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Daniel R. Levinson,
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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 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
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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: The Evaluation of
Networking Suicide Prevention
Hotlines Follow-Up Assessment—NEW
The Substance Abuse and Mental
Health Services Administration’s
(SAMHSA), Center for Mental Health
Services has funded a National Suicide
Prevention Lifeline Network, consisting
of a single 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.
With input from multiple experts in
the field of suicide prevention, the
project created a telephone interview
survey to collect data on follow-up
assessments of consenting individuals
calling the Lifeline network. The
‘‘Evaluation of Networking Suicide
Prevention Hotlines Follow-Up
Assessment’’ will provide an empirical
evaluation of crisis hotline services,
necessary to optimize public health
efforts to prevent suicidal behavior.
Three hundred and sixty callers will
be recruited from seven of the
approximately 100 crisis hotline centers
that participate in the Lifeline network.
Trained crisis workers will conduct the
follow-up telephone assessment (‘‘Crisis
Hotline Telephone Followup
Assessment’’) within one month of the
initial call. Assessments will be
conducted only one time for each client.
Strict measures to ensure confidentiality
will be followed.
The resulting data will measure (1)
suicide risk status at the time of and
since the call, (2) depressive symptoms
at follow-up, (3) service utilization since
the call, (4) barriers to service access,
and (5) the client’s perception of the
efficacy of the hotline intervention. The
estimated annual response burden to
collect this information is as follows:
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Instrument
Number of
response
Responses/respondent
Burden/response
(hours)
Annual burden
(hours)
Crisis Hotline Telephone Followup Assessment .............................................
360
1
.58
209
Send comments to Summer King,
SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer,
Room 7–1044, 1 Choke Cherry Road,
Rockville, MD 20850. Written comments
should be received by June 17, 2005.
Dated: April 12, 2005.
Anna Marsh,
Executive Officer, SAMHSA.
[FR Doc. 05–7677 Filed 4–17–05; 8:45 am]
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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 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: 2006 National Survey
on Drug Use and Health—(OMB No.
0930–0110)—Revision
The National Survey on Drug Use and
Health (NSDUH), formerly the National
Household Survey on Drug Abuse
(NHSDA), is a survey of the civilian,
noninstitutionalized population of the
United States 12 years old and older.
Number of
respondents
Activity
The data are used to determine the
prevalence of use of tobacco products,
alcohol, illicit substances, and illicit use
of prescription drugs. The results are
used by SAMHSA, ONDCP, Federal
government agencies, and other
organizations and researchers to
establish policy, direct program
activities, and better allocate resources.
For the 2006 NSDUH, additional
questions are being planned regarding
self-help drug treatment, use of
additional hallucinogens, prescription
drugs and over the counter medications,
respondent’s place of residence, and
alcohol consumption practices. To
maintain the respondent burden at 60
minutes per interview, a few questions
will be deleted. The remaining modular
components of the questionnaire will
remain essentially unchanged except for
minor modifications to wording.
As with all NSDUH/NHSDA surveys
conducted since 1999, the sample size
of the survey for 2006 will be sufficient
to permit prevalence estimates for each
of the fifty states and the District of
Columbia.
The total annual burden estimate is
shown below:
Number of
responses per
respondent
Average burden
hours per
respondent
Total burden
hours
Household Screening ....................................................................................
Interview .........................................................................................................
Re-interview ...................................................................................................
Screening Verification ....................................................................................
Interview Verification ......................................................................................
Re-Interview Verification ................................................................................
182,250
67,500
3,100
5,559
10,125
1,550
1
1
1
1
1
1
.083
1.0
1.0
.067
.067
.067
15,127
67,500
3,100
372
678
104
Total ........................................................................................................
182,250
........................
..........................
86,881
Send comments to Summer King,
SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer,
Room 71–1044, One Choke Cherry
Road, Rockville, MD 20857. Written
comments should be received within 60
days of this notice.
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Dated: April 12, 2005.
Anna Marsh,
Executive Officer, SAMHSA.
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and program management capabilities to
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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 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: The Evaluation of Networking Suicide Prevention
Hotlines Follow-Up Assessment--NEW
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's
(SAMHSA), Center for Mental Health Services has funded a National
Suicide Prevention Lifeline Network, consisting of a single 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.
With input from multiple experts in the field of suicide
prevention, the project created a telephone interview survey to collect
data on follow-up assessments of consenting individuals calling the
Lifeline network. The ``Evaluation of Networking Suicide Prevention
Hotlines Follow-Up Assessment'' will provide an empirical evaluation of
crisis hotline services, necessary to optimize public health efforts to
prevent suicidal behavior.
Three hundred and sixty callers will be recruited from seven of the
approximately 100 crisis hotline centers that participate in the
Lifeline network. Trained crisis workers will conduct the follow-up
telephone assessment (``Crisis Hotline Telephone Followup Assessment'')
within one month of the initial call. Assessments will be conducted
only one time for each client. Strict measures to ensure
confidentiality will be followed.
The resulting data will measure (1) suicide risk status at the time
of and since the call, (2) depressive symptoms at follow-up, (3)
service utilization since the call, (4) barriers to service access, and
(5) the client's perception of the efficacy of the hotline
intervention. The estimated annual response burden to collect this
information is as follows:
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Number of Responses/ Burden/response Annual burden
Instrument response respondent (hours) (hours)
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Crisis Hotline Telephone Followup Assessment 360 1 .58 209
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Send comments to Summer King, SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer,
Room 7-1044, 1 Choke Cherry Road, Rockville, MD 20850. Written comments
should be received by June 17, 2005.
Dated: April 12, 2005.
Anna Marsh,
Executive Officer, SAMHSA.
[FR Doc. 05-7677 Filed 4-17-05; 8:45 am]
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