[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 140 (Friday, July 21, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41457-41458]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-11614]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Customer/Partner 
Satisfaction Surveys; The NIDA Primary Care Physician Outreach Project

    Summary: Under the provisions of Section 3507(a) (1) (D) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the National Institute on Drug Abuse 
(NIDA), the National Institutes of Health has submitted to the Office 
of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve the 
information collection listed below. This proposed information 
collection was previously published in the Federal Register (on October 
27, 2005 Vol. 70, No. 207, p61979), and allowed 60-days for public 
comment. No public comments were received. The purpose of this notice 
is to allow an additional 30 days for public comment.

Proposed Collection

    Title: The NIDA Primary Care Physician Outreach Project.
    Type of Information Collection Request: NEW.
    Need and Use of Information Collection: This is a request for a 
four-year clearance to study the extent to which NIDA is (1) increasing 
awareness among primary care physicians and other medical professionals 
about drug addiction as a major public health issue, (2) increasing 
their awareness of NIDA and NIDA-funded research, and (3) providing 
them with the information resources needed to incorporate such research 
findings into their clinical practices. Primary care physicians and 
other medical professionals, especially those who care for adolescents, 
are front line individuals helping patients with drug abuse--or drug 
addiction-related health and mental health problems. Each has key roles 
in obtaining, disseminating, and applying drug abuse and addiction 
resource materials in clinical practice. 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.
    Formative, process and outcome evaluations using a multi-method 
(surveys, focus groups, case studies) will be employed to determine the 
most appropriate resources and also the usefulness of the materials 
developed for physicians and other medical professionals. Measures will 
include the following variables: The information needs and learning 
styles and preferences of physicians and other medical professionals; 
their knowledge/awareness of NIDA and the NIDA resources developed for 
them; their use of the resources developed by NIDA; and ways to 
strengthen NIDA's knowledge dissemination activities.
    Frequency of Response: This project will be conducted annually or 
biennially.
    Affected Public: Individuals, organizations, and businesses.
    Type of Respondents: Physicians, physician assistants, nurses, 
medical office managers, hospital/clinic based health educators, and 
hospital/clinic based social workers. The annual reporting burden is 
calculated as follows:
    Estimated Total Annual Number of Respondents: 1118.
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 2.
    Average Burden Hours per Response: 0.39.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours Requested: 872.24.
    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        Estimated
                   Respondents                       number of     responses per   burden hours    total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent     per response        hours
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Physicians......................................            2873               2            0.39         2240.94
Physician Assistants............................             320               2            0.39           249.6
Nurses..........................................             320               2            0.39           249.6
Medical Office Managers.........................             320               2            0.39           249.6
Hospital/Clinic Based Health Educators..........             320               2            0.39           249.6
Hospital/Clinic Based Social Workers............             320               2            0.39           249.6
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    Total.......................................           4,473  ..............  ..............        3,488.94
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        Annualized Totals (clearance for 4-year            1,118  ..............  ..............          872.24
         project)...............................
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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.
    Direct Comments to OMB: Written comments and/or suggestions 
regarding the item(s) contained in this notice, especially regarding 
the estimated public burden and associated response time, should be 
directed to the: Office of Management and Budget, Office of Regulatory 
Affairs, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 
20503, Attention: Desk Officer for NIH. To request more information on 
the proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans 
and instruments, contact: Jan Lipkin, Project Officer, National 
Institute on Drug Abuse, NIDA/NIH/DHHS, 6001 Executive Boulevard, Room 
5219, Bethesda, MD 20852; or call non-toll-free number (301) 443-1124; 
fax (301) 443-7397; 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 30-days 
of the date of this publication.

    Dated: July 14, 2006.
Laura Rosenthal,
Associate Director for Management, National Institute on Drug Abuse.
 [FR Doc. E6-11614 Filed 7-20-06; 8:45 am]
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