Getting INFORMED and Living Well Among Asian Americans in California
Purpose
The project is to facilitate pandemic recovery by promoting emotional wellness among Asian Californians. The intervention includes a 6-week program in which participants may choose to receive text only or text + Lay Health Worker outreach targeting 600 self-identified Asian Americans residing in California who speak/read English, Chinese, Korean, Hmong, or Vietnamese.
Conditions
- COVID-19
- Well-Being, Psychological
Eligibility
- Eligible Ages
- Over 18 Years
- Eligible Genders
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria
i) age 18 and older ii) speak Chinese, English, Hmong, Korean, or Vietnamese iii) self-identify as Asian American iv) have access to a mobile phone to receive SMS text messages
Exclusion Criteria
- unwilling to receive SMS text messages from the project
Study Design
- Phase
- N/A
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Non-Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel Assignment
- Intervention Model Description
- Non-randomized trial (Preference trial)
- Primary Purpose
- Other
- Masking
- None (Open Label)
Arm Groups
| Arm | Description | Assigned Intervention |
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Experimental INFORMED-Living Well |
INFORMED-Living Well consists of two components: 1) LHW outreach support providing responsive education and support; and 2) a 6-week automated SMS text messaging. The LHW educational outreach component includes 2 small group educational sessions with 2-8 participants. Participants will also receive a weekly SMS Text or instant message on managing emotional wellness within and beyond the context of the COVID-19 pandemic over 6 weeks. In addition, participants will receive as-needed messages on updates of COVID-19 or other situations that may introduce new worries and tragic culturally-based traumatic events. |
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Active Comparator Text Messaging Only |
Participants will have a 6-week SMS text messaging program identical to that received by the INFORMED-Living Well participants. |
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Recruiting Locations
More Details
- NCT ID
- NCT05968300
- Status
- Completed
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Detailed Description
Investigators will conduct a non-randomized intervention trial (preference trial). Research participants involved in the trial will include 20 lay health workers (LHWs) and 600 trial participants with intervention delivered via SMS text messaging (for all participants), and the intervention group will receive educational intervention outreach from an LHW via Zoom or mutually agreed video conferencing online venues, and by telephone or instant messaging. Participants will choose which group they are in, SMS text messaging only or SMS text messaging plus educational outreach from an LHW.