Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request,

[Federal Register: April 15, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 72)]

[Notices]

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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.

Average Average

Number of responses time per Total time Annual respondents per respondent burden burden respondent (minutes) (hours) (hours)

Trainees...................................... 26,400

1.5

12

7,920

2,640 Supervisors...................................

2,640

1

5

220

73

Total................................... 29,040 ............ ...........

8,140 2,713

* 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. 98-9920Filed4-14-98; 8:45 am]

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