[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 7 (Tuesday, January 11, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1639-1640]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-566]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30DAY-10-00]
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) 639-7090. 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
1. Studies Safety for Workers' Eyes: Testing the Effectiveness of
Theoretically-Based Eye Injury Prevention Messages--NEW--National
Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)--Despite evidence
that at least 90% of workplace eye injuries are preventable, safety eye
wear use among workers is disappointingly low. According to the
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and
results from the 1988 National Health Interview Survey Occupation
Health Supplement, more than 600,000 occupational eye injuries occur
annually. Sixteen percent of eye injuries occur among construction with
carpenters being at particular risk given the nature of their work.
Research has been conducted on the nature and extent of eye
injuries among workers, but few studies have explored the behavioral
aspects of the use of safety eye wear. To date, no one has used
behavioral theory to examine the use of safety eye wear among union
carpenters or develop a program that would increase safety eye wear
use.
The goals of this investigation are to: (1) estimate the number of
carpenters who are currently wearing protective eye wear by direct
observation and pre-intervention survey in the study sample; (2)
develop an eye wear safety promotion campaign geared toward carpenters,
their first-line supervisors, and contractors based on results from
focus groups and using the theory of planned behavior; (3) increase the
use of protective eye wear among carpenters by administering the eye
safety messages to carpenters, their first-line supervisors, and
contractors; and (4) determine the effectiveness of the messages by
comparing the use of safety eye wear among carpenters before and after
the campaign by direct observation, post-intervention survey, and focus
groups.
The pre- and post-intervention survey instruments will assess
carpenters' use of eye wear before and after the health communication
message. In addition, based on the theory of planned behavior, the
questionnaire will address workers behavioral intentions, attitudes,
subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control.
Using a quasi-experimental design, the data collected in this study
will assess the effectiveness of theory-based messages to increase the
use of safety eye wear when compared to a control group. This
information will provide public health investigators as well as
carpenter safety officers with a theory-driven effective eye injury
prevention program and the tools to implement it. The total annual
burden hours is 0.
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Number of Average burden/
Respondents Number of responses/ response (in
respondents respondent hrs.)
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Carpenters................................................... 150 2 .33
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Dated: January 5, 2000.
Nancy Cheal,
Acting Associate Director for Policy, Planning and Evaluation, Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 00-566 Filed 1-10-00; 8:45 am]
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