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

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Rutgers The State University of New Jersey

Status

Completed

Conditions

Health Care Seeking Behavior
Covid19
Health Behavior

Treatments

Behavioral: Healthcare Worker Focused Outreach
Behavioral: Community Organization Led Outreach

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other
NIH

Identifiers

NCT04766333
3UL1TR003017-02S2 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)
2020002549

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Full description

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).

Enrollment

2,017 patients

Sex

All

Ages

4+ years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

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

Trial design

Primary purpose

Health Services Research

Allocation

Non-Randomized

Interventional model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

None (Open label)

2,017 participants in 2 patient groups

Healthcare Worker Focused Outreach Intervention Strategy
Active Comparator group
Description:
Healthcare Worker Focused Outreach Intervention Strategy
Treatment:
Behavioral: Healthcare Worker Focused Outreach
Community Organization Led Outreach
Active Comparator group
Description:
Community Organization Led Outreach
Treatment:
Behavioral: Community Organization Led Outreach

Trial documents
1

Trial contacts and locations

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