[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 63 (Friday, April 1, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19100-19101]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-06915]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-22-22DT; Docket No. CDC-2022-0040]


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), located 
within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), 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 information 
collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This 
notice invites comment on a proposed information collection project 
titled Baseline Survey of National Education and Awareness Social 
Marketing Campaign: Employer Efforts to Support the Mental Health of 
Health Workers. This project is designed to conduct an electronic 
survey with healthcare workers and healthcare employers to establish a 
baseline to measure intended campaign outcomes.

DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before May 31, 2022.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2022-
0040, by either of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: www.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 H21-8, Atlanta, Georgia 30329.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name 
and Docket Number. CDC will post, without change, all relevant comments 
to www.regulations.gov.
    Please note: Submit all comments through the Federal eRulemaking 
portal (www.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 Prevention, 1600 Clifton 
Road NE, MS H21-8, 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;
    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; and
    5. Assess information collection costs.

Proposed Project

    Baseline Survey of National Education and Awareness Social 
Marketing Campaign: Employer Efforts to Support the Mental Health of 
Health Workers--New--National Institute for Occupational Safety and 
Health (NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    NIOSH is requesting approval of a new data collection for a period 
of one year under the project titled Baseline Survey of National 
Education and Awareness Social Marketing Campaign: Employer Efforts to 
Support the Mental Health of Health Workers. As part of the COVID-19 
American Rescue Plan of 2021 and in response to a Congressional 
mandate, NIOSH is taking an active stance to address mental health 
concerns, to include substance use disorders, among the more than 20 
million workers in the nation's healthcare sector. NIOSH, the federal 
agency tasked with conducting research to contribute to reductions in 
occupational illnesses, injuries, and hazards, plans to conduct a 
national social marketing campaign to promote awareness and education 
of employers and health workers about mental health. By conducting a 
national social marketing campaign, NIOSH intends to reach both health 
employers and health workers with information about organizational 
programs, services, policies, and practices to support worker mental 
health and the

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importance of taking action to support one's mental health. The 
immediate anticipated outcomes of the campaign include:
    1. Increased awareness and knowledge of mental health risks among 
healthcare workers, by both workers themselves and by their employers, 
and
    2. Increased awareness of evidence-based interventions, policies, 
practices, services, and other resources among healthcare workers, by 
both workers themselves and by their employers.
    Additionally, NIOSH aims for the campaign to not only increase 
healthcare employers' intent to implement workplace mental health 
support, but to increase workers ability to identify and intent to 
utilize those support services. To begin to understand whether these 
outcomes have been achieved, at the conclusion of the campaign NIOSH 
must first establish baseline metrics for these outcomes prior to the 
campaign's launch. Hence the need for this requested data collection. 
Secondarily, this information may also be used in further campaign 
development.
    NIOSH anticipates seeking 500 healthcare worker respondents and 500 
healthcare employer respondents for a total of 1,000 total survey 
respondents. We estimate that the survey will take approximately 15 
minutes to complete per for a total of 250 annual burden hours. 
Participation is voluntary, and there is no cost to respondents other 
than their time.

                                        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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Healthcare Employers..........  Survey..........             500               1           15/60             125
Healthcare Employees..........  Survey..........             500               1           15/60             125
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    Total.....................  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............             250
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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. 2022-06915 Filed 3-31-22; 8:45 am]
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