[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 54 (Monday, March 22, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13545-13547]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-6192]


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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: Assessment of the Town Hall Meetings on Underage 
Drinking Prevention--Revision

    The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's 
(SAMHSA) Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP), is proposing a 
revision to the information collection regarding the Assessment of the 
Town Hall Meetings (THMs) on Underage Drinking (UAD) Prevention. The 
current data collection has approval under OMB 0930-0288, 
which expires on January 31, 2011. Revisions were made to the Town Hall 
Meeting Feedback Form, now being referred to as the Organizers Survey; 
the data collection method; and the number of respondents. 
Additionally, CSAP is adding a new data collection component titled the 
Participants Survey, which is the data collection instrument for the 
participants (or attendees) of the THM events.

Changes

    Under the current approval, SAMHSA/CSAP distributes a brief Town 
Hall Meeting Feedback Form to all CBOs participating in THM events. 
This paper-and-pencil based form includes 14 items about the THM event, 
among which--
     Where, when, and who conducted the meeting;
     Number of attendees;
     Format of the meeting;
     Participants in the presentations;
     Actions planned;
     Media coverage;
     Composition of the audience;
     Responses of the attendees;
     Materials provided;
     Indications of increased awareness; and
     Indications of increased involvement.
    Under this revision, SAMHSA/CSAP will provide organizers of THM 
events with password-protected login information to access the 
Organizers Survey via the Internet. The Organizers Survey includes 36 
items about the THM event. Listed below is a summary of the revisions 
that were made--

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     Reworded topics/questions               New topics/questions
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 Date of THM event.           Indication of whether a
 Location of THM event.       THM event was not held and reason
 Organization(s)              why the event was not held.
 coordinating the THM event.          Venue in which THM event
 Format/Features of the THM   was held.
 event.                               Characterization of the
 Promotion of the THM         THM event location.
 event.                               Duration of the THM event
 Participants in the THM      (in hours and minutes).
 event presentations.                 Youth involvement in the
 Major actions planned as a   THM event.
 result of the THM event.             Topic of THM event, if
 Overall satisfaction with    other than underage drinking.
 the THM event.                       Demographics of the
 Sharing of any other         participants (age, race, gender).
 important features of reactions to   Language of the THM event.
 the THM event.                       Use of materials from the
 Number/Composition of THM    http://www.stopalcoholabuse.gov
 attendees.                           Web site.
                                      Participation in THM-
                                      related Webinars.
                                      Viewing of online training
                                      and requests for technical
                                      assistance (TA).
                                      Satisfaction with training
                                      and/or TA received.
                                      Improved capacity to
                                      provide effective UAD services due
                                      to training and/or TA received.
                                      Implementation of training
                                      and/or TA recommendations.
                                      Indication of whether data
                                      were collected about the THM event
                                      and willingness to share those
                                      data with CSAP.
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      Deleted topics/questions
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 Description of meeting.
 Organization affiliation.
 Overall response of THM
 event attendees.
 Use of materials from the
 THM resource kit.
 Indications of increased
 awareness.
 Indications of increased
 involvement.
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New Data Collection Component

    SAMHSA/CSAP will provide organizers of THM events with a unique URL 
to make available to participants of their THM event. This unique URL 
provides access to the Participants Survey. The Participants Survey 
includes 17 items about the THM event, among which--
     When and where the THM event was held;
     Estimation of the number of attendees at the THM event;
     Perception of increased awareness;
     Indication of reach of the underage drinking prevention 
messages from the THM event;
     Perception of increased involvement;
     Indication of the most important underage drinking issues 
facing the community;
     Perception of how well the THM event addressed those 
issues;
     Appropriateness of the THM event in terms of length and 
duration;
     Overall assessment of the THM event; and
     Demographics of the participants.
    The Organizers Survey will be completed by an estimated 3,400 THM 
event organizers and will require only one response per respondent. It 
will take an average of 30 minutes (0.500 hours) to review the 
instructions and complete the survey. This burden estimate is based on 
comments from several potential respondents who reviewed the survey and 
provided comments on how long it would take them to complete it.
    The Participants Survey will be completed by an estimated nine 
participants per THM event and will require only one response per 
respondent. The estimated number of participant respondents is based on 
21 percent of the average of the sum of adult (66,519) and youth 
(53,554) participants, as reported on the 2008 THM events feedback 
forms (1,492 forms reported adults as participants and 1,316 forms 
reported youth as participants) [(120,073/2,808 = 42.76) x 0.21 = 
8.9798]. It will take an average of 10 minutes (0.167 hours) to review 
the instructions and complete the survey. This burden estimate is based 
on comments from several potential respondents who reviewed the survey 
and provided comments on how long it would take them to complete it.

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                                                                  Responses per      Hours per      Total hour
              Form name                 Number of respondents      respondent        response         burden
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Organizers Survey....................  3,400..................                 1           0.500        1,700.00
Participants Survey..................  30,600 (9 responses per                 1           0.167        5,110.20
                                        THM event [3,400]).
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    Total............................  34,000.................  ................  ..............        6,810.20
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    SAMHSA/CSAP intends to support THM events every other year. The 
information collected will be used by SAMHSA/CSAP to help plan for 
these biennial events, to provide technical assistance and training to 
organizations that sponsor the events, and to comply with the reporting 
requirements of the Government Performance Results Act of 1993. The 
information collected will also provide a descriptive picture of the 
nationwide initiative, and it will indicate how the THM events were 
received by the community and factors that may be associated with well-
received events.
    Send comments to Summer King, SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer, 
Room 7-1044, One Choke Cherry Road, Rockville, MD 20857 and e-mail a 
copy to [email protected].

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Written comments should be received within 60 days of this notice.

    Dated: March 15, 2010.
Elaine Parry,
Director, Office of Program Services.
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