Table 1.
Institution | Role |
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NIH | Study funder; provided test kits, approved protocol, and implementation plans, led SYCT launch, and coordinated study activities among stakeholders |
CDC | Assisted with protocol development and selection of SYCT communities, engaged local and state health departments |
RADx-UP Coordination and Data Collection Center (Duke Clinical Research Institute and the UNC Center for Health Equity Research) | Led design of SYCT intervention and ecological analysis, consulted on public health intervention protocol development, implementation of community-based distribution; created, designed, and implemented marketing campaign for public health intervention; consulted on design and implementation of community engagement plan; tracked kit distribution from local distribution partners; performed data integration and analysis, and manuscript preparation; responsible for all elements of SYCT substudy design, survey development, data management and analysis, and reporting |
NCCU | Assisted with design and implementation of community engagement strategy and identification of local distribution partners |
CCPH | Led design and implementation of community engagement plan for SYCT; led engagement and relationship building efforts with local distribution partners |
University of Massachusetts | Data management partner for the SYCT substudy |
Pitt County (NC) Health Department | Coordinated test distribution and local distribution partner engagement for SYCT in Pitt County, NC |
Chattanooga (TN) Health Department | Coordinated test distribution and local distribution partner engagement for SYCT in Chattanooga, TN |
Quidel | Manufactured at-home tests; applied for and received emergency use authorization from FDA |
CareEvo | Designed the study mobile application; coordinated online ordering portal and distribution of kits via Amazon |
Amazon | Distributed test kits requested through an online ordering system |
DataRobot | Conducted simulations during planning for the public health intervention to guide community selection |
Noble Laboratory (UNC) | Processed and tested wastewater samples from North Carolina |
Biobot Analytics, Inc. | Processed and tested wastewater samples from Tennessee |
Abbreviations: CCPH Community-Campus Partnerships for Health, CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, FDA US Food and Drug Administration, NCCU North Carolina Central University, NIH National Institutes of Health, RADx-UP Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics–Underserved Populations, UNC University of North Carolina