[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]
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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
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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
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Average
Number of Number of burden per Total burden
Type of respondent Form name responses responses per response (in (in hours)
respondent hours)
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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).
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Total..................... ................ .............. .............. .............. 5,966
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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]
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