Grant: CIHR REDI Early Career Transition Award - Aging Person in an Aging Society

This proposal addresses the pressing issue of expanding the use of successful digital health interventions. The goal is to develop and evaluate a facilitation intervention to support the expansion of ActionADE, a web application that effectively shares standardized information regarding adverse drug events across various healthcare environments. With extensive experience in health promotion, implementation science, and medication safety, I aspire to become an independent researcher in implementation science and accelerate the use of digital health interventions across diverse backgrounds, improving the health of Canadians. My proposed research has three key objectives: identifying obstacles and supporting factors for scaling up ActionADE through ethnographic workplace observations and semi-structured interviews; co-creating a facilitation manual to efficiently expand ActionADE in line with the barriers and enablers discovered; and evaluating the impact of a facilitation intervention on using ActionADE through a pragmatic, quasi-experimental, waitlist-controlled clinical trial spanning 24 months. My mentorship team comprises esteemed professionals with expertise in medication safety, implementation science, health equity, pragmatic clinical trials, and health system research. Equity, diversity, and inclusion are prioritized in my research by actively recruiting high-risk populations, engaging stakeholders through participatory research, analyzing outcomes by socio-demographic factors, creating accessible knowledge translation products, and promoting diversity within my team. This proposed research will establish best practices for disseminating health interventions across diverse backgrounds and expedite integrated pharmaceutical care for all Canadians.