[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 157 (Monday, August 16, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49937-49938]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-19835]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60-Day-10-10GQ]
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 PhD, 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
The Evaluation of Ordinances to Prevent Workplace Violence in
Convenience Stores--NEW--National Institute for Occupational Safety and
Health (NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,CDC).
Background and Brief Description
Workplace violence (WPV) is a significant concern for employers and
employees alike; every year in the U.S., WPV results in hundreds of
deaths, nearly two million nonfatal injuries, and billions of dollars
in costs. Historically, retail establishments have been the focus of
WPV research. In 1997-2008, there were 1,800 homicides of retail
workers of which 1,572 were due to robbery or assaults.
Situational Crime Prevention programs to reduce robbery and violent
crime have been proven to be successful in reducing robbery and
robbery-related injury risk to both employees and customers in retail
settings. These programs incorporate a criminological concept called
Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) which theorizes
that environments can be modified to make potential criminals feel they
are being watched, i.e. under surveillance and thus vulnerable,
resulting in avoidance of the target by increasing the robber's
perception that a robbery is not worth the risk.
NIOSH is conducting an evaluation of the effectiveness of
convenience store safety ordinances in Dallas and Houston, Texas. The
goals of this research are to (1) Determine if the ordinances
effectively increase the frequency of implementation of CPTED
components in stores and decrease robbery and assaults to workers and
customers; (2) determine the benefits to stores from compliance to the
city ordinance; (3) determine the process the cities used for ordinance
development and their recommendations to other cities, and (4) develop
evidence-based recommendations to promote CPTED programs and to aid
other cities which are considering safety ordinances for their retail
industry.
The proposed NIOSH study will be a population based follow-up study
of convenience stores which are operating 1 year after the effective
date of their ordinance. A sample of 300 stores in Dallas and 300
stores in Houston will be selected. Each store will be visited by a
survey interviewer who will evaluate the store environment and
interview the store managers in person. Data will be collected on
compliance with the safety ordinance, reasons for non-compliance, and
benefits to the store from compliance including return on investment,
increased sales, increased quality of customers, decreased crime, and
decreased employee stress.
The participation of the store and manager will be voluntary. Data
from the store evaluation will be recorded on a checklist form and will
take approximately 15 minutes of the store interviewer's time. The
store evaluation will not require time or assistance from the store
manager and thus, is not listed in the burden hours. The interview of
the store manager will require approximately 30 minutes of the
manager's time. From previous studies of convenience stores, over a 90%
response rate is expected. The survey method will be for the survey
interviewer to first visit the store and leave the questionnaire with
the manager and then return 1-2 days later for the interview. This
leaves time for the manager to obtain approval from owners and upper
management.
Prior to the survey, NIOSH will contact all companies in the sample
who own two or more stores and obtain approval from the store owners/
upper management for their store managers participation. A burden of 3
hours is estimated for each of approximately 35 owners/managers to
review the questionnaire and survey protocol, and to discuss their
store managers' participation with NIOSH project officers by conference
call.
Once the study is completed, NIOSH will provide a copy of the final
report to each participating store, the participating city Mayor's Task
force for Convenience Store Safety, the police
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department, and the industry and community partners.
Industry leaders who participate on the Mayor's Task Force for
Convenience Store Safety will provide support and voluntarily contact
approximately 90 stores and recommend they participate. Additionally,
approximately 3 community leaders in each city will voluntarily contact
approximately 90 stores and recommend they participate. There is no
cost to respondents other than their time.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Total
Number of Number of Average burden burden
Respondents respondents responses per per response (in
respondent (in hrs) hrs)
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Store manager interviews................................ 600 1 30/60 300
Store owners/upper management approve manager interviews 35 1 3 105
Stakeholders Industry leader recommend stores........... 90 1 30/60 45
Community leader recommend stores....................... 90 1 30/60 45
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Total............................................... .............. .............. .............. 495
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Dated: August 8, 2010.
Maryam I. Daneshvar,
Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2010-19835 Filed 8-13-10; 8:45 am]
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