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COPECare: A mobile tool for cancer care coordination in Native American communities

Award Number: R43MD014916
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL CENTER ON MINORITY HEALTH AND HEALTH DISPARITIES
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/24/2019
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 06/30/2021

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COPECare: A mobile tool for cancer care coordination in Native American communities - PROJECT SUMMARY The COVID-19 pandemic has had a disproportionate effect on the Navajo Nation, in which there is a higher prevalence of health complications such as diabetes, heart and lung disease. Overall living conditions and a long history of inequities resulting in a distrust of western medicine and health systems are believed to contribute to the spread of the virus. This project is an urgent competitive revision to an existing project in response to PA- 18-935. The project supplements an ongoing SBIR Phase I project to study the feasibility and acceptability of COPECare, a novel digital system to support care coordination on the Navajo Nation, particularly those who have or are at high risk of cancer. COPECare is designed to facilitate the work of community health representatives (CHRs) who play a critical role in delivering health education and guidance to members of the Navajo Nation. Since the outbreak of COVID-19 on the Navajo Nation, CHRs and other trained and lay workers have been tasked to support contact tracing efforts throughout the community using a digital contact tracing and case investigation tool. The goal of this urgent supplement is to study the process and early outcomes of a digital contact tracing and case investigation tool that was customized for use on the Navajo Nation and rapidly deployed to support efforts to manage and control the COVID-19 outbreak. We will address this goal in the following two specific aims: In Aim 1, we will evaluate the digital tool using key metrics to gauge program performance for case interviewing and measures of system efficiency. In Aim 2, we will conduct a formative assessment consisting of qualitative one-on-one and group interviews with cadres of contact tracers (CHRs, public health officials, and hospital staff at two large hospitals serving the Navajo Nation) and cancer survivors and their families directly or indirectly affected by COVID-19. Results of this supplement work will directly inform the design and development of COPECare and contribute to a broader understanding of how to develop effective community-based digital solutions to support and promote health on Navajo Nation and potentially other tribal communities across the US.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2022 ( Subtotal = $0 )
2022	2019	DIMAGI INC	585 MASSACHUSETTS AVE	CAMBRIDGE	MA	02139	MIDDLESEX	USA	Minority Health and Health Disparities Research	000	1	11/6/2021	NEW	$0
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2021 ( Subtotal = $0 )
2021	2020	DIMAGI, INC.	585 MASSACHUSETTS AVE STE 3	CAMBRIDGE	MA	02139	MIDDLESEX	USA	Minority Health and Health Disparities Research	001	1	7/28/2021	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$0
2021	2019	DIMAGI, INC.	585 MASSACHUSETTS AVE STE 3	CAMBRIDGE	MA	02139	MIDDLESEX	USA	Minority Health and Health Disparities Research	000	1	7/28/2021	NEW	$0
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2020 ( Subtotal = $181,240 )
2020	2020	DIMAGI, INC.	585 MASSACHUSETTS AVE STE 3	CAMBRIDGE	MA	02139	MIDDLESEX	USA	Minority Health and Health Disparities Research	000	1	9/18/2020	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$181,240
														Subtotal = $181,240

Issue Date FY: 2019 ( Subtotal = $226,397 )
2019	2019	DIMAGI, INC.	585 MASSACHUSETTS AVE STE 3	CAMBRIDGE	MA	02139	MIDDLESEX	USA	Minority Health and Health Disparities Research	000	1	9/24/2019	NEW	$226,397
														Subtotal = $226,397

Grand Total All Awards = $407,637

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COPECare: A mobile tool for cancer care coordination in Native American communities

Award Number: R43MD014916

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL CENTER ON MINORITY HEALTH AND HEALTH DISPARITIES

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/24/2019

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 06/30/2021

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