Browsing by Author "Hardwick, Emily"

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    18069 WISE Indiana (Wellbeing Informed by Science and Evidence in Indiana) - A state-university partnership response to the pandemic
    (Cambridge University Press, 2021) Gilbert, Amy; Wiehe, Sarah; Hardwick, Emily; Osterholt, Amber; Zych, Aaron; Sullivan, Jennifer; Pediatrics, School of Medicine
    ABSTRACT IMPACT: The WISE Indiana COVID-19 project facilitates rapid response and access to relevant and emerging evidence-based information for state personnel, healthcare providers and systems, managed care entities, community organizations, and all others involved in a professional capacity with the pandemic response. OBJECTIVES/GOALS: The COVID-19 project was developed to assist in responding to the Indiana Department of Health’s need for rapid and evidence-informed responses to complex questions about the pandemic and best practices for preventing, mitigating, monitoring and recovering from the COVID-19 global pandemic. METHODS/STUDY POPULATION: The WISE Indiana team was activated to assist in managing the project and immediately connected with university research librarians. Through our established networks, we were able to quickly engage academic researchers and clinicians across the state to rapidly respond to key questions about COVID-19 from government leadership. Research librarians added their expertise by conducting comprehensive searches of evidence-based clinical, public health, policy, and law literature and writing up detailed annotated bibliographies. Academic experts were also recruited to write daily summaries of emerging COVID-19 literature for the benefit of Indiana’s frontline responders and build and maintain an online repository of evidence-based learning materials for practitioners on the front lines. RESULTS/ANTICIPATED RESULTS: This work has informed key decision-making at many levels of Indiana’s COVID-19 response. Examples include data modeling for the IN.gov COVID-19 Dashboard, the allocation of Remdesivir, decisions about resuming elective procedures, and strategies for scaling back mitigation efforts. The WISE Indiana team has been able to engage over 40 academic experts from across the state of Indiana with expertise in pulmonary, infectious disease, law, epidemiology, mental health, public health, policy, and communications to assist in responding to key questions posed by government leadership and writing summaries of emerging COVID-19 literature which is summarized and accessible through our website: https://indianactsi.org/community/monon-collaborative/covid-19/. DISCUSSION/SIGNIFICANCE OF FINDINGS: The bidirectional exchange of information through the WISE Indiana collaborative network enable our team to quickly pivot to respond to the needs of our government leadership. Our team was able to rapidly translate the evidence-based information in order to respond to the policy and health outcomes needs of the state’s response to the global pandemic.
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    25012 Expanding Community Knowledge and Relationships for Congregation-Neighbor Health Connections and Advocacy in Indianapolis through a #HealthyMe Learning Community
    (Cambridge University Press, 2021) Craig, David; Gladden, Shonda; Christenson, Jacob; Lynch, Dustin; Campbell, Meredith; Hardwick, Emily; Wiehe, Sarah; Religious Studies, School of Liberal Arts
    ABSTRACT IMPACT: Congregations’ support for social, emotional, mental and spiritual wellness is foundational to human health and their community knowledge and presence can improve resilience and health in socially vulnerable neighborhoods. OBJECTIVES/GOALS: The Indiana CTSI Monon Collaborative is listening and understanding the most pressing health issues in the community and are working together to design and deliver community health solutions. We worked with our community ambassador to launch a health and wellness learning community for ten congregations seeking to build a health-connector network. METHODS/STUDY POPULATION: Study team used qualitative (interviews, focus groups, listening sessions, learning management system, participatory-design research) and quantitative (surveys) data collection methods in the development and ongoing implementation of the learning community. Study Population: Based on initial assessment of health and social vulnerability data within the Marion County neighborhoods in Indianapolis, community ambassador engaged congregations in more vulnerable neighborhoods to seek participation in learning community. Ten congregations signed a covenant of participation; learning community includes 10 clergy and 8 health advocates. RESULTS/ANTICIPATED RESULTS: Since the inception of the Learning Community in May 2020, we have developed a better understanding of the assets and barriers of LC participants around health and well-being. Through ongoing virtual gatherings (facilitated by community ambassador Good to the Soul), sharing of resources through our online modules on Canvas (LMS), and synthesis of data captured throughout our time together, LC participants have developed SMART goals which will inform priority setting for congregations to assist them in identifying the resources and connections necessary to drive forward solutions together as they seek out funding opportunities to support health improvement. DISCUSSION/SIGNIFICANCE OF FINDINGS: The learning community has provided a space and structure for congregations to align around a shared goal focused on health and wellness. Through regular gatherings we were able to connect people, organizations, and systems who were all eager to learn and work across boundaries leading to greater resilience in vulnerable communities.
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    4409 Indiana Clinical & Translational Science Monon Collaborative – Community Impact Hubs
    (Cambridge University Press, 2020-07-29) Wiehe, Sarah; Craig, David M.; Wilcox, Matthew; Hardwick, Emily; Lawrence, Carrie; Schicho, Fiona; Hudson, Brenda; Pediatrics, School of Medicine
    OBJECTIVES/GOALS: Conduct an environmental scan of Marion County (Indianapolis) neighborhoods using electronic medical record data, state health data, and social and economic data. Develop strong network of community collaborators. Conduct a thorough assessment for each targeted neighborhood by listening and understanding the pressing health issues in the community and working together to design and deliver solutions. METHODS/STUDY POPULATION: Identify measures in the 3 domains of vulnerability, health and assets for the targeted neighborhoods and conduct bivariate descriptive statistics and multivariable regression analyses to investigate association between measures of vulnerability and health outcomes. Initiate relationships with leaders and residents in targeted neighborhoods. Locate organizations working in targeted neighborhoods through online mapping software and word-of-mouth at neighborhood events, and created a spreadsheet with contact information. Conduct multidisciplinary assessment (i.e. key informant interviews, focus groups, town hall meetings) of the targeted neighborhood. Iteratively synthesize assessments to develop areas of interest and relevance to the community. Develop a road map for solutions identified by the community. RESULTS/ANTICIPATED RESULTS: The results from the environmental scan conducted will be displayed in a report and visual “map” of health outcomes and health determinants, including assets and barriers for the targeted neighborhoods. The research team will use results from the environmental scan coupled with listening activities including attendance at community events, key informant interviews and focus groups to develop relationships and strong collaborations with the targeted neighborhood stakeholders. The relationship building between the research team and community will provide increased trust and engagement that will further enhance the effectiveness of the assessments completed with the targeted neighborhood. The assessments will help to empower communities to develop sustainable solutions and drive future work that will lead to future grant applications and larger-scale implementation in other community impact hub neighborhoods. DISCUSSION/SIGNIFICANCE OF IMPACT: Through the community impact hub work, we will develop collaborative efforts with targeted neighborhoods with the greatest health inequities in the Marion County area. In partnership with these neighborhoods, we will build a foundation – a network of community collaborators and a focused plan – upon which we will improve the health outcomes of residents while learning best practices on how to do so.
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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.
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    CTSA 2 Community: www.ctsa2community.org
    (2011-08-31) Ackermann, Ronald; Hardwick, Emily; Comer, Karen; Hudson, Brenda; Odell, Jere D.; Arenson, Andrew; Barnett, Bill; McGuire, Patrick; Derr, Michelle; Reid, Tisha; Vandergraff, Donna; Marrero, David G.
    This poster describes the development an accessible, user-driven, and sustainable web resource for community and academic experts working together to identify, adopt, and implement a wide array of community engaged research infrastructures for enhancing community engagement in all forms of clinical and translational research. CTSA2Community aims to be a storage place for valuable resources referring to the set-up and running of a community engagement program. Resources are provided by experts in the field of community engagement.
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    CTSI Hub Usability Project Final Report
    (2009-10) Davis, Bob; Hardwick, Emily; Odell, Jere D.; Skopelja, Elaine N.; Shankar, Anurag; Whipple, Elizabeth C.
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    Piloting a Nationally Disseminated, Interactive Human Subjects Protection Program for Community Partners: Unexpected Lessons Learned from the Field
    (2014-04) Solomon, Stephanie; Calhoun, Karen; Eakin, Brenda; Franco, Zeno; Hardwick, Emily; Leinberger-Jabari, Andrea; Newton, Gail; Odell, Jere D.; Paberzs, Adam; Spellecy, Ryan
    Funders, institutions, and research organizations are increasingly recognizing the need for human subjects protections training programs for those engaged in academic research. Current programs tend to be online and directed toward an audience of academic researchers. Research teams now include many nonacademic members, such as community partners, who are less likely to respond to either the method or the content of current online trainings. A team at the CTSA-supported Michigan Institute for Clinical and Health Research at the University of Michigan developed a pilot human subjects protection training program for community partners that is both locally implemented and adaptable to local contexts, yet nationally consistent and deliverable from a central administrative source. Here, the developers of the program and the collaborators who participated in the pilot across the United States describe 10 important lessons learned that align with four major themes: The distribution of the program, the implementation of the program, the involvement of community engagement in the program, and finally lessons regarding the content of the program. These lessons are relevant to anyone who anticipates developing or improving a training program that is developed in a central location and intended for local implementation.
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    Prevalence of Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Children and Adults in Marion County, Indiana
    (Cureus Inc., 2020-08-16) Wood, James; Datta, Dibyadyuti; Hudson, Brenda L; Co, Katrina; Tepner, Sarah; Hardwick, Emily; John, Chandy C.; Pediatrics, School of Medicine
    Background and Objectives: Two community studies outside the US showed asymptomatic infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in adults, but not in children <10 years of age. In this study, we assessed the prevalence of asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection in children and adults in Marion County, Indiana. Methods: Individuals living in Marion County with no symptoms of coronavirus 2019 disease (COVID-19) within seven days of enrollment were eligible for this cross-sectional household study. Study kits were delivered to the participant’s residence for self-swabbing, picked up by the study team, and tested by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for SAR-CoV-2 infection. Results: Five hundred eleven nasal swabs were collected from 119 children and 392 adults ≥18 years of age. One participant (seven years of age) tested positive, for an overall study prevalence of 0.2% (95% CI 0, 0.6%). The participant had no known contact with a person with SARS-CoV-2 infection, and five family members tested negative for infection. The child and family members all tested negative for infection 10 and 20 days after the first test, and none developed symptoms of COVID-19 for 20 days after testing. Conclusions: Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection can occur in children <10 years with no known COVID-19 exposure. Large cohort studies should be conducted to determine prevalence of asymptomatic infection and risk of transmission from asymptomatic infection in children and adults over time.
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    Welcoming users to digital libraries: redesigning an open access repository for community engaged health research
    (Medical Library Association, 2013-05-06) Odell, Jere D.; Sanematsu, Helen; Hardwick, Emily