Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request

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 (240) 276-1243.

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:

Participant Feedback on Training Under the Cooperative Agreement for Mental

Health Care Provider Education in HIV/AIDS Program (OMB No. 0930-0195)—Extension

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's (SAMHSA) Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) intends to continue to conduct a multi-site assessment for the Mental Health Care Provider Education in HIV/AIDS Program. These education programs 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, in particular to providers in minority communities.

The multi-site assessment 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-site data collection 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 participant's knowledge, skills and abilities.

Information about the organization and delivery of training will be collected from trainers and staff, hence there is no respondent burden. All training participants will be asked to complete a brief feedback form at the end of the training session. CMHS anticipates funding 10 education sites for the Mental Health Care Provider Education in HIV/AIDS Program. The annual burden estimates for this activity are shown below:

Form

Responses per respondent

Estimated number of respondents

× 10 sites)

Hours per response

Total hours

Session Report Form

1

60 × 10 = 600

0.080

48

Participant Feedback Form (General Education)

1

500 × 10 = 5000

0.167

835

Neuropsychiatric Participant Feedback Form

1

160 × 10 = 1600

0.167

267

Non Physician Neuropsychiatric Participant Feedback Form

1

240 × 10 = 2400

0.167

401

Adherence Participant Feedback Form

1

100 × 10 = 1000

0.167

167

Ethics Participant Feedback Form

1

200 × 10 = 2000

0.167

125

Total

12,600

1,843

Send comments to Summer King, SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer, Room 7-1044, One Choke Cherry Road, Rockville, MD 20857

and

e-mail her a copy at

summer.king@samhsa.hhs.gov

. Written comments should be received within 60 days of this notice.

Dated: May 30, 2007.

Elaine Parry,

Acting Director, Office of Program Services.

[FR Doc. 07-2871 Filed 6-7-07; 8:45 am]

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