[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 160 (Monday, August 18, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48223-48225]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-19060]


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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

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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: Evaluation of the Native American Rehabilitation 
Association of the Northwest, Inc. (NARA-NW) Native Youth Suicide 
Prevention Program (NYSP) funded through the Garrett Lee Smith State/
Tribal Youth Suicide Prevention and Early Intervention Program--New.
    The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's 
(SAMHSA), Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) is conducting an 
evaluation of program activities being conducted for a 2005-funded 
Garrett Lee Smith (GLS) State/Tribal Youth Suicide Prevention and Early 
Intervention Program grantee. This evaluation effort is planned for the 
Native Youth Suicide Prevention Program of the Native American 
Rehabilitation Association of the Northwest, Inc. (NARA-NW) in Oregon, 
and builds upon their existing local evaluation that is being 
implemented and funded through the GLS grant program. The data 
collected through this evaluation will address the process and impact 
of program activities for Tribal youth in Oregon. The purpose of the 
proposed evaluation is to evaluate intermediate- and long-term outcomes 
associated with suicide prevention program activities being implemented 
with nine Tribes that NARA-NW serves. The following describes the 
specific data collection activities and the data collection instruments 
to be used, followed by a summary table of the number of respondents 
and the respondent burden:
     Native American Rehabilitation Association of the 
Northwest, Inc. (NARA-NW) Oregon Native Youth Survey. This component of 
the evaluation will assess suicide-related risk and protective factors 
at the individual, family, school, and community levels. The survey 
will be administered to a convenience sample of 300 youth in targeted 
communities. Survey participants will be drawn from the estimated 840 
eligible youth members in these nine Tribal communities. The exact 
number of youth recruited from any given Tribe will depend on the size 
of the youth population, the success of recruitment activities, and the 
availability of parents/guardians from whom informed consent can be 
obtained. The survey includes questions related to risk and protective 
factors at the individual, family, school, and community levels. Risk 
factors measured by the survey include alienation, rebelliousness, 
early and persistent antisocial behavior, drug and alcohol abuse in the 
home, criminal and violent behavior, poverty, neighborhood cohesion, 
and community drug use, violence and crime. The survey questions and 
format were derived primarily from State and Federal surveys currently 
in use with this population. Additional questions on protective factors 
were developed by NARA-NW evaluators. The survey includes 110 multiple 
choice, Likert scale, and open-ended questions which will take 
approximately 45 minutes to complete.
     Native Youth Suicide Prevention Program Focus Group 
Moderators Guide. This component will assess the degree to which 
prevention activities sponsored by Tribes' grant programs had an impact 
on various risk and protective factors and will help researchers more 
fully understand the community context in which the Oregon Native Youth 
Survey is administered. Questions address the degree to which youth 
feel supported by their community and build on the list of risk and 
protective factors covered in the survey. One focus group per 
participating Tribe (for a total of up to nine focus groups) will be 
conducted in FY 2008. Youth, ages 12-19, who participated in one of the 
prevention activities undertaken by the Native Youth Suicide Prevention 
Program in their tribal community, will be recruited for each focus 
group. Recruitment will be conducted in collaboration with the agency/
community group that sponsored the prevention activity. A group of up 
to 12 participants per participating Tribe will be randomly selected 
from the pool of eligible youth participants with the informed consent 
of their parents. The total number of focus group participants will not 
exceed 72. Groups will last approximately 90 minutes.

                               Annualized Burden: Respondents, Responses and Hours
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                                                                     Number of
                  Measure name                       Number of      responses/        Hours/         Response
                                                    respondents     respondent       response         burden
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Survey..........................................             300               1            0.75             225
Focus group.....................................              72               1             1.5             108
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    Total.......................................             372  ..............  ..............             333
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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: August 11, 2008.
Elaine Parry,
Acting Director, Office of Program Services.
[FR Doc. E8-19060 Filed 8-15-08; 8:45 am]
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