[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 120 (Friday, June 21, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37558-37560]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-14765]


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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 at (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--(OMB No. 0930-0288)--Revision

    The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration/
Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (SAMHSA/CSAP) is requesting a 
revision from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) of the 
information collection regarding the Assessment of the Town Hall 
Meetings (THMs) on Underage Drinking Prevention. The current data 
collection has approval under OMB No. 0930-0288, which expires on 
November 30, 2013. The assessment will continue to collect data through 
two existing data collection instruments: the Organizer Survey and the 
Participant Form.

Clarifications

    Two questions were dropped from the Organizer Survey, thus bringing 
the total number of questions to 30. Additionally, 10 questions have 
been updated to provide clarification on the intent of the questions. 
The following table provides a summary of the proposed question 
clarifications and the questions that were deleted from the Organizer 
Survey.

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                                                         Rationale for
      Current question/item          Clarification       clarification
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q5-Did you collaborate with       q5-Did any other    Clarifies the
 other organizations to            community-based     point of
 coordinate the THM event? [No     organization        question, which
 change to response options].      (e.g., business,    is community
                                   school)             involvement
                                   collaborate with    beyond the host
                                   your organization/  organization.
                                   coalition in
                                   hosting this
                                   event?
q6-Were youth involved in         q6-Were youth       Clarifies the role
 organizing and/or planning the    involved in         of youth.
 THM event? [No change to          organizing and/or
 response options].                hosting the THM
                                   event?
q7-Was the topic of the THM       q7-Was underage     Editorial.
 event solely on underage          drinking the only
 drinking? [No change to           topic addressed
 response options].                by the THM event?
q9-How was the THM event          q9-How was the THM  Editorial.
 promoted in the community?        event promoted in
 (Mark all that apply.).           the community?
                                   (Mark all that
                                   apply.).
Response option to be clarified:  Clarification to:
 E-newsletter/listserv.            E-newsletter/e-
                                   mail list.
q12-Which of the following was    q13-Which of the    Editorial; and
 among the discussion topics at    following topics    clarifies
 the THM event? (Mark all that     were discussed at   parental
 apply.).                          the THM event?      involvement.
                                   (Mark all that      Additionally,
                                   apply.).            propose to
                                                       rearrange the
                                                       question order of
                                                       q12 and q13 to
                                                       follow a more
                                                       logical sequence
                                                       of speaker and
                                                       then topics
                                                       discussed.
Response options to be            Clarification to:
 clarified: Alcohol advertising    Youth exposure to
 to which youth are exposed, and   alcohol
 Parental involvement.             advertising, and
                                   Role of parents
                                   in prevention.
q16-What are some of the major    q16-What underage   Clarifies the type
 actions planned as a result of    drinking            of actions/
 this THM event? (Mark all that    prevention          activities that
 apply.) [No change to response    activities are      are planned as
 options].                         planned as a        those
                                   result of this      specifically
                                   THM event? (Mark    related to
                                   all that apply.).   underage
                                                       drinking.

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q22-Overall, how satisfied are    q22-The training    Clarifies the
 you with the training you         has been useful     utility of the
 received?                         to my               training by the
                                   organization's      organization
                                   prevention work.    instead of
                                                       satisfaction with
                                                       the training.
                                                       Clarifying
                                                       measure is
                                                       approved under
                                                       OMB No. 09130-
                                                       0197, expiration
                                                       03/31/14.
Response options: Very            Response options:
 satisfied, Somewhat satisfied,    Strongly agree,
 Somewhat dissatisfied, Very       Agree, Disagree,
 dissatisfied.                     Strongly
                                   disagree, Not
                                   applicable.
q23-To what extent has the        q23-The training I  Clarifies the
 training you received improved    received improved   improved capacity
 your capacity to provide          my organization's   of the
 effective (underage drinking)     capacity to do      organization from
 prevention services?              prevention work.    the training
                                                       provided.
                                                       Clarifying
                                                       measure is
                                                       approved under
                                                       OMB No. 09130-
                                                       0197, expiration
                                                       03/31/14.
Response options: A great deal,   Response options:
 Somewhat, Not very much, Not at   Strongly agree,
 all, Not applicable.              Agree, Disagree,
                                   Strongly
                                   disagree, Not
                                   applicable.
q24-To what extent have the
 training recommendations you
 received most recently been
 fully implemented?
Response options: Fully,          N/A...............  Question deleted;
 partially, Not yet begun.                             no longer
                                                       applies.
q27-Overall, how satisfied are    q26-The technical   Clarifies the
 you with the TA you received?     assistance has      utility of the TA
                                   been useful to my   by the
                                   organization's      organization
                                   prevention work.    instead of
                                                       satisfaction with
                                                       the TA.
                                                       Clarifying
                                                       measure is
                                                       approved under
                                                       OMB No. 09130-
                                                       0197, expiration
                                                       03/31/14.
Response options: Very            Response options:
 satisfied, Somewhat satisfied,    Strongly agree,
 Somewhat dissatisfied, Very       Agree, Disagree,
 dissatisfied.                     Strongly
                                   disagree, Not
                                   applicable.
q28-To what extent has the TA     q27-The technical   Clarifies the
 you received improved your        assistance has      improved capacity
 capacity to provide effective     improved my         of the
 (underage drinking) prevention    organization's      organization from
 services?                         capacity to do      the TA provided.
                                   prevention work.    Clarifying
                                                       measure is
                                                       approved under
                                                       OMB No. 09130-
                                                       0197, expiration
                                                       03/31/14.
Response options: A great deal,   Response options:
 Somewhat, Not very much, Not at   Strongly agree,
 all, Not applicable.              Agree, Disagree,
                                   Strongly
                                   disagree, Not
                                   applicable.
q29-To what extent have the TA
 recommendations you received
 most recently been fully
 implemented?
Response options: Fully,          N/A...............  Question deleted;
 partially, Not yet begun.                             no longer
                                                       applies.
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    Minor clarifications were also made to two items on the Participant 
Form. Additionally, a Spanish version of the Participant Form will be 
provided to community-based organizations upon request. The following 
table provides a summary of the proposed clarifications to the two 
items on the Participant Form.

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                                                         Rationale for
      Current question/item          Clarification       clarification
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Informed consent statement, last  Clarification to:   Clarifies request
 sentence Please do not write      Please do not       not to offer
 your name anywhere on this form.  write your name     identifying
                                   or other            information on
                                   identifying         form to protect
                                   information         respondent
                                   (e.g., birthday)    anonymity.
                                   anywhere on this
                                   form.
q11-How old are you? Response     q11-How old are     Clarifies
 options to be clarified: 13       you?                reporting ages of
 years old or younger, 14 to 18    Clarification to:   underage drinking
 years old, and 19 to 24 years     12 to 17 years      for the
 old.                              old, 18 to 20       Government
                                   years old, and 21   Performance
                                   to 24 years old.    Results Act.
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Data Collection Component

    SAMHSA/CSAP will use a web-based method to collect data through the 
Organizer Survey and a paper-and-pencil approach to collect data 
through the Participant Form. The web-based application will comply 
with the requirements of Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act to 
permit accessibility to people with disabilities.
    Every 2 years, the Organizer 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 20 minutes (0.333 hours) to 
review the instructions and complete the survey. This burden estimate 
is based on comments from three 2012 THM organizers who reviewed the 
survey and provided comments on how long it would take them to complete 
it.
    The Participant Form will be completed by an average of 30 
participants per sampled community-based organization (n=400) and will 
require only one response per respondent. It will take an average of 5 
minutes (0.083 hours) to review the instructions and complete the form.

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                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Table
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                                     Number of     Responses per       Total         Hours per      Total hour
            Form name               respondents     respondent       responses       response         burden
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Organizer Survey................           3,400               1           3,400           0.333        1,132.20
Participant Form................          12,000               1          12,000           0.083          996.00
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    Total.......................          15,400  ..............          15,400  ..............        2,128.20
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    SAMHSA supports nationwide THMs every other year. Collecting data 
on each round of THMs, and using this information to inform policy and 
measure impact, supports SAMHSA's strategic initiative number 1: 
Prevention of substance abuse and mental illness. A specific goal under 
this initiative is to prevent or reduce the consequences of underage 
drinking and adult problem drinking; a specific objective is to 
establish the prevention of underage drinking as a priority issue for 
states, territories, tribal entities, colleges and universities, and 
communities.
    SAMHSA will use the information collected to document the 
implementation efforts of this nationwide initiative, determine if the 
federally sponsored THMs lead to additional activities within the 
community that are aimed at preventing and reducing underage drinking, 
identify what these activities may possibly include, and help plan for 
future rounds of THMs. SAMHSA intends to post online a summary document 
of each round of THMs and present findings at national conferences 
attended by community-based organizations that have hosted THMs and 
might host future events. Similarly, SAMHSA plans to share findings 
with the Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Prevention of 
Underage Drinking: Agencies within this committee encourage their 
grantees to participate as event hosts. Additionally, the information 
collected will support performance measurement for SAMHSA programs 
under the Government Performance Results Act.
    Send comments to Summer King, SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer, 
Room 2-1057, One Choke Cherry Road, Rockville, MD 20857 OR email her a 
copy at [email protected]. Written comments should be received 
by August 20, 2013.

Summer King,
Statistician.
[FR Doc. 2013-14765 Filed 6-20-13; 8:45 am]
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