Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 177 / Thursday, September 16, 2021 / Notices 51673 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

[Document Identifier OS–0990–xxxx] 

Agency Father Generic Information 

Collection Request; 60-Day Public 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS. 

ACTION: 60-Day notice of public 

information collections. 

SUMMARY: 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. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to 

Sherrette.Funn@hhs.gov 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, Sherrette.funn@hhs.gov, 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 

(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) ..................... 53 4 30/60 106 

Consumers (ETS health lesson learning questionnaires) ................................................................ 63,600 1 10/60 10,600 

Health care professionals (quarterly data entry in MERD) ............................................................... 350 4 1.5 2100 

Health care professionals (annual focus group) ............................................................................... 16 1 1.5 24 

Community and Social Service Occupations (annual focus group) ................................................. 16 1 1.5 24 

Total ........................................................................................................................................... 64,035 ........................ ........................ 12,854 

Sherrette A. Funn, 

Paperwork Reduction Act Reports Clearance 

Officer, Office of the Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2021–19975 Filed 9–15–21; 8:45 am] 

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