[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 106 (Tuesday, June 3, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33168-33169]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-13840]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Effectiveness of the 
National Institute on Drug Abuse's Publications Project

    Summary: In compliance with section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995 concerning opportunity for public comment on 
proposed collections of information, the National Institute on Drug 
Abuse (NIDA), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will publish 
periodic summaries

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of proposed projects to be submitted to the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) for review and approval.

Proposed Collection

    Title: The Effectiveness of NIDA's Publications Project. Type of 
Information Collection Request: NEW. Need and Use of Information 
Collection: This is a request for a three-year generic clearance to 
study the level of customer satisfaction in relation to public health 
information publications produced by the Institute. This effort is made 
according to Executive Order 12862, which directs Federal agencies that 
provide significant services directly to the public to survey customers 
to determine the kind and quality of services they want and their level 
of satisfaction with existing services. The primary purpose of the 
Project is to assess NIDA's effectiveness in developing and 
disseminating selected public health information publications designed 
to promote the use of science-based evidence to improve drug abuse and 
addiction prevention, treatment, and policy. A multi-method approach 
(survey, in-person interviews, focus groups) will be used to determine 
the use and usefulness of selected NIDA public health information 
publications for several of NIDA's key audiences. Measures will include 
outcomes associated with the following variables: knowledge/awareness 
of the publications, receipt of the publications, reading of the 
publications, use of the publications, perceived utility of the 
publications, and the impact of the publications on the use of science-
based evidence to improve drug abuse and addiction prevention, 
treatment, and policy. Frequency of Response: This project will be 
conducted annually or biennially. Affected Public: Individuals or 
households; state or local governments; organizations; businesses or 
educational institutions. Type of Respondents: Community coalition 
leaders, drug abuse treatment and prevention service providers, drug 
abuse researchers, Native Americans, middle school science and health 
educators, public health policy makers and public health officials, and 
the general public. The annual reporting burden is as follows: 
Estimated Number of Respondents: 22,326; Estimated Number of Responses 
per Respondent: one for six of the seven key audiences and two for one 
audience. Average Burden Hours Per Response: .4357. Estimated Total 
Annual Burden Hours Requested: 9,727. There are no Capital Costs to 
report. There are no Operating or Maintenance Costs to report. The 
estimated annualized burden is summarized below.

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                                                                     Estimated
                                                     Estimated       number of    Average burden     Estimated
               Type of respondents                   number of     responses per     hours per     total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent       response          hours
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1. Community Coalition Leaders..................            1782               2            0.26             909
2. Drug Abuse Treatment and Prevention Service              6042               1            0.42            2532
 Providers......................................
3. Drug Abuse Researchers.......................            6020               1            0.42            2504
4. Native Americans and Native American                       50               1            1.14              57
 Intermediaries.................................
5. Middle School Science and Health Educators...            3532               1            0.51            1784
6. Public Health Policy Makers and Public Health            1800               1            0.36             645
 Officials......................................
7. The General Public...........................            3100               1            0.42            1296
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    Total.......................................  ..............  ..............  ..............            9727
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    Request for Comments: Written comments and/or suggestions from the 
public and affected agencies are invited on one or more of the 
following points: (a) Whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, 
including whether the information shall have practical utility; (b) The 
accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed 
collection of information; (c) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, 
and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) Ways to 
minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, 
including through the use of automated collection techniques or other 
forms of information technology.
    For Further Information Contact: To request more information on the 
proposed project, contact Denise Pintello, Project Officer, Office of 
Science Policy and Communications, NIDA/NIH/DHHS, 6001 Executive 
Boulevard, MSC 9591, Bethesda, MD 20892; or call non-toll-free number 
(301) 443-6071; fax (301) 443-6277; or e-mail your request, including 
your address to: [email protected].
    Comments Due Date: Comments regarding this information collection 
are best assured of having their full effect if received within 60 days 
of the date of this publication.

    Dated: May 23, 2003.
Laura Rosenthal,
Executive Officer, National Institute for Drug Abuse.
[FR Doc. 03-13840 Filed 6-2-03; 8:45 am]
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