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Palawat K, Root RA, Cortez LI, Foley T, Carella V, Beck C, Ramírez-Andreotta MD. Patterns of contamination and burden of lead and arsenic in rooftop harvested rainwater collected in Arizona environmental justice communities. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2023; 337:117747. [PMID: 37019054 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.117747] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2022] [Revised: 12/02/2022] [Accepted: 03/13/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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As climate change exacerbates water scarcity, rainwater harvesting for household irrigation and gardening becomes an increasingly common practice. However, the use and quality of harvested rainwater are not well studied, and the potential pollutant exposures associated with its use are generally unknown. There are currently no federal standards in the United States to assess metal(loid)s in harvested rainwater. Project Harvest, a community science research project, was created to address this knowledge gap and study the quality of harvested rainwater, primarily used for irrigation, in four environmental justice communities in Arizona, USA. Community scientists collected 577 unique rooftop harvested rainwater samples from 2017 to 2020, which were analyzed for metal(loid)s, where arsenic (As) concentrations ranged from 0.108 to 120 μg L-1 and lead (Pb) concentrations ranged from 0.013 to 350 μg L-1 and compared to relevant federal/state standards/recommendations. Community As and Pb concentrations decreased as: Hayden/Winkelman > Tucson > Globe/Miami > Dewey-Humboldt. Linear mixed models were used to analyze rooftop harvested rainwater data and results indicated that concentrations of As and Pb in the summer monsoon were significantly greater than winter; and contamination was significantly greater closer to extractive industrial sites in three of the four study communities (ASARCO Hayden Plant Superfund Alternative site in Hayden/Winkelman, Davis-Monthan United States Air Force Base in Tucson - Pb only, and Freeport McMoRan Copper and Gold Mine in Globe/Miami). Based on models, infrastructure such as proximity to roadway, roof material, presence of a cistern screen, and first-flush systems were not significant with respect to As and Pb when controlling for relevant spatiotemporal variables; whereas, cistern age was associated with Pb concentrations. These results however, indicate that concentrations vary seasonally and by proximity to industrial activity, not by decisions made regarding collection system infrastructures at the individual home level. This study shows that generally, individuals are not responsible for environmental contamination of rooftop harvested rainwater, rather activities and decisions of government and corporate industries control contaminant release.
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- Kunal Palawat
- Department of Environmental Science, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
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- Department of Environmental Science, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
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- Sonora Environmental Research Institute, Inc., Tucson, AZ, USA
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- Resident of Globe, AZ, USA; Mother Eagle Shamanic Center, Globe, AZ, USA
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- Resident of Globe, AZ, USA; Space Mission Earth, Globe, AZ, USA
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- Department of Environmental Science, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA; Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.
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Brear MR, Shabangu PN, Hammarberg K, Fisher J. Structural Influences on Consent Decisions in Participatory Health Research in Eswatini. J Empir Res Hum Res Ethics 2023; 18:24-36. [PMID: 36591920 DOI: 10.1177/15562646221147811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Recognition that structural factors influence participation decisions and have potential to coerce participation, emerged relatively recently in research ethics literature. Empirical evidence to elucidate the nature of "structural" coercion and influence is needed to optimise respect for autonomy through voluntary informed consent. We present findings from ethnographic data about community co-researchers' experiences designing and implementing demographic and health survey consent procedures in participatory health research in Eswatini. Informed by Bourdieu's sociological theory of multiple types of capital/power, our findings detail structural influences on research participation decisions, highlight the inherently power-laden dynamics of consent interactions, and suggest that to be optimally ethical, research ethics principles and practices should consider and account for structural power dynamics.
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- Michelle R Brear
- Global and Women's Health, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
- School of Public Health, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Global and Women's Health, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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- Global and Women's Health, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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Peacock-Chambers E, Moran M, Clark MC, Borelli JL, Byatt N, Friedmann PD, Suchman NE, Feinberg E. Adaptation of an evidence-based parenting intervention for integration into maternal-child home-visiting programs: Challenges and solutions. IMPLEMENTATION RESEARCH AND PRACTICE 2023; 4:26334895221151029. [PMID: 36873580 PMCID: PMC9924283 DOI: 10.1177/26334895221151029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Background The objective of this study was to assess potential challenges, prioritize adaptations, and develop an implementation and research approach to integrate and study a parenting intervention for mothers in recovery from substance use disorders in community-based home-visiting programs. Method An explanatory mixed-methods design, guided by process mapping with Failure Modes and Effects Analysis tools, and an Advisory Panel of 15 community members, identified potential implementation challenges and recommended solutions for the proposed intervention within five pre-specified domains. Thematic content analysis identified themes from detailed field notes. Results The Advisory Panel identified 44 potential challenges across all domains. They determined that the recruitment domain was most likely to create challenges. Regarding the potential challenges, two cross-domain themes emerged: (1) development of mistrust in the community and (2) difficulty initiating and sustaining engagement. Potential solutions and adaptations to protocols are reported. Conclusion Mistrust in the community was cited as a potentially important challenge for the delivery and study of an evidence-based parenting intervention for mothers in recovery through home-visiting programs. Adaptations to research protocols and intervention delivery strategies are needed to prioritize the psychological safety of families, particularly for groups that have been historically stigmatized.
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- Elizabeth Peacock-Chambers
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical
School - Baystate Campus, Springfield, MA, USA
- Department of Healthcare Delivery and Population Science, University
of Massachusetts Chan Medical School - Baystate Campus, Springfield, MA, USA
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- Department of Healthcare Delivery and Population Science, University
of Massachusetts Chan Medical School - Baystate Campus, Springfield, MA, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical
School - Baystate Campus, Springfield, MA, USA
- Department of Healthcare Delivery and Population Science, University
of Massachusetts Chan Medical School - Baystate Campus, Springfield, MA, USA
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- Department of Psychological Science, University of California
Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical
School, Worcester, MA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical
School - Baystate Campus, Springfield, MA, USA
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- Department of Psychological Science, University of California
Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Boston University School of
Medicine, Boston, MA, USA Deceased
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Obeidat RF, Al-Delaimy W. Applying the Ethical Principle of Social Benefits in Nursing Research in Developing Countries: the Case of Jordan. JOURNAL OF ACADEMIC ETHICS 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s10805-020-09380-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Parker M, Pearson C, Donald C, Fisher CB. Beyond the Belmont Principles: A Community-Based Approach to Developing an Indigenous Ethics Model and Curriculum for Training Health Researchers Working with American Indian and Alaska Native Communities. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY 2019; 64:9-20. [PMID: 31355974 PMCID: PMC6750973 DOI: 10.1002/ajcp.12360] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Individuals responsible for carrying out research within their diverse communities experience a critical need for research ethics training materials that align with community values. To improve the capacity to meet local human subject protections, we created the research Ethics Training for Health in Indigenous Communities (rETHICS), a training curriculum aligned within American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) context, culture, and community-level ethical values and principles. Beginning with the Belmont Report and the Common Rule that defines research with human subjects (46 CFR 45), the authors convened three different expert panels (N = 37) to identify Indigenous research values and principles common across tribal communities. The resulting culturally grounded curriculum was then tested with 48 AI/AN individuals, 39 who also had recorded debriefing interviews. Using a thematic analysis, we coded the qualitative feedback from the expert panel discussions and the participant debriefings to assess content validity. Participants identified five foundational constructs needed to ensure cultural-grounding of the AI/AN-specific research training curriculum. These included ensuring that the module was: (a) framed within an AI/AN historical context; (b) reflected Indigenous moral values; (c) specifically linked AI/AN cultural considerations to ethical procedures; (d) contributed to a growing Indigenous ethics; and (e) provided Indigenous-based ethics tools for decision making. Using community-based consultation and feedback from participants led to a culturally grounded training curriculum that teaches research ethical principles and procedures for conducting research with AI/ANs. The curriculum is available for free and the community-based process used can be adapted for other cultural groups.
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- Myra Parker
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Center for the Study of Health and Risk Behavior, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- School of Social Work, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Prevention Research Center, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, OR, USA
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Sage R, Benavides‐Vaello S, Flores E, LaValley S, Martyak P. Strategies for conducting health research with Latinos during times of political incivility. Nurs Open 2018; 5:261-266. [PMID: 30062018 PMCID: PMC6056452 DOI: 10.1002/nop2.166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2017] [Accepted: 05/14/2018] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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AIM The current US political climate towards immigrants introduces new challenges for researchers already struggling to recruit and retain Latino participants in health research. The purpose of this work is to illuminate how current political incivility further deters participation by Latinos in research and present strategies to overcome these challenges. DESIGN/METHODS In this discursive piece, we describe how political incivility serves as a proxy for discrimination, discusses the impact of political incivility on health and health outcomes and explores existing knowledge of recruitment and retention strategies in the light of a current, adversely impacted health study with Latinos during the 2016 election season. RESULTS Future work should consider the critical contextual factors (including political incivility) faced by Latinos in the US, while continuing to engage in established research strategies such as increasing trust, developing strong community presence, reducing risks (real and perceived) and being thoughtful in research design and implementation.
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- Rayna Sage
- University of MontanaRural Institute for Inclusive CommunitiesMissoulaMTUSA
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- University of MontanaRural Institute for Inclusive CommunitiesMissoulaMTUSA
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Corbie-Smith G, Wynn M, Richmond A, Rennie S, Green M, Hoover SM, Watson-Hopper S, Nisbeth KS. Stakeholder-driven, consensus development methods to design an ethical framework and guidelines for engaged research. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0199451. [PMID: 29928015 PMCID: PMC6013201 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0199451] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2017] [Accepted: 06/07/2018] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Increasingly, researchers seek to engage communities, patients, and stakeholders as partners in the process and products of health research. However, there is no existing stakeholder-driven ethical framework for such engaged scholarship. We employed an iterative, stakeholder-engaged method to develop a data-driven framework for the ethical review and conduct of engaged scholarship. We used consensus development conference methods and a modified Delphi survey to engage 240 community members, ethicists, and academic researchers. This multi-staged process produced a framework with 4 domains: vision of equitable and just research, relationship dynamics, community-informed risk/benefits assessment, and accountability. Within the framework, 4 cross-cutting considerations and 15 statements explicate the stakeholders' priorities for the ethical review and conduct of engaged scholarship. Though the findings are promising, the study is limited in that it focuses on stakeholder perspectives, but does not actually evaluate or apply the findings in the field. The stakeholder-engaged framework provides a platform for further articulation of ethical practices and policy for engaged scholarship.
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- Giselle Corbie-Smith
- Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
- Department of Social Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Project Momentum, Inc., Rocky Mount, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Community-Campus Partnerships for Health, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Department of Social Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Department of Social Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Department of Social Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Department of Social Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Department of Social Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
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Community-based Participatory Research Is Needed to Address Pulmonary Health Disparities. Ann Am Thorac Soc 2018; 13:1231-8. [PMID: 27249657 DOI: 10.1513/annalsats.201601-054ps] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Socioeconomic and racial disparities in the outcomes of medical management remain common across pulmonary diseases in the United States and worldwide. Acknowledging this, the American Thoracic Society recently put forth recommendations to advance respiratory health equity. Through engagement of vulnerable communities in search of collaborative solutions to improve health disparities, community-based participatory research embodies concepts essential to the American Thoracic Society mission for respiratory health equity. The purpose of this commentary is to provide an overview of the principles of community-based participatory research and the application of this approach to addressing inequity in the outcomes of treatment for lung disease. Community-based participatory research aims to decrease health disparities by recognizing the social and ecological paradigms of health care and by partnering community members with academic researchers in all aspects of the research process. Community partners are uniquely poised to offer insight into local culture, circumstances that guide health behaviors, and other challenges to improve their own community's health. Sustainable interventions, either through strengthening existing community assets or through community empowerment and local capacity building throughout the research process, are essential to the success of community-based participatory research. The National Institutes of Health and other funding agencies offer funding opportunities to support specific interventions aimed at engaging community members in the research process. In pulmonary medicine, community-based initiatives have focused primarily on improving pediatric asthma outcomes. Using a community-based approach in adult asthma and other pulmonary diseases could be an ideal manner in which to decrease pulmonary health disparities.
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Hébert JR, Adams SA, Ureda JR, Young VM, Brandt HM, Heiney SP, Seel JS, Friedman DB. Accelerating Research Collaborations Between Academia and Federally Qualified Health Centers: Suggestions Shaped by History. Public Health Rep 2017; 133:22-28. [PMID: 29182891 DOI: 10.1177/0033354917742127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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- James R Hébert
- 1 Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA.,2 Statewide Cancer Prevention and Control Program, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA
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- 1 Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA.,2 Statewide Cancer Prevention and Control Program, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA.,3 College of Nursing, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA
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- 5 South Carolina Primary Health Care Association, Columbia, SC, USA
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- 2 Statewide Cancer Prevention and Control Program, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA.,6 Department of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA.,7 The Graduate School, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA
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- 3 College of Nursing, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA
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- 2 Statewide Cancer Prevention and Control Program, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA
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- 2 Statewide Cancer Prevention and Control Program, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA.,6 Department of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA
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Boothroyd RI, Flint AY, Lapiz AM, Lyons S, Jarboe KL, Aldridge WA. Active involved community partnerships: co-creating implementation infrastructure for getting to and sustaining social impact. Transl Behav Med 2017; 7:467-477. [PMID: 28573356 PMCID: PMC5645286 DOI: 10.1007/s13142-017-0503-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Active involved community partnerships (AICPs) are essential to co-create implementation infrastructure and translate evidence into real-world practice. Across varied forms, AICPs cultivate community and tribal members as agents of change, blending research and organizational knowledge with relationships, context, culture, and local wisdom. Unlike selective engagement, AICPs enable active involvement of partners in the ongoing process of implementation and sustainability. This includes defining the problem, developing solutions, detecting practice changes, aligning organizational supports, and nurturing shared responsibility, accountability, and ownership for implementation. This paper builds on previously established active implementation and scaling functions by outlining key AICP functions to close the research-practice gap. Part of a federal initiative, California Partners for Permanency (CAPP) integrated AICP functions for implementation and system change to reduce disproportionality and disparities in long-term foster care. This paper outlines their experience defining and embedding five AICP functions: (1) relationship-building; (2) addressing system barriers; (3) establishing culturally relevant supports and services; (4) meaningful involvement in implementation; and (5) ongoing communication and feedback for continuous improvement. Planning for social impact requires the integration of AICP with other active implementation and scaling functions. Through concrete examples, authors bring multilevel AICP roles to life and discuss implications for implementation research and practice.
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- Renée I Boothroyd
- Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Campus Box 8180, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599-8180, USA.
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- Child and Family Policy Institute of California, Sacramento, CA, USA
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- Social Services Agency, County of Santa Clara, San Jose, CA, USA
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- Department of Health and Human Services, County of Humboldt, Eureka, CA, USA
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- Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Campus Box 8180, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599-8180, USA
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La Gamba F, Corrao G, Romio S, Sturkenboom M, Trifirò G, Schink T, de Ridder M. Combining evidence from multiple electronic health care databases: performances of one-stage and two-stage meta-analysis in matched case-control studies. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf 2017; 26:1213-1219. [PMID: 28799196 DOI: 10.1002/pds.4280] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2016] [Revised: 04/11/2017] [Accepted: 07/04/2017] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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PURPOSE Clustering of patients in databases is usually ignored in one-stage meta-analysis of multi-database studies using matched case-control data. The aim of this study was to compare bias and efficiency of such a one-stage meta-analysis with a two-stage meta-analysis. METHODS First, we compared the approaches by generating matched case-control data under 5 simulated scenarios, built by varying: (1) the exposure-outcome association; (2) its variability among databases; (3) the confounding strength of one covariate on this association; (4) its variability; and (5) the (heterogeneous) confounding strength of two covariates. Second, we made the same comparison using empirical data from the ARITMO project, a multiple database study investigating the risk of ventricular arrhythmia following the use of medications with arrhythmogenic potential. In our study, we specifically investigated the effect of current use of promethazine. RESULTS Bias increased for one-stage meta-analysis with increasing (1) between-database variance of exposure effect and (2) heterogeneous confounding generated by two covariates. The efficiency of one-stage meta-analysis was slightly lower than that of two-stage meta-analysis for the majority of investigated scenarios. Based on ARITMO data, there were no evident differences between one-stage (OR = 1.50, CI = [1.08; 2.08]) and two-stage (OR = 1.55, CI = [1.12; 2.16]) approaches. CONCLUSIONS When the effect of interest is heterogeneous, a one-stage meta-analysis ignoring clustering gives biased estimates. Two-stage meta-analysis generates estimates at least as accurate and precise as one-stage meta-analysis. However, in a study using small databases and rare exposures and/or outcomes, a correct one-stage meta-analysis becomes essential.
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- Fabiola La Gamba
- Janssen Pharmaceutica NV, Beerse, Belgium.,Center for Statistics, Interuniversity Institute for Biostatistics and Statistical Bioinformatics, Campus Diepenbeek, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Department of Statistics and Quantitative Methods, Unit of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Public Health, and Centre of Public Health, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Statistics and Quantitative Methods, Unit of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Public Health, and Centre of Public Health, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy.,Department of Medical Informatics, Erasmus University Medical School, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Informatics, Erasmus University Medical School, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Informatics, Erasmus University Medical School, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.,Department of Biomedical and Dental Sciences and Morphofunctional Imaging, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
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- Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology, Bremen, Germany
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- Department of Medical Informatics, Erasmus University Medical School, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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García AA, Zuñiga JA, Lagon C. A Personal Touch: The Most Important Strategy for Recruiting Latino Research Participants. J Transcult Nurs 2016; 28:342-347. [PMID: 27114390 DOI: 10.1177/1043659616644958] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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People from non-White racial groups and other underserved populations, including Latinos, are frequently reluctant to participate in research. Yet their participation into research is foundational to producing information that researchers and health care providers need to address health disparities. The purpose of this article is to describe challenges we have encountered along with culturally relevant strategies we used in five research studies to recruit Mexican American participants from community settings, some of whom were also of low socioeconomic status. We found that the most effective recruitment strategies reflect the common cultural values of personalismo, simpátia, confianza, respeto, and familismo.
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Joseph RP, Keller C, Ainsworth BE. Recruiting Participants into Pilot Trials: Techniques for Researchers with Shoestring Budgets. CALIFORNIAN JOURNAL OF HEALTH PROMOTION 2016; 14:81-89. [PMID: 28090193 PMCID: PMC5231400] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023] Open
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Limited research has focused on recruitment strategies for health promotion researchers conducting small-scale pilot studies. Such research is important because small studies often have limited funding streams and personnel resources. Accordingly, many techniques implemented by large-scale studies are of limited use to smaller research projects. This article provides an overview effective participant recruitment techniques for pilot studies with limited funds and personnel resources. Recruitment techniques were derived from the first author's experience in recruiting participants during his doctoral and postdoctoral studies, the over 25 years of research experience of each of the co-authors, and an extensive review of the literature. Five key recruitment techniques are discussed: 1) leverage existing social networks and personal contacts, 2) identify and foster collaborations with community gatekeepers, 3) develop a comprehensive list of potential recruitment platforms and venues, 4) create recruitment materials that succinctly describe the purpose of the study, and 5) build respectful and trusting relationships with potential participants. Implementation of the proposed techniques can lead to enhanced recruitment, as well as retention among study participants.
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- Rodney P. Joseph
- College of Nursing and Health Innovation Arizona State University
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- College of Nursing and Health Innovation Arizona State University
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- School of Nutrition and Health Promotion, College of Health Solutions Arizona State University
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Baquet CR. A Legacy of Science and Community Engagement via the Community Networks Program. Prog Community Health Partnersh 2015. [PMID: 26213398 DOI: 10.1353/cpr.2015.0025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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This special issue documents the progress of a unique group of research investigations that further legitimize the engagement of affected communities in quality cancer health disparities research and, the importance of mentoring and training of new and diverse health disparity researchers. The implications for the reduction and elimination of cancer health disparities within the United States are apparent. The diversity of populations included in these novel studies also has implications for addressing inequities in a global context.
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Hébert JR, Braun KL, Meade CD, Bloom J, Kobetz E. Community-Based Participatory Research Adds Value to the National Cancer Institute's Research Portfolio. Prog Community Health Partnersh 2015; 9 Suppl:1-4. [PMID: 26213397 PMCID: PMC4703947 DOI: 10.1353/cpr.2015.0022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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