Community-Based System for Rapid Dissemination of Evidence-Based Information and Research Specific to COVID-19

Background: Questions asked during a Detroit community forum suggested evidence-based information about COVID-19 was not reaching the community. Identifying solutions for effectively disseminating COVID-19 research to the community is imperative to reducing the spread of the coronavirus. Community engagement in this process is essential to ensure messages and resources are evidence-based, address community priorities, are written in locally relevant language, and are effectively disseminated. Solution: Brilliant Detroit is a nonprofit organization dedicated to building "kid success" neighborhoods by providing proven programming to families of children 0-8 so they are school-ready, healthy, and stable. The awardee will partner with Brilliant Detroit to build community capacity for COVID-19 PCOR/CER and a model for community-based dissemination and implementation of evidence-based health information. Objectives: The long-term objective is to create a thriving community-academic partnership actively engaged in disseminating and conducting PCOR/CER. The purpose of this project is to develop the infrastructure necessary to achieve this goal. The specific aims are: Increase community stakeholder capacity for COVID-19 PCOR/CER Create infrastructure for disseminating/implementing COVID-19 PCOR/CER results Build community-stakeholder-academic partnerships