[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 148 (Wednesday, August 1, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39782-39784]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-19121]


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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.
    Participant Feedback Forms for Two CMHS Mental Health Education 
Training Initiatives--New--This project will collect feedback from 
mental health professionals who receive training from any of SAMHSA's 
Center for Mental Health Services-supported Minority Community Based 
Organizations or Behavioral Health Professional Association 
contractors. The forms to be used to collect the feedback are refined 
versions of feedback forms required for use by the Mental Health Care 
Provider Education in HIV/AIDS Program II and approved by OMB under 
control number 0930-0195.
    The range of mental health issues covered is broad and, depending 
on the needs of the audiences, the training sites may use any of the 
following types of curricula: general, ethics, neuropsychiatric, 
neuropsychiatric designed for non-psychiatrists, and an adherence 
curriculum. Education sites also vary the complexity and intensity of 
the training sessions, resulting in sessions of variable length. 
Service providers attending sessions shorter than 6 hours will provide 
feedback by completing a single form at the end of the training 
session. Those attending sessions 6 hours or longer will be asked to 
complete forms both before and after the training session in order to 
assess both satisfaction and perceived knowledge gain. Education sites 
funded under these initiatives will vary considerably in their prior 
experience in conducting trainings, with some organizations having 
significant prior experience while others will be developing their 
training programs. The burden estimates below incorporate and reflect 
reasonable assumptions regarding the volume, type and length of 
training sessions conducted by the various organizations likely to be 
funded under these two initiatives.
    The Minority HIV/AIDS Mental Health Services Initiative is expected 
to be comprised of 12 minority community-based organizations providing 
mental health HIV/AIDS education trainings to traditional and non-
traditional mental health service providers. Estimates of the numbers 
of mental health professionals trained and types of training sessions 
conducted are based on the assumption that half (6) of the funded 
education sites will be existing education programs and the other half 
will be new education sites. The six new education sites are expected 
to train about 300 individuals annually using the general curriculum 
(and corresponding form--The Participant Feedback Form) with their 
training sessions being less than 6 hours long. These sites will 
conduct, on average about 15 training sessions per year with 
approximately 20 people attending each session.
    The remaining six sites are expected to be education sites with 
existing education training programs and are expected to conduct a 
total of 25 training sessions each per year with about 20 individuals 
attending each training session. These six sites should therefore train 
a total 500 individuals each per year. The majority of these sessions 
will be less than 6 hours long (about 76% or 19 sessions of the 25 
sessions). In contrast to the new education sites, however, these sites 
are likely to use all of the following curricula: general, ethics, 
neuropsychiatric, neuropsychiatric designed for non-psychiatrists, and 
the adherence curriculum. Of the 19 training sessions that are shorter 
than 6 hours, 10 are expected to use the general curriculum, 3 will use 
the adherence curriculum, and 2 sessions each for the ethics, 
neuropsychiatric, neuropsychiatric for non-psychiatrists. Four of the 6 
sessions that are longer than 6 hours are expected to use the general 
curriculum and corresponding pre/post participant forms, and 2 will use 
the neuropsychiatric curriculum with the accompanying corresponding 
pre/post neuropsychiatric participant forms. Burden estimates are 
presented in Table 1 below.
    The Behavioral Health Professional Health Association Training 
Initiative is a continuation effort. This initiative will consist of 
three Associations providing training to mental health professionals 
both within and outside of their disciplines. These Associations are 
required to train a minimum of 1,000 mental health professionals per 
year using the general, ethics, neuropsychiatric, neuropsychiatric for 
non-psychiatrists, and adherence curricula. They all have prior 
experience training mental health professionals and will conduct 
sessions that are of variable length (i.e., shorter and longer than 6 
hours long). Each Association will conduct about 57 trainings per year, 
the majority of which (about 90% or about 51 training sessions) will be 
less than 6 hours long. Of the shorter trainings, each Association will 
conduct about 20 using the general curriculum, 6 using the ethics 
curriculum, 12 using the neuropsychiatric curriculum, 9 using the 
adherence curriculum and 4 using the neuropsychiatric curriculum for 
non-psychiatrists. The appropriate post-training feedback form will be 
administered to trainees after each session. Each Association will also 
conduct about 6 longer trainings per year; 4 using the neuropsychiatric 
curriculum and 2 using the general curriculum. The corresponding pre/
post feedback form will be administered at each training session. Table 
2 below uses these assumptions to calculate the burden estimate.

                          Table 1.--Minority Hiv/Aids Mental Health Services Initiative
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                                                                     Estimated
                      Form                          Responses/       number of       Estimated      Total hours
                                                    respondent      respondents   hours/response
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                          Minority HIV/AIDS Mental Health Services Initiative--12 Sites
                      All Sessions--One form per session completed by Program staff/trainer
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Session Report Form.............................               1             240            0.08              19

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                                           Sessions less than 6 hours
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Participant Feedback Form.......................               1           3,000           0.167             501
Neuropsychiatric Participant Feedback Form......               1             240           0.167              40
Ethics Participant Feedback Form................               1             240           0.167              40
Adherence Participant Feedback Form.............               1             360           0.167              60
Neuropsychiatric Participant Feedback Form Non-                1             240           0.167              40
 Physicians.....................................
                                           Sessions 6 hours or longer
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Pre-Training Participant Inventory..............               1             480           0.167              80
Post-Training Participant Inventory.............               1            *480            0.25             120
Neuropsychiatric Pre-Training Participant                      1             240           0.167              40
 Inventory......................................
Neuropsychiatric Post-Training Participant                     1            *240            0.25              60
 Inventory......................................
Total...........................................  ..............           5,040  ..............           1,000
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                    Table 2.--Behavioral Health Professional Association Training Initiative
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                                                                     Estimated
                      Form                          Responses/       number of       Estimated      Total hours
                                                    respondent      respondents   hours/response
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                     Behavioral Health Professional Association Training Initiative--3 Sites
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                      All Sessions--One form per session completed by Program staff/trainer
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Session Report Form.............................               1             171           0.08               14
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                                           Sessions less than 6 hours
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Participant Feedback Form.......................               1           1,200           0.167             200
Neuropsychiatric Participant Feedback Form......               1             720           0.167             120
Ethics Participant Feedback Form................               1             360           0.167              60
Adherence Participant Feedback Form.............               1             540           0.167              90
Neuropsychiatric Participant Feedback Form Non-                1             240           0.167              40
 Physicians.....................................
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                                           Sessions 6 hours or longer
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Pre-Training Participant Inventory..............               1             120           0.167              20
Post-Training Participant Inventory.............               1            *120           0.25               30
Neuropsychiatric Pre-Training Participant                      1             240           0.167              40
 Inventory......................................
Neuropsychiatric Post-Training Participant                     1            *240           0.25               60
 Inventory......................................
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    Total.......................................  ..............           3,591  ..............             674
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                                    Tabel 3.--Combined Annual Burden Estimate
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                                                                     Estimated
                      Form                         Responses per     number of       Estimated      Total hours
                                                    respondent      respondents   hours/response
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                     Behavioral Health Professional Association Training Initiative--3 Sites
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                      All Sessions--One form per session completed by Program staff/trainer
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Session Report Form.............................               1             411           0.08               33
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                                           Sessions less than 6 hours
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Participant Feedback Form.......................               1           4,200           0.167             701
Neuropsychiatric Participant Feedback Form......               1             960           0.167             160
Ethics Participant Feedback Form................               1             600           0.167             100
Adherence Participant Feedback Form.............               1             900           0.167             150
Neuropsychiatric Participant Feedback Form Non-                1             480           0.167              80
 Physicians.....................................
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                                           Sessions 6 hours or longer
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Pre-Training Participant Inventory..............               1             600           0.167             100
Post-Training Participant Inventory.............               1            *600           0.25              150
Neuropsychiatric Pre-Training Participant                      1             480           0.167              80
 Inventory......................................

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Neuropsychiatric Post-Training Participant                     1            *480           0.25              120
 Inventory......................................
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    Total.......................................  ..............           8,631  ..............           1,674
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* Since the same individuals complete the pre-and post-training forms, these numbers are not included in
  calculating the total number of respondents.

    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to: 
Lauren Wittenberg, Human Resources and Housing Branch, Office of 
Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, 
Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: July 26, 2001.
Richard Kopanda,
Executive Officer, SAMHSA.
[FR Doc. 01-19121 Filed 7-31-01; 8:45 am]
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