[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 105 (Wednesday, June 2, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30837-30838]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-13145]
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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 (240) 276-1243.
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.
Proposed Project: Screening, Brief Intervention, Brief Treatment and
Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) Cross-Site Evaluation--New
SAMHSA is conducting a cross-site external evaluation of the impact
of programs of screening, brief intervention (BI), brief treatment (BT)
and referral to treatment on patients presenting at various health care
delivery units with a continuum of severity of substance use. SAMHSA's
SBIRT program is a cooperative agreement grant program designed to help
States and Tribal Councils expand the continuum of care available for
substance misuse and use disorders. The program includes screening,
brief intervention, brief treatment and referrals to treatment for
persons at risk for dependence on alcohol or drugs. The cross-site
evaluation will provide a comprehensive assessment of the effects of
SBIRT on patient outcomes, performance site practices, and treatment
systems. This information will allow SAMHSA to determine the extent to
which SBIRT has met its objectives of implementing a comprehensive
system of identification and care to meet the needs of individuals at
all points along the substance use continuum.
A paper and pencil survey will be administered to practitioners in
sites where SBIRT services are being delivered. The practitioner survey
is designed to evaluate the implementation of proposed SBIRT models by
measuring their penetration and practitioners' willingness to adopt.
Furthermore, the survey will document moderating factors related to
practitioner and health care delivery unit characteristics.
The 93 question practitioner survey includes collection of
demographic information as well as questions that attempt to assess
barriers to implementation encountered by the practitioners and to
gauge the effectiveness of the training they received. These measures
were developed and used by Babor et al. (2005) in their comparable
study comparing different implementation strategies for primary care
screening and brief intervention programs for hazardous and harmful
drinkers. The practitioner survey also includes an instrument developed
by Panzano and Roth (2006) to measures an organization's willingness to
adopt new innovative practices.
Total Burden Hours for the Cross-Site Patient Survey
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Total
Instrument/Activity Number of Responses per Hours per Total burden Hourly wage respondent
respondents respondent response hours cost \a\
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Practitioner Survey..................................... 1,075 1 .30 322.5 $32 $10,320
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Send comments to Summer King, SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer,
Room 7-1044, One Choke Cherry Road, Rockville, MD 20857. Written
comments should be received within 60 days of this notice.
Dated: May 25, 2010.
Elaine Parry,
Director, Office of Program Services.
[FR Doc. 2010-13145 Filed 6-1-10; 8:45 am]
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