# Bridging the evidence-to-practice gap: Evaluating practice facilitation as a strategy to accelerate translation of a systems-level adherence intervention into safety net practices

> **NIH NIH R01** · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · 2021 · $299,997

## Abstract

Summary of the Funded Parent Award
Project EVIDENCE (pErception of coVID tEsting aNd vaccine) was funded through the Social, Ethical, and
Behavioral Implications (SEBI) Research on COVID-19 Testing among Underserved and/or Vulnerable
Populations initiative. Project EVIDENCE leverages the infrastructure of a NIMHD-funded project in the Family
Health Centers (FHCs) of NYU Langone Health, a network of federally qualified health centers (FQHC) in
NYC that serves over 125,000 low-income and racially and ethnically diverse patients. Project EVIDENCE is
a three-phase community-engaged study that uses a multipronged, sequential mixed methods design to gain a
comprehensive understanding of the multilevel factors that drive uptake of testing and vaccination for COVID-
19 of Black and Latinx patients (primary outcome), and participation in follow-up care offered by safety-net
health systems. Phase 1 is utilizing the FHC electronic health record (EHR) database to quantitatively examine
individual-level sociodemographic, clinical, and healthcare utilization factors associated with receiving a PCR
test for COVID-19 among 400 Black and Latinx patients who receive care at the FHCs. This phase will also
capture the community- and structural-level determinants of testing using validated self-report measures
(NIH PhenX Toolkit) among the same patients (Aim 1). In Phase 2 the data sources from Phase 1 are being
coupled with qualitative data (e.g., focus groups, ethnographic observation, document analysis) to capture
organizational and ethical issues to shed light on important social, cultural, and contextual factors associated
with uptake of COVID-19 testing and potential vaccine (Aim 2). In partnership with our Community Oversight
Task Force (COTF), in Phase 3, we will integrate Phase 1 and 2 data to refine, test, and disseminate tailored
toolkits and ethical governance guidelines (e.g. clinical trials transparency and data privacy) (Aim 3). These
toolkits will be designed to increase knowledge and awareness of COVID-19 testing and vaccine research and
will be widely disseminated among the FHCs, local community, NYULH, and the RADx UP Coordination and
Data Collection Center.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10403758
- **Project number:** 3R01MD013769-03S2
- **Recipient organization:** NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
- **Principal Investigator:** OLUGBENGA G. OGEDEGBE
- **Activity code:** R01 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $299,997
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 2019-04-09 → 2023-12-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10403758

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10403758, Bridging the evidence-to-practice gap: Evaluating practice facilitation as a strategy to accelerate translation of a systems-level adherence intervention into safety net practices (3R01MD013769-03S2). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-26 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10403758. Licensed CC0.

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