[Federal Register: January 5, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 2)]
[Notices]               
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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 (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.
    Proposed Project: Evaluation of Treatment Improvement Protocol 
(TIP) No. 24--New--Since 1992, the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment 
(CSAT) has published Treatment Improvement Protocols (TIPs), which 
provide administrative and clinical practice guidance to the substance 
abuse treatment field. Up to six special studies will be conducted to 
evaluate the impact of TIPs. The first of these will evaluate the 
dissemination and impact of TIP No. 24--Guide to Substance Abuse 
Services for Primary Care Clinicians--on the clinical practices of 
primary care physicians and related health professionals. The 
information contained in the document has been published in three 
alternative lengths and formats: the complete TIP, a Concise Desk 
Reference, and a Pocket Reference Guide.
    This study will examine the likely usefulness for primary care 
clinicians of the content of TIP No. 24, published in 1998, and will 
compare the utility of the three alternative lengths and formats for 
presenting the information. All three versions of the TIP No. 24 
material will be mailed to the leadership of 24 professional health 
organizations representing primary health care professionals throughout 
the Nation; a sample of the leadership will then be surveyed and asked 
to assess the content of the materials and the utility of each of the 
three versions.
    The study will use a one-group posttest-only design. Primary 
objectives of the study are to determine: (1) the

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leadership's personal assessment of the usefulness of the information 
and the three versions; (2) the leadership's assessment of the value of 
the information and the alternative versions to the members they 
represent; (3) the leadership's awareness of the TIP series in general; 
and (4) the extent to which leaders are likely to encourage their 
respective members to obtain and use at least one of the three versions 
of the information. All data will be collected using mailed 
questionnaires and followup telephone calls if necessary. The estimated 
annualized burden for a 1-year data collection period is summarized 
below.

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                                                                            Number of                   Total
                                                               Number of    responses/     Hours/       burden
                                                              respondents   respondent    response      hours
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Opinion/leader-ship group...................................          440            1          .39          172
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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: December 29, 1998.
Richard Kopanda,
Executive Officer, SAMHSA.
[FR Doc. 99-39 Filed 1-4-99; 8:45 am]
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