COVID-19 Testing and Vaccination Among Spanish Speakers

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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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.

Detailed Description
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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.

Official Title
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Identifying and Addressing Critical Social, Ethical, and Behavioral Factors Associated With COVID-19 Testing and Vaccination Among Spanish Speakers

Conditions
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COVID-19, Vaccinations

Intervention / Treatment
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* Behavioral: NuestraSaludSegura


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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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

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 18 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: Prevention
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Experimental: Spanish-speaking Latinx communities<br>Individual in-depth interviews with Spanish-speaking Latinx participants | Behavioral: NuestraSaludSegura<br>* It blends peer navigation and mHealth<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Number of COVID-19 testing | measured through self-report | Baseline | 
| Number of vaccinations - Pfizer | measured through self-report | Baseline | 
| Number of vaccinations - Moderna | measured through self-report | Baseline | 
| Number of vaccinations - Johnson and Johnson | measured through self-report | Baseline | 
| Doses of vaccine received - Pfizer | measured through self-report | Baseline | 
| Doses of vaccine received - Moderna | measured through self-report | Baseline | 
| Doses of vaccine received - Johnson and Johnson | measured through self-report | Baseline | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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COVID-19, Vaccinations, Spanish-speaking, Latinx, Hispanic/Latino populations