[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 191 (Thursday, October 1, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61951-61953]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-21731]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-20-1278; Docket No. CDC-2020-0101]


Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and 
Recommendations

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of 
Health and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION: Notice with comment period.

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SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part 
of its continuing effort to reduce public burden and maximize the 
utility of government information, invites the general public and other 
Federal agencies the opportunity to comment on a proposed and/or 
continuing information collection, as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on a proposed 
information collection project titled ``Online training for law 
enforcement to reduce risks associated with shift work and long work 
hours.'' This study will develop and pilot test a new, online, 
interactive training program tailored for the law enforcement community 
that relays the health and safety risks associated with shift work, 
long work hours, and related workplace sleep issues, and presents 
strategies for managers and officers to reduce these risks.

DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before November 30, 
2020.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2020-
0101 by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Regulations.gov. Follow the 
instructions for submitting comments.
     Mail: Jeffrey M. Zirger, Information Collection Review 
Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road 
NE, MS-D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name 
and Docket Number. CDC will post, without change, all relevant comments 
to Regulations.gov.
    Please note: Submit all comments through the Federal eRulemaking 
portal (regulations.gov) or by U.S. mail to the address listed above.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on the 
proposed project or to obtain a copy of the information collection plan 
and instruments, contact Jeffrey M. Zirger, Information Collection 
Review Office, Centers for Disease Control and

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Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE, MS-D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; 
phone: 404-639-7570; Email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 
(PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), Federal agencies must obtain approval from 
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for each collection of 
information they conduct or sponsor. In addition, the PRA also requires 
Federal agencies to provide a 60-day notice in the Federal Register 
concerning each proposed collection of information, including each new 
proposed collection, each proposed extension of existing collection of 
information, and each reinstatement of previously approved information 
collection before submitting the collection to the OMB for approval. To 
comply with this requirement, we are publishing this notice of a 
proposed data collection as described below.
    The OMB is particularly interested in comments that will help:
    1. Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility;
    2. Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of 
the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used;
    3. Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to 
be collected; and
    4. Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those 
who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated, 
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic 
submissions of responses.
    5. Assess information collection costs.

Proposed Project

    Online training for law enforcement to reduce risks associated with 
shift work and long work hours (OMB Control No. 0920-1278, Exp. 12/30/
2020)--Extension--National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health 
(NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    Police often work during the evening, at night, and sometimes 
irregular and long hours. Shift work and long work hours are linked to 
many health and safety risks due to disturbances to sleep and circadian 
rhythms. These work schedules also lead to difficulties with personal 
relationships due to having less time with family and friends, poor 
mood from sleep deprivation, and problems balancing work and personal 
responsibilities. These work schedules and inadequate sleep likely 
contribute to health problems seen in police: shorter life spans, high 
occupational injury rates, and burden of chronic illnesses. One 
strategy to reduce these risks is training programs to inform employers 
and law enforcement officers about the risks and strategies to reduce 
their risks.
    An extension is being requested due to delays recruiting 
participants and initiating data collection activities. The delays 
resulted from the COVID-19 pandemic and the civil unrest after George 
Floyd's death on May 25, 2020. Law enforcement leaders requested that 
the data collection be delayed until the end of June 2020. As a result, 
NIOSH is requesting a one-year extension for an extension of the data 
collection end date to May 31, 2021. This pilot study is part of a 
project awarded National Occupational Research Agenda (NORA) funding. 
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health is authorized 
to carry out this data collection through Occupational Safety and 
Health Act of 1970.
    The purpose of this project is to develop a training program to 
relay the risks linked to shift work and long work hours and give 
workplace strategies for employers and personal strategies for the 
officers to reduce the risks. Once finalized, the training will be 
available on the NIOSH website. The training will be pilot tested with 
30 recent graduates of a police academy and 30 experienced officers. 
The study will recruit 60 law enforcement officers during a 30-minute 
phone call. All respondents will work full-time on fixed night shifts. 
The pilot test will use a pre-test--post-test design to examine sleep 
(both duration and quality), worktime sleepiness, and knowledge 
retained. Pre-test measures will be collected two weeks before the 
training. Post-test measures will be collected the week of the training 
(week three of the study), one week after the training (week four) and 
at eight and nine weeks after the training (weeks 11 and 12 of the 
study). Additional post-test measures will include feedback about the 
training and if specific behaviors changed.
    Before starting the pretest, the respondent will sign an informed 
consent form. The pilot pre-test will start with the respondent filling 
out a 10-minute online survey that includes four short surveys: (1) 
Demographic information and work experience; (2) the Epworth Sleepiness 
Scale; (3) the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index; and (4) a knowledge 
test. The respondent will be fitted with a wrist actigraph, which will 
record activity and estimate the times of sleep. The respondents will 
keep an online sleep activity diary and wear the actigraph continuously 
during weeks one to four of the study. The online sleep activity diary 
takes approximately two minutes a day to complete. The sleep diary and 
actigraph are being used together to obtain a more accurate timing of 
respondent's sleep and activity.
    During the third week of the study, the respondent will take the 
2.5 hour online training program. Immediately after completing the 
training, the respondent will take the post-test knowledge test and 
will provide feedback about the training including barriers to using 
the training information and what influential people in their life 
would want them to do with the training information. At the end of week 
four, the respondent will return the actigraph. No data collection will 
occur during weeks five to 10 of the study.
    The second post-test period will be weeks 11 and 12 of the study to 
gather longer-term outcomes. At the beginning of week 11, the 
respondents will be fitted with an actigraph. The respondent will wear 
the actigraph and complete the sleep activity diary for the next 14 
days. At the end of week 12 of the study, the respondent will complete 
the Epworth Sleepiness Scale, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, and 
Changes in Behaviors After Training. The combined response time is five 
minutes.
    The burden table lists three 10-minute meetings during the post-
test period when they will return the actigraph at the end of week 
four, be fitted with an actigraph at the beginning of week 11 and 
return it at the end of week 12. The respondents will complete the 
sleep activity diary for 42 days total (two minutes each day). The 
total burden hours for the diary is 84.
    Study staff will use the findings from the pilot test to make 
improvements to the training program. The research team will reinforce 
or expand training content that showed less than desired results on the 
pilot test. Potential impacts of this project include improvements in 
management practices such as the design of work schedules and 
improvements in officers' personal behaviors for coping with the 
demands of shift work and long work hours. The total estimated 
annualized burden hours is 334. There are no costs to respondents other 
than their time.

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                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                      Average
                                                     Number of       Number of      burden per     Total burden
      Type of respondents           Form name       respondents    responses per   response  (in    (in hours)
                                                                    respondent        hours)
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Law enforcement officers......  phone call for                60               1           30/60              30
                                 recruitment &
                                 informed
                                 consent.
Law enforcement officers......  Initial meeting.              60               1           15/60              15
Law enforcement officers......  Knowledge survey              60               2            5/60              10
Law enforcement officers......  Epworth                       60               2            1/60               2
                                 Sleepiness
                                 Scale.
Law enforcement officers......  Pittsburgh Sleep              60               2            2/60               4
                                 Quality Index.
Law enforcement officers......  Demographics and              60               1            2/60               2
                                 work experience.
Law enforcement officers......  Sleep diary.....              60              42            2/60              84
Law enforcement officers......  Online training.              60               1          150/60             150
Law enforcement officers......  Feedback about                60               1            5/60               5
                                 Training,
                                 Barriers, and
                                 Influential
                                 People.
Law enforcement officers......  Changes in                    60               1            2/60               2
                                 Behaviors after
                                 Training.
Law enforcement officers......  Actigraph                     60               3           10/60              30
                                 fitting and
                                 return.
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    Total.....................  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............             334
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Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Lead, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Scientific 
Integrity, Office of Science, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2020-21731 Filed 9-30-20; 8:45 am]
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