Translational Biobehavioral and Health Disparities Branch, National Institutes of Health, Clinical Center, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Social Determinants of Obesity and Cardiovascular Risk Laboratory, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA.
BMC Med Res Methodol. 2022 Dec 22;22(1):330. doi: 10.1186/s12874-022-01806-3.
Identifying mechanisms to maintain CBPR studies during an infectious disease pandemic is vital. The current paper describes the changes in methods and processes conducted within a CBPR mixed-methods study to a virtual setting during the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
The DC Community Organizing for Optimal Culinary Knowledge study with Heart (DC COOKS with Heart) was designed to assess the feasibility of a dietary behavior intervention among African-American adults that are at risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD). The study is under the umbrella of an ongoing CBPR study and community advisory board that facilitates community involvement in study design and promotes ongoing engagement with community members and leaders. The study population for D.C. COOKS with Heart consists of adult African-American individuals who live in two low-resource neighborhoods in Washington, D.C., which were impacted disproportionately by COVID. Eligible study participants who previously participated in the DC CHOC community-based studies were contacted to participate in Phase 1. The quantitative part of the mixed-methods included survey data collection.
Due to the pandemic, the mode of data collection for surveys changed from self-administered face-to-face to internet-based. All virtual study procedures were conducted between March and April, 2021. Anticipated benefits of the virtual setting included participant safety during the pandemic, ease of logistics for participants. Anticipated challenges included administration of electronic devices to participants, research team training, and potential threats to established trust related to the privacy and confidentiality of participants.
The transition to a virtual setting for study procedures in a mixed-methods study was conducted successfully in terms of recruitment, retention of participants, and training of research team members. The virtual transition required established and ongoing engagement through the community advisory board and CBPR practices, institutional support through virtual research policies, collaborations with information technology-based teams, and equipment administration for the study.
NCT04305431 . Registered on March 12, 2020.
在传染病大流行期间，确定维持 CBPR 研究的机制至关重要。本文描述了在新型冠状病毒（COVID-19）大流行期间，一项 CBPR 混合方法研究将方法和流程转变为虚拟环境所进行的改变。
DC 社区组织促进最佳烹饪知识与心脏研究（DC COOKS with Heart）旨在评估针对心血管疾病（CVD）风险的非裔美国成年人进行饮食行为干预的可行性。该研究是在一个正在进行的 CBPR 研究和社区咨询委员会的保护伞下进行的，该委员会促进社区参与研究设计，并促进与社区成员和领导人的持续互动。DC COOKS with Heart 的研究人群由居住在华盛顿特区两个资源匮乏社区的成年非裔美国人组成，这些社区受到 COVID 的不成比例的影响。之前参加过 DC CHOC 社区研究的合格研究参与者被联系参加第 1 阶段。混合方法的定量部分包括调查数据收集。
由于大流行，调查数据收集的方式从面对面的自我管理转变为基于互联网的方式。所有虚拟研究程序均于 2021 年 3 月至 4 月进行。虚拟环境的预期好处包括参与者在大流行期间的安全，参与者后勤工作的便利性。预期的挑战包括向参与者提供电子设备，研究团队培训以及与参与者的隐私和机密性相关的既定信任受到威胁。
在混合方法研究中，成功地将研究程序转变为虚拟环境，在招募、保留参与者和培训研究团队成员方面取得了成功。虚拟过渡需要通过社区咨询委员会和 CBPR 实践进行既定和持续的参与，通过虚拟研究政策提供机构支持，与信息技术团队合作，以及为研究提供设备管理。
NCT04305431。于 2020 年 3 月 12 日注册。
