From Policy to Practice: Sustaining Lessons Learned for Community Engagement in COVID-19 Testing Equity
The fourth and final COVID-19 Equity Evidence Academy took place Sept. 27 - 28, 2023.
The agenda highlighted speakers and sessions focused on building community-academic connections; enhancing knowledge of promising approaches and lessons learned in engaging communities in COVID-19 testing and vaccines; and collaborating with RADx-UP project team members and other partners to identify strategies for translating lessons learned and promising approaches into sustainable practices and policies.
Summary Report: Sustaining Lessons Learned for Community Engagement in COVID-19 Testing Equality
Evidence Academy Data Profile
Keynote Remarks
Debra Fraser-Howze and Dr. David Chambers gave the opening and closing keynote addresses. As nationally recognized experts in COVID-19 research, they shared their thoughts on the role community engagement and implementation research, as well as ways for projects to make their impact in the community last.
Summary of Opening Keynote Address
Summary of Closing Keynote Address
Advancing Community-Academic Partnerships (ACAP) Presentation Series
The ACAP Presentation Series occurred on Day 1 of the fourth RADx-UP Equity Evidence Academy and included four oral presentations and five poster presentations from RADx-UP community-academic project teams. The series aimed to share strategies for developing and maintaining equitable community-academic research partnerships to promote community engagement in research.
EA4 Consensus Building Workshop
During Day 2, participants engaged in an interactive Consensus Building Workshop, a facilitated group exercise designed to reach a shared agreement on a complex question. Participants generated ideas regarding community engagement strategies learned through RADx-UP to advance health equity research and practice. Report-outs from the workshop are listed below.
EA4 Consensus Building Workshop
Consensus Building Workshop
Full Videos
Open Keynote Address
ACAP Oral Presentations: Team 1
ACAP Oral Presentations: Team 2
ACAP Oral Presentations: Team 3
ACAP Oral Presentations: Team 4
Closing Keynote Address
The Evidence Academy is an engaged conference designed to help RADx-UP projects strengthen their community-centered research aims and advance equity in COVID-19 testing and other public health initiatives. These events also provide RADx-UP project teams and community partners opportunities for networking and learning. Learn more about the Evidence Academy and explore other past events here.