[Federal Register: November 3, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 212)]
[Notices]
[Page 66838-66839]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-06-0604]
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 404-639-4766
and send comments to Seleda Perryman, CDC Assistant 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
School Associated Violent Death Surveillance System (0920-0604)--
Reinstatement without change--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 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 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 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 other than their time.
Estimate of Annualized Burden Table
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Number of Average burden/ Total annual
Respondents Number of responses/ response (in burden (in
respondents respondents hours) hours)
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School Officials................................ 35 1 60/60 35
Policy Officials................................ 35 1 60/60 35
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Total....................................... 70 .............. .............. 70
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Dated: October 28, 2005.
Betsey Dunaway,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 05-21913 Filed 11-2-05; 8:45 am]
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