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iCARE October Newsletter
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Survey 14 was released on October 19.  You can find our survey here:
Thanks to your support, the iCARE survey has reached over 100 000 responses from 191 countries!
COLLABORATOR MEETING
The iCARE team hosted a fifth collaborator meeting on October 7, 2021 . If you would like to view the recording and presentation, please follow the links.
 
FIRST iCARE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM - SAVE THE DATE!
Following the Doodle that was circulated, the iCARE International Symposium will take place on December 2nd, 2021 from 8:00AM-7:00PM (EST). 
iCARE COLLABORATOR WORKSPACE: SLACK
During the collaborator meeting, we introduced a new initiative: the iCARE Slack Workspace. You can join this workspace using the following link: 
https://join.slack.com/t/icare-study/shared_invite/zt-wmyi0huu-pU8YQivAPVQZRnyJIk~4Sw

This initiative offers a new (optional) communication platform for iCARE collaborators to coordinate ongoing and upcoming projects within iCARE, and to interact with the iCARE team more broadly. The platform can also be used to share documents, work group updates, and details on upcoming events (e.g., conferences). 

In case you are not familiar with Slack, there are tutorials available here. We are also here in case you have any questions on using the platform, or if you run into any issues.
INVESTIGATOR IN THE SPOTLIGHT
Hilary Creed-Kanashiro (BSc, M.Phil) is a nutritionist, senior researcher and member of the research ethics committee at the Instituto de Investigación Nutricional (Lima, Peru). Her research interests are in the area of public health nutrition and involve: evaluation of dietary intakes; formative research and the implementation of dietary education and communication interventions, especially related to the improvement of infant feeding, including breastfeeding, complementary feeding and responsive feeding; dietary diversity and biodiversity; agriculture and nutrition; traditional foods and food security. Her interests in the iCARE project are related to dietary aspects during the pandemic, specifically in Peru. She actively circulates the survey through her institution's social media which is also enhanced by colleagues and their networks.
ANALYSIS REQUESTS
The Data Management committee has developed the iCARE Analysis Request Form in order to provide analytical support to interested collaborators. You can find an example of how to correctly fill out this form on our OSF.
We have created data dictionaries for all convenience and Canadian representative samples to help you navigate through these datasets. 
DATA REQUESTS
A data access protocol has been created for iCARE collaborators. 
Read more about available iCARE data sets. 
Below is a short summary of the steps and approximate timelines.
*Steps 3 & 4 can be done simultaneously 
iCARE REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLES
In parallel with recruiting our global convenience sample, the iCARE team has coordinated representative sampling efforts in the UK, Canada, Australia, Ireland, Italy, Israel, France, Colombia, and the United States. We plan to continue sampling in these countries in December.
        
VIEW SUMMARY OF RESULTS
Please visit our results page as we continously update it to reflect current findings.
COLLABORATOR RESEARCH SUB-GROUPS
iCARE collaborators are actively working in research sub-groups on the following topics:
  • Going back-to-school during COVID-19
  • Pregnancy during COVID-19
  • COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy
  • Chronic disease
There are several research topics of shared interest between iCARE collaborators. This file lists current and potential subgroups organized around specific topics. If you are interested in leading a sub-group, please contact us. You can also view on-going projects by browsing our iCARE analysis plan (iSAP) log.

We encourage you to use the Slack channels associated to these workgroups to facilitate collaboration!
It is the responsibility of all collaborators to familiarize themselves
with this page as a condition of collaboration.
PUBLICATIONS
 
Protocol paper describing the iCARE Study:
  • Bacon, S. L, Lavoie, K. L., Boyle, J., Stojanovic, J., Joyal-Desmarais, K., for the iCARE Study team. An international assessment of the link between COVID-19-related attitudes, concerns and behaviours in relation to public health policies: Optimising policy strategies to improve health, economic and quality of life outcomes (the iCARE Study): Protocol paper. BMJ Open. (published).
Preventive behaviours & their determinants:
  • Durand, H., Bacon, S. L., Byrne, M., Kenny, E., Lavoie, K. L., McGuire, B. E., Mc Sharry, J. Meade, O., Mooney, R., Noone, C., O’Connor, L. L., O’Flaherty, K., & Molloy, G. J. (2020). Identifying and addressing psychosocial determinants of adherence to physical distancing guidance during the COVID-19 pandemic – project protocol. HRB Open Research (published).
  • Enticott, J., Slifirski, W., Lavoie, K. L., Bacon, S. L., Teede, H., & Boyle, J. A. Knowledge, attitude, and self-reported practice towards measures for prevention of the spread of COVID-19 among Australians: A nationwide online longitudinal representative survey. Frontiers in Public Health (published).
  • Lavoie, K. L., Boucher, V. G., Stojanovic, J., Voisard, B., Szczepanik, G., Gauvin, L., Boyle, J. A., Bélanger-Gravel, A., Bacon, S. L., for the iCARE Study Team. 2021. Determinants of adherence to COVID-19 preventive behaviours in Canada: Results from the iCARE Study. medRxiv doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.06.09.21258634 
  • Noone, C., Warner, N., Byrne, M., Durand, H., Lavoie, K. L., McGuire, B. E., McSharry, J., Meade, O., Morrissey, E., Molloy, G., O'Connor, L., & Toomey, E. Investigating and evaluating evidence of the behavioural determinants of adherence to social distancing measures: A protocol for a scoping review of COVID-19 research. HRB Open Research (published). 
  • Stojanovic, J., Raparelli, V., Boccia, S., Lavoie, K. L., & Bacon, S. L. Public perceptions and behavioural responses to the COVID-19 emergency in Italy: Results from the iCARE study. European Journal of Public Health (under review).
Vaccination:
  • Altamirano V. F., Bacon S. L., Baró S., Benitez D. A., Caravello J. C., Filippa N. L., Gastaldo Z. G., Gómez Jiménez C., Grañana N. E., Lavoie K. L., Losada A. V., Medina P. I., Muñoz M. A., Nogueira Da Silva A. C., Peláez S., Pérez A.  R., Potes M. V., Santojanni L. B., Sorbara S. E., Souza Godinho S., Taliercio A. E. & Zaracho, R. J. (2021). Representaciones Sociales sobre las Vacunas y la Vacunación frente al COVID 19. Revista Científica Arbitrada de la Fundación MenteClara, 6 (252). (published)
  • Enticott, J., Gill, J., Bacon, S. L., Lavoie, K. L., Epstein, D., Dawadi, S., Teede, H., & Boyle, J. A. 2021. Attitudes towards vaccines and intention to vaccinate against COVID-19: Implications for public health communications in Australia. medRxiv doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.09.12.21263158 
  • Stojanovic, J., Boucher, V. G., Gagné, M., Gupta, S., Joyal-Desmarais, K., Paduano, S., Aburub, A., Sheinfeld Gorin, S. N., Kassianos, A. P., Ribeiro, P. A. B., Bacon, S. L., & Lavoie, K. L.  Global Trends and Correlates of COVID-19 Vaccination Hesitancy: Findings from the iCARE Study. Vaccines, 2021, 661, 1-13. (published)
Prevention policies:
  • Bacon, S. L., Baro, S., Barreira, I.,  Caravello, J. C., Caruso, J. M. , Filippa, N., Gastaldo, Z., Gomez Jimenez, C. , Grañana, N. E., Lavoie, K. L., Losada, A. V., Muñoz, M. A., Nogueira Da Silva, A. C., Peláez, S., Peralta, M., Peralta, M. F., Perez, A. R., Perez Roma, F. L., Sorbara, S. E., Taliercio, A. E. & De Souza Godinho, S. (2020). Representaciones de las medidas gubernamentales en el contexto del COVID-19. Revista digital prospectivas en psicología 5, (1), 15-24.(published).
  • Durand, H., Bacon, S. L., Byrne, M., Farrell, K., Kenny, E., Lavoie, K. L., McGuire, B. E., McSharry, J., Meade, O., Mooney, R., Noone, C., O’Connor, L. L., O’Flaherty, K., & Molloy, G. J. Adherence to physical distancing guidance in Ireland: a nationally representative analysis from the International COVID-19 Awareness and Responses Evaluation (iCARE) study [version 1; peer review: 1 approved with reservations]. HRB Open Res 2021, 4:36 (https://doi.org/10.12688/hrbopenres.13237.1)
Epidemiological findings:
  • Stojanovic, J., Boucher, V. G., Boyle, J., Enticott, J., Lavoie, K. L., & Bacon, S. L. COVID-19 is not the flu: Four graphs from four countries. Frontiers in Public Health, 9, 191. (published).






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