The CDC Foundation’s COVID-19 emergency response pilot project: a case study in knowledge brokering for older adults and caregivers
Objective: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) public health emergency has disproportionately affected older adults and their caregivers, requiring evidence-based and coordinated efforts to meet their health and social needs. This paper describes the role of the CDC Foundation as a knowledge bro...
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| author | Alaina Whitton Hailey Bednar Rachel F Singer Roy Ahn Jessica Fox Lauren Isaacs Alycia Bayne |
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| description | Objective: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) public health emergency has disproportionately affected older adults and their caregivers, requiring evidence-based and coordinated efforts to meet their health and social needs. This paper describes the role of the CDC Foundation as a knowledge broker working with public health partners to rapidly meet the unmet health, social, and other needs of older adults and caregivers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Type of program or service: Qualitative case study using the Role Model for Knowledge Brokering framework to describe a project that translated public health research into practice during the COVID-19 pandemic response.
Methods: This case study documents the experiences of a US-based foundation serving as a knowledge broker, carrying out three roles: establishing research partnerships to study unmet health, social, and other needs of older adults and caregivers during COVID-19; coordinating with partners to identify evidence-based strategies; and rapidly implementing four emergency response pilot projects.
Results: The emergency response pilot projects created included: an online resource library – SearchFindHelp.org – of public health programs and resources for organisations serving older adults and caregivers; digital literacy training for older adults and caregivers; multicultural caregiver tools to serve rural and Asian American and Pacific Islander older adults; and a grant program to expand local, direct services for older adults. SearchFindHelp.org had 46 781 new users and 101 908 total views from June 2021–March 2023. Older adults and caregivers who participated in digital literacy training from May–September 2021 were more likely to find health resources online and schedule and attend an online doctor’s visit. A paid media campaign in December 2021 was launched to raise awareness of multicultural caregiver tools. Ten community organisations expanded direct, local services for older adults.
Lessons learnt: This project highlights the valuable role a foundation can play as a knowledge broker in rapidly translating research into practice during a public health emergency response, to address emerging community needs. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ee4f97309f534604a0df5ed9bb95e2ec2023-12-06T02:00:17ZengSax InstitutePublic Health Research & Practice2204-20912023-12-0133410.17061/phrp33122304The CDC Foundation’s COVID-19 emergency response pilot project: a case study in knowledge brokering for older adults and caregiversAlaina Whitton0Hailey Bednar1Rachel F Singer2Roy Ahn3Jessica Fox4Lauren Isaacs 5Alycia Bayne6CDC Foundation, Atlanta, Georgia, USCDC Foundation, Atlanta, Georgia, USNORC at the University of Chicago, Bethesda, Maryland, USNORC at the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USNORC at the University of Chicago, Bethesda, Maryland, USNORC at the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USNORC at the University of Chicago, Bethesda, Maryland, USObjective: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) public health emergency has disproportionately affected older adults and their caregivers, requiring evidence-based and coordinated efforts to meet their health and social needs. This paper describes the role of the CDC Foundation as a knowledge broker working with public health partners to rapidly meet the unmet health, social, and other needs of older adults and caregivers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Type of program or service: Qualitative case study using the Role Model for Knowledge Brokering framework to describe a project that translated public health research into practice during the COVID-19 pandemic response. Methods: This case study documents the experiences of a US-based foundation serving as a knowledge broker, carrying out three roles: establishing research partnerships to study unmet health, social, and other needs of older adults and caregivers during COVID-19; coordinating with partners to identify evidence-based strategies; and rapidly implementing four emergency response pilot projects. Results: The emergency response pilot projects created included: an online resource library – SearchFindHelp.org – of public health programs and resources for organisations serving older adults and caregivers; digital literacy training for older adults and caregivers; multicultural caregiver tools to serve rural and Asian American and Pacific Islander older adults; and a grant program to expand local, direct services for older adults. SearchFindHelp.org had 46 781 new users and 101 908 total views from June 2021–March 2023. Older adults and caregivers who participated in digital literacy training from May–September 2021 were more likely to find health resources online and schedule and attend an online doctor’s visit. A paid media campaign in December 2021 was launched to raise awareness of multicultural caregiver tools. Ten community organisations expanded direct, local services for older adults. Lessons learnt: This project highlights the valuable role a foundation can play as a knowledge broker in rapidly translating research into practice during a public health emergency response, to address emerging community needs.https://doi.org/10.17061/phrp33122304 |
| spellingShingle | Alaina Whitton Hailey Bednar Rachel F Singer Roy Ahn Jessica Fox Lauren Isaacs Alycia Bayne The CDC Foundation’s COVID-19 emergency response pilot project: a case study in knowledge brokering for older adults and caregivers Public Health Research & Practice |
| title | The CDC Foundation’s COVID-19 emergency response pilot project: a case study in knowledge brokering for older adults and caregivers |
| title_full | The CDC Foundation’s COVID-19 emergency response pilot project: a case study in knowledge brokering for older adults and caregivers |
| title_fullStr | The CDC Foundation’s COVID-19 emergency response pilot project: a case study in knowledge brokering for older adults and caregivers |
| title_full_unstemmed | The CDC Foundation’s COVID-19 emergency response pilot project: a case study in knowledge brokering for older adults and caregivers |
| title_short | The CDC Foundation’s COVID-19 emergency response pilot project: a case study in knowledge brokering for older adults and caregivers |
| title_sort | cdc foundation s covid 19 emergency response pilot project a case study in knowledge brokering for older adults and caregivers |
| url | https://doi.org/10.17061/phrp33122304 |
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