[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 73 (Monday, April 18, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20152-20153]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-7677]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request

    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 Substance Abuse and Mental Health 
Services Administration will publish periodic summaries of proposed 
projects. To request more information on the proposed projects or to 
obtain a copy of the information collection plans, call the SAMHSA 
Reports Clearance Officer on (240) 276-1243.
    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collections of 
information are 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.

Proposed Project: The Evaluation of Networking Suicide Prevention 
Hotlines Follow-Up Assessment--NEW

    The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's 
(SAMHSA), Center for Mental Health Services has funded a National 
Suicide Prevention Lifeline Network, consisting of a single toll-free 
telephone number that routes calls from anywhere in the United States 
to a network of local crisis centers. In turn, the local centers link 
callers to local emergency, mental health, and social service 
resources.
    With input from multiple experts in the field of suicide 
prevention, the project created a telephone interview survey to collect 
data on follow-up assessments of consenting individuals calling the 
Lifeline network. The ``Evaluation of Networking Suicide Prevention 
Hotlines Follow-Up Assessment'' will provide an empirical evaluation of 
crisis hotline services, necessary to optimize public health efforts to 
prevent suicidal behavior.
    Three hundred and sixty callers will be recruited from seven of the 
approximately 100 crisis hotline centers that participate in the 
Lifeline network. Trained crisis workers will conduct the follow-up 
telephone assessment (``Crisis Hotline Telephone Followup Assessment'') 
within one month of the initial call. Assessments will be conducted 
only one time for each client. Strict measures to ensure 
confidentiality will be followed.
    The resulting data will measure (1) suicide risk status at the time 
of and since the call, (2) depressive symptoms at follow-up, (3) 
service utilization since the call, (4) barriers to service access, and 
(5) the client's perception of the efficacy of the hotline 
intervention. The estimated annual response burden to collect this 
information is as follows:

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                                                 Number of        Responses/    Burden/response   Annual burden
                 Instrument                       response        respondent         (hours)         (hours)
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Crisis Hotline Telephone Followup Assessment             360                1              .58              209
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    Send comments to Summer King, SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer, 
Room 7-1044, 1 Choke Cherry Road, Rockville, MD 20850. Written comments 
should be received by June 17, 2005.

    Dated: April 12, 2005.
Anna Marsh,
Executive Officer, SAMHSA.
[FR Doc. 05-7677 Filed 4-17-05; 8:45 am]
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