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Proposed Project

Workplace Exacerbation of Asthma—

NEW—The National Institute of

Occupational Safety and Health

(NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control

and Prevention. Work-related asthma is

the most common lung disease seen in

occupational health clinics in the

United States based on data from the

Association of Occupational and

Environmental Clinics for 1991–1996.

Work-related asthma includes both

new onset asthma initiated by

workplace exposures and pre-existing

asthma exacerbated by workplace

environments, because in both types of

cases repeated exposure to asthmatic

agents can lead to chronic pulmonary

impairment. Also, the 1985 American

Thoracic Society statement ‘‘What

Constitutes an Adverse Health Effect of

Air Pollution,’’ identified exacerbation

of asthma as one of the serious effects

of environmental air pollution. While

anecdotal evidence suggests that as

many as one-half of work-related asthma

patients treated in occupational

medicine clinics had pre-existing

asthma that was exacerbated by

workplace conditions, there is little data

from studies in the United States to

support this claim.

This study will investigate the

frequency, causes, and consequences of

workplace exacerbation of asthma

(WEA). Given the diversity of workplace

agents and processes associated with

asthma, a population-based, rather than

industry-based, study is needed to

ascertain the full extent of the problem.

This will be achieved by surveying

adults with asthma. The Specific Aims

are: (1) To determine the frequency of

workplace exacerbation of asthma. (2)

To determine the circumstances at work

associated with exacerbation of asthma.

(3) To determine the social and

economic costs associated with

workplace exacerbation of asthma. (4)

To determine the sensitivity and

specificity of self-reported workplace

exacerbation of asthma. (5) To

determine whether workplace

exacerbation of asthma contributes to

progression of disease. The design is a

prospective cohort study with a nested

validation study. A questionnaire will

be completed in the baseline study to

address Specific Aims 1–3. Also, patient

care records will be used to ascertain

cost of asthma care for each participant

(Specific Aim 3). A subset of employed

subjects with and without workplace

exacerbation will be requested to

conduct serial spirometry, and the

findings will serve as the ‘‘gold

standard’’ to determine the sensitivity

and specificity of a self-report of

workplace exacerbation of asthma

(Specific Aim 4). All subjects from the

baseline study will be asked to complete

a follow-up questionnaire

approximately two years later to

investigate whether workplace

exacerbation at baseline predicts an

increase in asthma severity (Specific

Aim 5).

The data collected in this study will

be used to further current understanding

of the frequency of workplaceexacerbated asthma, the social and

economic impacts of this problem, and

the implication of a report of WEA for

subsequent asthma severity. This

information can be used to prioritize

resources for addressing this problem.

The data collected in this study will

also identify which jobs and exposures

are likely to exacerbate existing asthma,

thus providing guidance on where to

focus preventive efforts. The data

collected in this study on the validity of

a self-report of WEA will be useful to

both clinicians and researchers who

attempt to treat or study individuals

with this problem. The estimated

annualized burden is 844 hours.

Form name No. of

respondents

No.

responses

per

respondent

Average

burden per

response

(in hrs.)

Phase 1: attempts to get an interview ..................................................................................................... 1,100 1 5/60

Phase 1: Completed Baseline Study Interviews ..................................................................................... 800 1 30/60

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Form name No. of

respondents

No.

responses

per

respondent

Average

burden per

response

(in hrs.)

Phase 3: attempt to get an interview ...................................................................................................... 800 1 5/60

Phase 3: Completed Follow-up Study Interviews ................................................................................... 600 1 300

Dated: September 26, 2000.

Nancy Cheal,

Acting Associate Director for Policy, Planning

and Evaluation Centers for Disease Control

and Prevention (CDC).

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Proposed Project

A Message-Based Intervention for

Technology Transfer—New—National

Institute for Occupational Safety and

Health, Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention. 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. Over 6 million

American workers are at risk for

inhalation exposure of potentially

harmful metals. Workers in mining,

construction, and related industries are

potentially exposed to airborne

contaminants such as silver, lead,

nickel, manganese, chromium and zinc

which can cause health problems

ranging from metal fume fever and

asthma to cancer and parkinsonism.

NIOSH has developed analytical

methods for portable field exposure

assessment that would help reduce

metals exposure. The goal of this project

is to increase the self-reported use of

NIOSH developed analytical methods

for field portable exposure assessment

by American industrial hygienists

across the five-year period from 2000 to

2004. To achieve this technology

transfer goal, NIOSH proposes three

aims: (1) to create, (2) implement, and

(3) evaluate a message-based

intervention targeted toward American

industrial hygienists. If this project is

successful then NIOSH will also have

developed and validated a

communication strategy that could be

adapted to other technology transfer

problems.

First, NIOSH will develop a messagebased intervention targeted toward

American industrial hygienists. To do

this, NIOSH will create and pretest the

message, channel, and receiver variables

that will compose the intervention.

Pretesting of the intervention will occur

via mailout surveys and on-site

pretesting with industrial hygienists

attending conferences sponsored by

AIHA (the American Industrial Hygiene

Association), ABIH (the American Board

of Industrial Hygiene), and ACGIH.

Pretesting will occur during the first two

years of the project (2000–1), with a

total of 1,000 industrial hygienists.

Second, NIOSH will implement the

multi-channel, multi-exposure,

message-based intervention that was

created through pretesting. NIOSH

intends to employ the following four

channels of: (1) Trade print sources

(journal and magazine), (2) web site, (3)

direct personalized mailings, and (4)

face-to-face interaction through trade

show demonstrations. The entire

population of American industrial

hygienists (approximately 13,000) will

be targeted by this intervention. The

intervention will occur across four

years, applying modifications as needed

during the time period.

Finally, NIOSH will conduct annual

surveys of randomly selected samples of

American industrial hygienists on their

self reported use of NIOSH developed

analytical methods for field portable

exposure assessment through mail-in

surveys based on standard HCRB

communication and outcome protocols.

During Year 1 (2000), a survey of 700

randomly selected industrial hygienists

will be conducted to assess baseline

levels of attitudes, knowledge and

behaviors with regard to the use of the

NIOSH developed analytical methods

prior to receiving the intervention.

During the next three years (2001–2003),

an annual survey of 700 randomly

selected industrial hygienists will be

conducted to evaluate the impact of the

message-based intervention on the use

of NIOSH analytical methods.

The estimated annualized burden is

1905 hours.

Respondents Number of respondents Number of

responses

Average

hour burden

per

response

Industrial Hygienist ............................................................ 1000 pretesting ................................................................ 1 .33

700 Baseline Survey ........................................................ 1 .25

2100 Annual Survey ......................................................... 1 5