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Community Driven Approach to Mitigate COVID 19 Disparities in Hawaii's Vulnerable Populations

Award Number: U54MD007601
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL CENTER ON MINORITY HEALTH AND HEALTH DISPARITIES
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)

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PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT The long-term goal of this proposal is to eliminate COVID-19 disparities among Hawaii’s racial/ethnically diverse yet vulnerable populations including Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islanders (NHPI) living in rural and underserved communities by integrating innovative SARS-CoV-2 testing capacity with novel community-specific messaging and education. Compounded by long-standing health disparities and socioeconomic challenges, NHPIs suffer from increased infection and mortality rates attributed to COVID-19. To date, NHPIs rank among the highest disproportionately burdened by SARS-CoV-2 in the U.S. With the nation’s highest Rt, a basic reproductive metric indicating the degree of viral spread, Hawaii’s disaggregated NHPI data reveal further disparities. Preliminary testing data collected by our partner, the Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center (WCCHC), Hawaii’s largest federally funded community health center, indicates a significant deficiency in testing uptake, especially among Pacific Islanders. Further, we observed under-representative coverage of testing among youth (ages 5-19 years old) in NHPI communities, despite their higher than average infection rate. Other factors, including slow testing turnaround time and untested asymptomatic cases, complicate efforts to contain further community spread. Given the looming public health concerns around re-opening businesses and schools, these gaps highlight the critical need for innovative approaches of effecting behavioral change coupled with novel testing strategies to enhance access to all community members, including school-aged children/youth. Fortunately, our partnerships in Hawaii’s culturally diverse populations offer a unique opportunity to augment the current COVID-19 response with community knowledge and resilience. We propose the hypothesis that community-contextualized messaging disseminated by novel healthcare-school partnerships coupled with a robust community and patient-centered testing strategy will increase reach, access, uptake, and impact for COVID-19 testing in vulnerable populations. To test this hypothesis, our multidisciplinary team aims to (1) evaluate SARS-CoV-2 testing data, identify gaps and barriers in testing, and augment community testing capacity to increase uptake and (2) optimize and implement community-informed COVID-19 messaging and education with a novel community healthcare-school network partnership in the NHPI population across Hawaii. Building on our parent “Ola HAWAII” grant, this project leverages our existing Community Engagement, Biostatistics, and Administrative Cores with NHPI partnerships to augment the RADx-UP Coordinating and Data Collection Center for common evaluation metrics on COVID-19 testing-related outcomes and implementation. This will lay the foundation for an engaged community network primed for disseminating anticipated vaccines in Hawaii’s highest risk populations. Given the urgency to both improve public health safety and re-opening schools, results from this project may offer insights into an integrated model or toolkit from which health clinics and schools in underserved & vulnerable communities across the country might actively participate in abating this pandemic.


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: 2024 ( Subtotal = $0 )
2024	2023	UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII	2425 CAMPUS RD SINCLAIR RM 1	HONOLULU	HI	96822	HONOLULU	USA	Minority Health and Health Disparities Research	000	37	10/7/2023	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$0
2024	2023	UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII	2425 CAMPUS RD SINCLAIR RM 1	HONOLULU	HI	96822	HONOLULU	USA	Minority Health and Health Disparities Research	001	37	10/9/2023	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$0
2024	2021	UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII	2425 CAMPUS RD SINCLAIR RM 1	HONOLULU	HI	96822	HONOLULU	USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	003	35	11/7/2023	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$0
2024	2020	UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII	2425 CAMPUS RD SINCLAIR RM 1	HONOLULU	HI	96822	HONOLULU	USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	002	34	11/7/2023	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$0
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = $5,388,599 )
2023	2023	UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII	2425 CAMPUS RD SINCLAIR RM 1	HONOLULU	HI	96822	HONOLULU	USA	Minority Health and Health Disparities Research	012	37	9/20/2023	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$234,750
2023	2023	UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII	2425 CAMPUS RD SINCLAIR RM 1	HONOLULU	HI	96822	HONOLULU	USA	Minority Health and Health Disparities Research	015	37	9/23/2023	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$335,582
2023	2023	UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII SYSTEMS	2425 CAMPUS RD SINCLAIR RM 1	HONOLULU	HI	96822	HONOLULU	USA	Minority Health and Health Disparities Research	011	37	7/25/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$4,526,665
2023	2023	UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII	2425 CAMPUS RD SINCLAIR RM 1	HONOLULU	HI	96822	HONOLULU	USA	Minority Health and Health Disparities Research	013	37	9/22/2023	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$313,000
2023	2023	UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII	2425 CAMPUS RD SINCLAIR RM 1	HONOLULU	HI	96822	HONOLULU	USA	Minority Health and Health Disparities Research	014	37	9/23/2023	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	-$21,398
2023	2022	UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII	2425 CAMPUS RD SINCLAIR RM 1	HONOLULU	HI	96822	HONOLULU	USA	Minority Health and Health Disparities Research	009	36	5/30/2023	COMPETING CONTINUATION	$4,051,979
2023	2022	UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII SYSTEMS	2425 CAMPUS RD SINCLAIR RM 1	HONOLULU	HI	96822	HONOLULU	USA	Minority Health and Health Disparities Research	002	36	2/7/2023	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$0
2023	2022	UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII SYSTEMS	2425 CAMPUS RD SINCLAIR RM 1	HONOLULU	HI	96822	HONOLULU	USA	Minority Health and Health Disparities Research	000	36	11/18/2022	COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
2023	2022	UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII SYSTEMS	2425 CAMPUS RD SINCLAIR RM 1	HONOLULU	HI	96822	HONOLULU	USA	Minority Health and Health Disparities Research	005	36	5/18/2023	COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
2023	2022	UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII SYSTEMS	2425 CAMPUS RD SINCLAIR RM 1	HONOLULU	HI	96822	HONOLULU	USA	Minority Health and Health Disparities Research	010	36	6/20/2023	COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
2023	2022	UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII SYSTEMS	2425 CAMPUS RD SINCLAIR RM 1	HONOLULU	HI	96822	HONOLULU	USA	Minority Health and Health Disparities Research	004	36	3/10/2023	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$0
2023	2022	UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII SYSTEMS	2425 CAMPUS RD SINCLAIR RM 1	HONOLULU	HI	96822	HONOLULU	USA	Minority Health and Health Disparities Research	003	36	3/10/2023	COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
2023	2022	UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII SYSTEMS	2425 CAMPUS RD SINCLAIR RM 1	HONOLULU	HI	96822	HONOLULU	USA	Minority Health and Health Disparities Research	001	36	11/21/2022	COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
2023	2021	UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII	2425 CAMPUS RD SINCLAIR RM 1	HONOLULU	HI	96822	HONOLULU	USA	Minority Health and Health Disparities Research	006	35	5/30/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	-$3,725,664
2023	2021	UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII	2425 CAMPUS RD SINCLAIR RM 1	HONOLULU	HI	96822	HONOLULU	USA	Minority Health and Health Disparities Research	008	35	5/30/2023	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	-$256,406
2023	2021	UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII	2425 CAMPUS RD SINCLAIR RM 1	HONOLULU	HI	96822	HONOLULU	USA	Minority Health and Health Disparities Research	007	35	5/30/2023	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	-$69,909
														Subtotal = $5,388,599

Issue Date FY: 2022 ( Subtotal = $4,944,065 )
2022	2022	UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII SYSTEMS	2425 CAMPUS RD SINCLAIR RM 1	HONOLULU	HI	96822	HONOLULU	USA	Minority Health and Health Disparities Research	010	36	9/25/2022	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$391,250
2022	2022	UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII SYSTEMS	2425 CAMPUS RD SINCLAIR RM 1	HONOLULU	HI	96822	HONOLULU	USA	Minority Health and Health Disparities Research	009	36	9/19/2022	COMPETING CONTINUATION	$4,552,815
2022	2021	UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII SYSTEMS	2425 CAMPUS RD SINCLAIR RM 1	HONOLULU	HI	96822	HONOLULU	USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	001	35	12/28/2021	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$0
2022	2021	UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII SYSTEMS	2425 CAMPUS RD SINCLAIR RM 1	HONOLULU	HI	96822	HONOLULU	USA	Minority Health and Health Disparities Research	008	35	9/19/2022	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$0
2022	2021	UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII SYSTEMS	2425 CAMPUS RD SINCLAIR RM 1	HONOLULU	HI	96822	HONOLULU	USA	Minority Health and Health Disparities Research	006	35	9/19/2022	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
2022	2021	UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII SYSTEMS	2425 CAMPUS RD SINCLAIR RM 1	HONOLULU	HI	96822	HONOLULU	USA	Minority Health and Health Disparities Research	007	35	9/19/2022	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$0
2022	2021	UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII SYSTEMS	2425 CAMPUS RD SINCLAIR RM 1	HONOLULU	HI	96822	HONOLULU	USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	003	35	4/21/2022	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$0
2022	2020	UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII SYSTEMS	2425 CAMPUS RD SINCLAIR RM 1	HONOLULU	HI	96822	HONOLULU	USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	000	34	12/28/2021	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$0
2022	2020	UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII SYSTEMS	2425 CAMPUS RD SINCLAIR RM 1	HONOLULU	HI	96822	HONOLULU	USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	005	34	8/5/2022	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$0
2022	2020	UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII SYSTEMS	2425 CAMPUS RD SINCLAIR RM 1	HONOLULU	HI	96822	HONOLULU	USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	004	34	4/25/2022	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$0
2022	2020	UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII SYSTEMS	2425 CAMPUS RD SINCLAIR RM 1	HONOLULU	HI	96822	HONOLULU	USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	002	34	4/21/2022	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$0
														Subtotal = $4,944,065

Issue Date FY: 2021 ( Subtotal = $6,165,132 )
2021	2021	UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII SYSTEMS	2425 CAMPUS RD SINCLAIR RM 1	HONOLULU	HI	96822	HONOLULU	USA	Minority Health and Health Disparities Research	010	35	9/27/2021	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$0
2021	2021	UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII SYSTEMS	2425 CAMPUS RD SINCLAIR RM 1	HONOLULU	HI	96822	HONOLULU	USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	006	35	7/7/2021	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$0
2021	2021	UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII SYSTEMS	2425 CAMPUS RD SINCLAIR RM 1	HONOLULU	HI	96822	HONOLULU	USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	003	35	6/25/2021	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$1,140,486
2021	2021	UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII SYSTEMS	2425 CAMPUS RD SINCLAIR RM 1	HONOLULU	HI	96822	HONOLULU	USA	Minority Health and Health Disparities Research	002	35	6/23/2021	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$4,620,000
2021	2021	UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII SYSTEMS	2425 CAMPUS RD SINCLAIR RM 1	HONOLULU	HI	96822	HONOLULU	USA	Minority Health and Health Disparities Research	004	35	6/26/2021	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$86,691
2021	2021	UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII SYSTEMS	2425 CAMPUS RD SINCLAIR RM 1	HONOLULU	HI	96822	HONOLULU	USA	Minority Health and Health Disparities Research	009	35	9/23/2021	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$317,955
2021	2021	UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII SYSTEMS	2425 CAMPUS RD SINCLAIR RM 1	HONOLULU	HI	96822	HONOLULU	USA	Minority Health and Health Disparities Research	007	35	7/19/2021	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
2021	2020	UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII SYSTEMS	2425 CAMPUS RD SINCLAIR RM 1	HONOLULU	HI	96822	HONOLULU	USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	008	34	7/21/2021	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$0
2021	2020	UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII SYSTEMS	2425 CAMPUS RD SINCLAIR RM 1	HONOLULU	HI	96822	HONOLULU	USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	000	34	5/24/2021	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$0
2021	2020	UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII SYSTEMS	2425 CAMPUS RD SINCLAIR RM 1	HONOLULU	HI	96822	HONOLULU	USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	001	34	6/2/2021	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$0
2021	2020	UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII SYSTEMS	2425 CAMPUS RD SINCLAIR RM 1	HONOLULU	HI	96822	HONOLULU	USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	005	34	6/28/2021	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$0
														Subtotal = $6,165,132

Issue Date FY: 2020 ( Subtotal = $8,495,045 ) (Continued on the next page)
2020	2020	UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII SYSTEMS	2425 CAMPUS RD SINCLAIR RM 1	HONOLULU	HI	96822	HONOLULU	USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	009	34	9/22/2020	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$3,400,883
2020	2020	UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII SYSTEMS	2425 CAMPUS RD SINCLAIR RM 1	HONOLULU	HI	96822	HONOLULU	USA	Minority Health and Health Disparities Research	006	34	7/31/2020	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$86,413
2020	2020	UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII SYSTEMS	2425 CAMPUS RD SINCLAIR RM 1	HONOLULU	HI	96822	HONOLULU	USA	Minority Health and Health Disparities Research	003	34	6/16/2020	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$4,671,134
Grand Total All Awards = $39,533,765

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Community Driven Approach to Mitigate COVID 19 Disparities in Hawaii's Vulnerable Populations

Award Number: U54MD007601

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL CENTER ON MINORITY HEALTH AND HEALTH DISPARITIES

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT

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

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