[Federal Register: July 9, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 130)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-07-07BG]
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 404-639-5960
and send comments to Maryam I. Daneshvar, CDC Acting Reports Clearance
Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D74, Atlanta, GA 30333 or send an e-mail
to omb@cdc.gov.
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
Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design: Linking Observed
School Environments with Student and School-wide Experiences of
Violence and Fear--New--National Center for Injury Prevention (NCIPC),
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
Among the goals of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC), National Center for Injury Prevention (NCIPC) and Control is to
reduce the prevalence of violence among youth. Several important
priorities included in the Center's published research agenda focus on
studying how physical environments influence behavior and risk for
violence. The CDC has developed a tool called the Crime Prevention
Through Environmental Design (CPTED) School Assessment (CSA) to assess
the extent to which the physical characteristics of schools are
consistent with Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED)
principles.
The proposed research will allow us to determine the validity of
the CSA by examining the extent to which the CSA subscales, total CSA
scores, and CPTED principles are related to typical variables related
to fear and violence. If the CSA tool is shown to measure
characteristics of the school environment that are associated with fear
and violence-related behaviors in school, then it may be used as the
basis for research, design, and evaluation of interventions for schools
seeking to prevent or reduce the occurrence of crime and violence by
providing information related to (re)designing physical features of the
environment and changing policies and procedures related to using the
school environment.
In addition, an exploratory purpose of this research is to
determine whether the CSA items can be divided reliably into supposedly
distinct variables reflecting each of the CPTED principles. If we
produce practical support for the assessment of these ``CPTED
variables,'' then we will also assess validity by determining whether
these variables are logically related to our measures of fear, violence
and climate in schools.
Survey data from one counselor and 75 students (25 each from 6th,
7th, and 8th grades) will be collected from 50 middle schools in metro-
Atlanta, Georgia area (a total of approximately 50 counselor
participants and 3,750 student participants), in addition to the
observational (CSA) data collection. The counselor and student survey
will assess variables such as school climate, actual and perceived
levels of school violence at each school. In addition, archival/
administrative data will be collected from each of the 50 schools
providing information on neighborhood and school characteristics from
various sources (e.g., school data reported by the school on a ``School
Profile'' form, school district data available on the web, U.S. Census
data, and the FBI National Crime and Victimization Survey).
There are no costs to respondents except for their time to
participate in the surveys.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of Average burden
Form name Number of responses per response (in Total burden
respondents respondent hours) (in hours)
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Student Survey.................................. 3,750 1 40/60 2,500
Counselor Survey................................ 50 1 40/60 33
School Profile.................................. 50 1 120/60 100
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Total....................................... .............. .............. .............. 2,633
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DATE: July 2, 2007.
Maryam I. Daneshvar,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
[FR Doc. E7-13197 Filed 7-6-07; 8:45 am]
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