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 for opportunity for public comment on proposed data

collection projects, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services

Administration will publish periodic

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summaries of proposed projects. To request more information on the

proposed projects or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and

instruments, the SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer on (301) 443-0525.

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of

information is 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: National Household Survey on Drug Abuse: ACASI

Field Test 2--New--The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services

Administration (SAMHSA) will conduct a field test in October-December,

1997, to examine alternative designs for an Audio Computer Assisted

Self-Interview (ACASI) version of the National Household Survey on Drug

Abuse (NHSDA) questionnaire. The experimental design will compare

variations in automatic internal consistency checks, skip patterns,

voice types, and simplified question wording. The basic questionnaire

content will identical to the 1997 NHSDA. A standardized set of

respondent debriefing questions will be also be administered. Three

thousand interviews will be conducted across the nation with persons

age 12 and older. Each interview will last approximately one hour. The

estimated burden is 3,000 hours.

Send comments to Deborah Trunzo, 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: May 5, 1997.

Richard Kopanda,

Executive Officer, SAMHSA.

[FR Doc. 97-12332 Filed 5-9-97; 8:45 am]

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