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

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.

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Average Average

Number of responses time per Total time Annual

respondents per respondent burden burden

respondent (minutes) (hours) (hours)

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Trainees...................................... 26,400 1.5 12 7,920 2,640

Supervisors................................... 2,640 1 5 220 73

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Total................................... 29,040 ............ ........... 8,140 2,713

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* 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. 98-9920 Filed 4-14-98; 8:45 am]

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