[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 85 (Thursday, May 4, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20900-20901]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-08993]
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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: National Mental Health Study Field Test--NEW
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
(SAMHSA) plans to conduct a methodological field test for a potential
national mental health study, provisionally named the National Mental
Health Study (NMHS). The NMHS will use mental disorder assessments
similar to studies last conducted over a decade ago in the National
Comorbidity Survey-Replication among adults in 2001-2003 and the
National Comorbidity Survey-Adolescent supplement among adolescents in
2001-2002. SAMHSA is collaborating with the National Institute of
Mental Health (NIMH) to implement this field test.
The purpose of the NMHS Field Test is to test the procedures for a
potential NMHS. The field test consists of three general components.
The first component is sample selection using a household screener. The
household screener will be used to determine eligibility of individuals
and to make selections of individuals to recruit for participation in
the second component. The second component consists of an in-person
survey of the selected adult and adolescent respondents. The NMHS
procedures vary somewhat between adults (aged 18 or older) and
adolescents (aged 13 to 17). For all respondents, the in-person
assessment (using either the adult or adolescent instrument) will be
conducted primarily using audio computer-assisted self-interviewing
(ACASI), with an emphasis on respondents completing the interview in a
single session. In addition to the adolescent in-person assessment,
parents/legal guardians of adolescent respondents will receive an
additional web or phone interviews (the parent instrument). The final
component consists of a telephone clinical reappraisal of a selected
subgroup of adult and adolescent respondents, with an additional
parent/guardian reporting for adolescents.
The NMHS field test will include 1,200 English speaking
respondents--900 adults and 300 adolescents in the United States
excluding Alaska and Hawaii. Approximately 210 parents/legal guardians
of adolescent respondents will complete an additional parent interview.
A subsample of approximately 150 adult and adolescent respondents and
50 parent respondents will complete a telephone-based clinical
reappraisal follow-up interview. In addition, a subsample of completed
screening and interview cases will be re-contacted for a brief
telephone interview to verify that interviewers followed proper
protocols when collecting data. The sample size supports testing of
field procedures, sampling algorithms, and data processing steps. The
total annual burden estimate is shown in the table below.
Annualized Estimated Burden for the National Mental Health Study Field Test
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Number of Responses per Total number Hours per Total burden
Instrument respondents respondent of responses response hours
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Household Screening............ 2,331 1 2,331 0.083 193
Interview (including interviews 1,200 1 1,200 1.083 1,300
with Adults and Adolescents)..
Parent Interview............... 210 1 210 0.500 105
Clinical Interview............. 150 1 150 1.000 150
Clinical Parent Interview...... 50 1 50 0.500 25
Screening Verification......... 142 1 142 0.067 10
Interview Verification......... 180 1 180 0.067 12
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Total...................... 4,263 ............... 4,263 .............. 1,795
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Send comments to Summer King, SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer,
5600 Fishers Lane, Room 15E57-B, Rockville, Maryland 20857, OR email a
copy to [email protected]. Written comments should be received
by July 3, 2017.
Summer King,
Statistician.
[FR Doc. 2017-08993 Filed 5-3-17; 8:45 am]
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