Bilingual Data Collection Lead

The Project
The Now Everybody Together for Amazing and Healthful Kids (NET-Works) at Clinics research study is part of the University of Minnesota's Prevention Research Center (PRC, 2024-2029), which addresses the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) priority area of improving nutrition, physical activity, and overall health and wellness among children from low-income households who are overweight or obese. This study focuses on implementing and evaluating the adapted evidence-based NET-Works intervention at two Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) in English and Spanish. The intervention combines home visits delivered by Community Health Workers serving as Family Connectors, check-ins, and parenting classes led by University of Minnesota Extension Educators to promote sustained household routines around bedtime, playtime, meal and snack time. These routines aim to improve sleep, eating habits, physical activity, age-appropriate screen & TV time, school readiness and body weight among 2-5-year-old children. Data collection and assessment will occur at baseline, and at 6- and 12-month follow-up home visits, during which participants will complete a parent survey and have their child's height and weight measured for BMI calculation. The study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of the revised NET-Works intervention on child BMI by comparing children in the immediate intervention group to those in the delayed intervention group.

Job Description
The Casual Bilingual English/Spanish Data Collection Lead (job code 0005) will have a primary role recruiting study participants and collecting data in the field as part of a team and helping with data entry and quality control. They will explain the study to participants, obtain informed consent, and be responsible for the collection of data at baseline and follow-up home visits, including parent survey data and height and weight data as well as documenting home visits in REDCap software.

Job Duties/Responsibilities:

Data collection (85%)

• Collect data with participants in their homes during a time that is convenient for them (e.g., evenings, days, and weekends)
• Explain the research study and obtain informed consent from research participants in English and Spanish depending on the native language of the participant
• Collect quantitative data from participants, including demographic and psychosocial surveys, and height and weight measurements, in English or Spanish, depending on the native language of the participant
• Ensure that components of the project are completed in an ethically, scientifically, rigorous and timely manner

Data entry and management (10%)

• Clean, edit, and enter parent survey data into a REDCap electronic database and perform quality assurance to check the accuracy of the data

Project Management (5%)

• Contribute to developing or revising data collection protocols for data collection home visits
• Distribute program participant incentives in person using physical gift cards and track payments in REDCap

Other duties

• Complete all required IRB and study specific trainings
• Attend project team and staff meetings
• Assist with dissemination activities as needed
• Other duties may also be assigned given project needs and the applicant's interests and expertise
  

All required qualifications must be included in the application materials

Required Qualifications:

• BA/BS with at least two years of experience or a combination of related education and work experience equal to six years
• Fluency in oral and written English and Spanish
• Has personal vehicle for reliable transportation for commuting to home visits
• Flexibility in scheduling (e.g., willingness to work evenings, days and weekends)
• Ability to work on a team to complete data collection visits with research participants in their homes
• Data collection experience as part of a research study
• Experience with public health research

Desired Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Organized and committed to completing tasks fully and on time, and display professional skills in inter-professional interactions

Preferred Qualifications:

• Community engagement experience
• Experience collecting research data in English and Spanish
• Experience using REDCap software

The University of Minnesota School of Public Health (SPH) is Minnesota's only school of public health, committed to improving the health and well-being of communities worldwide. Through innovative research, learning, and concrete action, we tackle today's biggest health challenges. SPH includes four academic divisions: Biostatistics & Health Data Science, Environmental Health Sciences, Epidemiology & Community Health, and Health Policy & Management.

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Pay Range: $28.00 per hour; depending on education/qualifications/experience.

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