OBJECTIVES/GOALS: The objective of the study is to test the feasibility and acceptability of a remote glucose monitoring program for pregnant Marshallese women with pre-gestational (PGDM) or gestational diabetes (GDM) without excluding women with limited English proficiency. The study will explore changes in patient-physician communication and self-efficacy. METHODS/STUDY POPULATION: Twenty Marshallese pregnant women with PGDM or GDM will be identified for recruitment. The patient will meet with a bilingual staff member to explain the study and provide consent. At enrollment, patients will complete an enrollment survey and be provided with the iGlucose monitor and receive training its use. Their provider(s) will receive access to their patient’s online portal for monitoring. At 14 days postpartum patients will receive a post-intervention survey and invitation to participate in interview, and their provider(s) will receive a satisfaction survey for the remote monitoring program. RESULTS/ANTICIPATED RESULTS: We hypothesize that the use of a remote glucose monitoring intervention is feasible and acceptable for Marshallese women with PGDM or GDM. Further, we hypothesize that the remote glucose monitoring program will increase satisfaction with physician-patient communication and will increase self-efficacy with glucose management. We anticipate that providers will find the program feasible and acceptable for use with the Marshallese population. DISCUSSION/SIGNIFICANCE: RPM technology can transform the way PGDM and GDM are managed. RPM may have greater benefits when there is a lack of language concordance by providing more time for patient-provider communication, thereby improving patient satisfaction and decreasing the risk of negative outcomes for Marshallese women.

Northwest Arkansas, particularly Benton and Washington counties, is one of the highest COVID-19 hot spots in the United States (US), with more than half of all reported cases in this area identifying as Latinx or Pacific Islander, even though these communities account for less than 20% of the overall population. The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) leveraged their existing relationship with 18 key community partners. Partners collaboratively developed a COVID-19 Response Strategy to ensure coordinated effort for Latinx and Pacific Islander communities with four interrelated strategies: health education, testing, contact tracing, and supported quarantine/case management.

A new Matlab-based software suite called Tilt-A-Whirl has been applied to XRD data from textured gold films electro-deposited onto nickel substrates. The software routines facilitate phase identification, texture analysis via pole figure visualization, and macrostrain determination. The use of principal component analysis with multivariate curve resolution (PCA/MCR) revealed the extraction of texture components. The unusual hardness properties of one Au film (deposited from a 30% gold depleted BDT-200 bath) were found to be dependent on the (210) out-of-plane preferred orientation of the polycrystalline gold film. The progressive nucleation of Au crystallites during electro-plating has been tied to improved hardness properties of this film.