[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 10 (Friday, January 14, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2417-2418]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-888]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Indian Health Service
Request for Public Comment: 60-Day Notice; Proposed Collection:
Evaluation of Indian Health Service/Bureau of Indian Affairs Training
Practitioners Project
SUMMARY: In compliance with section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, to provide a 60-day advance opportunity for
public comment on proposed information collection projects, the Indian
Health Service is publishing for comment a summary of a proposed
information collection to be submitted to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for review.
PROPOSED COLLECTION: Title: ``Evaluation of Indian Health Service/
Bureau of Indian Affairs Training Practitioners Project.'' Type of
Information Collection Request: New collection. Form Number: None. Need
and Use of Information Collection: The purpose of the proposed data
collection is to evaluate and assess the overall effectiveness of the
Indian Health Service (IHS) and Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) inter-
agency sponsored national training project titled, ``IHS/BIA Training
Practitioners in the Assessment and Treatment of Adolescent Sexual
Perpetrators,'' conducted from 1993-1996 in 18 American Indian/Alaska
Native (AI/AN) communities. The training project was established to
provide mental health practitioners in AI/AN communities specialized
training for the provision of mental health assessment and treatment
services to juvenile sex offenders. The data collected is needed to
assess respondent satisfaction/dissatisfaction with the training
project, the clinical success/failure of the training on the juvenile
sex offenders, the impact of using traditional healing treatment
services with juvenile sex offenders, and to obtain recommendations for
future clinical program planning. Affected Public: Individuals and
households, State, Local or Tribal Government. Type of Respondents:
Health care providers, juveniles, parent/caretakers, and various
community members. Please see Table 1 for a listing of data collection
instruments, estimated number of respondents, number of responses per
respondent, annual number of responses, average burden hour per
response, and total annual burden hour.
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Table 1
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Average burden
Data collection instruments Estimated no. Responses per Annual number hour per Total annual
of respondents respondent of responses response* burden hours
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Practitioner Trainee 159 1 159 0.50 (30 mins)... 79.5
Questionnaire.
Practitioner Trainee 16 4 64 0.17 (10 mins)... 10.9
Assessment.
Practitioner Trainee 8 1 8 1.00 (60 mins)... 8.0
Interview.
Juvenile/Adult............... 61 1 61 0.50 (30 mins)... 30.5
J/A Re-Offense............... 61 1 61 0.17 (10 mins)... 10.4
Parent/Caretaker............. 122 1 122 0.50 (30 mins)... 61.0
Community Key Informant 24 1 24 1.50 (90 mins)... 36.0
Questionnaire.
Community Key Informant 24 1 24 1.0 (60 mins).... 24.0
Interview.
Medical (Treatment and Health 61 1 61 0.75 (45 mins)... 45.7
Review).
Agency Record Review......... 61 1 61 1.00 (60 mins)... 61.0
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Total.................. 597 .............. .............. ................. 367.0
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*For ease of understanding, burden hours are also provided in actual minutes.
There are no Capital Costs, Operating Costs and/or Maintenance
Costs to report.
Request for Comments
Your written comments and/or suggestions are invited on one or more
of the following points: (a) Whether the information collection
activity is necessary to carry out an agency function; (b) whether the
agency processes the information collected in a useful and timely
fashion; (c) the accuracy of public burden estimate (the estimated
amount of time needed for individual respondents to provide the
requested information); (d) whether the methodology and assumptions
used to determine the estimate are logical; (e) ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the information being collected; and
(f) ways to minimize the public burden through the use of automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Send Comments and Requests For Further Information: Send your
written comments or requests for more information on the proposed
collection or requests to obtain a copy of the data collection
instrument(s) and instructions to: Mr. Lance Hodahkwen, Sr., M.P.H.,
IHS Reports Clearance Officer, 12300 Twinbrook Parkway, Suite 450,
Rockville, MD 20852-1601: call non-toll free (301) 443-5938, send via
facsimile to (301) 443-2316, or send your e-mail requests, comments,
and return address to: [email protected].
Comment Due Date: Your comments regarding this information
collection are best assured of having their full effect if received on
or before March 14, 2000.
Dated: January 7, 2000.
Michael H. Trujillo,
Assistant Surgeon General Director, Indian Health Service.
[FR Doc. 00-888 Filed 1-13-00; 8:45 am]
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