[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 30 (Wednesday, February 13, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8319-8320]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-2585]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-08-08AO]
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 [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
Children's Peer Relations and the Risk for Injury at School--New--
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC), Coordinating
Center for Environmental Health and Injury Prevention (CCEHIP), Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
Injuries are responsible for more deaths than all other causes
combined for people under 19. In 2003, the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC) estimated that, annually, one in four children
sustain an injury severe enough to warrant medical care, school
absence, or bed rest. An investigation of modifiable risk factors for
childhood injuries is necessary to improve the health of children.
The Division of Unintentional Injury Prevention at the CDC will
investigate the relation between children's social behaviors and
experiences at school and school injuries. Peer nominated and teacher
rated social behaviors will be collected and compared to injury rates
measured in the school health room of 3rd-5th graders at one public
elementary school with an ethnically diverse and lower socioeconomic
status student body. From this data, a behavioral risk profile for
injury will be derived. By learning which children are at risk based on
various behavioral characteristics, successful secondary injury
prevention strategies may be targeted when resources do not allow
universal prevention. The main hypothesis of the study is that children
with maladaptive behaviors and social experiences (e.g., aggression,
bullying, social withdrawal, peer rejection) will be more at risk for
injury than their well-adapted peers.
Information collected will include one-time peer nominations of
social behaviors and peer relationships and one-time teacher report
data of children's behavior that will reflect children's behavior
across a school year as well as injury event reports from that school
year as determined by school health room visits for injury. Injury
event reports will be compiled by the school health room aide. By
learning
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about risk factors for injuries at school, interventions may be
created, which can reduce the burden of injuries to children and the
disruption to children's classroom time, and may even impact the amount
of time parents must take off from work to pick up their children.
There is no cost to respondents except for their time.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Average
Number of Number of burden per Total burden
Respondents respondents responses per response (in (in hours)
respondent hours)
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Teachers........................................ 11 1 3 33
School Health Room Aide......................... 1 1 30 30
Students........................................ 276 1 45/60 207
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Total....................................... .............. .............. .............. 270
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Dated: February 5, 2008.
Maryam I. Daneshvar,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
[FR Doc. E8-2585 Filed 2-12-08; 8:45 am]
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