COVID-19 Risk Reduction Among African American Parishioners

Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science

Status: Completed

Conditions: Coronavirus

Treatments: Behavioral: Change in knowledge, motivation, skills, resources

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT04542343

COVID19Church

5U54MD007598-15 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Details and patient eligibility

About

African American adults, specifically those managing chronic disease and social isolation, are one of the most vulnerable groups susceptible to COVID-19. This intervention involves a multi-disciplinary and culturally sensitive approach to address two major COVID-19 related challenges in this population. First, this program collaborates with predominantly African American churches to implement Federal and State guidelines aimed at preventing outbreaks of COVID-19 at faith-based gatherings. Second, this program trains church-based health advisors to help African American older parishioners manage their chronic health conditions and reduce psychological distress during the pandemic.

Full description

To jointly implement and evaluate a telehealth-based, multidisciplinary, culturally-sensitive intervention with 265 AA older parishioners: (i) To mitigate the negative impact of COVID-19 on the management of chronic health conditions, and (ii) to reduce healthcare avoidance behaviors and psychological distress.

Enrollment: 405 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 55+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• African American older adults aged 55 years with a chronic medical condition or 65years and older
• Have at least one risk factor for COVID-19

Exclusion criteria

• Resident of care facility
• Cognitive deficit (identified by short version of mini-mental instrument)
• Does not self-identify as African American and/or Black
• Under the age of 55years
• Unable to speak and/or read English

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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405 participants in 1 patient group

Risk Reduction of COVID-19 Among African American Parishioners

Experimental group

Description:

This arm will implement "one group pretest-posttest" design to improve COVID associated health outcomes of AA older parishioners in collaboration with trained young church-based health educators.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Change in knowledge, motivation, skills, resources