The aim of this questionnaire is to explore awareness, perceptions and utilisations of PPI (Patient & Public Involvement) and the barriers to its use among researchers within the Psychiatric Genomics Research community. This survey is part of ongoing work from the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium (PGC) Outreach Committee and the International Society of Psychiatric Genetics (ISPG). Data will inform the PGC Outreach Committee on how it can support PGC members in their outreach activities and will be shared at a PGC World Wide Lab 2024/2025.
Our project aims to document how COVID-19 is changing schools and families, and to trace the ways these changes are shaping educational inequality. In collaboration with North Carolina's Guilford County Schools, we are surveying school leaders, teachers, and parents and guardians about the academic, material, and socio-emotional resources that school communities are collectively employing in response to the pandemic. Our analyses will document school school/family collaboration during the COVID-19 crisis; investigate racial and socioeconomic inequalities in access to school services and supports; and evaluate the consequences of school supports and school/family collaboration for learning loses during the pandemic-induced interruption in regular schooling. Ultimately, we hope this project will shed light on strategies that can mitigate the pandemic's potentially disastrous consequences for educational inequality.
Our study seeks to understand how we perceive and are impacted by the current COVID-19 global health pandemic. We ask about how the pandemic has impacted our well-being, our daily life, and our political views. In all versions of our study participants fill out survey questions about these topics. As well, some participants are additionally asked to write about how the pandemic has impacted them, and/or, to read excerpts of news articles about the pandemic.
The virus that causes COVID-19 disease infects many people, but only some get sick. We want to understand how COVID affects the immune system and what makes severe COVID infections different from other diseases that cause hospitalization and breathing problems. We collect samples of blood, sputum, urine, and stool from patients in the hospital to learn how COVID affects cells and molecules of the immune system.
The purpose of this study is to understand the planning and implementation process of the Summer EBT program in Rhode Island and North Carolina.
Makerspaces have been a topic of interest for libraries as of late, and research has described how library makerspaces are able to impact their designated communities. However, many libraries themselves that have or want a makerspace do not explicitly state or even know the benefits makerspaces have on youth. The purpose of this study is to fill the knowledge gap between teen development and the impact makerspaces have on those developmental assets by stating how research defines and connects the two areas. In particular, this study will look at the perceptions and experiences of public librarians that work with teens and makerspaces.
Students in advanced academic programming, such as that provided in Early College High Schools (ECHSs), may experience stress that interferes with their academic success. Although ECHSs provide many supports to students, there is a need for additional programming to support students' social-emotional development and stress resilience. This study involves further developing, refining, implementing, and testing a multi-tiered adaptation of Be CALM (Cool, Attentive, Logical, and Mature), a mindfulness-based SEL program that aims to enhance staff and student wellbeing and SEL competencies. Mindfulness is a practice of Pressing the Pause on purpose and Tuning In to the present moment with a curious and kind attitude that has been shown to benefit social and emotional wellbeing in students. We expect that knowledge gained from this study will be used to advance understanding of how mindfulness may be helpful to ECHS students, teachers, and counselors.
This study explores the histories of racial segregation in three areas: Tulsa, Oklahoma; St. Louis County, Missouri; and, Greenwood, Mississippi. During interviews, participants will share their memories of those places as well as create maps about where it was or wasn't safe for people in their communities to travel.
The purpose of this study is to understand how states can improve health information exchange for their Medicaid members.
To learn more about the experimental drug, ISL/LEN. This includes: Comparing ISL/LEN weekly to B/F/TAF daily and determining which of these study treatments works better for treating HIV infection. Determining how ISL/LEN and B/F/TAF affects the HIV infection in the body. Testing and learning about the safety of ISL/LEN, how well ISL/LEN is tolerated, and how long it stays in the body using physical exam, blood and urine tests, and any symptoms or problems it may create in the study.