[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 245 (Wednesday, December 22, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 80505-80506]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-32077]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30 Day-11-10GQ]
Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) publishes a
list of information collection requests under review by the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction
Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a copy of these requests, call
the CDC Reports Clearance Officer at (404) 639-5960 or send an e-mail
to [email protected]. Send written comments to CDC Desk Officer, Office of
Management and Budget, Washington, DC 20503 or by fax to (202) 395-
5806. Written comments should be received within 30 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 requesting approval to conduct 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 provide to other cities
and retail companies considering CPTED programs. Recommendations about
the process used by Houston and Dallas may be helpful to other
communities considering ordinances. Additionally, benefits to the
stores with regard to return on investment, increased quality of
customers, increased sales, and decreases in employee stress due to
risk of workplace violence may be useful to other cities and their
retailers considering ordinances.
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 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 be conducted independently of the managers and will not
require their time or assistance thus; they will not be incurring
burden. 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. Prior to the survey NIOSH
will contact those companies in the sample who own two or more stores
that can be identified based on the company or store name, and obtain
approval from the store owners/upper management for their store
manager's participation. Permission to participate will be obtained
from the remainder of the store managers at the time of the survey. If
a store manager refuses to participate, another store will be selected
from the sampling frame to ensure a sample of 600 stores. The survey
interviewer will 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 to participate from
owners and upper management. The store manager's participation will be
voluntary and consent to participate will be obtained from the manager.
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 department, and the
industry and community partners.
Approximately 3 industry leaders in each city 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. There is no cost to respondents other than their
time. The total estimated annual burden hours are 495.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Average
Number of Number of burden per
Respondents respondents responses per response (in
respondent hrs)
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Store manager Screening/interviews.............................. 600 1 30/60
Store owners/upper management approve manager interviews........ 35 1 3
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Stakeholders.................................................... 3 30 30/60
Industry leader recommend stores................................
Community leader recommend stores............................... 3 30 30/60
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Shari Steinberg,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2010-32077 Filed 12-21-10; 8:45 am]
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