[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 11 (Wednesday, January 16, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 2216]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-1053]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30DAY-13-02]


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

    Evaluation of Effectiveness of NIOSH Publications--NEW--National 
Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Through the development, 
organization, and dissemination of information, NIOSH promotes 
awareness about occupational hazards and their control, and improves 
the quality of American working life. Although NIOSH uses a variety of 
media and delivery mechanisms to communicate with its constituents, one 
of the primary vehicles is through the distribution of NIOSH-numbered 
publications. The extent to which these publications successfully meet 
the information needs of their intended audience is not currently 
known. In a period of diminishing resources and increasing 
accountability, it is important that NIOSH be able to demonstrate that 
communications about its research and service programs are both 
effective and efficient in influencing workplace change. This requires 
a social marketing evaluation of NIOSH products to measure the degree 
of customer satisfaction and their adoption of recommended actions.
    The present project proposes to do this by conducting a mail survey 
of a primary segment of NIOSH's customer base, the community of 
occupational safety and health professionals. In collaboration with the 
American Association of Occupational Health Nurses (13,000 members), 
the American Industrial Hygiene Association (12,400 members), the 
American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine ( 6,500 
members), and the American Society of Safety Engineers (33,000 
members), NIOSH will survey a sample of their memberships to ascertain, 
among other things: (1) Their perceptions and attitudes toward NIOSH as 
a general information resource; (2) their perceptions and attitudes 
about specific types of NIOSH publications (e.g., criteria documents, 
technical reports, alerts); (3) the frequency and nature of referral to 
NIOSH in affecting occupational safety and health practices and 
policies; (4) the extent to which they have implemented NIOSH 
recommendations; and (5) their recommendations for improving NIOSH 
products and delivery systems. The results of this survey will provide 
an empirical assessment of the impact of NIOSH publications on 
occupational safety and health practice and policy in the United States 
as well as provide direction for shaping future NIOSH communication 
efforts. The annual burden for this data collection is 400 hours.

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                                              No. of          Average
               Respondents                  responses/      burden per
                                            respondents      response
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1,200...................................              1           20/60
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    Dated: January 8, 2002.
Nancy E. Cheal,
Acting Associate Director for Policy, Planning and Evaluation, Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 02-1053 Filed 1-15-02; 8:45 am]
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