dbGaP Study Accession: phs002650

NIH Institute/Center: NIMHD

RADx Data Program: RADx-UP

Release Date: 03/28/2025

Study Description: This project collaboratively partnered with American Indian populations to establish COVID-19 services and resources for American Indian communities. The Building Resilience and Vital Equity (BRAVE) project seeked 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 was to: 1) understand the barriers and social implications of COVID-19 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, and 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. Design: This project was broken into 3 phases. Phase 1 relied on an exploratory design, specifically the grounded theory approach, where data was collected through semi-structured interviews with study participants. Interview questions were open-ended to further understand the subjects' perceptions of COVID-19, and the barriers to testing and vaccinations. The perspectives gained from the interviews (individual and/or focus group) were used to further guide the study. In Phase 2, the data collected in Phase 1 was used to develop and deploy health surveys on barriers to COVID-19 testing and vaccination. In Phase 3, the data gathered in Phases 1-2 was used to develop culturally appropriate educational materials and deploy the "Protect Your Elders" campaign to educate American Indian communities as part of a behavioral intervention. The objective in Phase 3 was to determine if the PYE campaign increases the likelihood of testing and COVID-19 vaccinations in American Indian communities.

Updated Date: 1/3/2023

Principal Investigator: Kumar, Deepak

Has Data Files: Yes

Study Domain: Pandemic Perceptions or Decision-Making; Social Determinants of Health; Testing Rate or Uptake; Vaccination Rate or Uptake

Data Collection Method: Interview or Focus Group; Survey

Keywords: COVID Outreach/Education; Testing Disparities; Vaccination Disparities

Study Design: Interventional or Clinical Trial

Multi-Center Study: No

Data Types: Behavioral; Questionnaire or Survey; Social

Study Start Date: 11/01/2020

Study End Date: 10/31/2022

Species: Human

Estimated Cohort Size: 4000

Study Population Focus: Racial or Ethnic Minorities; Underserved or Vulnerable Populations

Acknowledgement Statement: This study was supported through funding, 3R01MD012767-04S1, for the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) as part of the RADx-UP program. The BRAVE Project would like to acknowledge our partners at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke and the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina for the success of this work. We gratefully acknowledge the contribution of our community advisory board members. Approved users should acknowledge the provision of data access by dbGaP for accession phs002650.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): 3R01MD012767-04S1

Consent/Data Use Limitations: General Research Use