61342 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 201 / Tuesday, October 17, 2000 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health

Proposed Collection; Comment

Request; The National Epidemiologic

Survey on Alcohol and Related

Conditions

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,

for opportunity for public comment on

proposed data collection projects, the

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and

Alcoholism (NIAAA), the National

Institutes of Health (NIH) will publish

periodic summaries of proposed

projects to be submitted to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for

review and approval.

Proposed Collection

Title: The National Epidemiologic

Survey on Alcohol and Related

Conditions. Type of Information Collect

Request: New. Need and Use of

Information Collection: This study will

determine the incidence and prevalence

of alcohol used disorders in a

representative sample of the United

States population with the primary

purpose of estimating the extent and

distribution of alcohol consumption,

alcohol use disorders and their

associated psychological and medical

disabilities across major

sociodemographic subgroups. The

primary objectives of this first wave of

this longitudinal study is to understand

the relationships between alcohol

consumption, alcohol use disorders and

their related disabilities with a view

towards designing more effective

treatment and intervention programs.

The findings will provide valuable

information concerning: (1) Trends in

alcohol use disorders and their related

disabilities in subgroups of the

population of special concern; (2)

identification of subgroups at high risk

for alcohol use disorders that may be

complicated by associated psychological

and medical disabilities; (3) incidence

of alcohol use disorders and their

Associated disabilities with a view

toward understanding their natural

history; (4) treatment utilization of

alcohol use disorders in order to

determine unmet treatment need and

linguistic, social, economic and cultural

barriers to treatment; (5) the collegeaged segment of the population at high

risk for binge drinking and its adverse

consequences; and (6) the identification

of safe and hazardous levels of drinking

as they relate to the development of

alcohol use disorders and their

associated disabilities. Frequency of

Response: On occasion. Affected Public:

Individuals Type of Respondents:

Adults. Estimated Number of

Respondents: 48,000; Estimated Number

of Responses per Respondent: 1;

Average Burden Hours Per Response:

1.00; and Estimated Total Annual

Burden Hours Requested: 48,000. The

annualized cost to respondents is

estimated at: $576,000.00. There are no

Capital Costs to report. There are no

Operating or Maintenance Costs to

report.

Request for Comments

Written comments and/or suggestions

from the public and affected agencies

are invited on one or more of the

following points: (1) Whether the

proposed collection of information is

necessary for the proper performance of

the function of the agency, including

whether the information will have

practical utility; (2) The accuracy of the

agency’s estimate of the burden of the

proposed collection of information,

including the validity of the

methodology and assumptions used; (3)

Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collection; and (4) Ways to minimize the

burden of the collection of information

on those who are to respond, including

the use of appropriate automated,

electric, mechanical, or other technical

collection techniques or other forms of

information technology.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To

request more information on the

proposed project or to obtain a copy of

the data collection plans and

instruments, contact Dr. Bridget Grant,

Chief, Biometry Branch, Division of

Biometry and Epidemiology, NIAAA,

NIH, Willco Building, Suite 514, 6000

Executive Boulevard, Bethesda,

Maryland 20892–7003, or call non-tollfree number (301) 443–7370 or E-mail

your request, including your address to

Bgrant@willco.niaaa.nih.gov.

Comments Due Date:

Comments regarding this information

collection are best assured of having

their full effect if received on or before

December 18, 2000.

Dated: October 4, 2000.

Stephen Long,

Executive Officer, NIAAA.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health

Proposed Collection; Comment

Requested; Evaluation of National

Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign

SUMMARY: In compliance with section

3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995, for opportunity

for public comment on proposed data

collection projects, the National

Institute on Drug Abuse of the National

Institutes of Health will publish

periodic summaries of proposed

projects to be submitted to the Office of

Management and Budget for review and

approval.

Proposed Collection

Title: Evaluation of National Youth

Anti-Drug Media Campaign. Type of

Information Collection Request:

Revision. Need and Use of Information

Collection: In 1998, the White House

Office of National Drug Control Policy

transferred funds to NIDA to conduct an

independent, scientifically designed

and implemented evaluation of the

National Youth Anti-Drug Media

Campaign, the first prevention

campaign to use paid advertising to

discourage youth from drug use. The

study is assessing the outcomes and

impact of the national campaign in

reducing illegal drug use among

children and adolescents.

In the first year, two surveys were

conducted: (1) The National Survey of

Parents and Youth (NSPY), a crosssectional household survey; and (2) the

Community Longitudinal Study of

Parents and Youth (CLSPY) in four

communities with an ethnographic

component. The purpose of this revision

is to discontinue the CLSPY and

incorporate its longitudinal component

into the NSPY to maximize resources

and strengthen analytic ability. The

revised NSPY will be the first to

measure the effectiveness of a media

campaign by following a large

nationally-representative cohort of

parents and children from the same

household as they are exposed to a

media campaign over time. All data will

continue to be collected using a

combination of computer-assisted

personal interviews (CAPI) and audio

computer-assisted self-interviews

(ACASI). The findings form the basis of

semiannual and annual reports on

campaign progress. These reports

provide assistance in improving the

national campaign, and will help to

establish a rich data base of information

about the process involved in changing