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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 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, and practice and training resources.
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CIRTification – A New Alternative to CITI for Community Partners
The rollout of CIRTification at Rutgers has begun. The CIRTification program provides research ethics training alternatives for individuals in community organizations, with limited understanding of conducting human research and protecting potential research participants. This option provides training focused on equipping 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.
Community Blog
OPINION: A primary care doctor says his hands are tied when it comes to helping patients with their mental health
A doctor at a family-run, second-generation practice that serves East Orange and Newark says your family doctor is likely the first medical professional to notice if you have common mental health issues, like anxiety or depression. The hoops the insurance industry...
Green Tea Extract May Harm Liver in People With Certain Genetic Variations.
Long-term use of high-dose green tea extract may provide some protection against cancer, cardiovascular disease, obesity and type 2 diabetes, but it also may create liver damage in a small minority of the population. Who is at risk? Research from Rutgers, published...
Why Black Americans are more likely to be saddled with medical debt
According to a nationwide poll, Black adults who have had health care debt are twice as likely as white adults with such debt to say they've been denied care because they owe money. Read the Full Article
Even a mild case of COVID could harm your gut’s microbiome, especially if you’re on antibiotics, new study finds.
Why would a respiratory virus cause GI symptoms? It’s a question we’ve all been wondering since COVID hit the scene in late 2019. Since the beginning of the pandemic, patients who came down with the virus have reported a wide range of symptoms beyond the respiratory...
Join Us Tomorrow at 11 am for a NJ ACTS BERD Special Guest Lecture
Dimension Reduction in Observational Studies of Alzheimer's Disease Sarah Weinstein, MS December 13, 2022 11 am Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a progressive brain disorder, affecting memory and cognitive function in over 6 million Americans. With an aging population, the...
New Jersey Women Living in Costly Rental Areas More Likely to Experience Labor and Delivery Complications.
Women living in high-cost rental areas are more likely to suffer hemorrhage, heart failure and other life-threatening outcomes during labor and delivery, according to a Rutgers study. Researchers found an even greater discrepancy for those women without a high school...