Between March and June 2024, CPR3 grant recipients participated in a series of Works-In-Progress Sessions (WIPS). These sessions served as dynamic "show and help" workshops, offering participants targeted feedback on recruitment, methods, preliminary findings and dissemination strategies. With a focus on collaboration and cross-learning, each session featured presentations from two grant recipient teams and fostered robust discussions and new partnerships.
Participants from First 5 Fresno, United Way Merced, California Black Health Network, and 3rd Street Youth Center & Clinic represented sectors such as early child education, community health services, youth empowerment and development, health equity and perinatal wellness. California state agencies represented included Health and Human Services, the Department of Public Health, the Department of Social Services and the Children & Youth Behavioral Health Initiative.
In total, 15 WIPS drew over 300 participants and engaged more than 50 policy and community discussants. Participants praised the sessions for their role in refining research approaches and fostering community engagement:
We received excellent feedback on how to present study findings in a more compelling way.
WIPS Participant
It was nice to engage with the community and hear concerns that are important to them and their perspectives on how to improve issues we are facing.
WIPS Participant
The WIPS brought together diverse perspectives throughout the research process, allowing researchers to receive targeted feedback and foster new collaborations and knowledge sharing.
Past Sessions
June 25: Educational outcomes
- Masking Practices in Early Childhood Education Programs: Impact on Language and Socioemotional Learning of Dual Language Learners (PI: Qing Zhou, UC Berkeley)
- Evaluating the Impacts of County-Level COVID-19-Related Policies on Disparities in Educational and Health Outcomes among California Youth (PI: Erika Brown, UC Berkeley)
June 18: Mental health during and after pregnancy
- Digital Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (dCBT) for Anxiety During Pregnancy: Evaluation and Actioning through HOPE (PI: Laura Jelliffe-Pawlowski, UCSF)
- Examining the Impact of COVID-19 on Perinatal Mental Health and Lactation (PI: Ifeyinwa Asiodu, UCSF)
June 11: Youth engagement for public health messaging
- Recovery Pending Revolution: Youth Artists of Color as Agents of Recovery and Readiness (PI: Dean Schillinger, UCSF)
- MTOTO Mobilizing Towards Outcomes Through advOcacy (PI: Kala Mehta, UCSF)
June 4: Vaccine messaging among BIPOC communities
- Understanding Changes in Vaccine Hesitancy and Uptake in California Black and Latinx Communities (PI: Denise Herd, UC Berkeley)
- Developing Community-Engaged and Contextually Tailored COVID-19 Vaccine Messages for Latinos in the Central Valley: The C4 Project (PI: Martin Hagger, UC Merced)
May 28: Social/economic impacts among vulnerable groups
- Post-Acute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection as Accelerated Disability and Need for Health Services in Older Adults with Baseline Impairments (PI: Himali Weerahandi, UCSF)
- The Socio-Economic Impact of COVID-19 on Vulnerable Asian American Communities and the Potentiality of Multigenerational, Culturally Informed Solidarity Economy as Critical Intervention (PI: Khatharya Um, UC Berkeley)
May 21: Mental health among specific groups
- Identifying the Effect of Housing Policy on Mental Health Outcomes Among Low-Income Renters and their Children During the COVID-19 Pandemic (PI: Qingfang Wang, UC Riverside)
- Getting INFORMED and Living Well: A Demonstration Project to Facilitate Pandemic Recovery among Asian Americans in California (PI: Janice Tsoh, UCSF)
May 14: Policy Analyses
- Child and Adult Care Food Program: Impacts of COVID-19 Changes to Meal and Snack Reimbursement Rates on Family Childcare Home Providers, Children and Families – Phase 2 (PI: Lorrene Ritchie, UC Agriculture & Natural Resources, Nutrition Policy Institute)
May 7: Evaluation research to inform public health communication and uptake
- Scaling Postpartum Home Visiting to Improve Uptake of Public Health Guidelines in Medi-Cal and Uninsured Populations: The First 5 Yolo-Welcome Baby Project (PI: Leigh Ann Simmons, UC Davis)
- Improving Latinx Knowledge and Acceptance of Preventative Health: A Community-Centered Ethnic Media Public Health Communication Randomized Control Trial (PI: Stephanie Zonszein, UC Berkeley)
April 30: Evaluation of policy and interventions
- Researching Explanations of Variations in COVID-19 Disparities and Effects of Equity-focused Pandemic Policies: Implications for the Future of California (REVIVE-CA) (PI: Ada Kwan, UCSF)
- Guaranteed Income as a Perinatal Equity Intervention: Evaluation of the Abundant Birth Project Expansion through the San Francisco Bay Area, California (PI: Anu Gomez, UC Berkeley)
April 23: Mental health impacts among specific groups
- California Pacific Islander Well-Being and COVID-19 Economic Survey (PI: Brittany Morey, UC Irvine)
- Exploring the Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on the Mental Health and Well-Being of Black and Latinx Nurses in California (PI: Jerry Nutor, UCSF)
April 16: Effect on children
- Understanding the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Cardiometabolic Health Among Latino, Black, and Pacific Islander Children in San Francisco, CA (PI: Amy Beck, UCSF)
- Addressing Unfinished Learning in Mathematics: Games for Access to Mathematical Engagement (PI: Rachel Lambert, UC Santa Barbara)
April 9: Innovations in community outreach
- California's COVID-19 Workplace Outreach Project: Evaluating Strategies to Improve Knowledge and Behavioral Outcomes Among Low-Income Workers (PI: Amy Lerman, UC Berkeley)
- Connect: Social Networks and Social Media for Health Among Californians (PI: Alison Comfort, UCSF)
April 2: Effect of COVID-19 on financial health
- Effect of Pandemic Interventions on the Financial Health of California Student Borrowers (PI: Dalié Jiménez, UC Irvine)
- Keeping Vulnerable Californians in Jobs: Examining Different Unemployment Insurance Programs and Strategies for Job Retention (PI: Till von Wachter, UCLA)
March 26: Community-based healthcare delivery
- Promoting Mental Health Equity in Orange County, CA: The Role and Vision of Community Health Workers and Navigators (PI: Alana LeBrón, UC Irvine)
- Assessing the Sustainability of Peer Programs in Addressing Social Isolation and Loneliness in Older Adults: Implications for California COVID-19 Recovery Efforts (PI: Carla Perissinotto, UCSF)
March 19: Effect on children and families
- Community-engaged Action Research to Address Caregiver Burn-out in Socially Vulnerable Communities (PI: Rebecca Fielding-Miller, UC San Diego)
- Promoting Mental Health and Well-being among Adversity-exposed Adolescents during the COVID-19 Pandemic (PI: Jason Nagata, UCSF)