[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 30 (Tuesday, February 16, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 7657]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-3611]
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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 notices about 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 (301) 443-7978.
Validity of Self-Reported Drug Use in Population Surveys--New
--During the period July 1999 through June 2001, 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 14,000 households
(from households listed, but not used, in the National Household Survey
on Drug Abuse (NHSDA) sample segments) will be selected for screening.
Approximately 5,333 persons from 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 4,000 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 this project over a three-year
approval period is summarized in the table that follows.
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Number of
Number of responses/ Average burden/ Total burden
respondents respondent response hours
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Household screener.............................. 4,667 1 .05 233
Questionnaire and verification form............. 1,767 1 .67 1,184
Obtain biological specimens..................... 1,333 1 .42 560
Screening verification.......................... 140 1 .067 9
Interview verification.......................... 265 1 .067 18
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Total....................................... .............. .............. .............. 2,004
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Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to:
Daniel Chenok, Human Resources and Housing Branch, Office of Management
and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, D.C.
20503.
Dated: February 3, 1999.
Richard Kopanda,
Executive Officer, SAMHSA.
[FR Doc. 99-3611 Filed 2-12-99; 8:45 am]
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