82 FR 8758 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 18 (January 30, 2017)

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 18 (Monday, January 30, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8758-8759]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-01931]


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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

[[Page 8759]]

(SAMHSA) will publish a summary 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 (240) 276-1243.
    Project: ``Talk. They Hear You.'' Campaign Evaluation: Case 
Studies--NEW
    The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration 
(SAMHSA) Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) is requesting 
approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for a new data 
collection, ``Talk. They Hear You.'' Campaign Evaluation: Case Studies 
(the ``case studies''). This collection includes three instruments:

1. Parent/Caregiver Pre-Test/Post-Test Survey
2. Youth Pre-Test and Post-Test Survey
3. Parent/Caregiver Interview Guide

    The case studies collection is part of a larger effort to evaluate 
the impact of the ``Talk. They Hear You.'' Campaign. These evaluations 
will help determine the extent to which the campaign has been 
successful in educating parents and caregivers nationwide about 
effective methods for reducing underage drinking. The Campaign is 
designed to educate and empower parents and caregivers to talk with 
children about alcohol. To prevent initiation of underage drinking, the 
campaign targets parents and caregivers of children aged 9-15, with the 
specific aims of:

1. Increasing parents' awareness of the prevalence and risk of underage 
drinking
2. Equipping parents with the knowledge, skills, and confidence to 
prevent underage drinking
3. Increasing parents' actions to prevent underage drinking.

    For this evaluation, SAMHSA intends to measure knowledge and 
attitudes before and after a focused campaign outreach effort in areas 
that have not previously had significant exposure to the campaign. 
Participants in the evaluation will be recruited from a middle school 
community, and will include parents/caregivers and students. School 
administrators and partnering organization(s), such as parent 
organizations and/or local prevention organizations will assist in the 
dissemination of campaign materials and data collection efforts. There 
will be two sites selected for the case studies--one site will serve as 
the experimental group and the other site will serve as the control 
group. The experimental group will be exposed to the ``Talk. They Hear 
You.'' messages using standard campaign materials and dissemination 
strategies, which will be coordinated through a local partner 
organization. The control group will not be intentionally exposed to 
the campaign materials. The case studies will include baseline surveys 
of parents/caregivers and children of middle-school age in both the 
experimental and control communities, followed by exposure to campaign 
materials in the experimental community, and post-exposure surveys of 
parents and children in both communities. Additionally, SAMHSA will 
conduct 30 interviews with parents and caregivers following the post-
exposure surveys at the experimental site to obtain more detailed 
information about the specific impact of the campaign.

                                            Annualized Hourly Burden
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                                                       Total
           Instrument              Total  number    responses/         Total         Hours per      Total hour
                                  of respondents    respondent       responses       response         burden
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Pre-test survey for 9-15-year              1,093               1           1,093            0.17           185.8
 old youth......................
Post-test survey for 9-15-year             1,093               1           1,093            0.17           185.8
 old youth......................
Pre-test survey for parents and              690               1             690            0.17           117.3
 caregivers.....................
Post-test survey for parents and             690               1             690            0.17           117.3
 caregivers.....................
Individual interviews with                    30               1              30               1              30
 parents and caregivers.........
                                 ----------------                ----------------                ---------------
    Total.......................           1,783  ..............           3,596  ..............           636.2
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    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent by March 1, 2017 to the SAMHSA 
Desk Officer at the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB). To ensure timely receipt of 
comments, and to avoid potential delays in OMB's receipt and processing 
of mail sent through the U.S. Postal Service, commenters are encouraged 
to submit their comments to OMB via email to: 
[email protected]. Although commenters are encouraged to send 
their comments via email, commenters may also fax their comments to: 
202-395-7285. Commenters may also mail them to: Office of Management 
and Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, New Executive 
Office Building, Room 10102, Washington, DC 20503.

Summer King,
Statistician.
[FR Doc. 2017-01931 Filed 1-27-17; 8:45 am]
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