Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 06/11/2002

Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Patterns and Consequences of Alcohol Use in Non-Reservation Indians

In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, regarding the opportunity for public comment on proposed data collection projects, the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), National Institutes of Health (NIH) will publish periodic summaries of proposed projects submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. Proposed Collection: Title: Patterns and Consequences of Alcohol Use in Non-Reservation Indians. Type of Information Collection Request: New. Form Number: No form number has been assigned because this is a new survey. Need and Use of Information Collection: This survey will be done in preparation for a broader study to follow. The broader study will examine the enhanced vulnerability of some American Indian people to alcohol abuse, alcoholism and adverse consequences of drinking. Most of the existing research has been restricted to reservation-residing tribes. This study will examine non-reservation individuals and thus be better representative of the majority of American Indians. Second, the samples in existing studies are predominantly male. This fact may reflect the disp