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Office of Disease Prevention and Health 

Promotion, OASH/HHS; 1101 Wootton 

Parkway, Suite LL100 Tower Building; 

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453–8280; Fax: (240) 453–8281. 

Dated: October 2, 2014. 

Don Wright, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health, Office 

of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, 

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, 

U.S. Department of Health and Human 

Services. 

Dated: October 6, 2014. 

Angela Tagtow, 

Executive Director, Center for Nutrition Policy 

and Promotion, U.S. Department of 

Agriculture. 

Dated: October 6, 2014. 

Chavonda Jacobs-Young, 

Administrator, Agricultural Research Service, 

U.S. Department of Agriculture. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERIVCES 

Announcement of Solicitation of 

Written Comments on Modifications of 

Healthy People 2020 Objectives 

AGENCY: Department of Health and 

Human Services, Office of the Secretary, 

Office of the Assistant Secretary of 

Health, Office of Disease Prevention and 

Health Promotion. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Health and Human Services solicits 

written comments regarding new 

objectives proposed to be added to 

Healthy People 2020 since the fall 2013 

public comment period, as well as 

written comments proposing new 

objectives to be included within existing 

Healthy People 2020 topic areas. Public 

participation helps shape Healthy 

People 2020, its framework, objectives, 

organization, and targets. Healthy 

People 2020 will provide opportunities 

for public input periodically throughout 

the decade to ensure that Healthy 

People 2020 reflects current public 

health priorities and public input. The 

updated set of Healthy People 2020 

objectives will be incorporated on 

www.HealthyPeople.gov. This set will 

reflect further review and deliberation 

by the topic area workgroups, Federal 

Interagency Workgroup on Healthy 

People 2020, and other Healthy People 

2020 stakeholders. 

DATES: Written comments will be 

accepted until 5:00 p.m. ET on 

November 4, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments will be 

accepted via an online public comment 

database at http://

www.healthypeople.gov/2020/about/

history-development/Public-Comment; 

by mail at the Office of Disease 

Prevention and Health Promotion, U.S. 

Department of Health and Human 

Services, Attn: Public Comment, 1101 

Wootton Parkway, Room LL–100, 

Rockville, MD 20852; fax—(240) 453– 

8281; or email—HP2020@hhs.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Theresa Devine, MPH, Office of Disease 

Prevention and Health Promotion, U.S. 

Department of Health and Human 

Services, 1101 Wootton Parkway, Room 

LL–100, Rockville, MD 20852, 

Theresa.Devine@hhs.gov (email), (240) 

453–6112 (telephone), (240) 453–8281 

(fax). 

SUPPLMENTARY INFORMATION: For three 

decades, Healthy People has provided a 

comprehensive set of national 10-year 

health promotion and disease 

prevention objectives aimed at 

improving the health of all Americans. 

Healthy People 2020 objectives provide 

a framework by presenting a 

comprehensive picture of the nation’s 

health at the beginning of the decade, 

establishing national goals and targets to 

be achieved by the year 2020, and 

monitoring progress over time. The U.S. 

Department of Health and Human 

Services is soliciting the submission of 

written comments regarding new 

objectives proposed to be added to 

Healthy People 2020 since the fall 2013 

public comment period. 

Healthy People 2020 is the product of 

an extensive collaborative process that 

relies on input from a diverse array of 

individuals and organizations, both 

within and outside the federal 

government, with a common interest in 

improving the nation’s health. Public 

comments were a cornerstone of 

Healthy People 2020’s development. 

During the first phase of planning for 

Healthy People 2020, HHS asked for the 

public’s comments on the vision, 

mission, and implementation of Healthy 

People 2020. Those comments helped 

set the framework for Healthy People 

2020. The public was also invited to 

submit comments on proposed Healthy 

People 2020 objectives, which helped 

shape the final set of Healthy People 

2020 objectives. 

The public is now invited to comment 

on new objectives proposed to be added 

to Healthy People 2020. These new 

objectives were developed by topic area 

workgroups led by various agencies 

within the federal government. They 

have been reviewed by the Federal 

Interagency Workgroup on Healthy 

People 2020 and are presented now for 

the public’s review and comment. The 

public is also invited to suggest 

additional objectives for consideration 

that address critical public health issues 

within existing Healthy People 2020 

topic areas. Any proposed new objective 

must meet all of the objective selection 

criteria (see below). 

Written comments will be accepted at 

http://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/

about/history-development/PublicComment during a three-week public 

comment period beginning in October 

2014. The public will also be able to 

submit written comments via mail, fax, 

and email (see contact information 

above). Comments received in response 

to this notice will be reviewed and 

considered by the appropriate topic area 

workgroup, Federal Interagency 

Workgroup on Healthy People 2020, and 

other Healthy People 2020 stakeholders. 

Objective Selection Criteria 

The following nine criteria should be 

taken into consideration when 

commenting on the proposed new 

objectives or suggesting additional 

objectives. 

1. The result to be achieved should be 

important and understandable to a 

broad audience and support the Healthy 

People 2020 goals. 

2. Objectives should be prevention 

oriented and should address health 


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improvements that can be achieved 

through population-based and 

individual actions, and systems-based, 

environmental, health-service, or policy 

interventions. 

3. Objectives should drive actions that 

will work toward the achievement of the 

proposed targets (defined as quantitative 

values to be achieved by the year 2020). 

4. Objectives should be useful and 

reflect issues of national importance. 

Federal agencies, states, localities, nongovernmental organizations, and the 

public and private sectors should be 

able to use objectives to target efforts in 

schools, communities, work sites, health 

practices, and other environments. 

5. Objectives should be measurable 

and should address a range of issues, 

such as: Behavior and health outcomes; 

availability of, access to, and content of 

behavioral and health service 

interventions; socio-environmental 

conditions; and community capacity— 

directed toward improving health 

outcomes and quality of life across the 

life span. (Community capacity is 

defined as the ability of a community to 

plan, implement, and evaluate health 

strategies.) 

6. Continuity and comparability of 

measured phenomena from year to year 

are important, thus, when appropriate, 

retention of objectives from previous 

Healthy People iterations is encouraged. 

However, in instances where objectives 

and/or measures have proven ill-suited 

to the purpose or are inadequate, new 

improved objectives should be 

developed. Whether or not an objective 

has met its target in a previous Healthy 

People iteration should not be the sole 

basis for retaining or archiving an 

objective. 

7. The objectives should be supported 

by the best available scientific evidence. 

The objective selection and review 

processes should be flexible enough to 

allow revisions to objectives in order to 

reflect major updates or new knowledge. 

8. Objectives should address 

population disparities. These include 

populations categorized by race/

ethnicity, socioeconomic status, gender, 

disability status, sexual orientation, and 

geographic location. For particular 

health issues, additional special 

populations should be addressed, based 

on an examination of the available 

evidence on vulnerability, health status, 

and disparate care. 

9. Healthy People 2020, like past 

versions, is heavily data driven. Valid, 

reliable, nationally representative data 

and data systems should be used for 

Healthy People 2020 objectives. Each 

objective must have (1) a data source, or 

potential data source, identified, (2) 

baseline data and (3) assurance of at 

least one additional data point 

throughout the decade. 

Dated: October 7, 2014. 

Don Wright, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health, Office 

of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[60Day–15–15BM] 

Proposed Data Collections Submitted 

for Public Comment and 

Recommendations 

The Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC), as part of its 

continuing effort to reduce public 

burden, invites the general public and 

other Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on proposed 

and/or continuing information 

collections, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. To 

request more information on the below 

proposed project or to obtain a copy of 

the information collection plan and 

instruments, call 404–639–7570 or send 

comments to Leroy A. Richardson, 1600 

Clifton Road, MS–D74, Atlanta, GA 

30333 or send an email to omb@cdc.gov. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

approval. Comments are invited on: (a) 

Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information shall have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of the burden of the proposed collection 

of information; (c) ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; (d) ways to 

minimize the burden of the collection of 

information on respondents, including 

through the use of automated collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology; and (e) estimates of capital 

or start-up costs and costs of operation, 

maintenance, and purchase of services 

to provide information. Burden means 

the total time, effort, or financial 

resources expended by persons to 

generate, maintain, retain, disclose or 

provide information to or for a Federal 

agency. This includes the time needed 

to review instructions; to develop, 

acquire, install and utilize technology 

and systems for the purpose of 

collecting, validating and verifying 

information, processing and 

maintaining information, and disclosing 

and providing information; to train 

personnel and to be able to respond to 

a collection of information, to search 

data sources, to complete and review 

the collection of information; and to 

transmit or otherwise disclose the 

information. Written comments should 

be received within 60 days of this 

notice. 

Proposed Project 

Assessing the Impact of 

Organizational and Personal 

Antecedents on Proactive Health/Safety 

Decision Making—New—National 

Institute for Occupational Safety and 

Health (NIOSH), Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention (CDC). 

Background and Brief Description 

NIOSH, under Public Law 91–596, 

Sections 20 and 22 (Section 20–22, 

Occupational Safety and Health Act of 

1977) has the responsibility to conduct 

research relating to innovative methods, 

techniques, and approaches dealing 

with occupational safety and health 

problems. 

This research relates to the interplay 

of personal, organizational, and cultural 

influences on risk-taking and proactive 

decision-making behaviors among mine 

workers. Proactive behavior refers to 

taking initiative to improve current 

conditions, adapting to present 

conditions, being self-starting and 

taking charge, and overcoming barriers 

to being safer. However, the 

antecedents, or characteristics, that 

impact these behaviors are not well 

understood in mining. Understanding 

the degree to which antecedents 

influence decisions can inform the focus 

of future health and safety management 

interventions. 

NIOSH proposes a project that seeks 

to empirically understand the factors 

and conditions that contribute to mine 

workers’ safe decisions (or lack thereof) 

while completing job tasks. The 

following question guides this study: 

What are the most important 

organizational and personal antecedent 

characteristics needed to support 

worker health and safety (H&S) 

performance behaviors in the mining 

industry? 

To answer the above question, NIOSH 

researchers developed a 

psychometrically supported survey. 

Researchers identified seven worker 

perception-based ‘organizational values’ 

and four ‘personal characteristics’ that 

are presumed to be important in 

fostering H&S knowledge, motivation, 

proactive behaviors, and safety 


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