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COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT CORE OVERVIEW
NJACTS draws leading academic, industry and community groups together to understand and address the health needs of New Jersey. Central to this is engagement with our community to ensure that our efforts respond to their priorities. Our goal is to conduct research with the New Jersey community, in the community and for the community, and yet, have impact beyond our state’s boundaries.
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Empowering Community-Based Research
Through Cultural and Linguistic Collaboration
- Navigating interpreter-mediated encounters
- Effective translation for research
- Understanding cultural nuances in literacy, trust, and belonging
Through collaboration across disciplines and leveraging expertise within and beyond Rutgers, CrEER ensures that research is inclusive, culturally relevant, and impactful both locally and globally.
👉 Discover how CrEER is shaping the future of community-based research here.
Association for Clinical and Translational Science (ATCS) Membership for Community Members
Did you know that community members are eligible to become members of ACTS through their affiliation with NJ ACTS?
Community members are able to access ACTS’ member benefits, including:
- Discounted registration to the annual Translational Science meeting
- Opportunities to participate in Special Interest Groups and Committees
- Access to the community platform website and more!
Resource for Investigators – CTSA Compendium of D&I Catalogs
Dissemination and implementation (D&I) research focuses on translating evidence-based interventions into real-world settings to improve health outcomes in the broader community.
An open-source CTSA Compendium of D&I Catalogs has been developed by the Clinical & Translational Science Awards (CTSA) Program’s “Advancing Dissemination and Implementation Sciences in CTSAs” working group to support investigators at any stage of their D&I skill-building journey. It provides a curated list of resource catalogs relevant to the conduct of D&I science. The materials include frameworks/theories/models, methods/measures, funding resources, practice resources, training, and health equity resources. Click here to learn more.
CIRTification – A New Alternative to CITI for Community Partners
The rollout of CIRTification at Rutgers has begun. The CIRTification program provides research ethics training alternative for individuals in community organizations, with limited understanding of conducting human research and protecting potential research participants. This option provides training that focuses on establishing the skills in community partners to conduct human subject research effectively and safely in their communities.
To learn more about the program at Rutgers, please visit this link CIRTification.
NJ ACTS COMMUNITY SCIENTIST PROGRAM
This program is designed to provide researchers with rapid feedback from expert community members to ensure their research projects are culturally appropriate and relevant to the community.
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For more information, please contact njactscommunity@rwjms.rutgers.edu
NJ HEROES TOO
Through the ongoing New Jersey Healthcare Essential Worker Outreach and Education Study – Testing Overlooked Occupations (NJ HEROES TOO), we have gained a wealth of data on COVID-19’s effects, gleaned valuable learnings on attitudes toward testing and vaccines, and improved COVID-19 awareness in underserved communities.
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Community-Based Programs in Senior Centers May Lower Health Care Use and Costs for People with Dementia
According to research from professionals from Rutgers University-New Brunswick and the University of Massachusetts Boston, having dementia in areas with senior centers that give access to social services and adult day health was tied to lower Medicare costs and health...
How Rutgers Health and Vaccine Equity Education Coalition Ambassadors at the Boys & Girls Club of Newark Are Promoting Vaccine Equity.
Flu vaccination coverage has been consistently lower among Black Americans since 2010, with 43 percent of Black adults receiving the vaccine versus 51 percent of White adults in the 2022–23 season, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. To combat...
Center for Environmental Exposures and Disease 7th Annual Environmental Health and Justice Summit 10/18, 9am-4pm
The 7th annual Environmental Health & Justice Summit will be on October 18th from 9-4 at the College Avenue Student Center. This event will feature information from presenters about the growing concerns regarding pollutants related to plastic in the environment...
Trial Innovation Network Virtual DIDACT Symposium
Johns Hopkins University Trial Innovation Center to host A Virtual DIDACT Symposium Join this virtual symposium highlighting contemporary methods for the efficient design and analysis of clinical trials. New tools and software will be discussed, and attendees will be...
Study Reveals Doubled Risk of Preterm Birth for IVF Pregnancies.
Women who conceive through in vitro fertilization and experience a serious pregnancy complication are twice as likely to deliver early (before 37 weeks) compared to those with only one of those factors, according to a Rutgers Health researcher. The study, which...
Research Resources Workshop Series: NJ ACTS & Research Resources
Research Resources Workshop continues on Wednesday October 16th at 4 pm with Dr. Panettieri and NJ ACTS & Research Resources. NJ ACTS and Research Resources Reynold A. Panettieri Jr., M.D. Vice Chancellor for Translational Medicine and Science Zoom Webinar Link:...