[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 191 (Monday, October 2, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58774-58775]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-25144]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30DAY-71-00]


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) 639-7090. Send written 
comments to CDC, Desk Officer; Human Resources and Housing Branch, New 
Executive Office Building, Room 10235; Washington, DC 20503. Written 
comments should be received within 30 days of this notice.

Proposed Project

    A Message-Based Intervention for Technology Transfer--New--National 
Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention. 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. Over 6 million 
American workers are at risk for inhalation exposure of potentially 
harmful metals. Workers in mining, construction, and related industries 
are potentially exposed to airborne contaminants such as silver, lead, 
nickel, manganese, chromium and zinc which can cause health problems 
ranging from metal fume fever and asthma to cancer and parkinsonism. 
NIOSH has developed analytical methods for portable field exposure 
assessment that would help reduce metals exposure. The goal of this 
project is to increase the self-reported use of NIOSH developed 
analytical methods for field portable exposure assessment by American 
industrial hygienists across the five-year period from 2000 to 2004. To 
achieve this technology transfer goal, NIOSH proposes three aims: (1) 
to create, (2) implement, and (3) evaluate a message-based intervention 
targeted toward American industrial hygienists. If this project is 
successful then NIOSH will also have developed and validated a 
communication strategy that could be adapted to other technology 
transfer problems.
    First, NIOSH will develop a message-based intervention targeted 
toward American industrial hygienists. To do this, NIOSH will create 
and pretest the message, channel, and receiver variables that will 
compose the intervention. Pretesting of the intervention will occur via 
mailout surveys and on-site pretesting with industrial hygienists 
attending conferences sponsored by AIHA (the American Industrial 
Hygiene Association), ABIH (the American Board of Industrial Hygiene), 
and ACGIH. Pretesting will occur during the first two years of the 
project (2000-1), with a total of 1,000 industrial hygienists.
    Second, NIOSH will implement the multi-channel, multi-exposure, 
message-based intervention that was created through pretesting. NIOSH 
intends to employ the following four channels of: (1) Trade print 
sources (journal and magazine), (2) web site, (3) direct personalized 
mailings, and (4) face-to-face interaction through trade show 
demonstrations. The entire population of American industrial hygienists 
(approximately 13,000) will be targeted by this intervention. The 
intervention will occur across four years, applying modifications as 
needed during the time period.
    Finally, NIOSH will conduct annual surveys of randomly selected 
samples of American industrial hygienists on their self reported use of 
NIOSH developed analytical methods for field portable exposure 
assessment through mail-in surveys based on standard HCRB communication 
and outcome protocols. During Year 1 (2000), a survey of 700 randomly 
selected industrial hygienists will be conducted to assess baseline 
levels of attitudes, knowledge and behaviors with regard to the use of 
the NIOSH developed analytical methods prior to receiving the 
intervention. During the next three years (2001-2003), an annual survey 
of 700 randomly selected industrial hygienists will be conducted to 
evaluate the impact of the message-based intervention on the use of 
NIOSH analytical methods.
    The estimated annualized burden is 1905 hours.

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                                                               Average
                                  Number of      Number of   hour burden
         Respondents             respondents     responses       per
                                                               response
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Industrial Hygienist.........  1000 pretesting            1          .33
                               700 Baseline               1          .25
                                Survey.
                               2100 Annual                1            5
                                Survey.
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    Dated: September 26, 2000.
Nancy Cheal,
Acting Associate Director for Policy, Planning, and Evaluation, Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 00-25144 Filed 9-29-00; 8:45 am]
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