COVID-19 Testing and Vaccination Among Spanish Speakers
Purpose
Latinx communities are disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, with Spanish-speaking Latinx communities carrying even heavier burdens of infection, hospitalization, and mortality. Major barriers to COVID-19 testing and vaccination exist, and a profound need remains to understand and address the social, ethical, and behavioral implications (SEBI) of COVID-19 testing and vaccination within Latinx communities. Our community-academic partnership proposes a rigorous mixed-methods, community-based participatory research study to better understand the SEBI of COVID-19 testing and vaccination and to refine and test a novel and culturally congruent intervention that integrates two evidenced-based strategies - peer navigation and mHealth - to increase COVID-19 testing and vaccination within Spanish-speaking Latinx communities.
Conditions
- COVID-19
- Vaccinations
Eligibility
- Eligible Ages
- Over 18 Years
- Eligible Genders
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria
To be eligible to participate in the in the NuestraSaludSegura intervention as a Navegante: - participant must self-identify as Hispanic/Latinx - participant must be Spanish speaking - participant reports having been vaccinated against COVID-19 - participant must be ≥18 years of age - participant must provide informed consent Inclusion Criteria: To be eligible to participate in the interviews as a Social Network Member: - participant must self-identify as Hispanic/Latinx - participant must be Spanish speaking - participant must be ≥ 18 years of age - participant must provide informed consent
Exclusion Criteria
- less than 18 years of age
Study Design
- Phase
- N/A
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- N/A
- Intervention Model
- Single Group Assignment
- Primary Purpose
- Prevention
- Masking
- None (Open Label)
Arm Groups
| Arm | Description | Assigned Intervention |
|---|---|---|
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Experimental Spanish-speaking Latinx communities |
Individual in-depth interviews with Spanish-speaking Latinx participants |
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Recruiting Locations
Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157
More Details
- NCT ID
- NCT05302908
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sponsor
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Detailed Description
A profound need remains to understand the social, ethical, and behavioral implications (SEBI) of COVID-19 testing and vaccination interventions within Spanish-speaking Latinx communities. The proposal is a conceptually integrated community-based participatory research (CBPR) study that includes systematic data collection on the multilevel factors that influence COVID-19 testing and vaccination; refinement of an efficacious intervention that uses complementary theory-based strategies (i.e., peer navigation and mHealth); intervention implementation and evaluation using a longitudinal group-randomized trial design; and dissemination of findings.