Tailored COVID-19 Testing Support Plan for Francophone African Born Immigrants

Texas Woman's University

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: COVID19 Testing

Treatments: Behavioral: FABI tailored COVID-19 testing pamphlet; Behavioral: Standard COVID-19 home-based test kit

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT05805163

FY2023-241

R0704 (Other Grant/Funding Number)

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this clinical trial is to test the effectiveness of a culturally sensitive COVID-19 testing intervention designed for Francophone (French speaking) African Born Immigrants (FABI) . The main question this study aims to answer is whether or not a a culturally sensitive COVID-19 educational pamphlet added to the home-based test will improve testing rates compared to receiving a standard home-based test alone.

Full description

Upon consenting, all participants will receive basic COVID-19 testing instructions from trained bilingual/bicultural Francophone African Born Immigrant (FABI) Community Health Workers (CHW's). Next, participants will be randomly assigned to either the control or intervention study arms. In the control condition (n=50) participants will receive a standard COVID-19 home-based test kit. In contrast, those assigned to the intervention condition (n=50) will receive the same COVID-19 home-based test kit plus a FABI culturally sensitive COVID-19 educational pamphlet. Lastly, (n=10) participants from each arm will be randomly selected to participate in qualitative interviews to assess their experiences with CHWs and their test kit.

Enrollment: 100 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 99 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria: FABI living in Dallas Fort Worth (DFW) -

Exclusion Criteria: None

Trial design

Primary purpose: Screening

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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100 participants in 2 patient groups

Control

Active Comparator group

Description:

Participants will be mailed a standard COVID-19 home-based test kit.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Standard COVID-19 home-based test kit

Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will be mailed a standard COVID-19 home-based test plus the FABI culturally sensitive COVID-19 educational pamphlet.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Standard COVID-19 home-based test kit

Behavioral: FABI tailored COVID-19 testing pamphlet