[Federal Register: September 4, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 170)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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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 (SAMHSA) 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: 2008-2010 National Survey on Drug Use and Health:
Methodological Field Tests--NEW
The National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), formerly the
National Household Survey on Drug Abuse (NHSDA), is a survey of the
civilian, non-institutionalized population of the United States 12
years old and older. The data are used to determine the prevalence of
use of tobacco products, alcohol, illicit substances, and illicit use
of prescription drugs. The results are used by SAMHSA, ONDCP, Federal
government agencies, and other organizations and researchers to
establish policy, direct program activities, and better allocate
resources.
This will be a request for generic approval for information
collection for NSDUH methodological field tests designed to examine the
feasibility, quality, and efficiency of new procedures of revisions to
the existing survey protocol. These field tests will examine ways to
increase data quality, lower operating costs, and gain a better
understanding of various sources of
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nonsampling error. If these tests provide successful results, current
procedures may be revised and incorporated into the main study (e.g.,
questionnaire changes). Particular attention will be given to
minimizing the impact of design changes so that survey data continue to
remain comparable over time.
Field test activities are expected to include improving response
rates among persons residing in controlled access communities (locked
apartment buildings, gated communities, college dormitories, etc.), and
conducting a nonresponse follow-up study. Cognitive laboratory testing
will be conducted prior to the implementation of significant
questionnaire modifications. These questionnaire modifications will
also be pre-tested and the feasibility of text-to-speech software
determined. To understand the effectiveness of current monetary
incentive, a new incentive study will be conducted with varying
incentive amounts. The relationship between incentives and veracity of
reporting will also be examined. Tests will also be designed to
determine the feasibility of alternative sample designs and modes of
data collection. Lastly, a customer satisfaction survey of NSDUH data
users will be conducted to improve the utility of the NSDUH data. Some
of the above studies may be combined to introduce survey efficiencies.
The average annual burden associated with these activities over a
three-year period is summarized below:
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Average burden
Activity Number of Responses per per response Total burden
responses respondent (hr.) (hrs.)
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a. Improving participation among controlled 417 1 1.0 417
access and other hard-to-reach populations.....
b. Nonresponse follow-up........................ 2000 1 1.0 2000
c. Incentive Study.............................. 2000 1 1.0 2000
d. Validity study (including testing methods for 2500 1 1.0 2500
biological data specimens).....................
e. Cognitive laboratory testing................. 90 1 1.0 90
f. Annual questionnaire pre-test................ 670 1 1.0 670
g. Field testing (alternative questions, data 1000 1 1.0 1000
collection protocol, contact materials)........
h. Text-to-speech software for voices in 100 1 1.0 100
computer-assisted interviewing.................
i. Testing alternative sample designs (including 1000 1 1.0 1000
alternative sampling frames)...................
j. Alternative modes of data collection (e.g., T- 100 1 1.0 100
ACASI for Nonresponse follow-up)...............
k. Customer satisfaction survey of NSDUH data 100 1 .25 25
users..........................................
Household screening for a-d, f-g, i-j........... 12,471 1 0.083 1035
Screening Verification for a-d, f-g, i-j........ 997 1 0.067 68
Interview Verification for a-d, f-g, i-j........ 1497 1 0.067 100
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Total....................................... 24,942 -- -- 11,105
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Send comments to Summer King, SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer,
Room 7-1044, One Choke Cherry Road, Rockville, MD 20857 and e-mail her
a copy at summer.king@samhsa.hhs.gov. Written comments should be
received within 60 days of this notice.
Dated: August 23, 2007.
Elaine Parry,
Acting Director, Office of Program Services.
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