[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 21 (Wednesday, January 31, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3425-3427]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-1828]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
NIOSH Meetings
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announces the
following meetings.
Name: Setting a National Occupational Research Agenda: Regional
Meetings.
Date: February 21, 1996.
Time: 1-5 p.m.
Place: The State of Illinois Building Assembly Hall, 100 West
Randolph, Chicago, IL 60601.
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Date: February 23, 1996.
Time: 1-5 p.m.
Place: Thomas P. O'Neill Federal Building, Auditorium, 10
Causeway, Boston, MA 02222.
Date: February 27, 1996.
Time: 6-9 p.m.
Place: Museum of History and Industry Auditorium, 2700 24th
Avenue East, Seattle, WA 98112.
STATUS: Open to the public, limited only by the space available.
Purpose: NIOSH will sponsor three public meetings of worker
safety and health stakeholders to develop a national agenda for
occupational safety and health research for the next decade. The
goals of the public meetings are.
To receive comments regarding occupational safety and
health from stakeholders and the public;
To increase NIOSH's understanding of occupational safety
and health issues and to learn about occupational safety and health
concerns in the community; and
To set research priorities for the national occupational
research agenda.
These regional meetings are intended to promote participation by
workers, organized labor, businesses, local chamber of commerce,
health professionals, researchers, State and local government
officials, elected officials, and the public to develop the national
agenda. The meetings enable NIOSH officials to learn about worker
safety and health concerns from stakeholders and the public.
The tentative agenda of the meetings includes a summary by the
Director of NIOSH of the work in developing a national research
agenda for occupational safety and health research followed by five
minute presentations by participants. Participants may present their
perspectives on critical worker safety and health and research
priorities. Research priorities for consideration include health
effects, hazardous exposures, work environments, industries,
occupations, and populations associated with significant
occupational disease, injury, disability, fatalities, and topics of
growing importance.
Matters To Be Discussed: As the lead federal health agency for
research into the causes and prevention of work injuries and
diseases, NIOSH is responsible to assess the state of knowledge and
define research needs and priorities. The national research agenda
will assist NIOSH and the occupational safety and health research
community to establish priorities and target scientific needs for
the next decade that offer the greatest potential for advancing the
safety and health of workers. Establishing these priorities is
especially important due to increasing fiscal constraints on
occupational safety and health research in the public and private
sectors. The agenda will be used by decision-makers and scientists
working and employed in government, corporate, labor, university,
and private research programs to plan and implement occupational
health research and prevention activities.
Prior to holding public meetings, together with external
experts, NIOSH developed a discussion list of approximately 50
research priorities for the national occupational research agenda.
The discussion list was expanded based on written comments and oral
presentations given at a public meeting on November 30, 1995, and at
a working group meeting of researchers held on December 12, 1995.
The expanded list of research priorities are:
Health Response
Traumatic Injury
--Amputation Injuries
--Eye Injury
--Electrocutions
--Falls
--Inhalation Injury
Musculoskeletal disorders of the neck, shoulder & other
upper extremities
Musculoskeletal disorders of the lower back
Fertility and pregnancy outcomes
Occupational Asthma
Pneumoconioses
Hypersensitivity Lung Disease
Occupational Chronic Diseases (Selected)
--Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease
--Chronic Renal Disease
--Ischemic Heart Disease
--Neurodegenerative Disease (Congnitive & Movement Disorders)
--Anxiety and Depression
Psychological disorders other than Anxiety and Depression
Occupational Infectious Diseases
Immune Dysfunction
Neuroimmune Function
Hearing Loss due to noise and nonauditory exposures
Occupational Dermatitis
Premature Disability
Latex allergy
Exposure
Chemical Mixtures (Including Hazardous Waste)
Pesticides
Solvents
Oils their Substitutes and Related derivatives (e.g.,
Cutting Fluids, Diesel)
Indoor Environment
Thermal stresses
Mineral and Synthetic Fibers
Silica
Metals and Related Compounds
Hormonally Active Substances
Violence/Assaults
Motor Vehicles
Heavy Machinery (including Farm equipment)
Hand Tools
Biomechanical Stressors (including manual material
handling)
Noise
Electric and Magnetic Fields
Behavioral Risk Factors
Falling objects
Lead
Pharmaceuticals (manufacture and administration)
Robots
Interactions
Work Environment, Workforce, Work Sector
Work Organization
--Extended work shift
--Shift work
Changing Economy and Workforce
Emerging Technologies and Problems
Vulnerable Populations
--Aging workforce
--Child labor (including adolescents)
--Home work
--Migrant workers
--Temporary/contingent workforce
--Minorities
Psychosocial factors
Costs of occupational disease and injury (economic and
social)
Social inequality & health
Environmental justice
Occupational health/occupational disease & injury costs and
benefits of prevention
Construction
Agriculture
Small Businesses
Service workers
Health Care
Mining
Transportation
Hotel/restaurant workers
Research Process
Intervention Research
Effectiveness Research (e.g. training)
Economic Analysis: Cost benefit and workers' compensation
International Occupational Health Research
Clinical Methods Research
--Develop methods for occupational disease and practice
guidelines
Engineering and Technological Solutions
Exposure Assessment Methods Development
Hazard Surveillance
Disease Surveillance
Injury Surveillance
Risk Assessment Methods Development
Identification of Molecular Correlates of Cancer and other
Chronic Diseases
Health Services Research (in a changing health care &
workplace environment)
Respirator research & other personal protective equipment
research
Information dissemination & Health communication
Community & region-based studies
Strategies for worker/employer empowerment
Barriers to implementation of prevention efforts
Sector focussed research
From this list and additional items that are recommended, NIOSH
will produce a final agenda of 15-25 scientific priorities for
advancing safety and health.
NIOSH is seeking public comment until March 6, 1996, to assure
that the final agenda includes input from the broadest base of
occupational safety and health expertise. In addition to the three
Regional meetings described in this announcement, the process for
receipt of public comment includes the following elements: (1)
Corporate and worker liaison committees and a stakeholder's outreach
committee will assist NIOSH to obtain input from employers,
employees, health officials, health professionals, scientists, and
public health, advocacy, scientific, industry and labor
organizations; (2) A public meeting was held on November 30, 1995,
to obtain input on the research priorities, criteria for selection
of priorities,
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and the process for developing the agenda; (3) Three working groups
including researchers, health professionals, and representatives of
stakeholder organizations will meet before the Regional meetings are
convened to provide individual input and recommendations based on
the communities they represent; (4) A final public meeting will be
held on March 1, 1996, in Washington, DC, to present a preliminary
research agenda and receive public comment. The public is encouraged
to provide oral comments at the public meetings and written comments
as soon as possible. Written comments may be submitted until the
close of business, March 6, 1996.
The final agenda will be presented at a scientific symposium
commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Occupational Safety and
Health Act on April 29, 1996.
NIOSH encourages the public to provide recommendations on
research priorities, criteria for determining priorities, and the
process of developing the research agenda. To receive more
information, contact Ms. Kathy Sykes through the NIOSH toll-free
information service. On-site registration will be available;
however, to assist in planing for the meeting, advance registration
is requested. To register in advance to attend and to speak at the
Regional meetings, please contact Ms. Diane Manning. If registering
in writing, please provide your name, address, phone and fax number,
and indicate if you wish to make a presentation.
Addresses: Written public comments on the National Occupational
Research Agenda should be mailed to Ms. Diane Manning, NIOSH, CDC,
Robert A. Taft Laboratories, M/S C34, 4676 Columbia Parkway,
Cincinnati, Ohio 45226, telephone 513/533-8450, FAX 513/533-8285.
Contact Person for Additional Information: Ms. Kathy Sykes,
NIOSH, CDC, 200 Independence Avenue, Room 317B, Washington, DC
20201, telephone NIOSH toll-free number 800/356-4674, or 202/401-
3747, FAX 202/260-1898.
Dated: January 24, 1996.
Carolyn J. Russell,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 96-1828 Filed 1-30-96; 8:45 am]
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