Notice2022-08817
World Trade Center Health Program; Request for Information
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Published
April 26, 2022
Issuing agencies
Health and Human Services DepartmentCenters for Disease Control and Prevention
Abstract
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), an Operating Division of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), is soliciting public comment on the scope of an upcoming notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for FY2023. The scope of the NOFO is the World Trade Center (WTC) Health Program's research interests in lifestyle medicine (such as sustainable health behaviors and lifestyle interventions) used to optimize management and improve outcomes of WTC- related health conditions. The WTC Health Program's research program helps answer critical questions about potential WTC-related physical and mental health conditions as well as diagnosing and treating health conditions on the List of WTC-Related Health Conditions.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 80 (Tuesday, April 26, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24568-24569]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-08817]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[Docket No. CDC-2022-0055; NIOSH-348]
World Trade Center Health Program; Request for Information
AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Request for information.
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SUMMARY: The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
(NIOSH) within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), an
Operating Division of the Department of Health and Human Services
(HHS), is soliciting public comment on the scope of an upcoming notice
of funding opportunity (NOFO) for FY2023. The scope of the NOFO is the
World Trade Center (WTC) Health Program's research interests in
lifestyle medicine (such as sustainable health behaviors and lifestyle
interventions) used to optimize management and improve outcomes of WTC-
related health conditions. The WTC Health Program's research program
helps answer critical questions about potential WTC-related physical
and mental health conditions as well as
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diagnosing and treating health conditions on the List of WTC-Related
Health Conditions.
DATES: Comments must be received by May 26, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted through either of the following
methods:
<bullet> Federal eRulemaking Portal: <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a>
(follow the instructions for submitting comments), or
<bullet> By Mail: NIOSH Docket Office, Robert A. Taft Laboratories,
MS: C-34, 1090 Tusculum Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio 45226-1998. Attn:
Docket No. CDC-2022-0055; NIOSH-348.
Instructions: All written submissions received in response to this
notice must include the agency name (Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, HHS) and docket number (CDC-2022-0055; NIOSH-348) for this
action. All relevant comments, including any personal information
provided, will be posted without change to <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a>.
Do not submit comments by email. CDC does not accept comments by email.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rachel Weiss, Program Analyst, 1090
Tusculum Avenue, MS: C-46, Cincinnati, Ohio 45226; Telephone: (404)
498-2500 (this is not a toll-free number); Email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#642a2d2b372c16010317240700074a030b12"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="aee0e7e1fde6dccbc9ddeecdcacd80c9c1d8">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title I of the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and
Compensation Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111-347, as amended by Pub. L. 114-
113 and Pub. L. 116-59), added Title XXXIII to the Public Health
Service (PHS) Act,\1\ establishing the WTC Health Program within HHS.
The WTC Health Program provides medical monitoring and treatment
benefits for certified health conditions on the List of WTC-Related
Health Conditions \2\ to eligible firefighters and related personnel,
law enforcement officers, and rescue, recovery, and cleanup workers who
responded to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in New York
City, at the Pentagon, and in Shanksville, Pennsylvania (responders).
The Program also provides benefits to eligible persons who were present
in the dust or dust cloud on September 11, 2001, or who worked,
resided, or attended school, childcare, or adult daycare in the New
York City disaster area (survivors).
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\1\ Title XXXIII of the PHS Act is codified at 42 U.S.C. 300mm
to 300mm-61. Those portions of the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and
Compensation Act of 2010 found in Titles II and III of Public Law
111-347 do not pertain to the WTC Health Program and are codified
elsewhere.
\2\ The List of WTC-Related Health Conditions is established in
42 U.S.C. 300mm-22(a)(3)-(4) and 300mm-32(b); additional conditions
may be added through rulemaking and the complete list is provided in
WTC Health Program regulations at 42 CFR 88.15.
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The Zadroga Act also requires that the Program establish a research
program on health conditions resulting from the September 11, 2001,
terrorist attacks, addressing the following topics:
<bullet> Physical and mental health conditions that may be related
to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks;
<bullet> Diagnosing WTC-related health conditions for which there
have been diagnostic uncertainty; and
<bullet> Treating WTC-related health conditions for which there
have been treatment uncertainty.
Request for Information
Lifestyle medicine is a highly valuable, evidence-informed clinical
approach focused on managing and reversing many of the types of chronic
diseases certified by the WTC Health Program. By focusing on
sustainable health behaviors and lifestyle factors, including six
pillars--nutrition and diet, sleep hygiene, stress management and
positive psychology, physical activity, social connectedness, and
avoidance of substance misuse--lifestyle medicine has the potential to
limit disease progression, to prevent development of additional chronic
diseases, and to improve health outcomes, overall member well-being,
quality of life, and member satisfaction with the Program.
To establish the scope of the WTC Health Program FY2023 lifestyle
medicine research, NIOSH seeks to achieve a suitable mix of projects
and interventions focusing on sustainable health behaviors and the
lifestyle factors, described above. All these influence quality of
life, disease progression and recurrence, survival, adverse events, and
other health-related outcomes among WTC Health Program members.
Specifically, NIOSH seeks input on the following questions pertaining
to WTC Health Program research priorities:
(1) What are the primary lifestyle research needs of both
responders and survivors?
(2) What are the primary health outcomes associated with WTC-
related health conditions that lifestyle research interventions should
target?
(3) What are the most important lifestyle factors (e.g., nutrition
and diet, sleep hygiene, stress management and positive psychology,
physical activity, social connectedness, cognitive function, and
avoidance of substance misuse) that need to be addressed within the
scope of the research solicitation?
John J. Howard,
Administrator, World Trade Center Health Program and Director, National
Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services.
[FR Doc. 2022-08817 Filed 4-25-22; 8:45 am]
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