Resources
Explore this collection of resources for community-engaged researchers and community partners, as well as resources for the general public. Focus areas include COVID-19 testing, vaccinations and health and treatment, community engagement best practices, research study recruitment and participation, health equity, and more. Use the filters below to navigate, or the search bar for free text search.
Contribute a resource, or let us know if you can't find what you're looking for. Select here to explore Spanish-language resources only.
Explore Publications
Explore an interactive dashboard of recent RADx-UP scholarship.
Audience
- All
- Public
- Researcher
Topic Areas
- Best Practices
- Children & Safe Schools
- Community Engagement
- COVID-19 Health & Treatment
- COVID-19 Testing
- COVID-19 Vaccination
- Funding Opportunities
- Legal/Policy
- RADx-UP Research Findings
- Recruitment & Participation
- Travel
Resource Type
- Communications & Social Media Toolkits
- Dashboards/Data Visualizations
- Flyers/posters/handouts
- Meetings/Events
- Multimedia
- Reference Guides
- Reports
- Research Briefs
- Research Tools
- Surveys
Prueba y vacunación de COVID-19 en la población Hispana: En qué se diferenciaron los comportamientos según la herencia hispana y la preferencia de idioma
El resumen de la investigación describe los results del primer manuscrito que extrae conclusiones a partir de un conjunto de datos de ámbito nacional proporcionados por el consorcio del programa de RADx-UP se ha publicado en la edición de julio de 2023 de la revista Preventive Medicine Reports.
Tailored Recruitment Messaging: Increasing representation of Black communities in COVID-19 home testing and surveillance data
Represent ATL created these recruitment materials after analyzing focus groups of 29 community members tasked with reacting to COVID-19 collateral developed by CDC and Morehouse School of Medicine.
Best Practices for the Design of Accessible COVID-19 Home Tests
Available now and hosted by the U.S. Access Board, the Best Practices for the Design of Accessible COVID-19 Home Tests document aims to ensure that more people can access and use COVID-19 home tests, including those who have no vision or low vision, have a reduced range of dexterity or motor skills, and are aging.
Video: Bienvenidos al proyecto de RADx-UP
Investigadores Micky Cohen-Wolkowiez y Rosa María González-Guarda describen el proyecto de RADx-UP y nos explican porque las voces y las experiencias de la comunidad latina, hispana y latinx son importantes para el diseño de pruebas diagnósticas, tratamientos y vacunas contra el COVID-19.
Video: Welcome to the RADx-UP Project
Researchers Micky Cohen-Wolkowiez and Rosa María González-Guarda describe the RADx-UP project and explain why the voices and experiences of the Latino, Hispanic and Latinx community are important for the design of diagnostic tests, treatments and vaccines against COVID -19.
COVID-19 Testing & Vaccination in the Hispanic Population: How behaviors differed by national heritage and language preference
In this study, researchers wanted to understand if national heritage and language affected whether Hispanic community members participated in COVID-19 testing and got vaccinated.
Priorizar a los trabajadores de salud comunitarios en la reforma de la atención médica es clave para mejorar la equidad en la salud
Community Health Workers (CHWs) that collaborated with RADx-UP projects served in multiple roles on a continuum ranging from advisory to outreach to shared project leadership.
Los beneficios de la investigación comprometida con la comunidad en la creación de respuestas basadas en el lugar al COVID-19INSTITUCIÓN de Aceleración Rápida del Diagnóstico en Poblaciones Desfavorecidas (RADx-UP)
Los investigadores de la Universidad Estatal de Delaware visitaron comunidades desatendidas para investigar el impacto y la respuesta al COVID-19. Sus hallazgos se destacan en este informe de investigación de una página.
The Community Engagement Alliance Consultative Resource (CEACR)
The Community Engagement Alliance Consultative Resource (CEACR) was established to elevate best practices throughout the Community Engagement Alliance (CEAL) and provide customized expertise to optimize inclusive participation across the research ecosystem.
Center for Black Health and Equity Resources
The Center for Black Health and Equity is the leading nationally recognized public health entity for solutions impacting African American health. The Center engages health care organizations, public health officials, faith leaders, and African American communities in health promotion and disease prevention work. They provide resources and initiatives related to tobacco control, COVID-19, HIV/AIDS, women's health, cancer, mental health and other disparities.
Communities Organizing to Promote Equity (COPE)
Communities Organizing to Promote Equity (COPE) aims to advance health equity by mobilizing partners and collaborators across Kansas. Their Local Health Equity Action Teams (LHEATs) are made up of members who represent and serve the Kansans communities being prioritized and community health workers and other members of public health organizations engaging in health equity work.
Harlem Congregations For Community Improvement
HCCI is a coalition of inter-faith congregations that has implemented a comprehensive portfolio of programs to provide affordable housing and safe streets, offer opportunities for individuals and groups to become and remain economically independent, increase understanding of and access to health care, and provide substantive educational programs for adults and young people.
Let’s Talk Shots – COVID-19 Vaccines
The Institute for Vaccine Safety (IVS) provides an independent assessment of vaccine safety to guide decision making at the policy, practice and individual level. This interactive tool was developed as part of community outreach to provide information about vaccines and uses video from health professionals and community members talking about their experiences and providing facts.
Health+ Long Covid Human-Centered Design Report
The Health+ Long COVID Human-Centered Design Report broadens the conversation and elevates what is often underrepresented in Long COVID statistics, scientific literature, and policy making—the narratives and expertise of people with Long COVID and what they want and need to live better, healthier lives.
Intenciones del padre/madre/tutor de vacunar a sus hijos contra el COVID-19 en los Estados Unidos
La vacuna contra el COVID-19 está disponible para muchos niños menores de 17 años. Sin embargo, la mayoría de las vacunas infantiles requieren el consentimiento de los padres/tutores. Por lo tanto, los investigadores de la Universidad de Arkansas para las Ciencias Médicas estudiaron si los padres planeaban vacunar a sus hijos y qué factores podrían afectar esa decisión.
Parent/guardian intentions to vaccinate children against COVID-19 in the United States
Most child vaccination requires parental/guardian consent. Therefore, researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences studied whether parents planned to vaccinate their children against COVID-19 and what factors may affect that decision.
Toolkit for Engaging Diverse Communities to Plan and Implement Public Health Programs
Say Yes! COVID Test and You & Me COVID-Free program leaders and community partners worked together to develop a toolkit to share lessons learned and guide future community-engaged public health programs in underrepresented communities.
BCCI Causal Loop Diagram Table
The RADx-UP CDCC Building Community Capacity and Impact Working Group collaborated with the CDCC Group Model Building team to create a visual representation of what helps, or hurts, equitable COVID-19 testing. In this resource, you will see a table with visual diagrams and written explanations of the working group's insights into community processes that impact COVID-19 testing.
Efectividad de una intervención de divulgación en la aceptación de pruebas para detectar el COVID-19 en las comunidades latinas: Ensayo aleatorizado por grupos
Los investigadores de la Universidad de Oregon estudiaron si adaptar las prácticas de divulgación comunitaria a la comunidad latina podría aumentar la cantidad de personas latinas que se someten a pruebas para detectar el SARS-CoV-2. El estudio se llamó Oregon Saludable: Juntos Podemos (Healthy Oregon: Together We Can).
Effectiveness of a COVID-19 testing outreach intervention for Latinx communities: A cluster randomized trial
Researchers at the University of Oregon studied if tailoring community outreach to the Latinx community could increase the number of Latinx individuals who tested for SARS-CoV-2. The study was called Oregon Saludable: Juntos Podemos (Healthy Oregon: Together We Can).
Gestión de contingencias y pruebas de detección del SARS-CoV-2 entre personas que se inyectan drogas
Para comprender mejor la eficacia de las estrategias de realización de pruebas en esta población vulnerable, este estudio exploró el impacto de la gestión de contingencias (en forma de una tarjeta de regalo de $10) en la realización de la prueba de COVID-19 en personas que se inyectan drogas.
RADx-UP Policy Framework for Community-Based COVID-19 Testing Video: Communication & Messaging
This short video highlights the policy lever for communication and messaging or strategies that, when followed, help mitigate public health crises, motivate the public to participate, and prevent further systemic exclusion from health care services.
RADx-UP Policy Framework for Community-Based COVID-19 Testing Video Compilation: 5 Policy Levers + 3 Foundational Components
This short video highlights the foundational components: community engagement, cross-sector partnerships, and regulatory guidance. It also highlights the five policy levers: access, resource allocation, data, communications & messaging, and payment, as well as community engagement, cross-sector partnerships, and regulatory guidance.
Experiencias de los trabajadores de atención de la salud de raza negra y latina en funciones de apoyo durante la pandemia de COVID-19: Un estudio cualitativo
Los hallazgos de este estudio resaltan la necesidad crítica de que los empleadores brinden programas específicos que ofrezcan apoyo, promuevan la recuperación, reduzcan el agotamiento y mejoren la retención.
Lessons Learned from Vaccine Distribution in Nursing Homes Presentation
In this recorded presentation, Executive Director of the Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing (HIGN) and NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing Professor Dr. Tara Cortes hosts Dr. Sarah D. Berry, Dr. Sandra Crouse Quinn, and Dr. Michi Yukawa to discuss the COVID-19 vaccine facts and misconceptions.
Communicating about COVID-19 Vaccinations: Recommendations for Hawaiʻi
A recent study by a team of researchers led by the UH Mānoa College of Social Sciences (CSS) found that targeted communications strategies may hold the key to encouraging more eligible people to get vaccinated. This page includes a full report and accompanying webinar.
UHERO Report
The University of Hawaii Economic Research Organization and the Pacific Alliance Against COVID-19 (PAAC) conducted a survey of businesses and community organizations in Hawaii to (1) understand their willingness to adopt restrictions at their workplaces for employees and customers and (2) understand barriers to effectively execute these restrictions if implemented. This report summarizes the survey results and accompanying recommendations.
Perspectivas de las comunidades negras y latinas sobre los procedimientos de mitigación, las pruebas y las vacunas contra el virus del COVID-19
Esta investigación abarca un estudio que exploró las experiencias de personas adultas negras y latinas durante la primera parte de la pandemia para entender su comprensión de las estrategias de salud pública sobre el COVID-19 y su respuesta a ellas, así como sus perspectivas sobre los procedimientos para prevenir el COVID-19, incluidas las pruebas y las vacunas.
Black and Latinx Community Perspectives on COVID-19 Mitigation Behaviors, Testing, and Vaccines
This research brief covers a study that explored the experiences of Black and Latinx adults during the early part of the pandemic to understand their understanding of and response to COVID-19 public health strategies and their perspectives on the behaviors to prevent COVID-19, including testing and vaccines.
Contingency Management and SARS-CoV-2 Testing Among People Who Inject Drugs
People who inject drugs often lack access to COVID-19 testing. To better understand the effectiveness of testing uptake strategies in this population, this study explored the impact of contingency management (in the form of a $10 gift card) on COVID-19 test uptake in people who inject drugs.
Patrones en los sectores censales y determinantes sociales contextuales de la salud asociados con el COVID-19 en una población hispana del sur de Texas: Una perspectiva espaciotemporal
Este estudio del equipo del Centro de Ciencias de Salud de la Universidad de Texas en Houston examinó patrones, a nivel de sectores censales, de la infección por COVID-19 entre mexico-estadounidenses que viven en Texas, en la frontera de EE. UU. y México.
Census Tract Patterns and Contextual Social Determinants of Health Associated With COVID-19 in a Hispanic Population from South Texas: A Spatiotemporal Perspective
This study from the team at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston examined patterns, at the census tract level, of COVID-19 infection among Mexican-Americans living in Texas on the US-Mexico border.
RADx-UP Scientific Meeting Report May 2022
The RADx-UP Scientific Meeting series is a regular showcase for RADx-UP projects to present data results, share insights, and identify solutions for combatting COVID-19. This report summarizes the RADx-UP project presentations from the May 2022 Scientific Meeting.
Las disparidades en las pruebas del coronavirus asociadas con la privación a nivel comunitario, las desigualdades raciales y la inseguridad alimentaria en Virginia Occidenta
Este estudio ecológico de observación tuvo como objetivo identificar factores que puedan afectar las pruebas para detectar el COVID-19 y las tasas de positividad en las comunidades rurales de Virginia Occidental.
Resistencia a las vacunas contra el COVID-19 en las comunidades marginadas de Delaware
Este estudio de la Universidad Estatal de Delaware, en colaboración con la Sussex County Health Coalition (Coalición de Salud del Condado de Sussex) y la Hope Coalition (La Coalición de Esperanza,) investigó la prevalencia de la aceptación de la vacuna contra el COVID-19 y las dudas y desconfianza sobre la misma en las comunidades desfavorecidas de Delaware.
COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in Delaware’s Underserved Communities
This study from Delaware State University in collaboration with Sussex County Health Coalition and the Hope Coalition investigated the prevalence of COVID-19 vaccine uptake and COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in Delaware’s underserved communities.
Materials for Border Communities from Southwest Interdisciplinary Research Center at ASU
The ASU Southwest Interdisciplinary Research Center, with community partner Campesinos sin Fronteras, developed COVID-19 public health education materials in Spanish and English for border and transborder populations in Arizona.
Fuentes confiables de información sobre la vacuna contra el COVID-19 entre personas que tienen dudas en los Estados Unidos
Este es un resumen de investigación sobre un estudio del Centro Medico de la Universidad de Arkansas (University of Arkansas Medical Center) en colaboración con el Consejo del Noroeste de Arkansas (Northwest Arkansas Council).
Jikin ak Armij ro me rej Kwalok Melele ko ikijen Wā eo an COVID-19 im Armij ro Rejab Konan Wā ilo Amedka rej Tōmaki
Tukadi in katak in ej kwalok jidik melele kin juon katak jen University of Arkansas Medical Center (Jikin Taktō eo ilo University of Arkansas) ilo aer jerbal ibben Northwest Arkansas Council eo (Koonjel eo an NorthWest Arkansas).
Pruebas de COVID-19 comunitarias: Barreras, soluciones y próximos pasos
Este resumen le da a la comunidad los resultados de la investigación de RADx-UP que acompaña el informe de política públicas, Scaling Up Equitable Access to Community-Based COVID-19 Testing: Strategies from the RADx-UP Initiative.
Materiales educativos sobre la vacunación contra el COVID-19 del Southwest Interdisciplinary Research Center (Centro de Investigación Interdisciplinaria del Suroeste) de ASU (Universidad Estatal de Arizona, ASU por sus siglas en inglés)
El Centro de Investigación Interdisciplinaria del Suroeste de la Universidad Estatal de Arizona ha creado una colección de materiales sobre vacunación contra el COVID-19.
Materiales educativos sobre las pruebas para COVID-19 del Southwest Interdisciplinary Research Center (Centro de Investigación Interdisciplinaria del Suroeste) de ASU (Universidad Estatal de Arizona, ASU por sus siglas en inglés)
El Centro de Investigación Interdisciplinaria del Suroeste de la Universidad Estatal de Arizona ha desarrollado una creciente colección de materiales educativos que abarcan los aspectos básicos de las pruebas para COVID-19.
Evaluación de las disparidades raciales y étnicas en el acceso a los centros de vacunación contra el COVID-19 en Brooklyn, Nueva York
Esta reseña de investigación resume un artículo de investigadores de La Escuela de Medicina de Grossman de la Universidad de Nueva York (New York University Grossman School of Medicine).
Mirando al futuro: Conectado Infraestructuras para Pruebas y Vacunación de COVID-19 Equitativas Reporte Resumido
The Looking Forward: Bridging Infrastructures for Equitable COVID-19 Testing and Vaccination Summary Report provides more details, a summary, and takeaways from the event. This is the Spanish version.
Principios de vinculación comunitaria
Principios de vinculación comunitaria (Segunda edición) brinda una base científica y orientación práctica a profesionales de la salud pública, proveedores de atención médica, investigadores y organizaciones y líderes comunitarios para lograr vincular a los socios en proyectos que pueden afectarlos.
CoNNECT to Achieve Equality: COVID-19 Vaccination Barriers Focus Group
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) conducted community focus groups to implement several changes to help improve COVID-19 vaccine uptake. They have developed this flyer to report the results of these focus groups.
Video in Spanish about COVID-19 Vaccines
The Women’s Health Education Center (WHEC) at UNC Medical Center recently released a COVID vaccine video in Spanish about vaccination for women. Video en Español sobre las vacunas contra el COVID-19: Preguntas y Respuestas que incluyen información sobre las vacunas y el embarazo/lactancia; posibles síntomas; y recomendaciones sobre cuándo contactar un proveedor de salud.
COVID-19 Vaccination Educational Materials from Southwest Interdisciplinary Research Center at ASU
The Southwest Interdisciplinary Research Center at Arizona State University has created a collection of COVID-19 Vaccination Materials that is continually added to and amended with the latest public health guidelines.
Community Health Workers Beat the Virus
Community health workers and health equity teams across Kansas partnered with the University of Kansas Medical Center to launch a multimedia campaign "Community Health Workers Beat the Virus." Available in English, Spanish, Portuguese, Nepali, Hindi, Dzongkha, and Swahili.
Center for Indigenous Health: Project Safe Schools Toolkit
This updated toolkit from Project Safe Schools serves as a guide to help assist schools in choosing and implementing a COVID-19 testing strategy as one mitigation effort that can help students, faculty, and staff can remain safe and healthy during in-person education.
ABC Science Collaborative: Year in Review and Path Forward
This report reviews the latest science coming out of North Carolina and around the world. The report provides a set of key takeaways to help school leaders and policymakers plan a path forward for safely resuming in-person instruction during the 2021-2022 school year.
Pruebas comunitarias y tasas de SARS-CoV-2 para Latinxs en Baltimore
Los investigadores implementaron pruebas comunitarias gratuitas en asociación con líderes religiosos y trabajadores de la salud comunitarios para facilitar el acceso y resolver los problemas de confianza que afectan las pruebas de COVID-19 en las comunidades latinas.
ABC Science Collaborative: What Science Says About Preventing COVID-19 in North Carolina’s K-12 Schools
A new report issued June 30, 2021 by the ABC Science Collaborative, a program supported by RADx-UP, shows that North Carolina schools were highly successful in preventing the transmission of COVID-19 within school buildings and offers science-based learnings for the nation’s schools to limit COVID-19 spread.
Communities in Partnership: Ensuring Equity in the Time of COVID-19
Community-Campus Partnerships for Health and the UNC Center for Health Equity Research at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have partnered to launch the COVID-19 Webinar series. The importance of partnerships in crisis is front and center as we confront the global COVID-19 pandemic.
Community Health Workers and other Lay Health Communicators – an Overview for Researchers
A tip sheet to provide researchers and clinical trialist with information on the purpose and work performed by community health workers (CHWs) along with information on the benefits that CHWs bring to COVID-19 research. Created by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Community Engagement Alliance (CEAL) Against COVID-19 Disparities.
Community Engagement Alliance (CEAL) Communications Resources
Community Engagement Alliance (CEAL) is a National Institutes of Health (NIH) initiative that has a number of COVID-19 communication resources on ensuring inclusion, vaccines, and clinical trials. Their website hosts social media messages, infographics, videos and more.