COVID-19
Conditions
Brief summary
The study aims to engage community partners to implement IMPROVE intervention and promote (COVID-19) rapid testing among vulnerable Asian Americans in the Greater Philadelphia Area and New York City
Interventions
BEHAVIORALIMPROVE
IMPROVE is a CBHN-led intervention. The study team delivered comprehensive training to CHNs to let them be well-prepared for intervention delivery. CHNs lead an in-person start-up group education session that consists of 4 modules: 1) a 6-minutes video of a health care provider delivering information on COVID-19 to help participants better understand the disease; 2) using educational slides, CHNs discuss the importance of COVID-19 testing and mitigation adherence; 3) CHNs conduct live demonstration of how to use rapid COVID-19 self-test kit correctly and distribute two COVID-19 self-testing kits to each participant. 4) CHNs guide interactive discussions with participants to enable them to reflect and reinforce what they learned. In addition, CHNs will help participants identify their navigation needs in reducing hesitancy of self-testing and mitigation practices. CHNs will also schedule check-in calls with participants.
Sponsors
National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)
Temple University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
SEQUENTIAL
Primary purpose
SCREENING
Masking
NONE
Intervention model description
stepped wedge clustered-randomized trial
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* (1) self-identified as Asian from one of the subgroups: Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Filipino, or other South Asian Americans, * (2) aged 18 and above, * (3) living in the Greater Philadelphia or NYC areas,
Exclusion criteria
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Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| the change in the rate of COVID-19 self-testing | baseline, 1-month follow up, and 3-month follow up |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed