RADx-UP CDCC Newsletter – September 27, 2022

Vol. 2, No. 17

Action Items:

Register for the Evidence Academy taking place this week on Sept. 28 & 29 from 12 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. ET
Explore the RADx-UP Image Bank

Dear RADx-UP partners,

The RADx-UP Image Bank is a collection of more than 700 images that RADx-UP project teams helped to capture. All RADx-UP projects and community partners are invited to use them in project communications including recruitment, health promotion, presentations, and research dissemination.

These images portray a variety of community-based settings and activities that tell a part of an individual community’s story. The photos are meant to reflect the diversity represented throughout RADx-UP research projects, including racial/ethnic, gender, socioeconomic, ability, and other unique characteristics

“The photos in the RADx-UP Image Bank show people where they live, work, play, and worship,” explains Magdalene Wellman, co-chair of the RADx-UP Engagement Resource Center. “When disseminating information to community members, stakeholders, and potential partners, it is great to feature the realities of those being served."

Use this form to request full access to the Image Bank and search for photos. Or, you can provide criteria on the form and the ERC team will find photos to meet your needs. Submit photos to the Image Bank here.

Photos courtesy of the RADx-UP Image Bank. Photo (top) by Yvonne Kemp of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Photo (middle): Eddie Galindo, a mural artist with work in San Diego's Chicano Park. Eddie is a research participant in the University of California, San Diego study regarding people who inject drugs and their co-morbidities (including COVID-19). Photo (bottom) by Tim Toal Photography.

Equity Evidence Academy is this week!

The 2022 Equity Evidence Academy will be on Sept. 28 & 29 from 12 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. ET.

Haven't signed up to attend yet? You can do so here.

Be sure to review the interactive Data Profile before the event.

16 new Community Collaboration Grants awarded

RADx-UP has awarded 16 new projects with Community Collaborations Grants (C2G). The mini-grants provide up to $50,000 in funding for community organizations and are intended to help increase capacity for COVID-19 testing and decrease the spread of COVID-19. These projects work across a variety of populations and parts of the country. Congratulations!

First look at RADx-UP articles appearing in AJPH supplement

The American Journal of Public Health posted four articles associated with RADx-UP to its First Look section. These articles and 10 others will be included in a supplement dedicated to RADx-UP research and data results. AJPH posts the second proofs (as PDF files) of certain articles in First Look before publication in the journal so that authors’ research is available as soon as possible.

Once the RADx-UP journal supplement is available, all of the articles will be included in the RADx-UP Publications Dashboard.

RADx-UP Data Visualization Style Guide

This guide provides best practices to choose the right visualizations for your data and audiences. It includes an overview of more than 40 types of charts, dashboards, and infographics and guidance on how to develop each. Originally created for the RADx-UP CDCC, this guide also includes specifications for formats, colors, and fonts for RADx-UP data visualizations.

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New resources added to RADx-UP.org

Several new resources for RADx-UP projects and community partners have been posted to the RADx-UP.org Resource Library. Check them out:

ASU Southwest Interdisciplinary Research Center COVID-19 Graphics for Migrants: COVID-19 public health education materials for asylum seekers in Arizona made by The Southwest Interdisciplinary Research Center worked with their community partner, Lutheran Social Services (LSS) of the Southwest. Materials are in five languages.

RADx-MA Research Partnership Communication Materials: Plain-language materials that support community health centers to increase COVID-19 testing and communicate next steps depending on testing outcomes developed by The RADx-MA Research Partnership.

Addressing COVID-19 Testing Inequities Among Underserved Populations in Massachusetts (MA) – Lay Research Summary: A lay summary of the research findings published of RADx-MA in the journal Frontiers in Public Health and includes a QR code to the full manuscript.

COVID-19 Vaccines Chart: A chart made by Take Care, Texas at UTHealth that breaks down COVID-19 vaccine eligibility by age and vaccine type.

The PATIENTS Program and Mount Lebanon Baptist Church Formalize Longstanding Partnership: The PATIENTS Program and the Mount Lebanon Baptist Church are collaborating to build trust between academia and the West Baltimore community. This article contains information and a video about their project “Community Mistrust and Measures of Institutional Trustworthiness (COMMIT).”

NIH ComPASS funding opportunities

See – and share – the new NIH program Community Partnerships to Advance Science for Society (ComPASS) upcoming funding opportunities for projects and institutions studying health disparities and promoting health equity.

NIH staff will hold technical assistance webinars for the required letter of intent (LOI) on October 4^th and October 11^th at 2pm-3pm ET. Registration is required.

Weird old book finder

Looking for some reading for the fall? This search engine allows users to type in keywords and find old books on the subject. The tool uses books that are available in the public domain; therefore, it only includes books published before Jan. 1, 1927. The results give a glimpse into society, writing, trends, and life at the time. The creator of the tool encourages us to use it to “rewild” our attention and step away from typical social media content and algorithms. Learn more about the creation of the tool and how to use it in this article.

Please contact us at RADx-UP-CDCC@duke.edu or through your assigned CDCC EIT.

Use this form to alert the CDCC to resources like the item above or other information coming out of your project or community, and please let your EIT know if you need anything translated into another language.