dbGaP Study Accession: phs002707

NIH Institute/Center: NIGMS

RADx Data Program: RADx-UP

DOI: 10.60773/jv00-r132

Release Date: 08/30/2023

Study Description: In collaboration with community partners, a public health intervention was created and impact of the intervention was evaluated in the area of Cumberland County, Maine, to provide outreach, testing, and vaccination education to a large community of immigrants from sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East, and Central America, higher-risk low-income people accessing a public health facility (with a sexually transmitted infections clinic, needle exchange, and a free clinic), and individuals experiencing homelessness. This included a longitudinal study to understand beliefs about and knowledge of COVID-19, and barriers and beliefs about testing and vaccination. Results informed a community-developed and based intervention to engage the cohort and other members of these populations in testing and vaccine education, and evaluated the impact of this intervention on testing and vaccination uptake in immigrant, low-income, and homeless communities. The Specific Aims were: (Aim 1) To understand patient perceptions of, fears about, and experiences with COVID-19 testing in immigrant, low-income, and homeless populations; (Aim 2a) To use the data from Aim 1 to develop and pilot test public health messaging in these immigrant, low-income, and homeless populations, and to develop a strategy for a testing program; (Aim 2b) To use the data from Aims 1 and 2a to develop, pilot test, and implement a walk-up, COVID-19 testing program to increase testing uptake in these immigrant, low-income, and homeless populations; and (Aim 3) To evaluate the impact of a public health messaging and testing program developed in Aim 2b on rapid COVID-19 testing uptake.

Updated Date: 04/17/2024

Principal Investigator: Rosen, Clifford James

Has Data Files: Yes

Study Domain: Community Outreach Programs; Pandemic Perceptions or Decision-Making; Rapid Diagnostic Test (RDT); Testing Rate or Uptake; Vaccination Rate or Uptake

Data Collection Method: Survey

Keywords: COVID Outreach/Education

Study Design: Cross-Sectional

Multi-Center Study: No

Data Types: Behavioral; Clinical; Questionnaire or Survey

Study Start Date: 07/01/2021

Study End Date: 06/30/2023

Species: Human

Sample Size: 347

Study Population Focus: Adults; Homeless or Unhoused Populations; Immigrants; Lower Socioeconomic Status (SES) Populations; Older Adults or Elderly

Publication URL: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10154856/

Acknowledgement Statement: This study was supported through funding, 3U54GM115516-05S2, for the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) as part of the RADx-UP program. PIs Clifford Rosen, MD and Gary Stein, PhD. Approved users should acknowledge the provision of data access by dbGaP for accession phs002707.v1.p1, and the NIH RADx Data Hub. Approved users should also acknowledge the specific version(s) of the dataset(s) obtained from the NIH RADx Data Hub.

Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) Number: PA-20-135

NIH Grant or Contract Number(s): 3U54GM115516-05S2

Consent/Data Use Limitations: General Research Use