[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 100 (Thursday, May 24, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29170-29171]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-10030]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-07-0566]
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 [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
Use of a Reader Response Postcard for Workers Notified of Results
of Epidemiologic Studies Conducted by the National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)--Reinstatement--National
Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
NIOSH, under Section 20(a)(1), (a)(4), (a)(7)(c), and Section 22
(d), (e)(5)(7) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act (29 U.S.C.
669), has the responsibility to ``conduct (directly or by grants or
contracts) research, experiments, and demonstrations relating to
occupational safety and health, including studies of psychological
factors involved, and relating to innovative methods, techniques, and
approaches for dealing with occupational safety and health problems.''
NIOSH also has the responsibility to ``conduct special research,
experiments, and demonstrations relating to occupational safety and
health as are necessary to explore new problems, including those
created by new technology in occupational safety and health [e.g.,
worker notification], which may require ameliorative action beyond that
which is otherwise provided for in the operating provisions of the
Act''.
Since 1977, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and
Health (NIOSH) has been developing methods and materials for the
notification of subjects of its epidemiological studies. NIOSH
involvement in notifying workers of past exposures relates primarily to
informing surviving cohort members of the findings of retrospective
cohort studies conducted by NIOSH. Current policy within NIOSH is to
notify subjects of the results of its epidemiologic studies. The extent
of the notification effort depends upon the level of excess mortality
or the extent of the disease or illness found in the cohort. Current
notification efforts range from posting results at the facilities
studied to mailing individual letter notifications to surviving cohort
members and other stakeholders. The Industry wide Studies Branch (IWSB)
of NIOSH, Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluation, and Field
Studies (DSHEFS), usually conducts about two or three notifications per
year, which typically require individual letters mailed to cohorts
ranging in size from 200-20,000 workers each. In order to assess the
effectiveness of the notification materials received by the recipients
and to improve future communication of risk information, the evaluation
instrument proposed was developed.
The NIOSH Institute-wide Worker Notification Program routinely
notifies subjects about the results of epidemiologic studies and the
implications of the results. The overall purpose of the proposed
project is to gain insight into the effectiveness of NIOSH worker
notification in order to improve the quality and usefulness of the
Institute's worker notification activities. Researchers from the NIOSH
Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations and Field Studies (DSHEFS)
propose to provide notified workers with a Reader Response postcard for
routinely assessing notified study subjects' responses to individual
letter notification materials sent to them by NIOSH. We are requesting
approval for three years. Participation is voluntary and there is no
cost to respondents except for their time.
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Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of Average burden
Form name Number of responses per response (in Total burden
respondents respondent hours) (in hours)
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Reader Response Card........................ 8,000 1 10/60 1,333
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Dated: May 18, 2007.
Maryam I. Daneshvar,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
[FR Doc. E7-10030 Filed 5-23-07; 8:45 am]
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