[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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