[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 144 (Friday, July 26, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45254-45255]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-17971]


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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 Tobacco Prevention, Cessation, and Behavioral 
Health Message Testing--NEW

    The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration 
(SAMHSA) is conducting message testing to inform the development and 
implementation of a tobacco use prevention and cessation campaign aimed 
at youth with substance use and/or mental health conditions.
    The purpose of the project is to inform messaging efforts, through 
focus groups with youth and in-depth interviews with health care 
providers, to improve tobacco use prevention and cessation efforts in 
populations with mental health and substance use concerns, particularly 
youth and vulnerable populations. The focus groups and interviews are 
an integral

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part of the process to test messages and, ultimately, develop effective 
campaign materials and efficient implementation plans.
    SAMHSA will screen parents (because focus group participants are 
under the age of consent) and youth, conduct focus groups with youth 
with substance use and/or mental health conditions, and interview 
health care professionals who treat youth with these conditions. The 
screen will be administered by telephone to parents first and, as 
eligible, to youth and will take 10 minutes to complete for parents and 
for youth. Questions will include a mix of open-ended and closed-ended 
responses and are intended to gather information on previous diagnosis 
and symptomology of mental health conditions and availability to 
participate in the focus group. The focus groups with youth will be 
conducted in person and will take up to 90 minutes. Questions are 
primarily open-ended and intended to gather information on the reasons 
youth with substance use and/or mental health conditions use tobacco, 
the barriers and facilitators to tobacco use prevention and cessation, 
the appeal of various tobacco use prevention and cessation messages, 
and the best dissemination strategies and communication channels for a 
future campaign aimed at this specialized group. The interviews with 
health care professionals who treat youth with mental health and/or 
substance use conditions will be conducted in person, as feasible, or 
by telephone and will take up to 45 minutes. Questions are primarily 
open-ended and intended to gather information to better understand how 
various health care professionals screen for and address tobacco use in 
youth receiving care in their practice, identify messages and materials 
aimed at health care professionals to address tobacco use prevention 
and cessation in youth with substance use and/or mental health 
conditions, determine the most efficient communication strategies and 
channels to disseminate this information. All data collections are 
voluntary.
    Below is the table of the estimated total burden hours:

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                                                     Number of     Responses per  Average burden    Total hour
                   Respondent                       respondents     respondent         hour           burden
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Screener (Parent)...............................             576               1             .15            86.4
Screener (Youth)................................             144               1             .15            21.6
Youth Focus Group...............................           * 108               1            1.50             162
Provider Interview..............................              42               1             .75            31.5
    Total.......................................             762  ..............  ..............           301.5
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* The 108 respondents identified for the youth focus groups are included in the 144 respondents for the youth
  screener.

    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 September 24, 2013.

Summer King,
Statistician.
[FR Doc. 2013-17971 Filed 7-25-13; 8:45 am]
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