[Federal Register: January 13, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 8)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-03-34]
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 the CDC Reports
Clearance Officer on (404) 498-1210.
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. Send comments to Seleda Perryman, CDC
Assistant Reports Clearance Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D24,
Atlanta, GA 30333. Written comments should be received within 60 days
of this notice.
Proposed Project: School Associated Violent Death Surveillance
System--New--National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC),
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The Division of
Violence Prevention (DVP), National Center for Injury Prevention and
Control (NCIPC) proposes to develop a system for the surveillance of
school-associated homicides and suicides. The system will rely 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
proposed 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 1998, over 3,500 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 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.
The proposed system will draw cases from the entire United States
in attempting to capture all cases of school-associated violent deaths
that have occurred. Investigators will review public records and
published press reports concerning each school-associated violent
death. For each identified case, investigators will 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. Researchers will request information on both the victim
and alleged offender(s)--including demographic data, their academic and
criminal records, and their relationship to one another. They will also
collect data 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. There are no costs
to the respondents.
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Number of Avg. burden/ Total annual
Respondents Number of responses/ response (in burden (in
respondents respondent hrs.) hrs.)
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School Officials................................ 35 1 1 35
Police Officials................................ 35 1 1 35
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Total....................................... .............. .............. .............. 70
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Dated: January 3, 2003.
Nancy E. Cheal,
Acting Associate Director for Policy, Planning and Evaluation, Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 03-645 Filed 1-10-03; 8:45 am]
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