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 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

Evaluation of Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) No. 24--New--

Since 1992, the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) has

published 26 Treatment Improvement Protocols (TIPs), which provide

administrative and clinical practice guidance to the substance abuse

treatment field. Up to six special studies will be conducted to

evaluate the impact of TIPs. The first of these will evaluate the

dissemination and impact of TIP No. 24--Guide to Substance Abuse

Services for Primary Care Clinicians--on the clinical practices of

primary care physicians and related health professionals. The

information contained in the document has been published in three

alternative lengths and formats: the complete TIP, a Concise Desk

Reference, and a Pocket Reference Guide.

This study will examine the dissemination methods used by CSAT; the

success of those methods in reaching the target audiences; users'

perceptions of the value of the alternative versions; decisions to

implement the guidance presented in TIPs; and the successes,

correlates, and barriers associated with implementation. The study will

use a one-group posttest-only design and will survey five distinct

target audiences of interest to CSAT: (1) the key administrative staff,

regional representatives, and Board members of primary care

associations, physician groups, and primary health care provider

associations; (2) members of the American Academy of Family Physicians;

(3) the American Society of Internal Medicine; (4) the American Academy

of Physician Assistants; and (5) the American Nurses Association.

Measures will include employment characteristics and outcomes

associated with the following variables: TIP version received;

awareness, receipt, and reading of the TIP; perceived utility of the

TIP; and the impact of the TIP on changing clinical practices. The

estimated annualized burden for a 1-year data collection period is

summarized below.

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Number of

Number of responses/ Hours/response Total burden

respondents respondent hours

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Opinion/leadership group........................ 550 1 .1 55

AAFP............................................ 2100 1 .1 210

ASIM............................................ 2100 1 .1 210

APA............................................. 1650 1 .1 165

ANA............................................. 1650 1 .1 165

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Total..................................... .............. .............. .............. 805

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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: May 29, 1998.

Richard Kopanda,

Executive Officer, SAMHSA.

[FR Doc. 98-14802 Filed 6-3-98; 8:45 am]

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