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well-established qualitative analysis
methods, such as coding interviews for
themes about barriers and successes to
HIV prevention, care, and treatment.
Structured response surveys will be
analyzed using descriptive statistics and
other appropriate statistical methods.
CDC will use the results from each
specific data collection study to help to
identify ways to improve local
programmatic activities for specific
communities along the continuum of
HIV prevention, treatment and care for
populations and areas with the greatest
HIV burden. CDC will communicate
study outcomes to local stakeholders
and organizations in positions to
consider and implement site-specific
improvements in HIV prevention, care,
and treatment for each of the study sites
examined. For stakeholders,

organizations, or agencies outside the
local affected communities, all
communications will include clear
discussion of the limitations of the
region-specific, qualitative methods and
the non-generalizability of the study
outcomes.
For a given year, each separate data
collection will range from 30
(minimum) to 200 (maximum)
respondents based on the nature and
scope of the research purposes. For
example, if there are three data
collections, the maximum combined
number of expected respondents is 600.
In a given year, CDC anticipates that the
need to screen 1600 persons to identify
800 eligible persons, of which 600
persons will agree to participate.
CDC anticipates that screener forms
will take five minutes to complete each,
contact information forms will take one

Type of respondents

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Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Acting Chief, Information Collection Review
Office, Office of Scientific Integrity, Office
of the Associate Director for Science, Office
of the Director, Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention

Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC), Department of Health
and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice with comment period.
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AGENCY:

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

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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 ‘‘Surveillance of Nonfatal Injuries
Among On-Duty Law Enforcement
Officers.’’ The purpose of this project is
to collect follow-back telephone
interview data from injured and
exposed law enforcement officers
treated in emergency departments (EDs)
and produce a descriptive summary of
these injuries and exposures.
CDC must receive written
comments on or before September 18,
2018.

Proposed Data Collection Submitted
for Public Comment and
Recommendations

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Study Screener ..............................................
Contact Information Form ..............................
Consent Form ................................................
Demographic Survey ......................................
Interview Guide ..............................................
Provider Demographic Survey .......................
Provider Interview Guide ................................

DATES:

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2018–0062]

SUMMARY:

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Form name

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minute to complete each, and consent
forms will take five minutes to complete
each. CDC anticipates 50% of the
targeted populations screened will be
eligible for the study. Of eligible
persons, 75% will agree to participate.
Brief structured surveys will take 15
minutes to complete. In-depth
interviews or focus groups with
respondents are expected to take 60
minutes (one hour) to complete. Indepth interviews or focus groups with
healthcare providers are expected to
take 45 minutes to complete.
The total annual response burden
based on an average of 600 study
respondents per year (assuming three
large data collections involving 200
participants each) is estimated at 918
hours. There is no cost to respondents
other than their time.

You may submit comments,
identified by Docket No. CDC–2018–
0062 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

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burden per
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change, all relevant comments to
Regulations.gov.
Please note: Submit all Federal
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
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

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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
Surveillance of Nonfatal Injuries
Among On-Duty Law Enforcement
Officers—New—National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health
(NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
Law enforcement officers have high
rates of non-fatal injuries compared to
the general worker population. As law
enforcement officers undertake many
critical public safety activities and are
tasked with protecting the safety and
health of the public, it follows that

scope of the telephone interview data
will be broader as it includes sampled
cases nationwide. Results from the
telephone interviews will be weighted
and reported as national estimates.

understanding and preventing injuries
among law enforcement officers will
have a benefit reaching beyond the
workers to the general public.
As mandated in the Occupational
Safety and Health Act of 1970 (Pub. L.
91–596), the mission of NIOSH is to
conduct research and investigations on
occupational safety and health. Related
to this mission, the purpose of this
project is to conduct research that will
provide a detailed description of nonfatal occupational injuries and
exposures incurred by law enforcement
officers. This information will offer
detailed insight into events that lead to
the largest number of nonfatal injuries
and exposures among law enforcement
officers. The project will use two related
data sources. The first source is data
abstracted from medical records of law
enforcement officers treated in a
nationally stratified sample of
emergency departments. These data are
routinely collected through the
occupational supplement to the
National Electronic Injury Surveillance
System (NEISS-Work). The second data
source, for which NIOSH is seeking
OMB approval for three years, is
responses to telephone interview
surveys of the injured and exposed law
enforcement officers identified within
NEISS-Work.
The proposed telephone interview
surveys will supplement NEISS-Work
data with an extensive description of
law enforcement officers injuries and
exposures, including worker
characteristics, injury types, injury
circumstances, and injury outcomes.
Previous reports describing
occupational injuries to law
enforcement officers provide limited
details on specific regions or subsegments of the population. As
compared to these earlier studies, the

The sample size for the telephone
interview survey is estimated to be
approximately 900 law enforcement
officers annually for the proposed three
year duration of the study. This is based
on the number of law enforcement
officers identified in previous years of
NEISS-Work data and a 30% response
rate that is comparable to the rate of
previously conducted National
Electronic Injury Surveillance System
telephone interview studies. Each
telephone interview will take
approximately 30 minutes to complete,
resulting in an annualized burden
estimate of 150 hours. Using the routine
NEISS-Work data, an analysis of all
identified EMS workers will be
performed to determine if there are
differences between the telephone
interview responder and non-responder
groups.
The Division of Safety Research (DSR)
within NIOSH is conducting this
project. DSR has a strong interest in
improving surveillance of law
enforcement officer injuries and
exposures to provide the information
necessary for effectively targeting and
implementing prevention efforts and,
consequently, reducing occupational
injuries to law enforcement officers. The
Consumer Product Safety Commission
(CPSC) will also contribute to this
project, as they are responsible for
coordinating the collection of all NEISSWork data and for overseeing the
collection of all telephone interview
data. The total estimated burden is 450
hours. There is no cost to respondents
other than their time.

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ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Number of
respondents

Number of
responses per
respondent

Average
burden per
response
(in hours)

Type of
respondents

Form name

Law enforcement officers ..................

Follow-back survey ..........................

900

1

30/60

450

Total ...........................................

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450

Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Acting Chief, Information Collection Review
Office, Office of Scientific Integrity, Office
of the Associate Director for Science, Office
of the Director, Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention.
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