[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 191 (Monday, October 3, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61107-61108]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-25375]
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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: Networking Suicide Prevention Hotlines--Evaluation of the
Lifeline Policies for Helping Callers at Imminent Risk (NEW)
This proposed project is a new data collection that builds on
previously approved data collection activities [Evaluation of
Networking Suicide Prevention Hotlines Follow-Up Assessment (OMB No.
0930-0274) and Call Monitoring of National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
Form (OMB No. 0930-0275)]. This new data collection is an effort to
advance the understanding of crisis hotline utilization and its impact.
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's
(SAMHSA), Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) funds a National
Suicide Prevention Lifeline Network (``Lifeline''), consisting of a
toll-free telephone number that routes calls from anywhere in the
United States to a network of local crisis centers. In turn, the local
centers link callers to local emergency, mental health, and social
service resources.
The overarching purpose of the proposed Evaluation of the Lifeline
Policies for Helping Callers at Imminent Risk is to implement data
collection to evaluate hotline counselors' management of imminent risk
callers and third party callers concerned about persons at imminent
risk, and counselor adherence to Lifeline Policies and Guidelines for
Helping Callers at Imminent Risk of Suicide. Specifically, the
Evaluation of the Lifeline Policies for Helping Callers at Imminent
Risk will collect data, using an imminent risk form, to inform the
network's knowledge of the extent to which counselors are aware of and
being guided by the Lifeline's imminent risk guidelines; counselors'
definitions of imminent risk; the rates of active rescue of imminent
risk callers; types of rescue; barriers to intervention; and the
circumstances in which active rescue is initiated, including the
caller's agreement to receive the intervention.
Clearance is being requested for one activity to assess the
knowledge, actions, and practices of counselors to aid callers who are
determined to be at imminent risk for suicide and who may require
active rescue. This evaluation will allow researchers to examine and
understand the actions taken by counselors to aid imminent risk
callers, the need for active rescue, and, ultimately, to improve the
delivery of crisis hotline services to imminent risk callers. A total
of eight centers will participate in this evaluation. Thus, SAMHSA is
requesting OMB review and approval of the National Suicide Prevention
Lifeline--Imminent Risk Form. This activity is distinct from the Crisis
Center Survey data collection, which targets the entire network of
crisis centers and focuses on a different domain of questions
(specifically, the makeup, strengths, and needs of crisis centers.) The
information gathered from the Crisis Center Survey cannot provide a
profile of imminent risk callers or details about interventions with
imminent risk or third party callers.
Crisis counselors at eight participating centers will record
information discussed with imminent risk callers on the Imminent Risk
Form, which does not require direct data collection from callers. As
with previously approved evaluations, callers will maintain
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anonymity. Counselors will be asked to complete the form for 100% of
imminent risk callers to the eight centers participating in the
evaluation. This form requests information in 14 content areas, each
with multiple sub-items and response options. Response options include
open-ended, yes/no, Likert-type ratings, and multiple choice/check all
that apply. The form also requests demographic information on the
caller, the identification of the center and counselor submitting the
form, and the date of the call. Specifically, the form is divided into
the following sections: (1) Call type, (2) gender, (3) age, (4)
suicidal desire, (5) suicidal intent, (6) suicidal capability, (7)
buffers to suicide, (8) interventions agreed to by caller or
implemented by counselor without consent, (9) whether imminent risk was
reduced enough such that active rescue was not needed, (10)
interventions for third party callers calling about a person at
imminent risk, (11) if supervisory consultation occurred, (12) barriers
to getting needed help to the person at imminent risk, (13) steps taken
to confirm emergency contact was made with person at risk, and (14)
steps taken when emergency contact was NOT made with person at risk.
The form will take approximately 15 minutes to complete and may be
completed by the counselor during or after the call. It is expected
that a total of 1,440 forms will be completed by 360 counselors over
the two-year data collection period.
The estimated response burden to collect this information is
annualized over the requested two-year clearance period and is
presented below:
Total and Annualized Averages: Respondents, Responses and Hours
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Number of Responses/ Total Hours per Total hour
Instrument respondents respondent responses response burden
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National Suicide Prevention Lifeline--Imminent Risk Form........... 360 2 720 .25 180
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Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed
information collection should be sent by November 2, 2011 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 e-mail to: [email protected]. Although commenters are encouraged to send
their comments via e-mail, 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.
Rose Shannon,
Director, Division of Executive Correspondence.
[FR Doc. 2011-25375 Filed 9-30-11; 8:45 am]
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