Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request

Periodically, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services

Administration (SAMHSA) will publish a list of information collection

requests under OMB review, in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction

Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a copy of these documents, call

the SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer on (301)443-7978.

Evaluation of the 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 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-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 attending sessions lasting less than 6 hours will be asked

to complete a brief evaluation form at the end of the training session.

Trainees attending sessions lasting 6 hours or longer will be asked to

complete brief pre-and post-session evaluation questionnaires. A sample

of trainees attending sessions lasting 6 hours or longer will also be

asked to complete a brief follow-up telephone interview three months

after the training session. CMHS has funded seven education sites under

the Cooperative Agreement for Mental Health Care Provider Education in

HIV/AIDS Program II. The annual burden estimates for this activity are

shown below:

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Responses per Estimated number of respondents ( Hours per

Form respondent x 7 sites) response Total hours

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All Sessions

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Session Report Form.......... 1 60 x 7 = 420................... .080 34

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Sessions Less than 6 Hours

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Participant Evaluation Form.. 1 600 x 7 = 4200................. 0.167 701

Neuropsychiatric Participant 1 75 x 7 = 525................... 0.167 88

Evaluation Form.

Ethics Participant Evaluation 1 75 x 7 = 525................... 0.167 88

Form.

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Sessions 6 hours or Longer

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Pre-Training Participant 1 200 x 7 = 1400................. 0.167 234

Inventory.

Post-Training Participant 1 200 x 7 = 1400................. 0.250 350

Inventory.

Neuropsychiatric Pre-Training 1 50 x 7 = 350................... 0.167 58

Participant Inventory.

Neuropsychiatric Post- 1 50 x 7 = 350................... 0.25 88

Training Participant

Inventory.

Participant Follow-up Form... 1 45 x 7 = 315................... .250 79

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Total.................... .............. 7,420............................ .............. 1719

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Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed

information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to:

Daniel Chenok, Human Resources and Housing Branch, Office of Management

and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, D.C.

20503.

Dated: October 2, 1998.

Richard Kopanda,

Executive Officer, SMHSA.

[FR Doc. 98-26990 Filed 10-7-98; 8:45 am]

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