[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 103 (Thursday, May 29, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 32057]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-13375]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30DAY-43-03]


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) 498-1210. 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 (OMB Control No. 
0920-0544)--Reinstatement without change--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 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. Respondents will have the option of responding by mail or 
electronically through the NIOSH Web site. The annual burden for this 
data collection is 200 hours.

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                                                                                                      Average
                                                                      No. of          No. of          burden/
                           Respondents                              respondents     responses/     response (in
                                                                                    respondent         hrs.)
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Occupational Safety and Health Professionals....................             600               1           20/60
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    Dated: May 22, 2003.
Thomas A. Bartenfeld,
Acting Deputy Director for Policy, Planning and Evaluation, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 03-13375 Filed 5-28-03; 8:45 am]
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