RADx-UP CDCC Newsletter – March 24, 2022

Vol. 2, No. 6

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Action Items:

Register for the May 3 Scientific Meeting.
Save the date for the next COVID-19 Equity Evidence Academy.
Contribute your photos to the new RADx-UP Image Bank.
Explore the RADx-UP Data Dashboard.

Dear RADx-UP Partners,

Thank you for joining us at the Project-Wide Meeting on March 17 for our demonstration of the updated RADx-UP Data Dashboard and new RADx-UP Area-Level Data Linkage report.

These tools are now available for your use on my RADx-UP home via the Reports tab in the top right of the page.

The CDCC Data Science & Biostatistics Core will hold the following scheduled office hours to be available for your questions about the dashboard. Join on Zoom here.

March 28, from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. ET
April 7, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. ET
April 12, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. ET

We look forward to learning how the CDE data dashboard sparks ideas, questions, and concepts that can lead to cross-consortium data analyses and publications. Stay tuned for specific next steps in that process.

Share your Photos with the Consortium

The CDCC is building the RADx-UP Image Bank, a collection of photos that reflect the impact of COVID-19 across diverse RADx-UP project sites throughout the U.S. We invite you to submit photos that tell the story of how COVID-19 has affected your family, community, career, relationships, and other aspects of life. These photos will then be available for other projects to use in their recruitment, presentations, or research dissemination. Consent forms are required! Photo submissions will be entered into a raffle to receive a $150 digital gift card prize. Visit this page on myRADxUPhome to learn more. Download a flyer to share in your community here.

Upcoming Meetings

The RADx-UP Scientific Meeting on Tues., May 3 from 1 p. m. to 4 p. m. ET will feature RADx-UP projects presenting their data results and lessons learned.

Save the Date

The next COVID-19 Equity Evidence Academy will be Sept. 28 and 29, 2022. This interactive conference will give you ways to discuss relevant research around the theme of engaging communities in COVID-19 messaging and strategies to overcome misinformation.

Reminder: Note your Funding in Manuscripts

We want to be sure the RADx-UP Publications page accurately reflects your work. Please ensure that your RADx-UP-related manuscripts acknowledge your NIH funding with this text:

Funding acknowledgment: Research reported in this RADx® Underserved Populations (RADx-UP) publication was supported by the National Institutes of Health under Award Number (list appropriate grant number, including CDCC grant number for cross-consortium data, data management, and/or analysis support).

RADx-UP Research in Brief

Testing in Schools for Children with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Brief

This RADx-UP COMPASS-T project performed weekly saliva SARS-CoV-2 testing to assess the spread of COVID-19 among students and staff in schools working with children with IDD. Key recommendation for schools with children with IDD: easy access to no-cost COVID-19 testing at schools.

Get the research brief .

ÓRALE

In recognition of Farmworker Awareness Week this month, RADx-UP celebrates the work of UC Davis Health and the ÓRALE project, which organized 487 events between Feb. 2021 and Jan. 2022 to provide COVID-19 testing. Check out their dashboards that break down the vaccination, testing and positivity rate by county in in the California counties they serve (in Spanish.)

Watch this video to learn more about the project.

Resources Added to Library

Find these new community-engaged research resources on RADx-UP.org:

Resources & Style Guides for Framing Health Equity and Avoiding Stigmatizing Language: This Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) library brings together resources that provide guidance for using accurate and destigmatizing language when discussing health equity and communities served in health equity work. View here.
CoNNECT to Achieve Equality: COVID-19 Vaccination Barriers Focus Group: The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences led focus groups and worked with health care providers and community-based organizations to implement changes to increase COVID-19 vaccination. This flyer reports the results of these focus groups back to participants and the community. The project team hopes that others can use it as an example. View here.

Please contact us at RADx-UP-CDCC@duke.edu or through your assigned CDCC EIT (see current list under Engagement Impact Teams).

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.