[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 112 (Friday, June 9, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36701-36702]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-14584]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-00-39]


Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and 
Recommendations

    In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for opportunity for public comment on 
proposed data collection projects, the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic summaries of proposed projects. 
To request more information on the proposed projects or to obtain a 
copy of the data collection plans and instruments, call the CDC Reports 
Clearance Officer on (404) 639-7090.
    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical 
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways 
to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, 
including through the use of automated collection techniques for other 
forms of information technology. Send comments to Anne E. O'Connor, CDC 
Assistant Reports Clearance Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D24, 
Atlanta, GA 30333. Written comments should be received within 60 days 
of this notice.

Proposed Project

    Hearing Loss Intervention for Carpenters--New--The mission of the 
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) is to 
promote safety and health at work for all people through research and 
prevention. Using Health Belief/ Promotion models and stages of change 
theory (Prochaska's Transtheoretical Model), NIOSH has collaborated 
with the United Brotherhood of Carpenters (UBC) to develop a 
comprehensive hearing loss prevention program targeted specifically for 
carpenter apprentices. This program is scheduled for implementation and 
evaluation in a large apprentice training center during 2001. As part 
of the impact and evaluation component of this project, a 31-question 
survey will be administered to assess carpenter apprentices' hearing 
health attitudes, beliefs, and behavioral intentions before and after 
they receive the training program and at a one-year follow-up interval. 
The survey was developed and validated by NIOSH in collaboration with 
university partners and the UBC. Initially, survey data will be 
gathered from 300 apprentices participating in baseline testing--200 at 
the experimental site and 100 at the control site. This will be 
followed by a re-survey of the 200 apprentices at the experimental site 
after they have received the enhanced educational elements of the 
hearing loss prevention program. Finally, all 300 apprentices will 
participate in a re-survey one year later to assess the lasting effects 
of the training. Data collected in this investigation will enable NIOSH 
to better evaluate the effectiveness of the hearing loss prevention 
program in educating and motivating these workers to actively protect 
their hearing well before they suffer permanent noise-induced hearing 
loss.
    There are no costs to respondents.

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                                                                      No. of        Avg. burden
            Respondents (apprentices)                 No. of        responses/     per response    Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent       (in hrs)        (in hrs)
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Baseline........................................             300               1             .25              75
Post Training...................................             200               1             .25              50
One-year Follow-up..............................             300               1             .25              75
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    Totals......................................  ..............  ..............  ..............             200
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    Dated: June 5, 2000.
Nancy Cheal,
Acting Associate Director for Policy, Planning, and Evaluation, Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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