[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 227 (Monday, November 28, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71327-71328]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-23367]


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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 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: The Evaluation of Networking Suicide Prevention Hotlines 
Follow-Up Assessment--NEW

    The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's 
(SAMHSA), Center for Mental Health Services has funded a National 
Suicide Prevention Lifeline Network, consisting of a single toll-free 
telephone number that routes calls from anywhere in the United States 
to a network of local crisis centers. In turn, the local centers link 
callers to local emergency, mental health, and social service 
resources.
    With input from multiple experts in the field of suicide 
prevention, the project created a telephone interview survey to collect 
data on follow-up assessments of consenting individuals calling the 
Lifeline network. The ``Evaluation of Networking Suicide Prevention 
Hotlines Follow-Up Assessment'' will provide an empirical evaluation of 
crisis hotline services, necessary to optimize public health efforts to 
prevent suicidal behavior.
    Seven hundred and twenty callers will be recruited from seven of 
the approximately 100 crisis hotline centers that participate in the 
Lifeline network. Trained crisis workers will conduct the follow-up 
telephone assessment (``Crisis Hotline Telephone Follow up 
Assessment'') within one month of the initial call. Assessments will be 
conducted only one time for each client. Strict measures to ensure 
confidentiality will be followed.
    The resulting data will measure (1) suicide risk status at the time 
of and since the call, (2) depressive symptoms at follow-up, (3) 
service utilization since the call, (4) barriers to service access, and 
(5) the clients perception of the efficacy of the hotline intervention. 
The estimated annual response burden to collect this information is as 
follows:

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                                                                                      Burden/
                   Instrument                        Number of      Responses/       responses     Annual burden
                                                    respondents     respondent        (hours)         (hours)
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Initial request script..........................             720               1             .08            57.6
Followup consent script.........................             720               1             .17           122.4
Crisis Hotline Telephone Follow-up Assessment...             720               1             .58           417.6
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    Total.......................................             720  ..............  ..............             598
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    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent by December 28, 2005 to: SAMHSA 
Desk Officer, Human Resources and Housing Branch, Office of Management 
and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 
20503; due to potential delays in OMB's receipt and processing of mail 
sent through the U.S. Postal Service, respondents are encouraged to 
submit comments by fax to: 202-395-6974.


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    Dated: November 21, 2005.
Anna Marsh, Ph.D.,
Director, Office of Program Services.
[FR Doc. 05-23367 Filed 11-25-05; 8:45 am]
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