[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 124 (Thursday, June 28, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35489-35490]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-12504]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60 Day-07-07BD]
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
Building Related Asthma Research in Public Schools--New--National
Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The mission of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and
Health (NIOSH) is to promote safety and health at work for all people
through research and prevention. The Occupational Safety and Health
Act, Public Law 91-596 (section 20[a][1]) authorizes the National
Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) to conduct
research to advance the health and safety of workers. NIOSH is
conducting a longitudinal study among teachers and staff in public
schools. The goals of this study are (1) To document the time course of
changes in respiratory health, sick leave, and quality of life in
relation to building remediation for water incursion and dampness
problems and (2) to validate the reporting of building-related lower
respiratory symptoms in school staff with bronchial hyper-
responsiveness by the use of serial spirometry to look for building-
related patterns of airflow variability.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention sponsored the
Institute of Medicine to make an exhaustive review of the published
literature relating exposures in damp buildings to health consequences.
The committee findings, summarized in Damp Indoor Spaces and Health
(Institute of Medicine of the National Academies of Science 2004),
concluded that sufficient evidence exists for associating the presence
of mold or other agents in damp buildings to nasal and throat symptoms,
cough, wheeze, asthma symptoms in sensitized asthmatics, and
hypersensitivity pneumonitis in susceptible persons. Identification of
specific causal agents for these health outcomes in damp environments
requires more investigation, and more research and demonstration
projects are needed to evaluate interventions in damp buildings.
NIOSH is proposing to conduct an initial cross-sectional
respiratory health survey in three schools. The study will then
continue with two additional years of longitudinal follow-up, which
will be used to assess respiratory health and environmental conditions
in relation to time and intervention status in the three schools. NIOSH
will study one school with no history of building leaks and good
control of internal moisture sources, one school with previous building
leaks and water damage but with subsequent renovation before the start
of the study, and one school with current building leaks and dampness
problems with renovation scheduled during the study. The questionnaire
will be administered each year to approximately 255 respondents by an
interviewer who will record the responses directly into a computer. It
will include sections on the participant's medical history, work
history, and home environment. All participants from the initial cross-
sectional survey meeting an epidemiologic definition of asthma and
reporting that the symptoms improve away from the school will be asked
to perform spirometry and a methacholine challenge test, or if
obstructed, a bronchodilator test, both of which are standard medical
tests for asthma; NIOSH anticipates about 45 respondents for these
tests. Of those 45, 20 participants who are positive for either test
will also be asked to participate in the serial spirometry study, which
will cover three weeks during the school term and an additional three
weeks during the summer break. Participation in all surveys is
completely voluntary. There are no costs to the respondents other than
their time.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of Average burden
Form name Number of responses per per response Total Burden
respondents respondent (in hours) (in hours)
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Health questionnaire........................ 255 1 1 255
Health questionnaire and lung function 25 1 2 50
testing....................................
Health questionnaire, lung function testing, 20 1 39 780
serial spirometry..........................
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Total................................... ............... ............... ............... 1,085
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Dated: June 22, 2007.
Maryam I. Daneshvar,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
[FR Doc. E7-12504 Filed 6-27-07; 8:45 am]
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