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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
Black-Owned Hospice Seeks to Bring Greater Ease in Dying to Black Families
Medicare data finds that roughly 41% of Black patients died under hospice care in 2019, compared with a majority of white patients. The article features Heart and Soul Hospice in Nashville, Tennessee, established in 2020 with the express purpose of educating Black...
Fighting fibroids — and the race-based bias that impacts women of color.
Uterine fibroids are widely seen as common and relatively harmless for women, but the truth can be far more complicated and far-reaching. That’s especially the case for Black women: eight out of 10 will develop these masses by the time they reach middle age. For many,...
Rutgers Team Develops Rapid Screening Test for Omicron and Other SARS-CoV-2 Variants.
A rapid test that detects all known COVID-19 variants, including the highly transmissible Omicron variant, has been developed by researchers at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School. The test, which can be performed at laboratories experienced in COVID-19 testing can...
As boosters lag, NJ keeps pushing for more to get vaccinated
State’s vaccination strategy includes mega-sites, pop-up clinics, church-based events. From five mega-sites to local pop-up clinics and church-centered “Grateful for the Shot” events,” New Jersey health officials keep pushing COVID-19 jabs and boosters, though...
Spotify’s handling of COVID-19 misinformation on Joe Rogan’s podcast takes heat from critics.
After managing to avoid the same level of scrutiny as fellow tech giants such as Twitter and Facebook for years, streaming service Spotify has now found itself at the center of a scandal involving the platform it gives to those disseminating misinformation about...
OPINION: What genetic counselors can teach the CDC about communicating uncertainty
Genetic counselors provide recommendations for public health communicators trying to educate the public about what is known about COVID-19. Helping people make sense of what is not known is just as important. Their approach to communicating uncertainty is simple,...