Nanomaterial Safety in the Workplace

Nanomaterial Safety in the Workplace: Pilot Project for Assessing the Impact of the NIOSH Nanotechnology Research Center

Eric Landree
Hirokazu Miyake
Victoria A. Greenfield
Copyright Date: 2015
Published by: RAND Corporation
Pages: 82
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    Nanomaterial Safety in the Workplace
    Book Description:

    RAND researchers use literature reviews and stakeholder interviews to develop a preliminary logic model to help the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health’s Nanotechnology Research Center assess its contributions to improving the safety and health of workers who could be affected by the production, use, reuse, or disposal of engineered nanomaterials.

    eISBN: 978-0-8330-9354-7
    Subjects: Technology, Health Sciences

Table of Contents

  1. Front Matter
    (pp. i-ii)
  2. Preface
    (pp. iii-iv)
  3. Table of Contents
    (pp. v-vi)
  4. Figures
    (pp. vii-viii)
  5. Tables
    (pp. ix-x)
  6. Summary
    (pp. xi-xii)
  7. Acknowledgments
    (pp. xiii-xiv)
  8. Abbreviations
    (pp. xv-xvi)
  9. CHAPTER ONE Introduction
    (pp. 1-8)

    The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) is the federal agency responsible for conducting research and making recommendations for preventing work-related injury and illness (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2013a). NIOSH is part of the CDC within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). The main legislative underpinnings of NIOSH are the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1969 (or MSH Act; Pub. L. 91-173, amended by Pub. L. 95-164 in 1977) and the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (or OSH Act; Pub. L. 91-596).

    The Occupational Safety and Health Administration...

  10. CHAPTER TWO Logic Models and Their Application to NTRC
    (pp. 9-14)

    This chapter includes a brief introduction to the concept of a logic model, related terminology, and its application to program evaluation. It also includes a brief discussion on the challenges of assessing the impact or outcomes from research programs. In addition, the chapter presents the NIOSH and NTRC mission and how it relates to our use of logic models.

    A logic model is the primary tool with which we identify and communicate NTRC’s contributions to the NIOSH mission. We chose to use logic models to frame our approach because of NIOSH’s familiarity with logic models based on its previous program...

  11. CHAPTER THREE Documenting NIOSH NTRC Program Efforts
    (pp. 15-20)

    In this chapter, we discuss information collected during our review of NIOSH documentation and open literature as part of Step 2 of our approach. We begin the process of developing an NTRC logic model as part of Step 3 by introducing the logic model elements that correspond to the NTRC program’s efforts. This chapter describes inputs that drive the NTRC operations, the types of activities that NTRC is engaged in, and the corresponding outputs. We also include in this chapter a discussion of the transfer mechanisms that NTRC uses to transfer its outputs to various intermediate customers.

    In our approach,...

  12. CHAPTER FOUR Documenting NIOSH NTRC Program Effects
    (pp. 21-28)

    In this chapter, we continue developing the NTRC logic model with Step 3 of our approach, and we describe the logic model elements that correspond to the NTRC program efforts, based on NIOSH and other available documents. We discuss the different types of intermediate customers and briefly describe the types of intermediate outputs, intermediate outcomes, end customers, and end outcomes. We also present the complete preliminary NTRC logic model that includes the elements described in this chapter and Chapter Three.

    A review of NIOSH and other documents, including two developed by RTI International for NIOSH (Sayes, 2013, 2014), suggested several...

  13. CHAPTER FIVE Information About Intermediate Outputs and Outcomes from NIOSH NTRC Customers
    (pp. 29-40)

    In this chapter, we discuss criteria used to identify NTRC stakeholders to contact as part of Step 4 of our approach. We then review the information collected from intermediate customers about intermediate outputs, intermediate outcomes, and contributions toward end outcomes. We also present a revised logic model that incorporates information collected through this direct intermediate customer engagement.

    Using the information collected from the documents and discussions with NTRC leadership, we compiled the information shown in Tables 3.1 through 3.3 and Tables 4.1 through 4.3. We then used this information to construct a preliminary NTRC logic model, as shown in Figure...

  14. APPENDIX A Guide for Collecting Evidence of Contributions to NIOSH NTRC Outcomes
    (pp. 41-56)
  15. APPENDIX B NIOSH Logic Model
    (pp. 57-58)
  16. APPENDIX C Notional Logic Model Worksheets
    (pp. 59-62)
  17. Bibliography
    (pp. 63-66)
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