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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 181 / Wednesday, September 22, 2021 / Notices demonstrated commitment to the SMBP
Programs overarching goals and objectives:
Working to increase behaviors women can take to improve their heart health;
Increasing access to resources and information regarding hypertension, cardiovascular disease, health risks associated with high blood pressure, and factors that increase the risk of high blood pressure;
Increasing knowledge and utilization of SMBP activities also referred to as self-monitoring;
Increasing understanding of blood pressure needs and understanding of blood pressure numbers;
Increasing number of women collaborating with healthcare providers with a focus on self-monitoring blood pressure control, with special consideration to adapt or modify activities to meet the needs of diverse, minority, underserved, and hard to reach populations;
Expanding efforts to reach those disproportionately affected by high blood pressure, including Black or African American women, Latina women, Asian/Pacific Islander women, American Indian/Alaska Native women, women of reproductive age, women in rural communities, and women across the lifespan, to include those negatively affected by comorbidities and social determinants of health;
Developing partnerships to promote SMBP across a variety of sectors, including business, community, academic, education, faith based, government, health care, media, public health, and technology;
Partnering with national, state, tribal, or local volunteer organizations to provide education, training, or programs regarding health promotion, disease prevention, hypertension, SMBP, health disparities, health equity, and well-being; and/or Including information in their public facing materials about programs for hypertension, addressing SMBP, eliminating disparities, achieving health equity, and/or promoting well-being in communities.
Funds: Neither HHS nor OWH will provide funds to support SMBP Program partners. Applicants, OWH, and SMBP
Program partners will not be expected to contribute funds.
Application: Organizations may apply to be an SMBP Program partner.
Organizations should submit a letter of interest acknowledging their support of the SMBP Programs overarching goals.
Organizations interested in being SMBP
Program partners shall identify in their letters of interest those activities from
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the list noted above that demonstrate commitment to the SMBP Programs overarching goals and objectives and indicate how they address or support those goals.
DATES: Letters of interest to become an SMBP Program partner should be submitted to OWHBPPartner@hhs.gov.
Letters of interest will be accepted starting October 1, 2021 and will be reviewed periodically. OWH will conduct informational webinars for interested applicants. Interested organizations may use the following links to register for the informational webinars:
September 24, 2021, at 1 p.m. Eastern Time ET
September 27, 2021, at 1 p.m. Eastern Time ET
Letters of interest can be submitted via email to OWHBPPartner@
hhs.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Keiva Nelson, Office on Womens Health, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; 200 Independence Avenue SW, 712E, Washington, DC
20201; Email: OWHBPPartner@hhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background: The HHS Office on Womens Health OWH is charged with providing expert advice and consultation to the Secretary concerning scientific, legal, ethical, and policy issues related to womens health. OWH
establishes short-range and long-range goals within the Department and coordinates on activities within the Department that relate to disease prevention, health promotion, service delivery, research, and public and health care professional education, for issues of particular concern to women throughout their lifespan. OWH
monitors the Departments activities regarding womens health and identifies needs regarding the coordination of activities. OWH is also responsible for facilitating the exchange of information through the National Womens Health Information Center. Additionally, OWH
coordinates efforts to promote womens health programs and policies with the private sector.
Requirements of Interested Organizations: OWH invites organizations to submit a letter of interest to become a SMBP Program partner.
Organizations selected by OWH to be SMBP Program partners will sign a letter of understanding LOU with OWH outlining the terms and parameters of their support for the SMBP Program. Selection as an SMBP
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Program partner does not imply any federal endorsement of the collaborating organizations general policies, activities, or products.
Eligibility for Interested Organizations: To be eligible to become an SMBP Program partner, an organization shall: 1 Have a demonstrated interest in, understanding of, and experience with working to promote access to resources and information regarding hypertension, cardiovascular disease, factors that increase the risk of high blood pressure, health risks associated with high blood pressure, prevention strategies and selfmeasured blood pressure, health disparities, and health equity or 2 have an organizational or corporate mission that is aligned with the SMBP Programs goals; and 3 agree to sign a LOU with OWH, which will set forth the details of how the organization is supporting the goals of the SMBP Program.
Letter of Interest Requirements: Each SMBP Program letter of interest shall contain: 1 Organization name, location, website, and submitters contact information; 2 a brief description of the organizations mission and/or values; and 3 a description of how the organization supports or plans to support the SMBP
Program goals.
Submission of a letter of interest does not guarantee acceptance as a SMBP
Program partner.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 237a and 42
U.S.C. 300u2a.
Dated: September 14, 2021.
Dorothy A. Fink, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Womens Health.
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