[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 9 (Thursday, January 14, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3156-3157]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-00690]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30Day-21-1278]


Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review

    In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has submitted the information 
collection request titled Online Training for Law Enforcement to Reduce 
Risks Associated with Shift Work and Long Work Hours to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. CDC previously 
published a ``Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and 
Recommendations'' notice on October 1, 2020 to obtain comments from the 
public and affected agencies. CDC received one comment related to the 
previous notice. This notice serves to allow an additional 30 days for 
public and affected agency comments.
    CDC will accept all comments for this proposed information 
collection project. The Office of Management and Budget is particularly 
interested in comments that:
    (a) 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;
    (b) Evaluate the accuracy of the agencies estimate of the burden of 
the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used;
    (c) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to 
be collected;
    (d) 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 submission of responses; and
    (e) Assess information collection costs.
    To request additional information on the proposed project or to 
obtain a copy of the information collection plan and instruments, call 
(404) 639-7570. Comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
    Find this particular information collection by selecting 
``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using 
the search function. Direct written comments and/or suggestions 
regarding the items contained in this notice to the Attention: CDC Desk 
Officer, Office of Management and Budget, 725 17th Street NW, 
Washington, DC 20503 or by fax to (202) 395-5806. Provide written 
comments within 30 days of notice publication.

Proposed Project

    Online training for law enforcement to reduce risks associated with 
shift work and long work hours--Reinstatement without Change--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 Reinstatement is being requested due to delays recruiting 
participants and initiating data. 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 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

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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.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                     Number of    Average burden
          Type of respondents                   Form name            Number of     responses per   per response
                                                                    respondents     respondent      (in hours)
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Law enforcement officers..............  phone call for                        60               1           30/60
                                         recruitment & informed
                                         consent.
Law enforcement officers..............  Initial meeting.........              60               1           15/60
Law enforcement officers..............  Knowledge survey........              60               2            5/60
Law enforcement officers..............  Epworth Sleepiness Scale              60               2            1/60
Law enforcement officers..............  Pittsburgh Sleep Quality              60               2            2/60
                                         Index.
Law enforcement officers..............  Demographics and work                 60               1            2/60
                                         experience.
Law enforcement officers..............  Sleep diary.............              60              42            2/60
Law enforcement officers..............  Online training.........              60               1          150/60
Law enforcement officers..............  Feedback about Training,              60               1            5/60
                                         Barriers, and
                                         Influential People.
Law enforcement officers..............  Changes in Behaviors                  60               1            2/60
                                         after Training.
Law enforcement officers..............  Actigraph fitting and                 60               3           10/60
                                         return.
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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. 2021-00690 Filed 1-13-21; 8:45 am]
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