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STATEMENT OF WORK

Period of Performance: September 1, 2014-September 30, 2017

C. Statement of Work

C1. Background and Need- Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS, 2009) data indicate that a disproportionate number of Asian American workers suffer fatal occupational injuries. Of the 775 Asian American workers who died as a result of an injury incurred while on the job from 1999-2003, the majority (640) were foreign born rather than native born (135). The leading cause of death for Asian American workers was an assault or violent act, accounting for over 50% of fatal workplace injuries, with 46% of the fatalities for Asian workers being homicides. Asian American workers in retail trade were over four times more likely to be fatally injured on the job in comparison to non-Asians, and foreign-born Asian Americans were particularly at risk, with 68% of all homicides to foreign-born Asian workers occurring in the retail industry. Shootings accounted for 80% of workplace homicides for Asian Americans, and a robber was the assailant in 61% of these homicides. South Asian, Korean, Vietnamese, and Chinese foreign-born workers are especially at risk for occupational fatalities.

The goals of this project are, in partnership with Chicago community-based organizations, to assess violence prevention practices that are being used in Chicago South Asian American and Korean American retail establishments, and to identify cultural and other barriers to adopting recommendations for preventing workplace violence to foreign-born and native-born Korean and South Asian American retail employees/managers/owners. From this, culturally-competent violence prevention materials will be tailored specifically for Chicago South Asian and Korean American employees/managers/owners, and these products will be disseminated through Chicago South Asian and Korean American community partners, retail businesses, and trade associations.

C2. Project Objective- The objective of this project is to develop community-based research strategies and materials on workplace violence prevention for native-born and foreign-born South Asian and Korean American retail employee/managers/owners and establishments in Chicago, specifically tailored to meet the needs of these retail establishments and communities of workers. To accomplish this, the project involves active participation of Chicago South Asian and Korean American retail employee/managers/owners and businesses and community-based partners in all phases of developing/finalizing focus group discussion/interview materials, confirming accuracy of interpretation of data analyses from focus group discussions/interviews, providing feedback on fidelity of prototype violence prevention materials developed from these focus group/interview data, and assisting in developing a plan for disseminating these materials back to the participating retail establishments and more broadly to other Chicago South Asian and Korean American retail businesses, employees/managers/owners, and other community-based organizations.

C.3 Scope of Work- The Contractor shall: 1) Work with the NIOSH Project Officer (PO) to develop a work plan and timeline for completion this work. 2) Work with the NIOSH Project Officer and Chicago community-based partners to revise and finalize focus group/interview materials based upon feedback from re-interviewing a sample of South Asian and Korean American retail employees/managers/owners who were previous pilot-test phase participants to confirm that the prior pilot-test data were accurately interpreted after data analyses, and that these themes are accurately represented in the revised focus group/interview materials. 3) Recruit a new subset of native-born and foreign-born employees/managers/owners focus group/interview participants from the same pool of Chicago South Asian and Korean American retail establishments used in the prior pilot-testing phase of the project. 4) With the NIOSH PO, conduct face-to-face, in-person and in-language focus group meetings /interviews using the revised/finalized materials with Chicago South Asian and Korean American retail employees/managers/owners. 5) Provide NIOSH PO with transcripts of all focus group discussions/interviews, as well as translation of focus group discussions conducted in Korean, translation of all notes regarding focus group discussions/interviews conducted in Korean, back-translation of all materials, verification of accuracy of translations/transcriptions, and also provide any audio recordings of these focus group discussions/interviews. 6) Assist NIOSH PO with analyzing focus group/interview data for emergent themes. 7) With NIOSH PO and Chicago South Asian and Korean American retail community partners, develop prototype violence prevention materials based upon focus group data, and re-interview a sample of South Asian and Korean American employees/managers/owners who previously participated in the focus group discussions/interviews to assess the fidelity of the prototype violence prevention materials developed from these focus group/interview data. 8) With NIOSH PO and Chicago South Asian and Korean American retail community partners develop plan for disseminating and marketing these violence prevention materials to the South Asian and Korean American establishments that participated in the focus groups/interviews as well as more broadly to South Asian and Korean American retail and community organizations in Chicago. 9) With the NIOSH PO, draft a report summarizing the focus group process, focus group findings, prototype violence materials, and dissemination/marketing strategy for violence prevention products. 10) The contractor will debrief with the NIOSH PO prior to completing the final report and prior to the end of the contract period. Based on review from the NIOSH PO, the contractor will make any revisions to the draft report and will submit a final report to the NIOSH PO.

C.4 Technical Requirements-The Contractor will provide the necessary equipment, supplies, personnel to conduct all tasks described below:

Task 1: Work with the NIOSH Project Officer (PO) to develop a work plan and timeline for completion this work.

The Contractor will collaborate with Project Officer to develop work plan with timeline. This work will be completed no later than September 30, 2014.

Task 2: Work with the NIOSH Project Officer and Chicago community-based partners to revise and finalize focus group/interview materials based upon feedback from re-interviewing a sample of South Asian and Korean American retail employees/managers/owners who were previous pilot-test phase participants to confirm that the prior pilot-test data were accurately interpreted after data analyses, and that these themes are accurately represented in the revised focus group/interview materials. This work will be completed no later than January 31, 2015.

Task 3: Recruit a new subset of native-born and foreign-born employees/managers/owners focus group/interview participants from the same pool of Chicago South Asian and Korean American retail establishments used in the prior pilot-testing phase of the project. This work will be completed no later than May 31, 2015.

Task 4: With the NIOSH PO, conduct face-to-face, in-person and in-language focus group meetings /interviews using the revised/finalized materials with Chicago South Asian and Korean American retail employees/managers/owners. This work will be completed no later than July 31, 2015.

Task 5: Provide NIOSH PO with transcripts of all focus group discussions/interviews, as well as translation of focus group discussions conducted in Korean, translation of all notes regarding focus group discussions/interviews conducted in Korean, back-translation of all materials, verification of accuracy of translations/transcriptions, and also provide any audio recordings of these focus group discussions/interviews. This work will be completed no later than September 30, 2015.

Task 6: Assist NIOSH PO with analyzing focus group/interview data for emergent themes. This work will be completed no later than December 31, 2015.

Task 7: With NIOSH PO and Chicago South Asian and Korean American retail community partners, develop prototype violence prevention materials based upon focus group data, and re-interview a sample of South Asian and Korean American employees/managers/owners who previously participated in the focus group discussions/interviews to assess the fidelity of the prototype violence prevention materials developed from these focus group/interview data. This work will be completed no later than March 30, 2016.

Task 8: With NIOSH PO and Chicago South Asian and Korean American retail community partners develop plan for disseminating and marketing these violence prevention materials to the South Asian and Korean American establishments that participated in the focus groups/interviews as well as more broadly to South Asian and Korean American retail and community organizations in Chicago. This work will be completed no later than May 31, 2016.

Task 9: With the NIOSH PO, draft a report summarizing the focus group process, focus group findings, prototype violence materials, and dissemination/marketing strategy for violence prevention products. This work will be completed no later than October 31, 2016.

Task 10: Final Report Project Debriefing.

The contractor will provide the NIOSH PO with a final report summarizing the focus group process, focus group findings, prototype violence materials, and dissemination/marketing strategy for violence prevention products. The Contractor shall debrief via telephone or face-to-face meeting with the NIOSH PO prior to completing the final report and prior to the end of the contract period. Based on review from the NIOSH PO, the contractor will make any revisions to the draft report and will submit a final report to the NIOSH PO. This work will be completed no later than September 30, 2017.

C5. Reporting Requirements/Schedule- As indicated above, Contractor shall coordinate regular telephone conference calls and/or on-site meetings to plan and to discuss the implementation of this work and to facilitate the completion of tasks specified in this contract. Within one month of contract award, Contractor shall have coordinated either a telephone or an on-site meeting between its staff and either the NIOSH PO only and/or the NIOSH project team as assembled by the PO. Thereafter, bi-weekly to monthly conference calls shall be arranged by the Contractor.

Reports that are required are described within the tasks specified in this contract.

C6. Special Considerations-N/A

C7. Government Furnished Property-N/A

D. Period of Performance/Delivery Schedule-

Period of Performance

Task 1: Develop work plan and timeline Sept 1, 2014 -Sept 30, 2014

Task 2: Finalize focus group materials. Oct 1, 2014 –Jan 31, 2015

Task 3: Recruit focus group participants April 1, 2015 -May 31, 2015

Task 4: Convene and conduct focus groups June 1, 2015 -July 31, 2015

Task 5: Transcription/translation of focus groups Aug 1, 2015 -Sept 30, 2015

Task 6: Analyze focus group data Oct 1, 2015 -Dec 31, 2015

Task 7: Develop violence prevention prototypes Jan 1, 2016 -Mar 30, 2016

Task 8: Develop dissemination/marketing plan April 1, 2016 -May 31, 2016

Task 10: Final Report/Project Debriefing On or before Sept 30, 2017

Delivery Schedule

One copy of the final work plan as well as one copy of the final report shall be furnished to the NIOSH project officer.

The Contractor shall provide to the NIOSH PO the following items, in the stated quantities, and within the time frames specified below (All text documents should be in MicrosoftWord, if possible).

Task Payment Schedule:

Partial payment after completion of Task 1:

Partial payment after completion of Task 2:

Partial payment after completion of Tasks 3-6:

Partial payment after completion of Task 7-10:

Disposition of Data The Contractor shall provide the following data in electronic form immediately following the termination of data collection:

· All data collected from the working group and focus groups. The data should be delivered in Microsoft Word File, if possible, or in a form that is convertible to Microsoft Word.

· The Contractor will assure that data generated from this contract are maintained and stored in such a manner that the data will be kept confidential and will not be disclosed or viewed by staff or others not connected with the data collections.

All materials developed or information of any nature resulting from work performed under this contract will be submitted to the PO for review and approval.