New Jersey Healthcare Essential Worker Outreach and Education Study - Testing Overlooked Occupations

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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This mixed methods study evaluates the effectiveness and cost of a healthcare worker focused outreach intervention strategy versus community organization led outreach to explore contextual factors (individual, family, and community) affecting COVID-19 testing implementation outcomes and scalability.

Detailed Description
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In Aim 2, the investigators conduct a mixed methods study to evaluate the effectiveness and cost of: (1) the healthcare worker focused outreach intervention strategy versus (2) community organization led outreach working with community based organizations. The investigators explore contextual factors (individual, family, and community) affecting COVID-19 testing implementation outcomes and scalability. The primary outcome is uptake of COVID-19 testing using the novel Rutgers Clinical Genomics Laboratory/RUCDR saliva test, the first FDA authorized diagnostic test using saliva to detect SARS-CoV-2 for non-invasive, home based self-testing. To compare participation rates in the two arms, our primary outcome, the investigators will use data on the number of tests performed per month up to a 12 month study period. For each intervention, the start time is the date of first attempted contact with potential participants and the end date is either the end of the study period, or the date at which the 1000th individual was tested (whichever comes first).

Official Title
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NJ HEROES TOO (New Jersey Healthcare Essential Worker Outreach and Education Study - Testing Overlooked Occupations)

Conditions
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Covid19, Health Behavior, Health Care Seeking Behavior

Intervention / Treatment
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* Behavioral: Healthcare Worker Focused Outreach
* Behavioral: Community Organization Led Outreach


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria for Community Members and Healthcare Workers Self-identification as Black or Hispanic/Latino. Resident of Union, Passaic, Middlesex, or Essex County, NJ. Parent/legal guardian able to provide permission to participate for those under 18 Exclusion Criteria: Under 4 years of age. Unable to speak, understand, and/or read English or Spanish. Unable to provide informed consent/assent

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 4 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
Allocation: Non-Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Active Comparator: Healthcare Worker Focused Outreach Intervention Strategy<br>Healthcare Worker Focused Outreach Intervention Strategy | Behavioral: Healthcare Worker Focused Outreach<br>* This a focused outreach intervention strategy specifically designed for healthcare workers.<br>* Other names: Informational intervention;|
| Active Comparator: Community Organization Led Outreach<br>Community Organization Led Outreach | Behavioral: Community Organization Led Outreach<br>* This is a standard community engaged outreach approach that has traditionally been used in previous research. Analogous to the standard of care for outreach.<br>* Other names: Informational intervention;|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Number of Participants Who Complete COVID-19 Testing | Number of participants who return their saliva testing kit. | 1 year |