COVID-19 Self-testing IMPROVE

Purpose

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

Condition

  • COVID-19

Eligibility

Eligible Ages
Over 18 Years
Eligible Genders
All
Accepts 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

Study Design

Phase
N/A
Study Type
Interventional
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention Model
Sequential Assignment
Intervention Model Description
stepped wedge clustered-randomized trial
Primary Purpose
Screening
Masking
None (Open Label)

Arm Groups

ArmDescriptionAssigned Intervention
Experimental
Wedge 1 		The earliest group to implement the IMPROVE intervention ( in 4-9 study months).
  • Behavioral: IMPROVE
    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.
Experimental
Wedge 2 		Following the wedge 1 group, the wedge 2 group started the intervention in the study months 7-12.
  • Behavioral: IMPROVE
    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.
Experimental
Wedge 3 		The wedge 3 group started the intervention in the study months 10-15.
  • Behavioral: IMPROVE
    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.

Recruiting Locations

More Details

NCT ID
NCT06576167
Status
Active, not recruiting
Sponsor
Temple University