Browsing by Author "Egan, Carmel"

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    4382 All IN for Health: Promoting good health and engaging a health research volunteer community in the Hoosier state
    (Cambridge University Press, 2020-07-29) Hall, Jessica; Drury, Christine; Egan, Carmel; Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute
    OBJECTIVES/GOALS: To improve and expand health and research literacy throughout Indiana by sharing health-focused resources and research outcomes. To encourage and increase health research participation throughout Indiana by promoting health research opportunities, including clinical studies. METHODS/STUDY POPULATION: Discover and understand community concerns and barriers to good health and clinical research participation by providing a platform for individuals and communities to share their voices. Educate Indiana residents on the importance of participating in health research. Engage with the community to meet them where they are (online) and continue to build relationships throughout the state. Promote healthy living for Indiana residents by sharing health education and resources from existing state health organizations and initiatives. Develop and maintain the largest statewide database of research volunteers. RESULTS/ANTICIPATED RESULTS: The anticipated results from this program include engagement of all populations and all communities throughout the state in conversation and education around good health and health research, as well as participation in health research across the CTSI’s partner organizations. Large-scale growth is expected in both the online community and consented volunteer registry is expected to include and engage racially and ethnically diverse populations, as well as special health populations, such as representatives of rural communities, aged, rare disease survivors, and transgender individuals. DISCUSSION/SIGNIFICANCE OF IMPACT: Thorough this work, the Indiana CTSI has developed a unique program, educating the public about health research and opportunities to participate, while simultaneously supporting research departments with marketing promotion of their efforts, and a ready statewide volunteer community.
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    522 Recruitment Optimization: A Strategic Approach to Integrating Recruitment Services through a Coordinated Multidisciplinary Team
    (Cambridge University Press, 2022) Hudson, Brenda L.; Claxton, Gina; Egan, Carmel; Hardwick, Emily; Shwery, Michelle; Bork, Jason; Amin, Waqas; Anderson, Angela; Wiehe, Sarah; Moe, Sharon; Medicine, School of Medicine
    OBJECTIVES/GOALS: Provide recruitment support via a coordinated application of strategic operations, participant engagement practices, and informatic capabilities best practices. Improve study success through the discovery of optimal recruitment practices, development of needed services, leverage of existing resources, infrastructure and guidance. METHODS/STUDY POPULATION: The optimization effort utilized a variety of methods for engaging participants and obtaining information related to the recruitment needs of study teams. Information was collected from an advisory board and through surveys of a diverse group of investigators and research coordinators examining recruitment barriers as well as current and possible future recruitment services. A workflow of the investigative teams recruitment experience was created to identify strengths, gaps and areas for improvement. This information was used to develop a set of recommendations for the Indiana CTSI leadership. Three pillars were tasked with tackling specific areas through an integrative and collaborative approach: (1) study planning and operations, (2) informatics, and (3) participant engagement and health literacy. RESULTS/ANTICIPATED RESULTS: Key resulting recommendations included: creating a recruitment navigator to direct clients to the most appropriate service(s), adding a community engaged staff member and a digital public engagement specialist to the recruitment services team, redesigning the website navigations, creating participant payment guidelines, creating participant engagement principles guidelines, improving informatics support, and continual evaluation of best practices and innovations in recruitment support. An intake and follow-up survey were created for clients to assess services offered, those used, and ultimately the success of those services in improving recruitment measures. DISCUSSION/SIGNIFICANCE: The optimization efforts have shown a positive response from study teams demonstrated by an uptick of support requests. By taking an intensive strategic planning approach to streamlining recruitment services, the Indiana CTSI has leveraged existing resources to better serve clients in need of critical recruitment assistance.