[Federal Register: February 19, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 32)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-09-09AP]
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
The National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Surveillance
System (NISVSS), New, 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. Approximately 1.5 million
women and 834,700 men are raped and/or physically assaulted by an
intimate partner each year. Women are more likely than men to be
victimized by almost every type of IPV, including rape, physical
assault, and stalking by a current or former intimate partner. 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.
SV 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
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from 15% to 36% for females. Sexual violence against men, although less
prevalent, is also a public health problem; approximately 1 in 6 women
and 1 in 33 men have experienced an attempted or completed rape in
their lifetime. Over 302,000 women and 92,000 men were raped in the
past 12 months. Thirty percent of rape victims experience major
depressions at some time in their lives; 33% of victimized women and
24.2% of victimized men are counseled by a health professional; 31%
develop post traumatic stress disorder; 33% contemplate suicide; and
13% attempt suicide.
Each year, approximately 1 million women and 371,000 men in the
United States are stalked. There is a strong link between stalking and
other forms of violence in intimate relationships; 81% of women who
were stalked by a current or former intimate partner were also
physically assaulted by that partner and 31% were sexually assaulted by
that partner. Furthermore, 76% of female victims of intimate partner
homicides were stalked by their partners before they were killed.
Currently, the United States lacks a national data source that
systematically and routinely collects valid and reliable information on
the magnitude and trends in IPV, SV and stalking. Such a system is
needed to (1) Help formulate public policies and prevention strategies
related to IPV, SV and stalking; (2) guide and evaluate progress in
reducing the huge health and social burden associated with IPV, SV and
stalking; and (3) improve the effectiveness of federal agencies
responding to IPV, SV and stalking.
In order to address this important public health problem, CDC plans
to develop a national surveillance system that will generate national
and state level estimates of IPV, SV and stalking. A total of 20,948
eligible households will be screened; out of the households screened
10,948 are estimated to consent or agree to participate and 10,000 are
estimated to complete the survey each year. The survey will be
conducted among English and/or Spanish speaking male and female adults
(18 years and older) living in the United States. In addition, special
populations are also being targeted such as an oversample of American
Indian/Alaska Native populations, female active duty military service
members (first year of data collection only), and female spouses of
married male active duty military service members (first year of data
collection only).
Each year, NISVSS will provide precise and stable annual prevalence
estimates for IPV, SV, and stalking victimization at the national
level. As data collection continues in subsequent years, sample sizes
will increase and stable state-level lifetime prevalence data will also
be available for both women and men in all states. All information will
be collected in a 20-25 minute anonymous interview conducted over the
telephone, using computer-assisted telephone interviewing (CATI)
software. The use of CATI will reduce respondent burden, reduce coding
errors, and increase efficiency and data quality. Questions will be
asked about all forms of IPV victimization (including physical
aggression, psychological aggression, and sexual violence); all forms
of SV victimization by any perpetrator (including unwanted sexual
situations, abusive sexual contact, and forced/nonconsensual sex
[completed and attempted]); and stalking victimization by any
perpetrator. NISVSS will gather information regarding experiences that
occurred across the lifespan and within the 12 and 36 months preceding
the survey.
Such data will help inform public policies and prevention
strategies at both the national and state levels and will help guide
and evaluate progress toward reducing the substantial health and social
burden associated with IPV, SV, and stalking.
There are no costs to respondents other than their time.
Total Estimated Annualized Burden Table
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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.................... Screened........ 20,948 1 3/60 1,047
Surveyed........ 10,000 1 25/60 4,167
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Total..................... ................ .............. .............. .............. 5,214
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Dated: February 6, 2009.
Maryam I. Daneshvar,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
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