Hearing Loss Research at NIOSH Reviews of Research Programs of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (2006) / Chapter Skim
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4 Recommendations for Program Improvement
4 Recommendations for Program Improvement
Pages 115-124
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PROGRAM MANAGEMENT IN A MATRIX ENVIRONMENT The NIOSH Hearing Loss Research Program operates in a matrix environment, as do many other NIOSH research programs. This approach to program 115
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Although the Hearing Loss Research Program has persevered admirably dur ing these transitional times, the committee sees a need to foster leadership that can provide coherence to the program, increase collaboration, and serve as an effective advocate within the matrix environment in which it operates. The committee is encouraged to see that NIOSH has recently appointed from within the NIOSH management staff an overall program manager who is expected to monitor the program's activities and resources.
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It bears repeating that the leaders of the Hearing Loss Research Program must contend with a small budget -- about $7.5 million in fiscal year (FY) 2005 -- much of which is reserved for work related to mining or for extramural research.
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2. Recruit additional expert researchers to the NIOSH Hearing Loss Research Program staff.
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The Hearing Loss Research Program should develop a strategic plan that takes into account the strengths, weak nesses, and external factors identified in this evaluation. It should reflect a focus on the program's mission and serve to guide decision making about the value of projects and proposed collaborations.
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SURVEILLANCE ACTIVITIES The Hearing Loss Research Program notes in its evidence package that the lack of surveillance data on workers' noise exposures and the incidence and severity of occupational hearing loss is one of the fundamental knowledge gaps in the field. The committee agrees and underscores the importance of surveillance data and their careful analysis to help guide priority setting for research in occupational health and safety and for evaluation of program activities.
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, include initiating new longitudinal studies, increasing information gathered from ongoing longitudinal surveys (as the Hearing Loss Research Program has done in working with OSHA) , collaborating with the Bureau of Labor Statistics for a comprehensive review of occupational injury or illness reporting systems, and developing a database to characterize levels of exposures associated with work (as the program has been doing for mining)
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The Hearing Loss Research Program should use means such as periodic workshops on noise con trol engineering topics to raise the visibility of its noise control engi neering projects within the field. Such workshops can facilitate infor mation exchange, can provide specialized technical training, and may attract qualified professionals who can serve as advisers, consultants, collaborators, or recruits to the NIOSH program.
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to direct some extramural funding toward highpriority research topics that complement the program's intramural work. The Hearing Loss Research Program may also want to further pursue efforts to invite outside researchers to work at NIOSH facilities on a temporary basis and at little cost to the program.
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