[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 220 (Thursday, November 15, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64232-64233]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-22306]


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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 (SAMHSA) 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: Evaluating Cultural Competence in Behavioral 
Healthcare Education and Training--NEW

    SAMHSA's Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) is soliciting 
comments concerning its request for approval of a new information 
collection from graduates of behavioral healthcare education and 
training programs. The Evaluating Cultural Competence in Behavioral 
Healthcare Education and Training Interview Guide for Faculty and 
Administrators (the Faculty/Administrator Interview Guide) and the 
Evaluating Cultural Competence in Behavioral Healthcare Education and 
Training Interview Guide for Graduates (the Graduate Interview Guide) 
will be used by CMHS to investigate faculty's, administrators', and 
graduates' perceptions of effectiveness of program curricula to prepare 
them to function as culturally competent behavioral healthcare 
providers. In achieving these results, this project will aid CMHS's 
effort to further the development of a more culturally competent 
workforce; thereby enhancing progress toward

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understanding and eliminating disparities in mental health services, 
which will ultimately help to transform the mental health system.
    The Interview Guides will be administered via telephone with 
faculty, administrators, and recent graduates of behavioral healthcare 
education and training programs. The Interview Guides will be used to 
describe how and to what degree the curricula taught in behavioral 
healthcare education and training programs advances cultural competence 
effectively in the respective disciplines. The Interview Guides will 
address the following:
    a. Respondent's gender, age, ethnicity, primary language, 
additional languages spoken, current status (faculty member, provider, 
researcher, government healthcare worker) and whether she/he is working 
in the field of training;
    b. How cultural competence is defined and conceived;
    c. How cultural competence training is implemented and provided to 
students in behavioral healthcare programs;
    d. The program's approach to cultural competence and what effect 
the approach should have on a student's professional development;
    e. Specific elements of programs that foster greater cultural 
awareness and sensitivity among students;
    f. Methods of cultural competence training and their importance;
    g. Training policies and guidelines related to cultural competence;
    h. How cultural competence training is assessed and how the results 
of assessments are incorporated back into the program;
    i. What methods are used to evaluate program success in terms of 
students' cultural competence training and how success is measured;
    j. Indicators used in measuring students' satisfaction with 
cultural competence training;
    k. Respondent's perceptions about effectiveness of instruction or 
material during graduate training, and what could have made the 
instruction more effective; and
    l. How graduate training prepares students for professional 
practice.
    The Interview Guides will each include approximately 20-24 
questions and are expected to take about one hour to administer. The 
burden for conducting the interview is as follows:

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                                          Number of        Responses per        Burden per        Total burden
           Interview guide               respondents         respondent      response  (hrs.)        (hrs.)
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Evaluating Cultural Competence in                    15                  1                  1                 15
 Behavioral Healthcare Education and
 Training Interview Guide for
 Faculty and Administrators.........
Evaluating Cultural Competence in                    60                  1                  1                 60
 Behavioral Healthcare Education and
 Training Interview Guide for
 Graduates..........................
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    Total...........................                 75  .................  .................                 75
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    Send comments to Summer King, SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer, 
Room 7-1044, One Choke Cherry Road, Rockville, MD 20857 AND e-mail her 
a copy at [email protected]. Written comments should be 
received within 60 days of this notice.

    Dated: November 7, 2007.
Elaine Parry,
Acting Director, Office of Program Services.
[FR Doc. E7-22306 Filed 11-14-07; 8:45 am]
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