Building Resiliency and Vital Equity (BRAVE) Project: Understanding Native Americans' Perceptions/Beliefs About COVID-19 Testing and Vaccination Study

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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The Building Resilience and Vital Equity (BRAVE) project seeks to partner with American Indian tribal communities in North Carolina to establish COVID-19 services and resources for American Indian communities. The goal of this study is to 1) understand the barriers and social implications of COVID19 testing and vaccination among American Indians by designing and implementing culturally sensitive survey tools and intervention materials; 2) Implement BRAVE outreach and testing interventions to increase testing in American Indian communities; 3) analyze data and share back with tribal communities to improve perceptions of COVID-19 testing in the AI community and decrease in vaccine hesitancy.

Official Title
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Building Resiliency and Vital Equity (BRAVE) Project: Understanding Native Americans' Perceptions/Beliefs About COVID-19 Testing and Vaccination Study

Conditions
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Covid19 Virus Infection

Intervention / Treatment
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* Behavioral: Protect Your Elders Campaign


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: - Self reports as Native American or American Indian Exclusion Criteria: Does not self-report as Native American or American Indian

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: Screening
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Interventional Model Description: Participants will be randomized to receive information about testing and vaccination based on zip code.
Masking: None (Open Label)


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| No Intervention: BRAVE Non-Intervention<br>Survey participants in the BRAVE non-intervention arm will not have received information (e.g., informational pamplets, flyers, townhalls) about COVID-19 testing and vaccination from the BRAVE project. | |
| Active Comparator: BRAVE Intervention<br>Survey participants in the BRAVE intervention arm will have received information (e.g., informational pamplets, flyers, townhalls) about COVID-19 testing and vaccination from the BRAVE project. | Behavioral: Protect Your Elders Campaign<br>* This is a behavioral intervention where participants will receive cultural appropriate educational information about COVID-19 testing and vaccination.<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Increase in COVID-19 testing | Survey responses to determine if participants in zipcodes selected for intervention are more less inclined to get tested for COVID-19. | 1 month | 
| Increase in COVID-19 vaccination | Survey responses to determine if participants in zipcodes selected for intervention are more less inclined to get vaccinated against COVID-19. | 1 month | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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COVID-19 testing