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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
Is it Safe to Get COVID-19 Vaccine while Pregnant?
Pregnant women – considered to be at high risk for complications if they contract COVID-19 – were not included in clinical trials for the current vaccines, leaving many confused over whether or not they should be vaccinated. Justin Brandt, an assistant professor in...
Fauci warns against comparing Johnson & Johnson vaccine to others
Dr. Anthony Fauci on Sunday warned Americans against holding out for a particular COVID-19 vaccine — saying all three on the market are “safe and efficacious.” “We’ve got to get away from that chain of thought. The only way you really know the difference between...
Can You Spread COVID-19 After Getting the Vaccine? Experts Say the Answer Isn’t Simple
In order to return to some sense of “normal,” roughly 85% of Americans will need to get the COVID-19 vaccine to bring the pandemic to a halt, per Anthony Fauci, M.D., the nation’s leading infectious disease expert. Vaccine distribution is well underway in most states...
Rutgers University’s Resilient, Innovative Year Confronting COVID-19
Anastasia Dudzinski recalls giving her first dose of a vaccine for the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus that has ravaged the world. “It was my first day vaccinating and she was an older woman who was by herself,” said Dudzinski, a Rutgers University–Camden senior nursing...
What health experts are saying
Many health experts are encouraging those to whom the Johnson & Johnson vaccine is available to take it. "My advice to all my patients and to all my friends will be to get the first vaccine you can get. That's what matters the most -- to get protected," said Dr....
Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine 3rd to receive emergency use authorization
The Food and Drug Administration announced Saturday evening that it had issued an emergency use authorization for the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine, the third overall. “The authorization of this vaccine expands the availability of vaccines, the best medical...