Dr. Mónica Ramírez-Andreotta, was awarded an R01 grant titled: “Disentangling the role of culture, life stage, and information design to facilitate equity in data report back" (R01-ES036236) by the National Institute of Health (NIH). The R01 is the original and historically oldest grant mechanism used by NIH and provides support for health-related research and development based on the mission of the NIH. For more information, please see "Researchers chart a path forward for report back - NIH kicked off program aimed at studying how to responsibly report back research results to environmental health study participants".
Team members include Dr. Joe Hoover (UA Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Science), Chris Casillas from Regenerating Sonora, Inc., Spencer Wells from Cleveland Lead Advocates for Safe Housing, and Sanlyn Buxner (UA Research Professor of Teaching, Learning, and Sociocultural Studies) who will serve as the project’s Evaluator.
The project goal is to create and pilot a national model of report back that engages rural and urban communities to ensure that responsible report back of research results (RBRR) reaches all populations in a manner tailored to their individual needs, including culture, life stage, language, and design. Rooted in bioethics, the program focuses on how to report back social determinants of health and soil and dust data in rural and urban communities that are disproportionately impacted by pollution.
The specific aims of this proposal include:
- Using an equity-centered community design approach to develop different design types and identify what influences preferred report back strategies.
- Within the context of specific populations (cultural identity) and groups (life stage), elucidate key data and environmental health literacy (D/EHL) learning outcomes by design type.
- Identify, evaluate, and mitigate any possible unintentional consequences of environmental health report back by working with both rural and urban communities.
- Develop capacity building tools for RBRR, train knowledge mediators/brokers and evaluate the efficacy of these tools to support the role of “environmental counselors.”