[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 151 (Friday, August 6, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47552-47553]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-19306]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

[Docket ID DoD-2010-HA-0107]


Proposed Collection; Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health 
Affairs, DoD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense 
for Health Affairs announces a proposed new public information 
collection and seeks public comment on the provisions thereof. Comments 
are invited on: 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; the 
accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed 
information collection; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 
clarity of the information to be collected; and ways to minimize the 
burden of the information collection on respondents, including through 
the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of 
information technology.

DATES: Consideration will be given to all comments received by October 
5, 2010.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by docket number and 
title, by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
     Mail: Federal Docket Management System Office, Room 3C843 
Pentagon, 1160 Defense Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301-1160.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency 
name, docket number and title for this Federal Register document. The 
general policy for comments and other submissions from members of the 
public is to make these submissions available for public viewing on the 
Internet at http://www.regulations.gov as they are received without 
change, including any personal identifiers or contact information.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on this 
proposed information collection or to obtain a copy of the proposal and 
associated collection instruments, please write to: Erika Elvander, 
2345 Crystal Drive, Crystal Park 4, Suite 120, Arlington, VA 22202, or 
call (703) 604-5616.
    Title; Associated Form; and OMB Number: Defense Centers of 
Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury Anti-
Stigma Survey; OMB Control Number 0720-TBD.
    Needs and Uses: The project aims to identify best practices in 
reducing stigma through information solicited from Anti-Stigma 
campaigns throughout the United States. Approximately 30 campaigns have 
been identified to receive a survey. The data/study will fill a gap in 
the scientific literature and further the Departments information and 
knowledge base relative to this

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important topic. The information collection requirement is necessary to 
identify effective efforts to reduce patient stigma associated with 
obtaining mental health treatment.
    Affected Public: Not-for-profit institutions.
    Annual Burden Hours: 7.5 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 30.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Average Burden per Response: 15 minutes.
    Frequency: One time.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Summary of Information Collection

    As part of the Federal Partners Anti-Stigma Working Group, we 
propose a survey research study to determine the most and least 
effective techniques used to combat stigma related to mental illness. 
We plan to send letters to anti-stigma groups asking them to take part 
in an online survey. This survey will query the organizations about 
their outreach methods and the perceived effectiveness of their 
methods.
    We plan to use the web-based tool Surveymonkey to reduce the cost 
and burden on the participants and ourselves. The data will be put into 
a statistical program and analyzed. We will use frequency analysis to 
see if there are any anti-stigma efforts that are identified as 
particularly effective or non-effective. Depending on the number of 
responses, we may use a regression analysis to identify the best 
predictors of a successful program. We will use statistical power 
analysis and hypothesis testing to determine the robustness of our 
results as well as the chance for type I and type II errors. We may 
also do more ad hoc analysis depending on the number and types of 
responses.
    This study will fill a gap in the scientific literature. A recent 
search using the PsychInfo database showed no published studies or 
dissertations that surveyed multiple anti-stigma campaigns in the US 
seeking to identify best practices for reducing stigma.
    We anticipate the risk to participants to be minimal. Responses 
will be shown in aggregate format only; there will be no personally 
identifying information published.

    Dated: August 2, 2010.
Mitchell S. Bryman,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2010-19306 Filed 8-5-10; 8:45 am]
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