Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request, 58325-58326 [2013-23053]

Agencies

• DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 184 (Monday, September 23, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58325-58326]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-23053]


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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: SAMHSA Tobacco Prevention, Cessation, and Behavioral Health 
Message Testing--NEW

    The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration 
(SAMHSA) is conducting message testing to inform the development and 
implementation of a tobacco use prevention and cessation campaign aimed 
at youth with substance use and/or mental health conditions.
    The purpose of the project is to inform messaging efforts, through 
focus groups with youth and in-depth interviews with health care 
providers, to improve tobacco use prevention and cessation efforts in 
populations with mental health and substance use concerns, particularly 
youth and vulnerable populations. The focus groups and interviews are 
an integral part of the process to test messages and, ultimately, 
develop effective campaign materials and efficient implementation 
plans.
    SAMHSA will screen parents (because focus group participants are

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under the age of consent) and youth, conduct focus groups with youth 
with substance use and/or mental health conditions, and interview 
health care professionals who treat youth with these conditions. The 
screen will be administered by telephone to parents first and, as 
eligible, to youth and will take 10 minutes to complete for parents and 
for youth. Questions will include a mix of open-ended and closed-ended 
responses and are intended to gather information on previous diagnosis 
and symptomology of mental health conditions and availability to 
participate in the focus group. The focus groups with youth will be 
conducted in person and will take up to 90 minutes. Questions are 
primarily open-ended and intended to gather information on the reasons 
youth with substance use and/or mental health conditions use tobacco, 
the barriers and facilitators to tobacco use prevention and cessation, 
the appeal of various tobacco use prevention and cessation messages, 
and the best dissemination strategies and communication channels for a 
future campaign aimed at this specialized group. The interviews with 
health care professionals who treat youth with mental health and/or 
substance use conditions will be conducted in person, as feasible, or 
by telephone and will take up to 45 minutes. Questions are primarily 
open-ended and intended to gather information to better understand how 
various health care professionals screen for and address tobacco use in 
youth receiving care in their practice, identify messages and materials 
aimed at health care professionals to address tobacco use prevention 
and cessation in youth with substance use and/or mental health 
conditions, determine the most efficient communication strategies and 
channels to disseminate this information. All data collections are 
voluntary.
    Below is the table of the estimated total burden hours:

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                                                      Number of     Responses per  Average burden    Total hour
                    Respondent                       respondents     respondent         hour           burden
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Screener (Parent)................................             576               1             .15           86.4
Screener (Youth).................................             144               1             .15           21.6
Youth Focus Group................................            *108               1            1.50          162
Provider Interview...............................              42               1             .75           31.5
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    Total........................................             762  ..............  ..............          301.5
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*The 108 respondents identified for the youth focus groups are included in the 144 respondents for the youth
  screener.

    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent by October 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: OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov. 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. 2013-23053 Filed 9-20-13; 8:45 am]
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