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Mendivil-Aguayo P, Rivera M, Armendariz D, Rodriguez DP, Vasquez C, Regino L, Tellez M, Perez J, Medina D, Sandoval V, Murray-Krezan C, Aragon A, Thomas RJ, Bearer EL, Page-Reeves J. Zoom & WhatsApp Digital Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) Enhance Community Engaged Research with Women Immigrants from Mexico. JOURNAL OF COMMUNITY PRACTICE 2024; 32:212-237. [PMID: 38883275 PMCID: PMC11174975 DOI: 10.1080/10705422.2024.2351935] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/18/2024]
Abstract
This article demonstrates how digital information and communication technologies (ICTs) (Zoom/WhatsApp) unexpectedly and counterintuitively proved to be valuable tools for community-engaged health research when, in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, they were integrated into a research study testing a peer support group intervention with female immigrants from Mexico. Because of pandemic restrictions, we changed the study protocol to hold meetings remotely via Zoom rather than in person as originally planned. Because we recognized that this would lack some opportunities for participants to interact and develop relationships, we created a WhatsApp chat for each group. Despite challenges for participants to use ICTs and participant-stated preference for in-person meetings, the results demonstrated that participants overwhelmingly endorsed these technologies as promoting access, participation, engagement, and satisfaction. Zoom/WhatsApp created a valuable environment both as a method for conducting research with this population, but also as part of the intervention for immigrant women to support and learn from each other. ICT adaptations have now permanently changed the way we conduct community-engaged health research.
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- Pachely Mendivil-Aguayo
- School of Medicine, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.A
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- School of Medicine, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.A
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- School of Medicine, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.A
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- Office for Community Health, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.A
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- Office for Community Health, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.A
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- Office for Community Health, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.A
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- One Hope Centro de Vida Health Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.A
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.A
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- Department of Sociology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.A
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- Department of Pathology, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.A
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- Department of Family & Community Medicine, Office for Community Health, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.A
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Mrklas KJ, Boyd JM, Shergill S, Merali S, Khan M, Moser C, Nowell L, Goertzen A, Swain L, Pfadenhauer LM, Sibley KM, Vis-Dunbar M, Hill MD, Raffin-Bouchal S, Tonelli M, Graham ID. A scoping review of the globally available tools for assessing health research partnership outcomes and impacts. Health Res Policy Syst 2023; 21:139. [PMID: 38129871 PMCID: PMC10740226 DOI: 10.1186/s12961-023-00958-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2022] [Accepted: 01/03/2023] [Indexed: 12/23/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Health research partnership approaches have grown in popularity over the past decade, but the systematic evaluation of their outcomes and impacts has not kept equal pace. Identifying partnership assessment tools and key partnership characteristics is needed to advance partnerships, partnership measurement, and the assessment of their outcomes and impacts through systematic study. OBJECTIVE To locate and identify globally available tools for assessing the outcomes and impacts of health research partnerships. METHODS We searched four electronic databases (Ovid MEDLINE, Embase, CINAHL + , PsychINFO) with an a priori strategy from inception to June 2021, without limits. We screened studies independently and in duplicate, keeping only those involving a health research partnership and the development, use and/or assessment of tools to evaluate partnership outcomes and impacts. Reviewer disagreements were resolved by consensus. Study, tool and partnership characteristics, and emerging research questions, gaps and key recommendations were synthesized using descriptive statistics and thematic analysis. RESULTS We screened 36 027 de-duplicated citations, reviewed 2784 papers in full text, and kept 166 studies and three companion reports. Most studies originated in North America and were published in English after 2015. Most of the 205 tools we identified were questionnaires and surveys targeting researchers, patients and public/community members. While tools were comprehensive and usable, most were designed for single use and lacked validity or reliability evidence. Challenges associated with the interchange and definition of terms (i.e., outcomes, impacts, tool type) were common and may obscure partnership measurement and comparison. Very few of the tools identified in this study overlapped with tools identified by other, similar reviews. Partnership tool development, refinement and evaluation, including tool measurement and optimization, are key areas for future tools-related research. CONCLUSION This large scoping review identified numerous, single-use tools that require further development and testing to improve their psychometric and scientific qualities. The review also confirmed that the health partnership research domain and its measurement tools are still nascent and actively evolving. Dedicated efforts and resources are required to better understand health research partnerships, partnership optimization and partnership measurement and evaluation using valid, reliable and practical tools that meet partners' needs.
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- Kelly J Mrklas
- Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, 3D10-3280 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, AB, T2N 4Z6, Canada.
- Strategic Clinical Networks™, Provincial Clinical Excellence, Alberta Health Services, Calgary, AB, Canada.
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- Knowledge Translation Program, St Michael's Hospital, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
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- Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
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- Faculty of Nursing, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Faculty of Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, 3D10-3280 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, AB, T2N 4Z6, Canada
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- Institute for Medical Information Processing, and Epidemiology-IBE, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität Munich, Munich, Germany
- Pettenkofer School of Public Health, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
- George & Fay Yee Centre for Healthcare Innovation, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
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- Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, 3D10-3280 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, AB, T2N 4Z6, Canada
- Departments of Clinical Neurosciences, Medicine and Radiology, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
- Hotchkiss Brain Institute, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
- Office of the Vice-President (Research), University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada
- Schools of Epidemiology and Public Health and Nursing, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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Sheikhattari P, Shaffer E, Barsha RAA, Silver GB, Elliott B, Delgado C, Purviance P, Odero-Marah V, Bronner Y. Building Capacity for Community-Academia Research Partnerships by Establishing a Physical Infrastructure for Community Engagement: Morgan CARES. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2022; 19:12467. [PMID: 36231771 PMCID: PMC9566608 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph191912467] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2022] [Revised: 09/27/2022] [Accepted: 09/27/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Research partnerships between universities and communities following the principles of community-based participatory research (CBPR) have the potential to eliminate cycles of health disparities. The purpose of this article is to describe the process of establishing a community-campus network with a distinct mission and vision of developing trusting and successful research partnerships that are sustained and effective. In 2019, Morgan CARES was established to facilitate community engagement by founding a community center "within" a low-income residential neighborhood as a safe and accessible hub for creating a vibrant learning community. A community needs assessment and asset mapping was conducted and several necessary resources and services were provided to maximize networking opportunities, nurture innovative ideas and proposals, and provide seed funding. Lessons learned informed the optimization of a theoretical model that has guided the development and implementation of the program's key components. By December 2021, Morgan CARES had recruited 222 community and 137 academic members representing diverse expertise from across Baltimore City. We also successfully established new partnerships and funded a total of 17 small community-academic awards. Although in its early stages, Morgan CARES has established a dynamic learning community following a conceptual framework that could guide future similar initiatives.
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- Payam Sheikhattari
- Prevention Sciences Research Center, School of Community Health and Policy, Morgan State University, 1700 East Cold Spring Lane, Baltimore, MD 21251, USA
- Center for Urban Health Disparities Research and Innovation, Morgan CARES Community Engagement Core, Morgan State University, 1700 East Cold Spring Lane, Baltimore, MD 21251, USA
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- Center for Urban Health Disparities Research and Innovation, Morgan CARES Community Engagement Core, Morgan State University, 1700 East Cold Spring Lane, Baltimore, MD 21251, USA
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- Center for Urban Health Disparities Research and Innovation, Morgan CARES Community Engagement Core, Morgan State University, 1700 East Cold Spring Lane, Baltimore, MD 21251, USA
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- Center for Urban Health Disparities Research and Innovation, Morgan State University, 1700 East Cold Spring Lane, Baltimore, MD 21251, USA
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- Center for Urban Health Disparities Research and Innovation, Morgan State University, 1700 East Cold Spring Lane, Baltimore, MD 21251, USA
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- Hillen Road Improvement Association, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
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- Center for Urban Health Disparities Research and Innovation, Morgan State University, 1700 East Cold Spring Lane, Baltimore, MD 21251, USA
- Department of Biology, Morgan State University, 1700 East Cold Spring Lane, Baltimore, MD 21251, USA
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- Prevention Sciences Research Center, School of Community Health and Policy, Morgan State University, 1700 East Cold Spring Lane, Baltimore, MD 21251, USA
- Center for Urban Health Disparities Research and Innovation, Morgan CARES Community Engagement Core, Morgan State University, 1700 East Cold Spring Lane, Baltimore, MD 21251, USA
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