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.

Persistent Effects of Treatment in Cuyahoga County, Ohio--New

The Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) is undertaking a

major initiative to study the long-term course of substance abuse

within the context of receipt of substance abuse treatment. It has

often been observed that success in treating substance abuse may

require multiple episodes of treatment. The Persistent Effects of

Treatment Studies (PETS) will be a family of studies structured to

provide data on a wide range of populations and treatment approaches

over a three-year period following admission to a substance abuse

treatment program in a community setting. The family of studies will be

built on existing studies currently being conducted by other

organizations (including Federal, State, and local governments) in

order to minimize costs and response burden. Collectively, the PETS

studies are expected to provide valuable insights into the factors that

lead to long-term success in treatment of substance abuse.

Persistent Effects of Treatment in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, is the

first of these studies. Under the aegis of an existing, CSAT-funded,

Target Cities cooperative agreement, the county has built a strong

substance abuse treatment information capability including standardized

client intake assessment using the computerized Central Intake

Assessment Instrument (CIAI-C), sound and comprehensive treatment

information systems, and ongoing client follow-up at 6- and 12-months

after treatment. This proposed project will build upon this foundation

by conducting additional interviews at 24, 30, and 36 months after

treatment admission using the computerized CIAI-C Followup version. At

month 36, additional information needed to construct a natural history

of substance use, treatment, criminal justice involvement, and

employment for each subject over the previous 4-year period will be

collected.

The estimated response burden over the three-year period of

approval is summarized below.

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Number of Average

Number of responses/ burden/ Total burden

respondents respondent response hours

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CIAI-C Followup Interview: 24, 30 and 36 months. 806 3 1.5 3,627

CIAI-C Followup Interview: 30 and 36 months..... 453 2 1.5 1,359

Natural History Interview....................... 1,259 1 1.0 1,038

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Total....................................... 1,259 .............. .............. 6,245

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3-year average.......................... .............. .............. .............. 2,082

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* The client cohort is comprised of 1,259 treatment clients. Some clients will have the 24-month interview

conducted under Target Cities funding and some will be under PETS funding.

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: May 12, 1999.

Richard Kopanda,

Executive Officer, SAMHSA.

[FR Doc. 99-12443 Filed 5-17-99; 8:45 am]

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