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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.
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Health-care workers of color report a dual pandemic in new study by Rutgers researcher.
As a young Black nurse, Charlotte Thomas-Hawkins saw it all. Staffers of color denied leadership roles and promotions, and believing that they were being held to higher standards. The automatic assumption that they had a lesser education. Patients assuming that a...
21PHirst Signature Series Webinar on Mapping Value: Structural Racism and Health Consequences – Thursday, May 5, 2022 at 11:30am-12:45pm
Join the Rutgers School of Public Health for “Mapping Value: Structural Racism and Health Consequences,” presented by Rutgers University President Jonathan Holloway on Thursday, May 5, 2022, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. EST. How do we measure our values and what are...
Effective Mentoring of Undergrads Virtual Workshop on Thursday, May 5, 2022 10am-12pm
This active learning virtual workshop will use techniques and case study discussions in breakout rooms to teach PhD students and Postdoctoral Fellows tools and skills to better mentor undergraduate students in a laboratory setting. Attendees will also reflect upon...
NJACTS Community Engagement Core Available Services
Virtual Community Engagement Salon The NJ ACTS CEC Virtual Community Engagement Salons bring researchers together with patients, community members and health care stakeholders to actively participate in cross-talk — to incubate ideas for engagement in the...
Obesity can boost your risk of asthma.
Scientists from Rutgers University found that obesity changes how airway muscles function, which increases the risk of developing asthma. The research is published in the Journal of Physiology—Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology and was conducted by Reynold...
Covid and Diabetes, Colliding in a Public Health Train Wreck
After older people and nursing home residents, no group perhaps has been harder hit by the pandemic than people with diabetes. Experts hope policymakers will take notice, and finally get serious about tackling the nation’s diabetes crisis. Read the Full Article.