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One innovative strategy, when working with communities, is to see participants as partners.

Dr. Fielding-Miller describes how her studies have involved participants as partners early in the process.

Rebecca Fielding-Miller: This is one of the stickers that we give to kids when they get their COVID test every week, it says “I’m a SASEA scientist,” so you want them to feel like they’re co-scientists. We also change the stickers up every so often so they get some variety in their lives. We check in with the principals a lot. And we let them know that, like I just did a key informant interview with one of our principals and I was like you, you are helping us create this system that we want to expand to other schools so what other schools need to know like you are the expert on your school site, not me. So like, I really value your expertise, and we need it to build this. I’m really intentional in my language, with my staff. And I think that has just kind of set what is normal. Honestly, we tried a community advisory board, but it turns out building one of those from scratch is really hard so it just kind of disappeared. But we try to have a lot of town halls and a lot of check-ins. Our staff is present on school campuses. It was every week, now whenever we have a COVID notification and I think that’s been really, really important because our staff is just lovely, friendly people, and our schools really like them, and they like kind of getting to hang out with our staff. And I was really surprised because I’d never had this happen before. Our schools are really bummed at the thought of this research ends.
They love UCSD. They’re just like, you guys are great to work with, we love being part of a UCSD science project – like that’s not normal. And one person was like, “You guys just provide Nordstrom’s level service,” which I just love. And I think it’s because we really tried to center them and their concerns, right, like this is people’s kids at school during a pandemic, like that’s the most important thing to respond to and like, and then you do science on the top layer.

August 24, 2021

Published by ReCODE Health on August 24, 2021

Module 2: Rebecca Fielding-Miller

One innovative strategy, when working with communities, is to see participants as partners. Dr. Fielding-Miller describes how her studies have involved participants as partners early in […]

August 20, 2021

Published by ReCODE Health on August 20, 2021

Module 2: Scenario Review

August 20, 2021

Published by ReCODE Health on August 20, 2021

Building Research Integrity and Capacity (BRIC)

Specific to training CABs and CHWs/Promotores, learning about the scientific method, study design and the terminology used can be helpful to all team members. Once the […]

August 20, 2021

Published by ReCODE Health on August 20, 2021

Module 2: Rebecca Fielding-Miller

Module 2: Scenario Review

Building Research Integrity and Capacity (BRIC)

Module 2: Scenario 4

Module 2: Scenario 3

Data Management

Module 2: Scenario 2

Intervention Delivery

Module 2: Example 1