[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 163 (Thursday, August 22, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52206-52208]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-20477]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request

    Periodically, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
Administration (SAMHSA) will publish a summary of information 
collection requests under OMB review, in compliance with the Paperwork 
Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a copy of these 
documents, call the SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer on (240) 276-1243.

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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          Current question/item                          Clarification               Rationale for clarification
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q5--Did you collaborate with other         q5--Did any other community-based         Clarifies the point of
 organizations to coordinate the THM        organization (e.g., business, school)     question, which is
 event?                                     collaborate with your organization/       community involvement
[No change to response options]             coalition in hosting this event?          beyond the host
                                                                                      organization.

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q6--Were youth involved in organizing and/ q6--Were youth involved in organizing     Clarifies the role of
 or planning the THM event?                 and/or hosting the THM event?             youth.
[No change to response options]
q7--Was the topic of the THM event solely  q7--Was underage drinking the only topic  Editorial.
 on underage drinking?                      addressed by the THM event?
[No change to response options]
q9--How was the THM event promoted in the  q9--How was the THM event promoted in     Editorial.
 community? (Mark all that apply.)          the community? (Mark all that apply.)
Response option to be clarified: E-        Clarification to: E-newsletter/email
 newsletter/listserv.                       list.
q12--Which of the following was among the  q13--Which of the following topics were   Editorial; and clarifies
 discussion topics at the THM event?        discussed at the THM event? (Mark all     parental involvement.
 (Mark all that apply.)                     that apply.)                             Additionally, propose to
Response options to be clarified: Alcohol  Clarification to: Youth exposure to        rearrange the question
 advertising to which youth are exposed,    alcohol advertising, and Role of          order of q12 and q13 to
 and Parental involvement.                  parents in prevention.                    follow a more logical
                                                                                      sequence of speaker and
                                                                                      then topics discussed.
q16--What are some of the major actions    q16--What underage drinking prevention    Clarifies the type of
 planned as a result of this THM event?     activities are planned as a result of     actions/activities that
 (Mark all that apply.)                     this THM event? (Mark all that apply.)    are planned as those
[No change to response options].                                                      specifically related to
                                                                                      underage drinking.
q22--Overall, how satisfied are you with   q22--The training has been useful to my   Clarifies the utility of
 the training you received?                 organization's prevention work.           the training by the
Response options: Very satisfied,          Response options: Strongly agree, Agree,   organization instead of
 Somewhat satisfied, Somewhat               Disagree, Strongly disagree, Not          satisfaction with the
 dissatisfied, Very dissatisfied.           applicable.                               training.
                                                                                     Clarifying measure is
                                                                                      approved under OMB No.
                                                                                      09130-0197, expiration 03/
                                                                                      31/14.
q23--To what extent has the training you   q23--The training I received improved my  Clarifies the improved
 received improved your capacity to         organization's capacity to do             capacity of the
 provide effective (underage drinking)      prevention work.                          organization from the
 prevention services?                      Response options: Strongly agree, Agree,   training provided.
Response options: A great deal, Somewhat,   Disagree, Strongly disagree, Not         Clarifying measure is
 Not very much, Not at all, Not             applicable.                               approved under OMB No.
 applicable.                                                                          09130-0197, expiration 03/
                                                                                      31/14.
q24--To what extent have the training      N/A                                       Question deleted; no longer
 recommendations you received most                                                    applies.
 recently been fully implemented?
Response options: Fully, partially, Not
 yet begun.
q27--Overall, how satisfied are you with   q26--The technical assistance has been    Clarifies the utility of
 the TA you received?                       useful to my organization's prevention    the TA by the organization
Response options: Very satisfied,           work.                                     instead of satisfaction
 Somewhat satisfied, Somewhat              Response options: Strongly agree, Agree,   with the TA.
 dissatisfied, Very dissatisfied.           Disagree, Strongly disagree, Not         Clarifying measure is
                                            applicable.                               approved under OMB No.
                                                                                      09130-0197, expiration 03/
                                                                                      31/14.
q28--To what extent has the TA you         q27--The technical assistance has         Clarifies the improved
 received improved your capacity to         improved my organization's capacity to    capacity of the
 provide effective (underage drinking)      do prevention work.                       organization from the TA
 prevention services?                      Response options: Strongly agree, Agree,   provided.
Response options: A great deal, Somewhat,   Disagree, Strongly disagree, Not         Clarifying measure is
 Not very much, Not at all, Not             applicable.                               approved under OMB No.
 applicable.                                                                          09130-0197, expiration 03/
                                                                                      31/14.
q29--To what extent have the TA            N/A                                       Question deleted; no longer
 recommendations you received most                                                    applies.
 recently been fully implemented?
Response options: Fully, partially, Not
 yet begun.
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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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          Current question/item                          Clarification               Rationale for clarification
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Informed consent statement, last sentence  Clarification to: Please do not write     Clarifies request not to
 Please do not write your name anywhere     your name or other identifying            offer identifying
 on this form.                              information (e.g., birthday) anywhere     information on form to
                                            on this form.                             protect respondent
                                                                                      anonymity.
q11--How old are you?                      q11--How old are you?                     Clarifies reporting ages of
Response options to be clarified: 13       Clarification to: 12 to 17 years old, 18   underage drinking for the
 years old or younger, 14 to 18 years       to 20 years old, and 21 to 24 years       Government Performance
 old, and 19 to 24 years old.               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

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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.

                                        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
    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.
    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent by September 23, 2013 to the 
SAMHSA Desk Officer at the Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, Office of Management and Budget (OMB). To ensure timely 
receipt of comments, and to avoid potential delays in OMB's receipt and 
processing of mail sent through the U.S. Postal Service, commenters are 
encouraged to submit their comments to OMB via email to: [email protected]. Although commenters are encouraged to send 
their comments via email, commenters may also fax their comments to: 
202-395-7285. Commenters may also mail them to: Office of Management 
and Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, New Executive 
Office Building, Room 10102, Washington, DC 20503.

Summer King,
Statistician.
[FR Doc. 2013-20477 Filed 8-21-13; 8:45 am]
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