[Federal Register: February 16, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 30)]
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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 notices about 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.

Validity of Self-Reported Drug Use in Population Surveys--New

--During the period July 1999 through June 2001, SAMHSA and the 
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) will conduct a field study to 
test the validity of obtaining drug use data through a combination of 
computer assisted personal interviewing and audio computer-assisted 
self interviewing. A random sample of approximately 14,000 households 
(from households listed, but not used, in the National Household Survey 
on Drug Abuse (NHSDA) sample segments) will be selected for screening.
    Approximately 5,333 persons from the civilian, non-
institutionalized population of the United States ages 12-25 will be 
selected to be interviewed. First, a questionnaire (using a subset of 
the 1999 NHSDA questions, with a special set of questions for the 
validity study) will be administered to determine: (1) The reported 
prevalence of use of tobacco products, alcohol, illicit substances, and 
illicit use of prescription drugs, and (2) recent environmental 
exposures to tobacco and marijuana smoke. Then, permission will be 
sought to obtain hair and urine samples from respondents. Under a NIDA 
grant, these samples will be chemically analyzed to validate 
respondents' self-reports of drug use (about 4,000 respondents are 
expected to provide biological specimens). Respondents will be paid an 
incentive upon receipt of the hair/urine samples. The results will be 
used by SAMHSA, the Office of National Drug Control Policy, other 
Federal government agencies, and other organizations and researchers to 
estimate the extent of under-reporting on drug use surveys such as the 
NHSDA conducted by SAMHSA.
    The estimated annualized burden for this project over a three-year 
approval period is summarized in the table that follows.

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                                                                     Number of
                                                     Number of      responses/    Average burden/  Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent       response          hours
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Household screener..............................           4,667               1            .05              233
Questionnaire and verification form.............           1,767               1            .67            1,184
Obtain biological specimens.....................           1,333               1            .42              560
Screening verification..........................             140               1            .067               9
Interview verification..........................             265               1            .067              18
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    Total.......................................  ..............  ..............  ..............           2,004
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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: February 3, 1999.
Richard Kopanda,
Executive Officer, SAMHSA.
[FR Doc. 99-3611 Filed 2-12-99; 8:45 am]
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