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Archived
June, 2007 |
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Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC)
FY 2002 and FY 2003 Implementation Plans for the White House
Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI)
Strategic Goal #2:
Improve data collection, analysis, and dissemination for Asian Americans
and Pacific Islanders.
Objective 1:
Improve surveillance system by utilizing the CDC-developed
Tuberculosis Information System (TIMS) in Guam, Republic of Palau
(Palau), the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI),
American Samoa, the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), and the
Republic of Marshal Islands (RMI). |
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Strategy:
Meet with World Health Organization (WHO) about using a standard
data collection tool. |
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Time Frame: September 2002 and 2003. |
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Performance
Measures:
TIMS in patient medical records used. |
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Funding/Activity Type:
N/A, B/Continue funding for the TIMS surveillance activity is a
variable amount from each applicants’ cooperative agreement.
Additional travel funds for any necessary meetings will come from
house operation funds from within CDC’s National Center for HIV,
STD, and TB Prevention/Division of Tuberculosis Prevention. |
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Lead Entity and Contact Person:
Valerie Richmond-Reese, Public Health Analyst, National Center
for HIV, STD and TB Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, N.E., MS E-07,
Atlanta, Georgia 30333, Telephone: (404)
639-8996, Facsimile: (404) 639-8629, Electronic mail:
var1@cdc.gov. |
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Monitoring Official:
Paul Tribble, Project Officer, CDC, 1600 Clifton Road, N.E., MS
E-10, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, Telephone: (404) 639-4207, Facsimile:
(404) 639-8958, Electronic mail: ptribble@cdc.gov, and Andy Heetderks, Program Consultant, CDC, 1600 Clifton Road, N.E., MS
E-10, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, Telephone: (404) 639-8130, Facsimile:
(404) 639-8958, Electronic mail: ajh1@cdc.gov. |
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Objective
2:
Establish and maintain a consistent and routine HIV and AIDS
case reporting system in all six funded Pacific Island jurisdictions
by using either the electronic HIV and AIDS Reporting System (HARS)
or a modified manual system, when appropriate. |
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Strategy:
Set up meetings with CDC’s Division of HIV and AIDS Prevention
Surveillance and Epidemiology’s Surveillance Branch to determine a
strategy to establish this system. |
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Time Frame: September 2002 and 2003. |
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Performance
Measures: |
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a. |
Routine HIV and AIDS case
reporting system established and maintained. |
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b. |
HIV/AIDS Surveillance
Report on timely and update case reporting indicated. |
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Funding/Activity Type:
N/A, B/Continue expansion and enhancement of existing funding
for HIV Surveillance. |
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Lead Entity and Contact Person:
Valerie Richmond-Reese, Public Health Analyst, National Center
for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, N.E., MS E-07,
Atlanta, Georgia 30333, Telephone: (404) 639-8996, Facsimile: (404)
639-8629, Electronic mail: var1@cdc.gov. |
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Monitoring Official:
Victoria Rayle, Project Officer, CDC, 1600 Clifton Road, N.E.,
MS E-10, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, Telephone: (404) 639-4274,
Facsimile: (404) 639-0943, Electronic mail:
vrayle@cdc.gov, and
Mike Skaggs, Program Consultant, CDC, 1600 Clifton Road, N.E., MS
E-10, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, Telephone: (404) 639-2972, Facsimile:
(404) 639-2029, Electronic mail: mskaggs@cdc.gov. |
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Objective
3:
Collect results and analyze Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS)
from the Pacific Region including American Samoa, RMI, CMNI,
Republic of Palau, Guam, and Hawaii. |
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Strategy: |
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a. |
Publish results and
analysis of data collected in the 2001 YRBS from the Pacific Region. |
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b. |
The Pacific Region will
conduct the 2002 YRBS to all public middle and high schools. |
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Time Frame: September 2002 and 2003. |
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Performance Measures: |
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a. |
The result of the 2001 YRBS
data analyzed and used to guide programming in the Pacific Region. |
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b. |
The results of the 2003
YRBS analyzed and published for the Pacific entities. |
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Funding/Activity Type:
$45,000.00, B/Cont. |
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Lead Entity and Contact Person:
Kimberly Sledge-Clay/Thelma Sims, National Center for Chronic
Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, 4770 Buford Highway, MS
K-42, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, Telephone: (770) 488-6458, Facsimile:
(770) 488-5962, Electronic mail: kts3@cdc.gov
/ tfs4@cdc.gov. |
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Monitoring Official:
Jenny Osorio, Health Education Specialist, National Center for
Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, 4770 Buford
Highway, MS K-42, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, Telephone: (770) 488-3165,
Automated Receptionist: (770) 488-4143, Electronic mail:
jao4@cdc.gov. |
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Objective
4:
Characterize molecular changes that serve as early and
quantitative markers for neurotic effects. |
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Strategy:
Conduct research to characterize changes in gene and protein
expression and in protein phosphorylation. |
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Time Frame: September 2002 and 2003
(project period September 2002 to
September 2003). |
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Performance
Measures:
Biomarkers of neurotoxicity that can be used as pre-clinical
indicators of related chemicals, physiological and environment
factors, which they interact, are associated with subtle
neurological effects of these agents that adversely affect the
nervous system identified. |
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Funding/Activity Type:
$435,895; A/Cont. |
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Lead Entity and Contact Person:
Pam Wilkerson, Extramural Community Liaison, NIOSH, 1600
Clifton Road, N.E., MS D-35, Atlanta, Georgia 30333,
Telephone: (404) 639-4384, Facsimile:
(404) 639-2248, Electronic mail: pxj2@cdc.gov. |
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Monitoring Official:
Jim O’Callaghan, Project Officer, MS-PO4 / 3014, Morgantown,
West Virginia, Telephone: (304) 285-6079. |
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Objective
5:
Establish relations between cause and effect hampered by a lack
of defined human cohorts, verification of exposure and the lack of
quantitative index of brain tissue damage. |
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Strategies: |
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a. |
Recruit men with
Parkinson’s disease and Alzheimer’s dementia in the autopsy subset
of the Honolulu Heart Program cohort. |
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b. |
Examine the interrelations
among markers of pesticide exposure, quantifiable tissue injury, and
clinical and pathological evidence of parkinsonism and dementia. |
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c. |
Determine levels of glial
fibrillary acidic protein present in specimens documented by
clinical and neuropathologic historical assessment. |
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Time Frame: September 2002 and 2003. |
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Performance
Measure:
The existence of more sensitive and precise indicators of
neurotoxic damage in humans utilizing methods validated in over ten
years of animal research that are directly transferable from
experimental research to clinical and epidemiologic research
established. |
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Funding/Activity Type:
$107,369, A/Cont. |
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Lead Entity and Contact Person:
Pam Wilkerson, Extramural Community Liaison, NIOSH, 1600 Clifton
Road, N.E., MS D-35, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, Telephone: (404)
639-4384, Facsimile: (404) 639-2248, Electronic mail:
pxj2@cdc.gov. |
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Monitoring Official:
Cecil Burchfiel, Project Officer, MS PO4 / 4020, Morgantown,
West Virginia, Telephone: (304) 285-6376. |
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Objective
6:
Protect the health and safety of agricultural workers and their
families, and to prevent occupational disease and injury among
agricultural workers and their families. |
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Strategy:
Conduct research, education, and prevention projects to address
the nation's pressing agricultural health and safety problems. |
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Time Frame: September 2002 and 2003. |
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Performance
Measures: |
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a. |
Tractor-related fatalities
through combined activities including research, surveillance, and
education efforts across several Centers prevented. |
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b. |
Responding to safety and
health problems of children in agriculture addressed. More than 600
Agricultural Center publications, presentations, and training
courses completed accomplished. |
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Funding/Activity Type:
$7,178,209, A /Cont. |
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Lead Entity and Contact Person:
Pam Wilkerson, Extramural Community Liaison, NIOSH, 1600 Clifton
Road, N.E., MS D-35, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, Telephone: (404)
639-4384, Facsimile: (404) 639-2248, Electronic mail:
pxj2@cdc.gov. |
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Monitoring Official:
Susan Connor, Project Officer, MS D-30, Atlanta, Georgia,
Telephone: (404) 639-2383. |
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Objective
7:
Improve the safety and health of construction workers through
evaluating targeted intervention strategies for their effectiveness
and applicability across the industry. |
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Strategies: |
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a. |
Identify, develop,
evaluate, and disseminate best safety and health practices. |
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b. |
Reduce the risk of
high-incidence hazards in construction by developing and conducting
targeted interventions. |
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c. |
Develop and implement an
economic research agenda. |
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d. |
Evaluate the cost-benefit
or cost-effectiveness of various health and safety interventions. |
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e. |
Identify innovative methods
for addressing work organization characteristics as they relate to
health and safety in construction |
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Time Frame: June
30th, 2002 and 2003. |
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Performance
Measures: |
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a. |
Best safety and health
practices identified, developed, evaluated, and disseminated. |
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b. |
The risk of high-incidence
hazards in construction by developing and conducting targeted
interventions reduced. |
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c. |
An economic research agenda
developed and implemented. |
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d. |
The cost-benefit or
cost-effectiveness of various health and safety interventions
evaluated. |
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e. |
innovative methods for
addressing work organization characteristics as they relate to
health and safety in construction identified. |
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Funding/Activity Type:
$5,011,986, A/Cont. |
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Lead Entity and Contact Person:
Pam Wilkerson, Extramural Community Liaison, National Institute
for Occupational Safety and Health, 1600 Clifton Road, N.E., MS
D-35, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, Telephone: (404) 639-4384, Facsimile:
(404) 639-2248, pxj2@cdc.gov. |
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Monitoring Official:
Lee Sanderson, Project Officer, NIOSH, MS D-28, Atlanta,
Georgia, Telephone: (404) 639-1528. |
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Objective
8:
Plan and implement an on-site hazard survey of establishments
and workers. |
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Strategies: |
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a. |
Provide funds and support
activities (methods development, feasibility studies, pilot testing,
etc.) to implement a new national on-site hazard survey managed by
the Hazard Section/Surveillance Branch. |
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b. |
The national hazard survey
will provide national estimates of worker exposure to chemical,
physical, biological agents, ergonomic, and safety hazard. |
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Time Frame: September 2002 and 2003. |
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Performance
Measures: |
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a. |
National estimates of
worker exposure to chemical, physical, biological agents, ergonomic
and safety hazards, exposure controls, and health and safety
practices, resources and services by industry sector and occupation
provided. |
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b. |
Priorities for prevention
strategies that include medical and engineering interventions,
development of occupational standards, and the identification of
research needs established. |
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c. |
A first draft of a Survey
Justification for the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
completed. |
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Funding/Activity Type:
$500,000, A/Cont. |
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Lead Entity and Contact Person:
Pam Wilkerson, Extramural Community Liaison, NIOSH, 1600 Clifton
Road, N.E., MS D-35, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, Telephone: (404)
639-4384, Facsimile: (404) 639-2248, Electronic mail:
pxj2@cdc.gov. |
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Monitoring Official:
Susan Board, Project Officer, MS D-40, Atlanta, Georgia,
Telephone: (404) 639-4353. |
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Objective
9:
Increase the number of states conducting Adult Blood Lead
Epidemiology and Surveillance (ABLES) program and enhance the state
surveillance programs in reducing to zero the number of workers
having blood lead concentrations of 25 mcg/dL or greater of whole
blood (Objective 20.7 in Healthy People 2010). |
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Strategies: |
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a. |
Conduct follow-up interviews with physicians,
employers, and workers; investigate work sites. |
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b. |
Provide technical assistance. |
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c. |
Provide referrals for consultation or
enforcement. |
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d. |
Develop and disseminate educational materials and
outreach programs. |
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Time Frame: September 2002 and 2003. |
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Performance
Measures: |
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a. |
The number of states conducting adult
lead surveillance increased. |
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b. |
Follow-up interviews with physicians, employers, and
workers; investigate work sites conducted. |
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c. |
Technical assistance and referrals for consultation
or enforcement provided. |
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d. |
Educational materials and outreach programs
developed and disseminated. |
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Funding/Activity Type:
$500,000, A/Cont. |
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Lead Entity and Contact Person:
Pam Wilkerson, Extramural Community Liaison, NIOSH, 1600 Clifton
Road, N.E., MS D-35, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, Telephone: (404)
639-4384, Facsimile: (404) 639-2248, Electronic mail:
pxj2@cdc.gov. |
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Monitoring Official:
Susan Board, Project Officer, MS D-40, Atlanta, Georgia, (404)
639-4353. |
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Objective
10:
Further the field development, evaluation, and demonstration of
interventions aimed at reducing worker exposure to moving vehicles
and equipment operating inside the boundaries of work zones and
other work areas. |
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Strategies: |
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a. |
Assess Intervention costs,
implementation problems, and worker and management acceptance of
interventions. |
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b. |
Disseminate results to unions, trade
associations, and equipment manufacturers. |
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Time Frame: September 2002 and 2003.(project
period September 2002 to 2006). |
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Performance
Measures: |
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a. |
Methods and purchase of equipment needed
for time and motion studies (WZAS) evaluated. |
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b. |
Prototype HASARD systems for select types of
construction and mining heavy equipment
(e.g., haul truck, paver, compactor, etc.) developed. |
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c. |
Purchase of promising proximity devices
evaluated. |
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Funding/Activity Type:
$40,125, A/Cont. |
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Lead Entity and Contact Person:
Pam Wilkerson, Extramural Community Liaison, NIOSH, 1600 Clifton
Road, N.E., MS-35, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, Telephone: (404)
639-4384, Facsimile: (404) 639-2248, Electronic mail:
pxj2@cdc.gov. |
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Monitoring Official:
Gary Mowrey, MS P-05, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Telephone: (
412) 386-6594. |
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Objective
11:
Evaluation of Electrical Safety High School Curriculum. This
project will research the critical elements that contribute the most
strongly in improving secondary school vocational education
students' knowledge, attitudes, and behavioral intentions about
Occupational Safety and Health (OSH). By identifying how best to
reach these young workers, this project supports the National
Occupational Research Agenda (NORA) area of Special Populations at
Risk with its focus on adolescent workers. |
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Strategies: |
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a. |
Students' knowledge gain, safe work
attitudes and beliefs, and behavioral intentions on the job were
assessed and compared to students who completed the current, generic
electrical trades training program. Assessments occurred at
baseline, post curriculum, and (as a measure of retention) after
summer recess. |
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b. |
During FY 2002, study results and completed
curricula will be published and disseminated to vocational education
programs nationwide. |
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Time Frame: September 2002 and 2003
(project began in 1998). |
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Performance
Measures: |
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a. |
NIOSH electrical safety curriculum
during the 1999-2000 school year developed. |
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b. |
The effectiveness of NIOSH-developed electrical
safety training for young workers in secondary vocational education
programs assessed, and student knowledge of, and attitudes toward,
occupational safety & health (OSH) increased. |
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Funding/Activity Type:
$15,120, A/Cont. |
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Lead Entity and Contact Person:
Pam Wilkerson, Extramural Community Liaison, NIOSH, 1600 Clifton
Road, N.E. MS D-35, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, Telephone: (404)
639-4384, Facsimile: (404) 639-2248, Electronic mail:
pxj2@cdc.gov. |
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Monitoring Official:
Gregory Loos, MS C-10, Cincinnati, Ohio, Telephone: (513)
533-8565. |
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Objective
12:
llustratrate CDC’s National Institute for Occupational Safety
and Health (NIOSH) publications to convey information to illiterate,
semi-literate, and English-as-a-second-language workers. |
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Strategies: |
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a. |
NIOSH visual information staff, in
consultation with experts in the field and our partner agencies,
will produce multiple graphic renderings of each of the selected
occupational safety and health terms. |
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b. |
Focus groups and/or individual viewings
will be used to evaluate the ability of the graphic renderings to
convey meaning to the targeted non-English speaking and illiterate
groups. |
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c. |
The evaluation will include
approximately 40 respondents identified through our partner
agencies. |
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d. |
The study subjects from each of the
selected study populations will be interviewed in depth to determine
the ability of the graphic renderings to convey meaning. |
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Time Frame: September 2002 and 2003. |
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Performance
Measures: |
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a. |
Multiple graphic renderings of each of
the selected occupational safety and health terms produced. |
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b. |
Selected occupational safety and health
terms identified. |
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c. |
The effectiveness of using graphics to
communicate to non-English speaking and illiterate groups evaluated. |
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Funding/Activity Type:
$109,522, A/Cont. |
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Lead Entity and Contact Person:
Pam Wilkerson, Extramural Community Liaison, NIOSH, 1600 Clifton
Road, N.E., MS D-35, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, Telephone: (404)
639-4384, Facsimile: (404) 639-2248, Electronic mail:
pxj2@cdc.gov. |
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Monitoring Official:
Anne Stirnkorb, Project Officer, MS C-10, Cincinnati, Ohio,
Telephone: (513) 533-8258. |
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Objective
13:
Identify relationships between 14 job stressors, depression,
hypertension, angina, and myocardial infarction (heart attack); make
recommendations that reduce the magnitude of cardiovascular disease
and depression of 10,000 working men and 10,000 working women. |
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Strategies: |
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a. |
Employees will be asked to sign requests
for the release of medical records to NIOSH that pertain to
Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) and depression. |
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b. |
Baseline risk factors will be
ascertained via questionnaire. |
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c. |
Blood samples will be collected at
enrollment and at the end of follow-up, and cholesterol and HDL will
be measured. |
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Time Frame: September 2002 and 2003
(project period September 2001 to 2008). |
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Performance
Measures:
The magnitude of cardiovascular
disease and depression of working men and women reduced. |
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Funding/Activity Type:
$1,554,063, A/Cont. |
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Lead Entity and Contact Person:
Pam Wilkerson, Extramural Community Liaison, NIOSH, 1600 Clifton
Road, N.E., MS D-35, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, Telephone: (404)
639-4384, Facsimile: (404) 639-2248, Electronic mail:
pxj2@cdc.gov. |
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Monitoring Official:
Joseph Hurrell , Project Officer, MS R12, Cincinnati, Ohio,
Telephone: (513) 841-4403. |
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Objective
14:
Evaluate interventions that will decrease accidents involving
equipment at roadway construction work zone. |
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Strategies: |
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a. |
The
evaluation and design of traffic control interventions and methods
to reduce worker exposure to moving equipment. |
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b. |
The
development of a new device called HASARD to prevent collisions
between pedestrian workers and construction equipment. |
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c. |
Evaluating
off-the-shelf collision warning systems on construction equipment. |
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Time Frame: September 2002 and 2003
(project period September 2002 to 2007). |
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Performance
Measures:
Number of workers exposed to moving construction vehicles and
equipment reduced; fatalities and injuries related to vehicles and
equipment reduced by 50 percent. |
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Funding/Activity Type:
$40,125, A/Cont. |
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Lead Entity and Contact Person:
Pam Wilkerson, Extramural Community Liaison, NIOSH, 1600 Clifton
Road, N.E., MS D-35, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, Telephone: (404)
639-4384, Facsimile: (404) 639-2248, Electronic mail:
pxj2@cdc.gov. |
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Monitoring Official:
Todd Ruff, Project Officer, MS P11, Spokane, Washington,
Telephone: (509) 354-8053. |
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Objective
15:
Develop a validated respirator performance test for the NIOSH
certification program. |
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Strategies: |
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a. |
Fit factors of six quantitative fit-test
methods will be compared to an exposure dose of Freon while 30
subjects wear seven full-face piece, negative pressure, and
loose-fitting, powered air-purifying respirators. |
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b. |
Correlation coefficients will be
determined between fit factors and Freon exposure dose. |
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c. |
Two hypotheses will be tested. |
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Time Frame: September 2002 and 2003. |
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Performance
Measures: |
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a. |
Policies and recommendations for
respiratory protection developed and validated. |
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b. |
NIOSH high APF respirators certification
program completed. |
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Funding/Activity Type:
$178,562, A/Cont. |
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Lead Entity and Contact Person:
Pam Wilkerson, Extramural Community Liaison, NIOSH, 1600 Clifton
Road, N.E., MS D-35, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, Telephone: (404)
639-4384, Facsimile: (404) 639-2248, Electronic mail:
pxj2@cdc.gov. |
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Monitoring Official:
Zhuang Ziqing, Project Officer, MSPO4 / H2800, Morgantown, West
Virginia, Telephone: (304) 285-6167. |
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Objective
16:
Establish fit test panels into the NIOSH certification program. |
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Strategy:
Fifty individuals will be scanned and fit tested to investigate
the association between fit and 3-D shape parameters. |
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Time Frame: April 2002 and 2003. |
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Performance
Measures: |
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a. |
An anthropometric database
of about 4,000 workers with traditional measurements and 500
subjects using 3-D scanning technology established. |
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b. |
A new design approach using
3-D data developed and compared to the traditional approach using
only facial dimensions. |
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Funding/Activity Type:
$174,844, A/Cont. |
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Lead Entity and Contact Person:
Pam Wilkerson, Extramural Community Liaison, NIOSH, 1600 Clifton
Road, N.E., MS D-35, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, Telephone: (404)
639-4384, Facsimile: (404) 639-2248, Electronic mail:
pxj2@cdc.gov. |
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Monitoring Official:
Zhuang Ziqing, Project Officer, MS PO4 / H2800, Morgantown, West
Virginia, Telephone: (304) 285-6167. |
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Objective
17:
Target educational and informational
programs to reduce the exposures of workers and minimize hazards
associated with respirators. |
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Strategy:
A survey will be mailed to a representative sample of U.S.
industry. |
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Time Frame: September 2002 and 2003
(project period September 2002 to 2003). |
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Performance
Measures:
The exposures of workers and hazards associated with respirators
reduced. |
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Funding/Activity Type:
$92,929, A/Cont. |
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Lead Entity and Contact Person:
Pam Wilkerson, Extramural Community Liaison, NIOSH, 1600 Clifton
Road, N.E., MS D-35, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, Telephone: (404)
639-4384, Facsimile: (404) 639-2248, Electronic mail:
pxj2@cdc.gov. |
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Monitoring Official:
Brent Doney, Project Officer, MS HG-900, Morgantown, West
Virginia, Telephone: (304) 285-6115. |
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Objective
18:
Establish a Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS)
in Hawaii. |
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Strategy:
Conduct quantitative and qualitative research in collaboration
with the Hawaii Department of Health to identify risk and protective
factors for infant mortality and factors contributing to the
observed disparities. |
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Time Frame: September 2002 and 2003. |
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Performance
Measures: |
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a. |
Quantitative and qualitative research
conducted |
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b. |
Infant mortality decreased. |
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Funding/Activity Type:
$90,071, B/Cont. |
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Lead Entity and Contact Person:
Kimberly Sledge-Clay/Thelma Sims, Program Analyst, National
Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, 4770
Buford Highway, MS K-42, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, Telephone: (770)
488-6458, Facsimile: (770) 488-5962, Electronic mail:
kts3@cdc.gov
/ tfs4@cdc.gov. |
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Monitoring Official:
Kimberly Sledge-Clay/Thelma Sims, Program Analyst, National
Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, 4770
Buford Highway, MS K-42, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, Telephone: (770)
488-6458, Facsimile: (770) 488-5962, Electronic mail:
kts3@cdc.gov
/
tfs4@cdc.gov. |
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Objective
19:
Identify risk and protective factors for infant mortality. |
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Strategies: |
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a. |
Conduct quantitative and qualitative
research through community involvement, media, policies and
surveillance and evaluation. |
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b. |
Discourage youth access to tobacco
products. |
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c. |
Decrease exposure to secondhand smoke. |
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d. |
Encourage youth and adults to quit
smoking. |
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e. |
Empower youth through advocacy projects. |
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f. |
Create media campaigns through
television, radio, cinema ads, mall kiosk ads, and media advocacy
events. |
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Time Frame: September 2002 and 2003. |
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Performance
Measures:
Risk and protective factors for infant mortality in Hawaii and
the 5 U.S.- associate Pacific jurisdictions identified. |
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Funding/Activity Type:
$800,00 to Hawaii Dept of Health, $120,000 each to 5
U.S.-associated Pacific jurisdictions, B/Cont. |
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Lead Entity and Contact Person:
Kimberly Sledge-Clay/Thelma Sims, Program Analyst, National
Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, 4770
Buford Highway, MS K-42, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, Telephone: (770)
488-6458, Facsimile: (770) 488-5962, Electronic mail:
kts3@cdc.gov
/ tfs4@cdc.gov. |
|
Monitoring Official:
Kimberly Sledge-Clay/Thelma Sims, Program Analyst, National
Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, 4770
Buford Highway, MS K-42, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, Telephone: (770)
488-6458, Facsimile: (770) 488-5962, Electronic mail:
kts3@cdc.gov
/
tfs4@cdc.gov. |
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Objective
20:
Develop National Program of Cancer
Registries (NPCR) in Republic of Palau. |
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Strategies: |
|
a. |
Plan and implement National Program of
Cancer Registries. |
|
b. |
Develop model legislation and
regulations for states to enhance the viability of registry
operations. |
|
c. |
Set standards for data completeness,
timeliness, and quality to provide training for registry personnel. |
|
d. |
Establish a computerized reporting and
data-processing system that provide useful feedback for evaluating
progress toward cancer control in all states and territories. |
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Time Frame: September 2002 and 2003. |
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Performance
Measures: |
|
a. |
National Program of Cancer Registries
planned and implemented. |
|
b. |
Model legislation and regulations for
states to enhance the viability of registry operations developed. |
|
c. |
Standards for data completeness,
timeliness, and quality to provide training for registry personnel
developed. |
|
d. |
A computerized reporting and
data-processing system that provide useful feedback for evaluating
progress toward cancer control in all states and territories
established. |
|
Funding/Activity Type:
$51,345 to Republic of Palau, B/Cont. |
|
Lead Entity and Contact Person:
Kimberly Sledge-Clay/Thelma Sims, Program Analyst, National
Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, 4770
Buford Highway, MS K-42, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, Telephone: (770)
488-6458, Facsimile: (770) 488-5962, Electronic mail:
kts3@cdc.gov
/ tfs4@cdc.gov. |
|
Monitoring Official:
Kimberly Sledge-Clay/Thelma Sims, Program Analyst, National
Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, 4770
Buford Highway, MS K-42, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, Telephone: (770)
488-6458, Facsimile: (770) 488-5962, Electronic mail:
kts3@cdc.gov
/
tfs4@cdc.gov. |
|
|
Objective
21:
Develop and implement a multi-center collaborative Diabetes
Translation Research Initiative and Translating Research into Action
for Diabetes (TRIAD) within managed care settings in Hawaii. |
|
Strategy:
Collaborate with the Pacific Health Research Institute (PHRI) to
improve the quality of health care for persons with diabetes
focusing on managed health care plans in Hawaii. |
|
Time Frame: September 2002 and 2003. |
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Performance
Measures:
TRIAD within managed care setting, and a multi-center
collaborative Diabetes Translation Research Initiative developed and
implemented. |
|
Funding/Activity Type:
N/A, B/Cont. |
|
Lead Entity
and Contact Person:
Kimberly Sledge-Clay/Thelma Sims, Program Analyst, National
Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, 4770
Buford Highway, MS K-42, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, Telephone: (770)
488-6458, Facsimile: (770) 488-5962, Electronic mail:
kts3@cdc.gov
/ tfs4@cdc.gov. |
|
Monitoring
Official:
Kimberly Sledge-Clay/Thelma Sims, Program Analyst, National
Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, 4770
Buford Highway, MS K-42, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, Telephone: (770)
488-6458, Facsimile: (770) 488-5962, Electronic mail:
kts3@cdc.gov
/tfs4@cdc.gov. |
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Strategic Goals
