[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 72 (Wednesday, April 15, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18435-18436]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-9920]
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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 (301) 443-7978.
Proposed Project
COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT FOR MENTAL HEALTH CARE PROVIDER EDUCATION IN
HIV/AIDS PROGRAM II--New--The Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration's (SAMHSA) Center for Mental Health Services
(CMHS) intends to conduct a multi-site evaluation of its Cooperative
Agreement for Mental Health Care Provider Education in HIV/AIDS Program
II. The education programs to be funded under this cooperative
agreement are designed to disseminate knowledge of the psychological
and neuropsychiatric sequelae of HIV/AIDS to both traditional (e.g.,
psychiatrists, psychologists, nurses, primary care physicians, medical
students, and social workers) and non-traditional (e.g., clergy, and
alternative health care workers) first-line providers of mental health
services. The multi-site evaluation is designed to assess the
effectiveness of particular training curricula, document the integrity
of training delivery formats, and assess the effectiveness of the
various training delivery formats.
Analyses will assist CMHS in documenting the numbers and types of
traditional and non-traditional mental health providers accessing
training; the content, nature and types of training participants
receive; and the extent to which trainees experience knowledge, skill
and attitude gains/changes as a result of training attendance. The
multi-
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site evaluation design uses a two-tiered data collection and analytic
strategy to collect information on (1) the organization and delivery of
training, and (2) the impact of training on participants' knowledge,
skills and abilities. Information about the organization and delivery
of training will be collected from trainers and staff who are funded by
these cooperative agreements hence there is no respondent burden. All
training participants will be asked to complete a brief (5 minute)
satisfaction questionnaire. Trainees attending sessions longer than 3
hours long will be asked to complete 10-minute pre-post-test evaluation
questionnaires. Trainees attending sessions longer than 8 hours and a
sample of their supervisors will also be asked to complete 5-minute
follow-up evaluation instruments. CMHS intends to fund between 6 to 8
education sites under the Cooperative Agreement for Mental Health Care
Provider Education in HIV/AIDS Program II. Each site will serve an
estimated 3000 to 3300 trainees over 3 years. The average time
requirement for participants across all sessions is expected to be 12
minutes. A pre-test of the evaluation instruments and design will be
completed in 4 sites with no more than 9 respondents. Modifications to
the evaluation design and instruments will be made as based on results
from the feasibility study.
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Average Average
Number of responses time per Total time Annual
respondents per respondent burden burden
respondent (minutes) (hours) (hours)
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Trainees...................................... 26,400 1.5 12 7,920 2,640
Supervisors................................... 2,640 1 5 220 73
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Total................................... 29,040 ............ ........... 8,140 2,713
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* Based on 8 sites funded for 3 years serving a maximum of 1,100 trainees per year. Number of respondents is
estimated based on sites conducting 60% of sessions being 3 hours or less, 30 percent of sessions between 3
and 8 hours long and 10 percent of sessions greater than 8 hours long.
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.
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: April 9, 1998.
Richard Kopanda,
Executive Officer, SAMHSA.
[FR Doc. 98-9920 Filed 4-14-98; 8:45 am]
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