
local studies and estimated numbers to describe the extent of school-
associated violent death.
SAVD is an ongoing surveillance system that draws cases from the
entire United States in attempting to capture all cases of school-
associated violent deaths that have occurred. Investigators review
public records and published press reports concerning each school-
associated violent death. For each identified case, investigators also
interview an investigating law enforcement official (defined as a
police officer, police chief, or district attorney), and a school
official (defined as a school principal, school superintendent, school
counselor, school teacher, or school support staff) who are
knowledgeable about the case in question. Respondents will only be
interviewed once. Researchers request information on both the victim
and alleged offender(s)--including demographic data, their academic and
criminal records, and their relationship to one another. Data are also
collected on the time and location of the death; the circumstances,
motive, and method of the fatal injury; and the security and violence
prevention activities in the school and community where the death
occurred, before and after the fatal injury event. The data collection
process has been revised to update items included in the surveys
administered to law enforcement and school staff and to incorporate use
of Computer Assisted Telephone Interviewing software to further reduce
respondent burden. To obtain as much detailed information as possible
concerning each identified case, investigators seek to obtain the
initial law enforcement investigative report.
All data are secured through the use of technical, physical, and
administrative controls. Hard copies of data are to be kept under lock
and key in secured offices, located in a secured facility that can be
accessed only by presenting the appropriate credentials. Digital data
are password protected and then stored (and backed up routinely) onto a
secure Local Area Network that can only be accessed by individuals who
have been appropriately authorized. Study data are reported in the
aggregate, such that no individual case can be identified from the
reports. Data collection will be discontinued for the early part of
2013 as we wait for the 30-day notice to post and approval of our
revision package.
There are no costs to the respondents other than their time.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Average
Number of Number of burden per Total burden
Type of respondents Form name respondents responses per response (in (in hours)
respondent hours)
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School Officials.............. School Interview 35 1 1 35
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Police Officials.............. Law Enforcement 35 1 1 35
Interview.
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Total..................... ................ .............. .............. .............. 70
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Dated: December 10, 2012.
Ron A. Otten,
Director, Office of Scientific Integrity (OSI), Office of the Associate
Director for Science (OADS), Office of the Director.
[FR Doc. 2012-30183 Filed 12-13-12; 8:45 am]
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