[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 96 (Thursday, May 17, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29355-29357]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-11905]


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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.

Cross-Site Evaluation of the Minority Substance Abuse/HIV Prevention 
Program--(OMB No. 0930-0298)--Revision and Reinstatement

    The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration 
Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) is requesting from the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for the revision of data 
collection activities for the cross-site study of the Minority HIV/AIDS 
Initiative (MAI), which includes both youth and adult questionnaires. 
This revision includes the addition of four cohorts, changes to the 
data collection procedures based on intervention duration, and the 
addition of two questions on binge drinking behavior. The instruments 
were also modified to include six items for adults and three items for 
youth on military families and deployment that were recently approved 
by OMB under the CSAP National Outcomes Measures (NOMs) (OMB  
0930-0230). The current approval for the full cross-site is under OMB 
No. 0930-0298, which expires on 4/30/12.
    This cross-site study supports two of SAMHSA's eight Strategic 
Initiatives: Prevention of Substance Abuse and Mental Illness and Data, 
Outcomes, and Quality. The primary objectives of the cross-site study 
are to:
     Determine the success of the MAI in preventing, delaying, 
and/or reducing the use of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs (ATOD) 
among the target populations.
     Measure the effectiveness of evidence-based programs and 
infrastructure development activities such as: outreach and training, 
mobilization of key stakeholders, substance abuse and HIV/AIDS 
counseling and education, referrals to appropriate medical treatment 
and/or other intervention strategies (i.e., cultural enrichment 
activities, educational and vocational resources, and computer-based 
curricula).
     Assess the process of adopting and implementing the 
Strategic Prevention

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Framework (SPF) with the target populations.
    Grantees are community based organizations that are required to 
address the SAMSHA Strategic Prevention Framework (SPF) and participate 
in this cross-site evaluation. The grantees are expected to provide 
leadership and coordination on the planning and implementation of the 
SPF that targets minority populations, the minority reentry population, 
as well as other high risk groups residing in communities of color with 
high prevalence of SA and HIV/AIDS.
    The grantees are expected to provide an effective prevention 
process, direction, and a common set of goals, expectations, and 
accountabilities to be adapted and integrated at the community level. 
While the grantees have substantial flexibility in choosing their 
individual evidence-based programs, they are all required to base them 
on the five steps of the SPF to build service capacity specific to SA 
and HIV prevention services. Conducting this cross-site evaluation will 
assist SAMHSA/CSAP in promoting and disseminating optimally effective 
prevention programs.
    Grantees must also conduct ongoing monitoring and evaluation of 
their projects to assess program effectiveness including Federal 
reporting of the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) 
Modernization Act of 2010, SAMHSA/CSAP National Outcome Measures 
(NOMs), and HIV Counseling and Testing. All of this information will be 
collected through self-report questionnaires administered to program 
participants. All grantees will use two instruments, one for youth aged 
between 12 and 17 and one for adults aged 18 and older. The common 
design for participants in interventions lasting 30 days or longer 
includes assessments at baseline, program exit, and three to six months 
post-exit (follow-up). The common questionnaires will be administered 
to all 30-day intervention (program participants) youth and adults at 
baseline (first data collection point), program exit (second data 
collection point), and follow-up (third data collection point).For 
participants in interventions lasting between 2 and 29 days 
questionnaires will be administered at baseline and exit. For single 
session interventions an exit only questionnaire will be administered. 
See breakdown below:

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                                                                                          Sections of survey to
      Intervention duration             Length                    Definition                 be administered
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Single Session Intervention.....  1 day or less.....  A direct service intervention       Section One:
                                                       that lasts one day or less.        Facts about You
                                                       Participants may receive           3 to 5
                                                       multiple services during the       questions from Section
                                                       session, but do not continue in    Two: Attitudes &
                                                       a CSAP HIV grant funded activity   Knowledge.
                                                       for more than one day.
Multiple Session Brief            Less than 30 days.  The participant should receive at   Section One:
 Intervention.                                         least two HIV Grant funded         Facts about You
                                                       sessions or service encounters.    Section Two:
                                                       The period of time between the     Attitudes & Knowledge.
                                                       first session or encounter and
                                                       the last session or encounter
                                                       should be two to 29 days.
Multiple Session Long             30 days or more...  The participant should receive at   Section One:
 Intervention.                                         least two HIV Grant funded         Facts about You
                                                       sessions or service encounters.    Section Two:
                                                       The period of time between the     Attitudes & Knowledge
                                                       first session/encounter and the    Section Three:
                                                       last session/encounter should be   Behavior &
                                                       30 days or more.                   Relationships.
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    The CSAP National Outcome Measures (NOMs) on the instruments have 
already been approved by OMB (OMB No. 0930-0230) will expire on 2/28/
2013. These NOMs data are used to report on Government Performance and 
Results Act (GPRA) and findings across CSAP programs. For this program, 
these cross-site instruments are augmented with additional scales 
(currently approved under OMB No. 0930-0298 and expiring on 4/30/2012) 
to measure other important risk and protective factors uniquely 
associated with HIV/AIDS among minority populations and minority re-
entry populations in communities of color. The youth (covering ages 12-
17) questionnaire contains 128 questions, of which 28 relate to HIV/
AIDS and the adult questionnaire contains 122 items, of which 47 relate 
to HIV/AIDS. Two new questions have been added to both the youth and 
adult questionnaires to address SAMHSA's need to collect information on 
binge drinking behavior, not covered under any prior OMB package. These 
questions are:
    1. Females only: During the past 30 days, on how many days did you 
have 4 or more drinks on the same occasion?
    2. Males only: During the past 30 days, on how many days did you 
have 5 or more drinks on the same occasion?
    Procedures are employed to safeguard the privacy and 
confidentiality of participants. The cross-site evaluation results will 
have significant implications for the substance abuse and HIV/AIDS 
prevention fields, the allocation of grant funds, and other evaluation 
activities conducted by multiple Federal, State, and local government 
agencies. They will be used to develop Federal policy in support of 
SAMHSA/CSAP program initiatives, inform the public of lessons learned 
and findings, improve existing programs, and promote replication and 
dissemination of effective prevention strategies.

Total Estimates of Annualized Hour Burden

    The following table shows the estimated annualized burden for data 
collection.

                      Table 1a--Estimates of Annualized Hour Burden by Intervention Length
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                                     Number of     Responses per       Total         Hours per      Total hour
       Intervention length          respondents     respondent       responses       response         burden
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30-Days or More Intervention:
    Base line...................           7,937               1           7,937            0.83           6,588
    Exit........................           4,887               1           4,887            0.83           4,056
    Follow-up...................           2,942               1           2,942            0.83            2442
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        Subtotal................           7,937  ..............          15,766  ..............          13,086
2 to 29 Day Intervention:

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    Base line...................           1,416               1           1,416             0.5             708
    Exit........................             872               1             872             0.5             436
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        Subtotal................           1,416  ..............           2,288  ..............           1,144
Single Day Intervention:
    Exit........................           2,458               1           2,458            0.25             614
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        Annualized Total........          11,811  ..............          20,512  ..............          14,844
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                          Table 1b--Estimates of Annualized Hour Burden by Survey Type
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                                                                     Number of         Total        Total hour
                          Questionnaire                             respondents      responses        burden
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Annualized total adult..........................................           9,682          16,899          12,234
Annualized Total Youth..........................................           2,128           3,612           2,610
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    Annualized Total............................................          11,811          20,512          14,844
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    Send comments to Summer King, SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer, 
Room 8-1099, One Choke Cherry Road, Rockville, MD 20857 OR email a copy 
to [email protected]. Written comments must be received before 
60 days after the date of the publication in the Federal Register.

Summer King,
Statistician.
[FR Doc. 2012-11905 Filed 5-16-12; 8:45 am]
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