60 day FRN

51673

Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 177 / Thursday, September 16, 2021 / Notices
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
[Document Identifier OS–0990–xxxx]

Agency Father Generic Information
Collection Request; 60-Day Public
Comment Request
Office of the Secretary, HHS.
60-Day notice of public
information collections.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

In compliance with the
requirement of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the
Secretary (OS), Department of Health
and Human Services, is publishing the
following summary of a proposed
collection for public comment.
DATES: Comments on the ICR must be
received on or before November 15,
2021.
SUMMARY:

Submit your comments to
[email protected] or by calling
(202) 795–7714.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
When submitting comments or
requesting information, please include
the document identifier 0990–New–
60D, and project title for reference, to
Sherrette Funn, the Reports Clearance
Officer, [email protected], or call
202–795–7714.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Interested
persons are invited to send comments
regarding this burden estimate or any
other aspect of this collection of
information, including any of the
following subjects: (1) The necessity and
utility of the proposed information
collection for the proper performance of
the agency’s functions; (2) the accuracy
of the estimated burden; (3) ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
of the information to be collected; and
ADDRESSES:

(4) the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology to minimize the information
collection burden.
Title of the Collection: Evaluation of
the National Hypertension Control
Initiative (NHCI).
Type of Collection: (New) Father
Generic.
OMB No.: 0990–NEW—OS/Office of
Minority Health (OMH).
Abstract: As part of the federal
response to COVID–19, the U.S.
Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS) has funded a new
initiative involving two cooperative
agreements with the American Heart
Association (AHA) to improve COVID–
19-related health outcomes by
addressing hypertension (high blood
pressure) among racial and ethnic
minority populations. The $32 million
project from the HHS Office of Minority
Health (OMH) and the Health Resources
and Services Administration (HRSA)
Bureau of Primary Health Care will
support the implementation of the
National Hypertension Control Initiative
(NHCI), a national initiative to improve
blood pressure control among the most
at-risk populations, including racial and
ethnic minorities.
The NHCI will support 350
participating HRSA-funded health
centers by providing patient and
provider education and training for
effective hypertension control as well as
integration of remote blood pressure
monitoring technology into the
treatment of hypertension for patients
served by participating health centers.
The project will also utilize the
American Heart Association’s targeted
media campaigns and existing
partnerships with community-based
organizations (CBOs) to help reach

Black, Latino, and other impacted
communities with (i) culturally and
linguistically appropriate messages, (ii)
access to blood pressure screenings, and
(iii) connection to health centers to
encourage proper treatment and
management of hypertension of
screened individuals. This initiative
serves to increase the number of adult
patients with controlled hypertension
and reduce the potential risk of COVIDrelated health outcomes.
AHA aims to conduct an evaluation to
assess the feasibility of the
implementation of each of the three
NHCI strategies. The findings of this
evaluation will inform the improvement
and tailoring of AHA’s communication
approaches about the importance of and
techniques for improving blood pressure
control, including the benefits of
accurately measuring, rapidly acting,
and having a patient-focused approach
to blood pressure control.
Methodology
The evaluation of the NHCI project
will use a mixed methods design,
integrating both quantitative and
qualitative data collection and analyses.
Three main goals of data collection will
be to: (1) Track and monitor systems
change implementation process
information from Community Health
Centers (CHCs) on a quarterly basis, (2)
assess the capacity of NHCI partners to
implement the NHCI project, their
needs, the strengths and weaknesses of
the systems change approach, and the
feasibility of the implementation of the
NHCI in their organizations and
communities, and (3) assess the reach
and success of NHCI project strategies
implemented by partners.

ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOUR TABLE
Respondents
(if necessary)

Number of
respondents

Number of
responses per
respondents

Average
burden per
response

Total burden
hours

Community and Social Service Occupations (CBO quarterly data entry into MERD) .....................
Consumers (ETS health lesson learning questionnaires) ................................................................
Health care professionals (quarterly data entry in MERD) ...............................................................
Health care professionals (annual focus group) ...............................................................................
Community and Social Service Occupations (annual focus group) .................................................

53
63,600
350
16
16

4
1
4
1
1

30/60
10/60
1.5
1.5
1.5

106
10,600
2100
24
24

Total ...........................................................................................................................................

64,035

........................

........................

12,854

Sherrette A. Funn,
Paperwork Reduction Act Reports Clearance
Officer, Office of the Secretary.
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