[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 195 (Thursday, October 8, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 54151]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-26990]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request

    Periodically, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
Administration (SAMHSA) will publish a list of information collection 
requests under OMB review, in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction 
Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a copy of these documents, call 
the SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer on (301)443-7978.
    Evaluation of the Cooperative Agreement for Mental Health Care 
Provider Education in HIV/AIDS Program II--New--The Substance Abuse and 
Mental Health Services Administration's (SAMHSA) Center for Mental 
Health Services (CMHS) intends to conduct a multi-site evaluation of 
its Cooperative Agreement for Mental Health Care Provider Education in 
HIV/AIDS Program II. The education programs funded under this 
cooperative agreement are designed to disseminate knowledge of the 
psychological and neuropsychiatric sequelae of HIV/AIDS to both 
traditional (e.g., psychiatrists, psychologists, nurses, primary care 
physicians, medical students, and social workers) and non-traditional 
(e.g., clergy, and alternative health care workers) first-line 
providers of mental health services. The multi-site evaluation is 
designed to assess the effectiveness of particular training curricula, 
document the integrity of training delivery formats, and assess the 
effectiveness of the various training delivery formats.
    Analyses will assist CMHS in documenting the numbers and types of 
traditional and non-traditional mental health providers accessing 
training; the content, nature and types of training participants 
receive; and the extent to which trainees experience knowledge, skill 
and attitude gains/changes as a result of training attendance. The 
multi-site evaluation design uses a two-tiered data collection and 
analytic strategy to collect information on (1) the organization and 
delivery of training, and (2) the impact of training on participants' 
knowledge, skills and abilities.
    Information about the organization and delivery of training will be 
collected from trainers and staff who are funded by these cooperative 
agreements hence there is no respondent burden. All training 
participants attending sessions lasting less than 6 hours will be asked 
to complete a brief evaluation form at the end of the training session. 
Trainees attending sessions lasting 6 hours or longer will be asked to 
complete brief pre-and post-session evaluation questionnaires. A sample 
of trainees attending sessions lasting 6 hours or longer will also be 
asked to complete a brief follow-up telephone interview three months 
after the training session. CMHS has funded seven education sites under 
the Cooperative Agreement for Mental Health Care Provider Education in 
HIV/AIDS Program II. The annual burden estimates for this activity are 
shown below:

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                                Responses per  Estimated number of respondents (     Hours per
             Form                respondent               x  7 sites)                response       Total hours
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                                                  All Sessions
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Session Report Form..........               1  60  x  7 = 420...................            .080              34
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                                           Sessions Less than 6 Hours
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Participant Evaluation Form..               1  600  x  7 = 4200.................           0.167             701
Neuropsychiatric Participant                1  75  x  7 = 525...................           0.167              88
 Evaluation Form.
Ethics Participant Evaluation               1  75  x  7 = 525...................           0.167              88
 Form.
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                                           Sessions 6 hours or Longer
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Pre-Training Participant                    1  200  x  7 = 1400.................           0.167             234
 Inventory.
Post-Training Participant                   1  200  x  7 = 1400.................           0.250             350
 Inventory.
Neuropsychiatric Pre-Training               1  50  x  7 = 350...................           0.167              58
 Participant Inventory.
Neuropsychiatric Post-                      1  50  x  7 = 350...................           0.25               88
 Training Participant
 Inventory.
Participant Follow-up Form...               1  45  x  7 = 315...................            .250              79
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    Total....................  ..............  7,420............................  ..............            1719
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    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to: 
Daniel Chenok, Human Resources and Housing Branch, Office of Management 
and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, D.C. 
20503.

    Dated: October 2, 1998.
Richard Kopanda,
Executive Officer, SMHSA.
[FR Doc. 98-26990 Filed 10-7-98; 8:45 am]
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