[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 237 (Tuesday, December 9, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 74728-74729]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-28648]


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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: SAMHSA Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Center for 
Excellence Project CHOICES Evaluation--New

    Since 2001, SAMHSA's Center for Substance Abuse Prevention has been 
operating the SAMHSA Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) Center for 
Excellence. The purpose of the FASD Center for Excellence is to prevent 
and improve the treatment of FASD. Some of the activities of the FASD 
Center include providing training, technical assistance, and 
subcontracts to increase the use of effective evidence-based 
interventions.
    The FASD Center will be integrating the Project CHOICES program 
through service delivery organizations and will be evaluating the 
results. Six sites will implement Project CHOICES with nonpregnant 
women 18-44 years who are sexually active and who are participating in 
alcohol treatment (residential or outpatient) or in drug treatment (if 
the women also use alcohol). Women in substance abuse treatment will be 
screened and those women that meet the above description will be 
provided four Motivational Interviewing (MI) sessions (related to 
alcohol use), plus one contraceptive counseling session. The goal is to 
help these women prevent an alcohol-exposed pregnancy by abstaining 
from alcohol and using contraceptive methods of their choice 
consistently and correctly.
    At baseline, an assessment tool will be administered by the 
counselor to assess drinking, sexual activity, contraceptive use, and 
demographic information. At the end of the program, women are assessed 
on their alcohol consumption and contraceptive use in the past 30 days. 
At 6 months and 12 months after the end of the program, women are 
assessed on alcohol consumption and contraceptive use using the same 
core assessment tool used at baseline. All participating sites will 
maintain personal identification on their clients for service delivery 
purposes but no such information will be transmitted to SAMHSA.
    The data collection is designed to evaluate the implementation of 
Project CHOICES by measuring whether abstinence from alcohol is 
achieved and effective birth control practices are performed. 
Furthermore, the project will include process measures to assess 
whether and how the intervention was provided.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                            Number of                   Total
                                                               Number of    responses     Average       burden
                   Screening tool/activity                    respondents      per       burden per   hours per
                                                               (6 Sites)    respondent    response    collection
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Alcohol Use and Contraceptive Methods Assessment............          913            1         0.25          228
Project CHOICES process evaluation assessing whether                  684            5         0.08          274
 sessions were delivered and their duration (75% of
 baseline)..................................................

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Alcohol Use and Contraceptive Methods Assessment: End of              456            3         0.25          342
 program, 6- and 12-month followup (50% of baseline)........
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    Total...................................................        2,053            9  ...........          844
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    Send comments to Summer King, SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer, 
Room 71-1044, One Choke Cherry Road, Rockville, MD 20857. Written 
comments should be received within 60 days of this notice.

    Dated: November 25, 2008.
Elaine Parry,
Acting Director, Office of Program Services.
 [FR Doc. E8-28648 Filed 12-8-08; 8:45 am]
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