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[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 242 (Wednesday, December 17, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66105-66106]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-32868]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[INFO-98-07]

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 the CDC Reports 
Clearance Officer on (404) 639-7090.
    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

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on respondents, including through the use of automated collection 
techniques for other forms of information technology. Send comments to 
Wilma Johnson, CDC Reports Clearance Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-
D24, Atlanta, GA 30333. Written comments should be received within 60 
days of this notice.

Proposed Projects

    1. Formative Research on Weapons Carrying and Use Among Youth--
New--The Division of Violence plans to conduct formative research on 
weapon carrying behavior among young persons and victims of 
interpersonal violent injury. CDC has initiated an effort to collect 
qualitative information from: 1. Systems representatives (adults 18 and 
older who work and interact with youth) and 2. adolescents, (ages 11-
18), who are at high, medium and low risk for weapon carrying and 
interpersonal injury. The purpose of the proposed data collection is to 
explore what factors influence youths to possess or carry weapons. The 
results of this study will be useful to officials planning or operating 
violence prevention interventions in the study community and other 
communities.
    The study is to be conducted in two phases: Phase 1 will involve 
the collection of research data from one-on-one, semi-structured 
interviews with 70 systems representatives. Systems representatives are 
persons who have contact with youth (which includes but is not limited 
to): (1) Formal providers or people who serve in an official capacity, 
or interact with youth (e.g. youth outreach workers, youth hostel 
workers, community-based agency staff members, law enforcement officers 
who patrol gang areas); and (2) informal providers: people who 
informally serve, the target population of youth (e.g. mall shop 
owners, school bus drivers, drug dealers).
    In Phase 2, qualitative survey research will be conducted with key 
participant informants (youth ages 11-18), to verify data collected 
during Phase I, and to collect ethnographic data regarding risk and 
protective behaviors among youth. Specifically, Phase 2 will involve 
the collection of research data from one-on-one, semi-structured 
interviews with 132 key participant informants. The specific target 
area includes the East, North, West Downtown and Wrigley areas of the 
City of Long Beach and one segment of Dominuez. Interviews will be 
conducted in a setting or location which is most comfortable and 
convenient for the study subjects. There is no cost to Respondents.

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                                                                                            Average             
                                                                    No. of      No. of      burden/      Total  
                          Respondents                            respondents   responses   response   burden (in
                                                                                           (in hrs.)     hrs.)  
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Systems Representatives........................................           70           1           1          70
Key Participant Informants.....................................          132           1         1.5         198
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      Total....................................................  ...........  ..........  ..........         268
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    Dated: December 11, 1997.
Wilma G. Johnson,
Acting Associate Director for Policy Planning And Evaluation, Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 97-32868 Filed 12-16-97; 8:45 am]
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