Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 218 / Friday, November 12, 2004 / Notices 65435

Dated: November 2, 2004. 

Robert E. Polson, 

Office of the Secretary, Paperwork Reduction 

Act Reports Clearance Officer.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[60Day–05–030DX] 

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 404–498–1210 or send 

comments to Seleda Perryman, CDC 

Assistant Reports Clearance Officer, 

1600 Clifton Road, MS–E11, 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 

Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) 

Measurement—New—The National 

Center for Injury Prevention and Control 

(NCIPC), Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention (CDC). 

Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) is 

considered by many to be a serious 

problem that cuts across cultures, 

socioeconomic status and gender. CDC 

considers IPV to be a ‘‘substantial public 

health problem for Americans that has 

serious consequences and costs for 

individuals, families, communities and 

society.’’ The past twenty years have 

witnessed an extraordinary growth in 

research on the prevalence, incidence, 

causes and effects of IPV. Various 

disciplines have contributed to the 

development of research on the subject 

including psychology, epidemiology, 

criminology and public health. 

Still, there is a lack of reliable 

information on the extent and 

prevalence of IPV. Estimates vary 

widely regarding the magnitude of the 

problem. This variance is due in large 

part to the different contexts, 

instruments, and methods that are used 

to measure IPV. Thus, the CDC is 

engaged in work to improve the quality 

of data, and hence knowledge about 

violence against women. Part of this 

process includes identifying the 

strengths and limitations of different 

scales used to measure IPV and 

determine the appropriateness of each 

of these scales for use with individuals 

of different racial/ethnic backgrounds. 

The purpose of this project is to 

administer and test the statistical 

properties of four scales, via telephone 

interviews, that measure both 

victimization from and perpetration of 

IPV. The scales will be administered to 

a random sample of women ages 18–50 

from five racial/ethnic backgrounds: 

African-American, American Indian, 

Asian, White and Hispanic. 

The four scales are the (1) Sexual 

Experiences Survey (SES), (2) Conflict 

Tactics Scale 2 (CTS2), (3) Index of 

Spouse Abuse (ISA), and (4) Women’s 

Experience with Battering (WEB) scale. 

The survey instrument will contain each 

of these scales and introductory and 

transitional text developed specifically 

for this study. 

The overall benefit of this project is to 

increase knowledge about the reliability 

and validity of these scales, which have 

been used in previous studies. 

Ultimately, this knowledge will assist 

CDC in establishing an on-going data 

collection system for monitoring IPV. 

CDC intends to contract with an agency 

to conduct the survey. The only cost to 

the respondents is the time involved to 

complete the survey.

Survey IPV measurement Type of respondent Number of

respondents 

Number of

responses per 

respondent 

Avg. burden 

per response 

(in hrs.) 

Total burden 

hours 

African-American .......................................... Female .................................. 500 1 30/60 250 

Asian ............................................................. Female .................................. 500 1 30/60 250 

White ............................................................. Female .................................. 500 1 30/60 250 

Hispanic ........................................................ Female .................................. 500 1 30/60 250 

Total ....................................................... ............................................... 2,500 ........................ ........................ 1,250 

Dated: November 5, 2004. 

Alvin Hall, 

Director, Management Analysis and Services 

Office, Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

Advisory Committee for Injury 

Prevention and Control; Notice of 

Recharter 

This gives notice under the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–

463) of October 6, 1972, that the 

Advisory Committee for Injury 

Prevention and Control, National Center 

for Injury Prevention and Control, of the 

Department of Health and Human 

Services, has been renewed for a 2-year 

period extending through October 28, 

2006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Louise Galaska, Executive Secretary, 

ACIPC, CDC, 4770 Buford Hwy, M/S 

K02, Atlanta, Georgia 30333. Telephone 

(770) 488–4694, fax (770) 488–4422. 

The Director, Management Analysis 

and Services Office, has been delegated 

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