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Article History
Received: 10 November 2017
Accepted: 14 June 2018
First Online: 7 July 2018
Author’s information
: CPK was trained in epidemiology at the University of Michigan and works for the Center for Clinical Management Research (CCMR) at the Ann Arbor Veterans Affairs Healthcare System. She leads a national Implementation Research Group (IRG) of 250 members for the Center for Evaluation and Implementation Resources (CEIR) that provides continuning education, training, and sharing of best practices in implementation science. Her expertise over the last 15 years includes formative evaluation, qualitative interviewing and analysis, adaptations and fidelity, and implementation science.MV obtained her Bachelor of Science from the University of Michigan and currently works as the research associate on the SHARES study.MK is a physician Research Scientist at the Ann Arbor Center for Clinical Management Research (CCMR). She is also Director of the Community Engagement and Outreach Core of the Michigan Center for Diabetes Translational Research (MCDTR), one of five DTRs funded by the National Institutes of Health to provide assistance to researchers conducting novel interventions to improve diabetes care. MK has expertise in the development and evaluation of health system and behavioral interventions to improve between-clinic visit chronic disease self-management and outcomes. She has served as PI on multiple multi-site effectiveness and implementation studies evaluating different peer support models and health team outreach programs to improve glycemic, blood pressure, and other risk factor control in diabetes. She is also PI on an AHRQ grant that developed a diabetes web-based decision aid that peer mentors and other outreach workers can use with patients to improve diabetes treatment decision-making.
: The SHARES study was approved by the Veterans Affairs Central Institutional Review Board (C-IRB) (reference number 13–21). All participants consented to participate and were informed that their participation was completely voluntary. The consent process was executed as governed by the Central IRB. Staff members were provided with a Study Information Sheet at the time of recruitment and verbal consent was obtained prior to the start of the interview. Verbal consent for staff interviews was approved by the CIRB, as the study is considered minimal risk and obtaining written consent would place an additional burden on participants.
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