[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 132 (Monday, July 13, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33446-33447]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-16458]


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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.

Proposed Project: SAMHSA Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Center for 
Excellence Project CHOICES Evaluation--New

    Since 2001, SAMHSA's Center for Substance Abuse Prevention has been 
operating the SAMHSA Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) Center for 
Excellence. The purpose of the FASD Center for Excellence is to prevent 
and improve the treatment of FASD. Some of the activities of the FASD 
Center include providing training, technical assistance, and 
subcontracts to increase the use of effective evidence-based 
interventions.
    The FASD Center will be integrating the Project CHOICES program 
through service delivery organizations and will be evaluating the 
results. Six sites will implement Project CHOICES with nonpregnant 
women 18-44 years who are sexually active and who are participating in 
alcohol treatment

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(residential or outpatient) or in drug treatment (if the women also use 
alcohol). Women in substance abuse treatment will be screened and those 
women that meet the above description will be provided four 
Motivational Interviewing (MI) sessions (related to alcohol use), plus 
one contraceptive counseling session. The goal is to help these women 
prevent an alcohol-exposed pregnancy by abstaining from alcohol and 
using contraceptive methods of their choice consistently and correctly.
    At baseline, an assessment tool will be administered by the 
counselor to assess drinking, sexual activity, contraceptive use, and 
demographic information. At the end of the program, women are assessed 
on their alcohol consumption and contraceptive use in the past 30 days. 
At 6 months and 12 months after the end of the program, women are 
assessed on alcohol consumption and contraceptive use using the same 
core assessment tool used at baseline. All participating sites will 
maintain personal identification on their clients for service delivery 
purposes but no such information will be transmitted to SAMHSA.
    The data collection is designed to evaluate the implementation of 
Project CHOICES by measuring whether abstinence from alcohol is 
achieved and effective birth control practices are performed. 
Furthermore, the project will include process measures to assess 
whether and how the intervention was provided.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                     Number of       Number of                     Total burden
             Screening tool/activity              respondents (6   responses per  Average burden     hours per
                                                      sites)        respondent     per response     collection
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Alcohol Use and Contraceptive Methods Assessment             913               1            0.25             228
 (Screening Form/Form Q)........................
Project CHOICES process evaluation assessing                 684               5            0.08             274
 whether sessions were delivered and their
 duration (4 MI sessions and 1 contraception use
 session--Form B and C--75% of baseline)........
Alcohol Use and Contraceptive Methods                        456               3            0.25             342
 Assessment: End of program, 6- and 12-month
 followup (Forms D, E, & F--50% of baseline)....
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    Total.......................................           2,053  ..............  ..............             844
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    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent by August 12, 2009 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.

    Dated: July 2, 2009.
Elaine Parry,
Director, Office of Program Services.
[FR Doc. E9-16458 Filed 7-10-09; 8:45 am]
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