96-7014. A Comprehensive Alcohol Education Program for Pre-Adolescents Using Interactive Multimedia

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 57 (Friday, March 22, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 11851]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-7014]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health


A Comprehensive Alcohol Education Program for Pre-Adolescents 
Using Interactive Multimedia

Proposed Data Collection

    In compliance with Section 3506 (c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and 
Alcoholism (NIAAA), National Institutes of Health (NIH) is publishing 
this notice to solicit public comment on the data collection proposed 
for the study on ``A Comprehensive Alcohol Education Program for Pre-
Adolescents Using Interactive Multimedia.'' To request copies of the 
data collection plans and interview instruments, call Dr. Kendall 
Bryant, [phone] (not a toll-free number).
    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection is 
necessary, including whether the information has a practical use; (b) 
ways to enhance the clarity, quality, and use of the information to be 
collected; (c) the accuracy of the agency estimate of burden of the 
proposed collection; (d) ways to minimize the collection burden of the 
respondents. Written comments are requested within 60 days of the 
publication of this notice. Send comments to Dr. Kendall Bryant, 
Prevention Research Branch, Division of Clinical and Prevention 
Research (DCPR), NIAAA, NIH, Building 6000, Room 505, 6000 Executive 
Boulevard, MSC 7003, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-7003.

Proposed Project

    The Prevention Research Branch (PRB), intends to conduct the study 
for ``A Comprehensive Alcohol Education Program for Pre-Adolescents 
Using Interactive Multimedia.'' The PRB is authorized by Section 452 of 
Part G of Title IV of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 288) as 
amended by the NIH Revitalization Act of 1993 (Public Law 103-43).
    The information proposed for collection will be used by the NIAAA 
to determine the efficacy of interactive multimedia for delaying the 
onset of drinking among 7th and 8th grade males and females. 
Interactive multimedia enables the combination of the elements of 
television and movies that engage and motivate the target population 
with computer-based interaction, simulations, and games to (1) increase 
information about the negative consequences of teen drinking and (2) 
teach practical skills for avoiding and refusing alcohol. Subject 
participation will involve (1) focus groups, during development of the 
multimedia program, and (2) post-development behavioral trials.
    The annual burden estimates are as follows:

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                                Responses                               
 Type and No. of respondents       per        Total      Hours    Total 
                               respondent   responses             hours 
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Focus Group Subjects: 40.....          1            40      0.5       20
Trial Subjects: 268..........          4          1072      0.5      536
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    Total Number of                                                     
     Repondents: 308.........                                           
    Total Number of                                                     
     Responses: 1112.........                                           
    Total Hours: 556.........                                           
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    Dated: March 12, 1996.
Martin K. Truscy,
Executive Officer, NIAAA.
[FR Doc. 96-7014 Filed 3-21-96; 8:45 am]
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