[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 225 (Monday, November 23, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 64732]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-31201]
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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 (301) 443-7978.
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: Validity of Self-Reported Drug Use in Population
Surveys--New--During the period July 1999 through June 2000, SAMHSA and
the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) will conduct a field Study
to test the validity of obtaining drug use data through a combination
of computer assisted personal interviewing and audio computer-assisted
self interviewing. A random sample of approximately 22,000 households
(from households listed, but not used, in the National Household Survey
on Drug Abuse (NHSDA) sample segments) will be selected for screening.
Approximately 3,333 persons form the civilian, non-
institutionalized population of the United States ages 12-25 will be
selected to be interviewed. First, a questionnaire (using a subset of
the 1999 NHSDA questions, with a special set of questions for the
validity study) will be administered to determine: (1) The reported
prevalence of use of tobacco products, alcohol, illicit substances, and
illicit use of prescription drugs, and (2) recent environmental
exposures to tobacco and marijuana smoke. Then, permission will be
sought to obtain hair and urine samples from respondents. Under a NIDA
grant, these samples will be chemically analyzed to validate
respondents' self-reports of drug use (about 2,000 respondents are
expected to provide biological specimens). Respondents will be paid an
incentive upon receipt of the hair/urine samples. The results will be
used by SAMHSA, the Office of National Drug Control Policy, other
Federal government agencies, and other organizations and researchers to
estimate the extent of under-reporting on drug use surveys such as the
NHSDA conducted by SAMHSA.
The estimated annualized burden for a one-year data collection
period is summarized below.
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Average
Number of Number of burden/ Total burden
respondents responses/ response hours
respondent (hours)
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Household screener.............................. 22,000 1 0.05 1,100
Questionnaire:
No specimen................................. 1,333 1 1.00 1,333
With specimens.............................. 2,000 1 1.50 3,000
Total................................... .............. .............. .............. 5,433
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Send comments to Nancy Pearce, SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer,
Room 16-105, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857.
Written comments should be received within 60 days of this notice.
Dated: November 16, 1998.
Richard Kopanda,
Executive Officer, SAMHSA.
[FR Doc. 98-31201 Filed 11-20-98; 8:45 am]
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