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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
If You’re Feeling Impulsive Right Now, You’re Not Alone
When the future is uncertain, people have been dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic by acting more recklessly in the present—even if they're not leaving their homes to do it. Over the last two months, since the coronavirus pandemic thrust the world into a collective...
Twitter Chat On: DISMANTLING SYSTEMIC RACISM: THE END GAME (6/18, 3:15-4:45pm)
THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 2020 | 3:15-4:45PM | #RACISMENDSHERE #DISMANTLESYSTEMICRACISM Join this Twitter Chat to generate ideas and action steps to move society toward a plan to dismantle systemic racism. The chat will be hosted by Qiana L. Brown, PhD, MPH, LCSW Assistant...
During the Pandemic, How Safe Is the Great American Summer Vacation?
Is there any way you can get out of your house and have a little bit of fun, without running a huge risk of contracting the COVID-19 coronavirus? Experts say yes -- if you maintain the social distancing rules that everyone absorbed during the nationwide lockdown. The...
Long and Winding Road: What Happens After You “RECOVER” from COVID-19? Doctors and Patients Reveal
Shana*, a critical care nurse in Pennsylvania, went for a 8.5-mile run two days before she tested positive for Covid-19. She was running as many as 20 miles per week before she came down with the illness that has now sickened more than 1.61 million in the United...
Newark Fights Coronavirus Spread With Nearly 400 Contact-Tracing Volunteers
For Christopher Minick, the hardest part of being a contact tracer is talking to people about the loved ones they lost to Covid-19. The 24-year-old student at the Rutgers School of Public Health is one of roughly 400 volunteers in Newark, N.J.’s new contact-tracing...
Coronavirus Fact vs. Fiction with Dr. Sanjay Gupta
Reynold Panettieri (RITMS/RWJMS) appears on Coronavirus Fact vs. Fiction with Dr. Sanjay Gupta to discuss potential long-term health consequences after recovery. To listen on your favorite podcast app, or read the transcript.