1. CCTS Collaboration and Engagement Team
Ana Maria Lopez, MD, MPH, FACP, CCTS Associate Director
Steve Alder, PhD, Key Faculty
Tatiana Allen-Webb, BS, CCRP, Community Liaison
Heather Coulter, MEd, Community Liaison
Louisa Stark, PhD, Key Faculty

3. Collaboration/Engagement Team
Community/Patient Engagement Studios
Consultations
Facilitating community-researcher collaboration
Focus group facilitation
Community Engagement Working Group

4. Community/Patient Engagement Studios
Consultation with community experts
Structured process for soliciting input on 3-4 specific questions

5. Focus Group vs. Studio Focus Group Studio
Research – requires IRB approval
Not research
Individuals
Experts represent their “group”
Investigates individuals’ thoughts/opinions
Asking for feedback & recommendations from experts – a consultation
Usually don’t provide background
Provide background at beginning
Questions posed as session proceeds
Pose questions at beginning
No follow-up
Follow-up on how recommendations acted on is expected

6. Studio Process Facilitated Meeting Researchers Stakeholders
Request for Studio
C/E Team meets with researchers
Consultation with Studio team
Determines stakeholders’ characteristics
Recruit “experts”
Coaching on engaging non-researchers
Pre-meeting communication
Researchers
Stakeholders
Facilitated Meeting
Researcher presentation
Stakeholder feedback
Collaboration/Engagement Team
Identifies researchers’ needs

7. HER Salt Lake Project David Turok & Jessica Sanders
Project Design:
Any contraceptive method free at 4 Planned Parenthood clinics in SL County
Ads for cell phones & social media that:
Promote IUDs and implants
Refer women to clinics where they can get free contraception

8. Community Experts Hispanic, Asian, Pacific Islander and Caucasian
U of U Physician Assistant Program
U of U Peer Counselor
Planned Parenthood clinic assistants
Planned Parenthood Teen Council member
Teen Success volunteer & participant
Health educator
Planned Parenthood patron using contraception
Young woman not using contraception
LGBTQ* representative

9. Studio Questions
What do women know about contraception and what are the barriers to getting it?
Will the “Contraceptive Conversation” script for clinic counselors work well here?
Which contraception ads will work best here?

10. Conversation Tools
FEEDBACK: Current information is not clear (want pictures)
RESPONSE:

11. Education Materials
FEEDBACK: Women liked the chart with the different methods, but the items aren’t to scale with respect to each other, which could lead to misunderstandings.
RESPONSE:

12. Contraceptive Conversation Topics
FEEDBACK: Studio participants had strong feelings about when family and partner attitudes should be discussed
RESPONSE: Move question about family to the end of the discussion to keep women emotionally engaged and focused on what is best for them

13. Media Campaign Materials✓
Too many words

14. Media Campaign Materials✓
Anti millinals
Positive and empowering

15. Consultations Connecting with diverse communities
Collaborating with communities
Research design
Grant proposals
Designing surveys, questionnaires & focus group guides
Informed consent documents
Recruiting research participants

16. Other C/E Team Services
Facilitating community-researcher collaboration throughout a project
Focus group facilitation
English, Spanish, and co-facilitation with community members in other languages

17. Community Faces of Utah
Best of Africa
Calvary Baptist Church
Hispanic Health Care Task Force
National Tongan American Society
Urban Indian Center
Utah Department of Health
CCTS C/E Team